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Film4 Listings for Saturday 2nd November

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11:00


My Neighbour Totoro (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki's charming animation tells the story of sisters Satsuke and Mei, who find their new home is in a mystical forest where mythical creatures live. Befriending O Totoro, the king of the forest, they share his magical adventures and also his wisdom when their mother falls dangerously ill.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi, Hitoshi Takagi
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 1988, U, 4 Star)

13:00


Dear John (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Two weeks' military leave is all it takes for US Army Staff Sergeant John Tyree and college student Savannah Curtis to fall in love in this Lasse Hallstrom-directed adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel. Having depended on letters to keep their romance alive, their relationship falters when John unexpectedly decides to re-enlist in the army following the September 11 attacks in New York. Then it arrives - the Dear John letter informing him that Savannah is engaged to someone else. With no hope of being together, John rededicates himself to the military, surviving injury and only seeing Savannah when family events force him to return home. Months later, John receives another letter from Savannah with their sign-off of old, 'I'll see you soon, then'. Could there be hope for the couple yet?
Director: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, D.J. Cotrona, Cullen Moss
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 12, 3 Star)

15:05


Ben-Hur (Film) Film icon 5 star rating PG certificate
William Wyler's famed, multi-Oscar-winning, epic Biblical extravaganza stars Charlton Heston and features, literally, a cast of thousands. It's the tale of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur, who, refusing to betray his people, is in turn betrayed by a friend from his past, Messala. Stripped of his privileged life and his family, he is condemned to the gruelling existence of a galley slave.
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1959, PG, 5 Star)

19:10


Legend (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Ridley Scott's fantasy stars Tom Cruise as Jack, the hero whose mission is to conquer Darkness. But he must also rescue his love Lili, held captive by Darkness, who is trying to force her to participate in his plan to kill the last unicorn and thus plunge Earth into eternal night.
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty
(Subtitles, 1985, PG, 3 Star)

21:00


Beverly Hills Cop (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Eddie Murphy stars as streetwise Detroit cop Axel Foley in this 80s mainstream classic. Foley tracks his friend's killer to Beverly Hills where, despite his lack of status, he teams up with grumpy Sergeant Taggart and eager Detective Billy Rosewood to pin the rap on bigwig Victor Maitland. Martin Brest's mix of action and comedy, driven by Murphy's motormouth, deservedly broke box office records at the time.
Director: Martin Brest
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff
(Subtitles, 1984, 15, 4 Star)



23:00


A Field in England (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
Michael Smiley and Reece Shearsmith star in this psychedelic trip into magic and madness from Ben Wheatley, award-winning director of Down Terrace, Kill List and Sightseers. During the English Civil War, a small group of deserters, including the lacemaker and alchemist's assistant, Whitehead flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field.
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Julian Barratt, Michael Smiley, Reece Shearsmith, Peter Ferdinando, Ryan Pope, Richard Glover
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2013, 15)

00:50


The Blood on Satan's Claw (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 18 certificate
Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden and Barry Andrews star in this Satanic horror set in rural 17th-century England.
Director: Piers Haggard
Starring: Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews, Michele Dotrice, Wendy Padbury, Anthony Ainley
(Premiere, Subtitles, 1971, 18, 3 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Sunday 3rd November

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11:00


How to Marry a Millionaire (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Jean Negulesco's witty comedy stars Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall as three glamorous young women on the prowl for wealthy husbands, who move into a lavish New York apartment in the hope of attracting affluent suitors.
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, David Wayne, Rory Calhoun, Cameron Mitchell
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1953, U, 3 Star)

13:00


Doctor Dolittle (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Betty Thomas's remake of the 1967 film is neatly updated with Eddie Murphy playing Dr John Dolittle, who talks to the animals. Dolittle and his pushy partner Mark Weller hope to strike a lucrative deal with a major corporation, but more and more of Dolittle's time is taken up giving CPR to lab rats and talking a suicidal tiger out of jumping from five storeys up. The film works because Murphy's character is played relatively straight while the creatures are allowed to be cynically sarcastic about him, humans and others species. Special plaudits go to the lab rats voiced by Reni Santoni and John Leguizamo, Chris Rock as Rocky the guinea pig and Norm Macdonald as Dolittle's laconic companion Lucky the dog.
Director: Betty Thomas
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle, Richard Schiff, Kristen Wilson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1998, PG, 3 Star)

