Film4 Listings for Friday 15th October
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11:00
Dallas (Film)
Western starring Gary Cooper as Blayde Hollister, an ex-Confederate officer who poses as a newly appointed US Marshal to exact vengance against brothers Bryant, Will and Longfellow Maarlow for plundering his estate and murdering his family.
Director: Stuart Heisler
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Barbara Payton
(Subtitles, U, 1950, 3 Star)
12:50
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Film)
Nominated for five Oscars, Michael Curtiz's lush historical drama stars Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I, with Errol Flynn as one of her favourites, the Earl of Essex. She is infatuated with him but is also aware he has designs on her throne. Essex, while not immune to her charms, has a roving eye which encourages Lady Penelope Gray, only for her hopes to be dashed. Donald Crisp plays Francis Bacon, friend to both the Queen and the Earl while among those plotting Essex's downfall are Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Robert Cecil.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale Jr., Vincent Price
(Subtitles, U, 1939, 3 Star)
14:55
Hills of Home (Film)
Fred M Wilcox directs this adventure, starring Lassie and Edmund Gwenn as her owner, Dr William MacLure. Lassie has an aversion to water, despite the doctor's best efforts to coax her into it, but when his life is in danger, she overcomes her phobia and saves him. Unfortunately, not soon enough, but MacLure manages to pass on her ownership to the two romantic leads, Tammas Milton and Margit Mitchell.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh, Rhys Williams, Reginald Owen
(Subtitles, U, 1948, 3 Star)
16:45
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (Film)
The third outing for the Magnificent Seven is led by George Kennedy as Chris, the legendary gunman enlisted to help free the incarcerated rebel leader Quinetero and aid the Mexican revolution. He assembles a posse of disparate fighters, including James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Joe Don Baker and Scott Thomas, and they head for the prison and a date with destiny.
Director: Paul Wendkos
Starring: George Kennedy, James Whit, Monte Markham, Reni Santoni, Bernie Casey, Scott Thomas
(Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 1969, 2 Star)
18:50
The Family Stone (Film)
Thomas Bezucha's wry, sharp comedy/drama looks at a family in upheaval during the Christmas period. Everett Stone brings his fiancee Meredith Morton to his family home for the festive season. Matriarch Sybil Stone doesn't approve of her and leads the family attack on Meredith but cracks start to appear in the family's own relationship and painful, occasionally amusing truths appear. Edited for language.
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Starring: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 2005, 3 Star)
21:00
Walk the Line (Film)
Oscar-nominee Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny Cash, and Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon plays June Carter in James Mangold's acclaimed biographical film about country music's legendary 'man in black'. The film follows Cash from his childhood, where he was touched by tragedy, through his years on the road to his marriage to June Carter, who was country royalty, and their struggle to find happiness as she weans him off booze and drugs. Walk the Line is a warts-and-all biopic, showing Cash's faults as well as his undoubted star quality as one of the greatest singer/songwriters that America has ever produced.
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 12, 2005, 4 Star)
23:35
Lucky Number Slevin (Film)
Paul McGuigan's tricksy thriller stars Josh Hartnett as Slevin Kelevra, who pitches up at his friend's New York apartment, only to find it empty. He makes himself at home, but his peace is interrupted by employees of crime lord The Boss, who mistake him for his absent friend, who owes The Boss $96,000. But The Boss makes Slevin an offer: kill the son of his rival, The Rabbi, and the debt will be wiped clean. But The Rabbi soon gets hold of Slevin and makes a counter-offer. Add in cynical assassin Mr Goodkat, who is playing both ends against the middle in what might be a long-term plan, and Lucy Liu as Lindsey, Slevin's next-door neighbour, who soon becomes his love interest, and the result is a multi-stranded double-cross, but one with only one lucky winner.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Michael Rubenfeld
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2006, 4 Star)
01:40
Solaris (Film)
Steven Soderbergh's re-make of the classic Andrei Torkovsky film stars George Clooney as Chris Kelvin, a therapist sent to mentor a group of astronauts on the Prometheus space station, where the remaining crew are both locked in their own fears, speaking of visions of lost loved ones. Kelvin is, at first, sceptical, but when his deceased wife appears to him, he begins to wonder what influence the mysterious planet Solaris has on the human psyche.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur, John Cho
(Subtitles, 12, 2002, 3 Star)