14:40


Just My Luck (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Donald Petrie's romcom stars Lindsay Lohan as Ashley Albright, who is probably the luckiest girl in the United States: the sun always shines on her, there's always a cab at her call and every scratch card she buys is a winner. Jake Hardin is her polar opposite; if there's something nasty on the pavement, he'll tread in it. But after a chance kiss their luck is reversed and, as Ashley struggles with life's travails, Jake revels in his new good fortune, until the mismatched pair realise that being together is a matter of sharing the good times as well as the bad.
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Missi Pyle
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, PG, 2 Star)

16:35


Hocus Pocus (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Thora Birch star in this slightly dark Disney family fantasy-comedy, directed by Kenny Ortega. Max is not happy that his family have moved to Salem, Massachusetts, and he's even less pleased that he has to look after his younger sister Dani on Halloween. While attempting to prove to his sister and his sweetheart Allison that Halloween is all just superstition and nonsense, he accidentally resurrects Winnie, Sarah and Mary, three witches put to death 300 years earlier for killing children to create rejuvenating potions. The revived crones resume their quest for eternal youth, and only Max, Dani and Allison can stop them.
Director: Kenny Ortega
Starring: Jason Marsden, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1993, PG, 3 Star)

18:40


Definitely, Maybe (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Romantic comedy directed by Adam Brooks. Ryan Reynolds plays Will Hayes, an advertising executive whose marriage is on the brink of ending in divorce. But before it does, his 10-year-old daughter Maya asks her father to explain how he met her mother. Instead of giving her a straight answer, Reynolds recounts his relationships with three women over the previous 16 years, changing their names and then inviting Maya to guess which woman he married. So, did Reynolds fall for his college sweetheart Emily; the kooky apolitical friend April he met while working on the Bill Clinton campaign in 1992; or is she the ambitious, carefree journalist Summer?
Director: Adam T. Brooks
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Kline
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 12, 4 Star)



21:00


Season of the Witch (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
A Middle Ages fantasy action-adventure starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman and Claire Foy. Sickened by the carnage of their Crusade, knights Behman and Felson have deserted and returned to Europe, where they are shocked to find the Black Death ravaging the land. In the town of Marburg they meet Cardinal D'Ambroise, who claims to know both the cause - a girl who's suspected of witchcraft - and the solution to the pestilence: a ceremony at a far distant monastery. But there remains the tricky question of getting the girl there without her unleashing supernatural malevolence upon them. Still, as deserters, they have little choice but to accept their mission and so off they set, on a journey that will prove much darker and more terrifying than they could possibly guess.
Director: Dominic Sena
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen, Claire Foy
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2011, 15, 3 Star)

22:50


Rosemary's Baby (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Roman Polanski's mould-breaking horror story stars Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes as Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, a young couple who move into an apartment block where they are befriended by Minnie and Roman Castevet. When Rosemary becomes pregnant, even though the circumstances of the conception are hazy, she is pleased by the concern of her husband, her neighbours and their friends, who are prepared to go to any lengths to ensure she has a healthy baby.
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy
(Subtitles, 1968, 18, 4 Star)

01:30


Night of the Demon (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Jacques Tourneur directs this classic British horror movie, an adaptation of a story by the master of the supernatural, MR James. Dana Andrews stars as Dr John Holden, an American psychologist who comes to Britain to expose a sinister secret society, but becomes dangerously involved with the cult headed by Dr Julian Karswell. The cult's members pass on runic scrips of paper to their victims, and the receiver is visited by a demon from hell; given the state of special effects of the day, this is created in truly memorable form. Andrews' performance is perhaps overshadowed by McGinnis, whose suave evil persona is chillingly convincing. Tourneur uses suggestion as much as shown horror, as he did in his seminal Cat People, and the denouement remains horrifyingly gripping even today.
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Starring: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, Athene Seyler, Liam Redmond
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1957, 12, 4 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Monday 4th November

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11:00


Please Sir! (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Hilarious movie spin-off from the popular TV sitcom in which teacher Bernard Hedges takes troublesome class 5C to a holiday camp with inevitably comic and disastrous results. Scripted by sitcom experts John Esmonde and Bob Larbey.
Director: Mark Stuart
Starring: John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett, Joan Sanderson, Richard Davies, Erik Chitty
(Subtitles, 1971, PG, 3 Star)

13:05


Bullwhip (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
When cowboy Steve Daley faces hanging for a murder he didn't commit, he has one way out: if he marries firebrand Cheyenne to save her inheritance he'll walk free. After the ceremony, she wants nothing to do with him but he's intrigued and sets about wooing her for real. Harmon Jones's western mirrors Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and was an influence on the 1975 comedy western Goin' South, which starred Jack Nicholson.
Director: Harmon Jones
Starring: Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming, James Griffith, Peter Adams, Don Beddoe, Dan Sheridan
(Subtitles, 1958, 12, 2 Star)

14:50


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
Director: Colors Creative Team
Starring: TBC, Erin Karpluk, Seth Green, Keir Gilchrist
(PG)

16:50


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
Director: Colors Creative Team
Starring: TBC, Erin Karpluk, Seth Green, Keir Gilchrist
(PG)

18:50


Young Sherlock Holmes (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Barry Levinson's family film, scripted by Chris Columbus, stars Nicholas Rowe as Sherlock Holmes and Alan Cox as John Watson, who meet up as teenagers at boarding school. Holmes, already developing his detective skills, becomes interested in the seemingly unconnected deaths of prominent men, but by acting upon his deductive powers he places himself and Watson in mortal danger. The influence of Steven Spielberg as executive producer can be seen, with scenes that could have appeared in The Goonies or Indiana Jones, but Levinson gives the film its own distinctive style. Nigel Stock plays an eccentric teacher at the school; he played Watson in the 1960s BBC TV series.
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood, Freddie Jones
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1985, PG, 3 Star)



21:00


Rush Hour 3 (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Brett Ratner's martial-arts action-comedy sequel starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. When the Chinese Ambassador to the US is shot while divulging the whereabouts of a major Triad leader, the American authorities once again send Chief Inspector Lee and Detective James Carter into the fray. Lee quickly corners the would-be assassin, Kenji, but Lee's shock at coming face-to-face with an old friend gives the baddie just enough time to escape. Kenji's trail leads the mismatched cops to Paris, where car chases and a sequence among the under-dressed dancers of the Folies Bergore await them, plus rather a lot of dodgy French stereotypes and a finale atop the Eiffel Tower. Also starring Youki Kudoh and Noimie Lenoir, together with, in unlikely cameos, Max von Sydow and Roman Polanski.
Director: Brett Ratner
Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh, Max von Sydow, Yvan Attal
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 12, 3 Star)

22:45


Stake Land (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
Orphaned by a worldwide plague of vicious, zombie-like vampires, Martin is rescued by grizzled, rogue vampire-hunter Mister, who mentors Martin in the brutally grisly skill of stakecraft. Their only hope for survival is to reach the optimistically named New Eden in Canada. As they cross the decimated country, helping survivors they meet along the way, including an abused nun and pregnant teen, the ragtag family swiftly realise that the undead are the least of their problems. They must fight a terrifying cult of fundamentalist extremists whose leader, Jebedia Loven, sadistically celebrates the plague as the work of the Lord.
Director: Nick Damici, Jim Mickle
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Danielle Harris, Connor Paolo, Bonnie Dennison, Michael Cerveris, Nick Damici
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 15)

00:40


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
Director: Colors Creative Team
Starring: TBC, Erin Karpluk, Seth Green, Keir Gilchrist
(PG)

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Film4 Listings for Tuesday 5th November

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11:00


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
Director: Colors Creative Team
Starring: TBC, Erin Karpluk, Seth Green, Keir Gilchrist
(PG)

13:00


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
Director: Colors Creative Team
Starring: TBC, Erin Karpluk, Seth Green, Keir Gilchrist
(PG)

14:45


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
Director: Colors Creative Team
Starring: TBC, Erin Karpluk, Seth Green, Keir Gilchrist
(PG)

16:45


The Sea Chase (Film) Film icon U certificate
John Wayne playing a Nazi? Surely not! Well, almost: in John Farrow's war-time action film, he plays Karl Ehrlich, the captain of a German merchant ship caught in Australian waters at the outbreak of the war. Determined to get home but pursued by the British Navy, he sets sail even though he's short of food and fuel. Also on board is Elsa Keller, Wayne's ex-flame and possibly a Nazi spy, who was engaged to Commander Jeff Napier, who just happens to be in charge of the pursuing destroyer. As the race for home speeds up, so do the heartbeats of Karl and Elsa, trapped together on the Ergenstrasse.
Director: John Farrow
Starring: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, Tab Hunter, James Arness
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1955, U, 2 Star)

19:05


The Simpsons Movie (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
America's favourite family make their debut on the big screen in David Silverman's comedy. When Homer rescues a pig from certain death, little does he realise the full consequences of his action: Springfield's isolation from the world by a gargantuan glass dome. It's the only way the government can prevent the pollution that he caused from escaping to the outside world and creating a race of six-eyed squirrels. The townsfolk, armed with torches and pitchforks, are soon after him, and the family have to flee to Alaska. But even Homer knows he must return to do the right thing... Warning: contains full frontal Bart nudity.
Director: David Silverman
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, PG, 3 Star)



21:00


Attack The Block (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Part-funded and developed by Film4, Joe Cornish's directorial debut is a sci-fi horror-comedy in which extra-terrestrials pick the wrong part of London as the 'beachhead' for their invasion. Moses and his crew aren't the most obvious of heroes - they open the movie mugging Sam, a nurse on her way home after a long day caring for others, and their dreams are limited to getting rich from drug dealing. However, just as they have robbed the terrified Sam of her valuables, an alien invader drops from the sky - and is perfunctorily dispatched by Moses. But that was just the first of the creatures and, unlike the rest, it was relatively benign and easy to kill. Now, using the cover of Guy Fawkes' Night, its vicious, blue-fanged compatriots rain down upon the south London council estate, with vengeance on their minds. Moses' gang, Sam and the other residents have little choice but to band together to defend their block...
Director: Joe Cornish
Starring: Nicholas Frost, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, John Boyega, Terry Notary, Joey Ansah
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2011, 15, 3 Star)

22:45


Hope and Glory (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
John Boorman's beautifully detailed and award-winning autobiographical portrait of a nine-year-old boy growing up in suburban England during WWII. With Ian Bannen, Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sammi Davis. A FilmFour funded movie.
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir, Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sammi Davis, Derrick O'Connor
(Subtitles, 1987, 15, 4 Star)

01:00


Kiki's Delivery Service (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki's animation tells of a young witch, Kiki, who sets out to make her way in the world. She ends up in a small town that has a 'no witches' rule, but where the local baker offers her a job delivering bread by broomstick. Her job starts well, until one day she finds she can no longer make her broom levitate or talk to her cat.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Mieko Nobusawa, Koichi Miura
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 1989, U, 4 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Wednesday 6th November

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11:00


Carry on Regardless (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Gerald Thomas's classic Carry On comedy charts the wild adventures of Bert Handy's Helping Hands agency, which supplies staff for a variety of outside jobs. Its employees include characters played by Carry On regulars Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Joan Sims, along with Liz Fraser and Bill Owen. But the jobs that the agency attracts range from the bizarre to the curious, and even the simplest task proves too much for the willing staff.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Bill Owen
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1961, PG, 2 Star)

12:50


The Shepherd of the Hills (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The first talkie version of the much-filmed Harold Bell Wright novel is directed by Henry Hathaway and stars John Wayne in his first Technicolor movie. In the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, Young Matt Matthews blames his long-absent father for his mother's death and has sworn to kill him should their paths ever cross. The rest of the mountain community seem to have been affected by Young Matt's dark emotions, and rivalries and animosities are rife. Into this tense environment steps a mysterious stranger whose acts of kindness begin to heal the troubled populace. But who is he and why does he want to live among them?
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey Jr., Beulah Bondi, James Barton, Samuel S. Hinds
(Subtitles, 1941, PG, 3 Star)

14:45


The Hindenburg (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Robert Wise's dramatic retelling of 1937's ill-fated transatlantic flight suggests conspiracy and cover-up were at the heart of the tragedy. Following a swirl of rumours about sabotage, Colonel Franz Ritter is assigned to the airship's flight as chief of security. He travels from Europe with an interesting set of passengers: from Anne Bancroft's countess to scheming businessmen, an entertainer, a Gestapo man and others with potentially suspicious reasons for being on that particular flight. The film's conspiracy theory hints that the full facts will never be known, as its story builds to its dramatic conclusion in the airspace over New Jersey.
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1975, PG, 3 Star)

17:15


Drums Along the Mohawk (Film) Film icon 5 star rating PG certificate
Classic John Ford western starring Henry Fonda as a farmer who marries easterner Claudette Colbert and takes her west to his farm in the Mohawk Valley, where they are subjected to attacks by marauding Native Americans.
Director: John Ford
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins, John Carradine, Dorris Bowdon
(Subtitles, 1939, PG, 5 Star)

19:20


Gulliver's Travels (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Jack Black stars in this take on Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel, though director Rob Letterman's family-friendly version tones down the earthier satire and concentrates just on Gulliver's early adventures. Lemuel Gulliver works in the post room of a New York newspaper. Spying an opportunity to impress the beautiful editor Darcy Silverman, he stoops to plagiarising travel websites in order to win a commission to write his own travel piece. He succeeds, but his reward is an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle, where he inevitably vanishes without trace. Gulliver wakes up on the shores of an island that's home to a nation of tiny people who appear to be stuck in the 18th century. And they aren't at all sure what to do with this gargantuan beast that Providence has washed up among them. The Lilliputian cast include Billy Connolly, Catherine Tate, Chris O'Dowd, Emily Blunt and James Corden.
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring: Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Chris O'Dowd
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, PG, 2 Star)



21:00


Avatar (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
When disabled ex-Marine Jake Sully replaces his recently killed brother on a mission to the distant world of Pandora, he discovers that the mining company Resources Development Administration plans to drive off the planet's native inhabitants for the precious mineral unobtainium. With orders to infiltrate the Na'vi, Jake finds himself falling in love with beautiful alien Neytiri, but complications soon ensue.
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Joel Moore, Giovanni Ribisi
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2009, 12, 4 Star)

00:05


Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Documentary) U certificate
Werner Herzog's award-winning documentary about the Chauvet Cave, situated among the beautiful gorges of southern France, which is famous for its extraordinary prehistoric paintings. In a way, the film is a documentary about documentary, as, in addition to revealing the splendour of the Paleolithic artwork that was discovered within the cave system in 1994, it also probes why mankind has had, and acted upon, a seemingly innate urge to record everyday life for at least the past 32,000 years. Film4 premiere.
(Premiere, Subtitles, 2010, U)

01:55


Pathfinder (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
Marcus Nispel's all-action drama is set in pre-Columbus America when the first invaders are Vikings. Beaten back by the Native Americans, they accidentally abandon one of their number, a young child who is reared by the natives and named 'Ghost'. In his adulthood, he considers himself to be Native American but when the Vikings return, it is up to him to save his peaceful adopted tribe from slaughter. Based on Norway's Oscar-nominee Ofelas, Nispel's film is full of spectacular set pieces and battles.
Director: Marcus Nispel
Starring: Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown, Jay Tavare, Nathaniel Arcand
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 15, 2 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Thursday 7th November

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11:00


When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Another classic drama with a working-class/feminist bent from the influential Japanese director Mikio Naruse. Hideko Takamine stars as Keiko Yashiro, a widowed bar hostess trying to overcome financial difficulties in 1950s Tokyo. After her husband's untimely death, Keiko is left struggling to make ends meet and so takes a job in one of the bars in the red light district. It's quasi-respectable employment, despite its proximity to the area's main trade. However, she's on the cusp of her thirties, so she'll soon be expected to make way for a younger hostess. Often this would be the point at which a hostess would open her own bar, but given her indigence, this independent-minded woman must choose between two invidious options: marrying for financial security, or selling herself. It's a subtly gripping drama, with its real-world dilemmas conveyed via Naruse's naturalistic cinematography. Film4 premiere.
Director: Mikio Naruse
Starring: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katô, Ganjirô Nakamura
(Black and White, Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 1960, PG, 4 Star)

13:15


D.O.A. (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Frank tells police that he has been murdered. Knowing that a slow-acting poison will leave him dead in a week, Frank desperately tries to find his own killer. Innovative film noir, remade in 1988 with Dennis Quaid as the doomed man.
Director: Rudolph Maté
Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Lynn Baggett, William Ching
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1950, PG, 3 Star)

14:55


Cloak and Dagger (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Fritz Lang's spy thriller stars Gary Cooper as Professor Alvah Jesper, a mild-mannered American physicist who is sent on a mission to Europe to rescue a nuclear scientist held by the Nazis and falls in love with an Italian underground fighter.
Director: Richard Franklin, Fritz Lang
Starring: Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer, Robert Alda
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1946, 12, 3 Star)

17:05


The Black Tent (Film) Film icon U certificate
Wartime romantic mystery, based on a script by Robin Maugham and Bryan Forbes, starring Anthony Steel as British officer David Holland. When Holland doesn't return to reclaim his vast estates in Britain after the war, his family presume he is dead and his brother Sir Charles travels to Libya to find out what happened to him. His investigations lead him from the British embassy in Tripoli to a Bedouin camp, where he is given a diary by the sheikh's daughter and begins to piece together his brother's strange story.
Director: Brian Desmond-Hurst
Starring: Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel, Anna-Maria Sandri
(Subtitles, 1957, U, 2 Star)

18:55


Hocus Pocus (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Thora Birch star in this slightly dark Disney family fantasy-comedy, directed by Kenny Ortega. Max is not happy that his family have moved to Salem, Massachusetts, and he's even less pleased that he has to look after his younger sister Dani on Halloween. While attempting to prove to his sister and his sweetheart Allison that Halloween is all just superstition and nonsense, he accidentally resurrects Winnie, Sarah and Mary, three witches put to death 300 years earlier for killing children to create rejuvenating potions. The revived crones resume their quest for eternal youth, and only Max, Dani and Allison can stop them... Edited for content.
Director: Kenny Ortega
Starring: Jason Marsden, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1993, PG, 3 Star)



20:50


The Counsellor Interview Special (Entertainment)
Stars Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem and director Ridley Scott talk about the making of their adult dramatic-thriller The Counsellor, based on an original screenplay by No Country For Old Men author Cormac McCarthy.

21:00


No Country for Old Men (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Ethan and Joel Coen's Oscar-laden thriller stars Josh Brolin as Llewelyn Moss, a trailer-dwelling welder and hunter. Hunting deer in the desert, he comes across a drugs exchange which has gone bloodily wrong, and among the detritus is a case containing $2m. He decides to appropriate the money, but it's not a wise move: he soon has the deadly assassin Anton Chigurh on his trail, as well as Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, and smiling bounty hunter Carson Wells. As Moss tries to keep hold of the cash, and preserve both his own life and that of his wife Carla, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse is played out across the Tex-Mex border, as pursuers and the pursued try to gain the upper hand. In English, and Spanish with English subtitles. This screening marks the start of Film4's Bad to the Bone season, a four-night season of triple-bills celebrating some of cinema's most memorable arch-villains, anti-heroes and super-creeps.
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, 15, 4 Star)

23:20


Bronson (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 18 certificate
Tom Hardy stars in Nicolas Winding Refn's disturbing, stylised biopic, which recounts the ignoble, incarcerated life of the man who has been dubbed Britain's longest-serving and most violent prisoner: Charles Bronson. Though from a good background, Michael Peterson quickly developed a gourmand's taste for violence and illegality. He changed his name to Charles Bronson at the behest of a bare-knuckle boxing promoter, and was imprisoned for seven years in 1974 for his part in an armed robbery. Since then he's had a total of four months of liberty; the rest of his time has been behind bars, mostly in solitary confinement; ever-extending his sentence through persistent brutal attacks on prison guards, hostage-taking, and attempts to kill and maim.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Tom Hardy, Matt King, Kelly Adams, Katy Barker, Edward Bennett-Coles, June Bladon
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2009, 18, 3 Star)

01:10


Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Tim Burton's gore-splashed Gothic take on Stephen Sondheim's musical stars Johnny Depp in the title role. He was once an innocent barber, Benjamin Barker, happily married to Lucy with a daughter, Johanna. But evil Judge Turpin coveted Lucy, had Barker deported and had his wicked way with Lucy who, in despair, killed herself. Barker returns, ravaged by time and unrecognisable, seeking vengeance, and sets up as a barber offering a murderously close shave. Joining him in his endeavours is Mrs Lovett, who runs the pie shop beneath his salon and uses his victims to make lip-smacking pies. But, as Sweeney grows close to his target, a secret from the past is disclosed, which changes everything.
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 18, 4 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Friday 8th November

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11:00


Arizona Raiders (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Olympic-gold-medal-winning-swimmer-turned-actor Buster Crabbe stars alongside real-life war hero Audie Murphy in this slap-bang western by High Chaparral director William Witney. Clint Stuart is freed from gaol by army captain Tom Andrews, to help track down a gang of renegade outlaws terrorising Arizona.
Director: William Witney
Starring: Audie Murphy, Michael Dante, Ben Cooper, Buster Crabbe, Gloria Talbott, Ray Stricklyn
(Subtitles, 1965, PG, 3 Star)

12:45


Ben-Hur (Film) Film icon 5 star rating PG certificate
William Wyler's famed, multi-Oscar-winning, epic Biblical extravaganza stars Charlton Heston and features, literally, a cast of thousands. It's the tale of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur, who, refusing to betray his people, is in turn betrayed by a friend from his past, Messala. Stripped of his privileged life and his family, he is condemned to the gruelling existence of a galley slave.
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1959, PG, 5 Star)

16:40


They Who Dare (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Lewis Milestone, who was responsible for classics such as Mutiny on the Bounty and All Quiet on the Western Front, directs this World War II drama, set in the Aegean Sea and extolling the Special Boat Service. Led by Lieutenant Graham, the squadron of English and Greek operatives secretly hop from island to island, sabotaging Axis air bases. But their biggest mission comes when they are called upon to dynamite air bases on heavily-defended Rhodes.
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, Gérard Oury, Eric Pohlmann, Alec Mango
(Subtitles, 1953, U, 3 Star)

18:50


Definitely, Maybe (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Romantic comedy directed by Adam Brooks. Ryan Reynolds plays Will Hayes, an advertising executive whose marriage is on the brink of ending in divorce. But before it does, his 10-year-old daughter Maya asks her father to explain how he met her mother. Instead of giving her a straight answer, Reynolds recounts his relationships with three women over the previous 16 years, changing their names and then inviting Maya to guess which woman he married. So, did Reynolds fall for his college sweetheart Emily; the kooky apolitical friend April he met while working on the Bill Clinton campaign in 1992; or is she the ambitious, carefree journalist Summer? Also starring Kevin Kline. Edited for content.
Director: Adam T. Brooks
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Kline
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 12, 4 Star)

21:00


Fracture (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Continuing Film4's Bad to the Bone season. Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling and David Strathairn star in Gregory Hoblit's twist-filled legal drama. When top airplane engineer Ted Crawford discovers that his wife has been cheating on him he takes a devastatingly direct route to revenge: he drives home and shoots his errant spouse in the face. He then waits for the police to turn up and confesses to the crime. With his wife in a coma, Crawford is arrested and enters the justice system. It should, of course, be the simplest prosecution ever. And lawyer Willy Beachum can be forgiven for thinking that his last case as a criminal attorney will be a doddle. But once in court, Crawford, representing himself, starts to tear apart the ample evidence that's stacked against him... Can he possibly get away with his crime?
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, 15, 3 Star)



23:15


Animal Kingdom (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
James Frecheville, Jacki Weaver, Ben Mendelsohn and Guy Pearce star in this stark but compelling Australian crime drama. When 17-year-old J Cody's mum dies, he's taken in by his grandmother, who promises to treat him as lovingly as she does her own sons. This is more troubling than you might expect: Janine 'Smurf' Cody is the fierce matriarch of a Melbourne gangster outfit, who expresses affection for J's uncles by kissing them on the mouth in public. Worse still, Smurf's lads run the gamut from the psychopathic 'Pope' to the hopheadedly dumb Craig.
Director: David Michôd
Starring: James Frecheville, Bryce Lindemann, Paul Smits, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 15, 4 Star)

01:30


Chopper (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Gory biopic about the life of notorious Australian criminal turned best-selling author Mark "Chopper" Read. The film, starring Eric Bana, chronicles Read's time in prison where his best friend turned against him after a violent encounter with a crime boss. On his release years later, Read sets out to seek vengeance against his erstwhile friend and other enemies, while simultaneously trying to keep an eye on his prostitute girlfriend.
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Daniel Wyllie, Bill Young, Vince Colosimo
(Subtitles, 2000, 18, 4 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Saturday 9th November

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11:00


Distant Drums (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Capt Quincy Wyatt is leading a military expedition against a ring of gun-runners in the treacherous Florida swamplands when he and his men are surrounded by hordes of hostile Seminole Indians. As the Indians force him deeper and deeper into the unyielding Everglades, Wyatt has to take drastic action to ensure the safety of his men.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Richard Webb, Ray Teal, Arthur Hunnicutt, Robert Barrat
(Subtitles, 1951, U, 3 Star)

13:00


Just My Luck (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Donald Petrie's romcom stars Lindsay Lohan as Ashley Albright, who is probably the luckiest girl in the United States: the sun always shines on her, there's always a cab at her call and every scratch card she buys is a winner. Jake Hardin is her polar opposite; if there's something nasty on the pavement, he'll tread in it. But after a chance kiss their luck is reversed and, as Ashley struggles with life's travails, Jake revels in his new good fortune, until the mismatched pair realise that being together is a matter of sharing the good times as well as the bad.
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Missi Pyle
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, PG, 2 Star)

15:05


The Parent Trap (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Family comedy about identical twin sisters who are separated at birth when their parents divorce. Years later the girls meet at a summer camp and, despite strikingly different personalities, agree to a scheme to reunite their parents. When camp ends, they change places and start their plan with the first goal to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father. A new remake of the 1961 favourite staring Hayley Mills.
Director: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1998, PG, 3 Star)

17:45


Avatar (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
When disabled ex-Marine Jake Sully replaces his recently killed brother on a mission to the distant world of Pandora, he discovers that the mining company Resources Development Administration plans to drive off the planet's native inhabitants for the precious mineral unobtainium. With orders to infiltrate the Na'vi, Jake finds himself falling in love with beautiful alien Neytiri, but complications soon ensue.
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Joel Moore, Giovanni Ribisi
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2009, 12, 4 Star)

21:00


The Departed (Film) Film icon 5 star rating 18 certificate
After five previous nominations, director Martin Scorsese finally picked up the best director Oscar for this thriller, based on Alan Mak and Andrew Lau's Infernal Affairs. Matt Damon plays Colin Sullivan, who's spotted as a kid by gangster Frank Costello, and groomed to become a cop, providing Frank's eyes and ears inside the force. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Billy Costigan, who comes from a family with criminal connections but joins the police force, and is sent undercover into Costello's gang. Both sides know they have an informer in their midst and both use their man to try and uncover the identity of the other. As each gets closer to their target, the tension on both sides rises.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, 18, 5 Star)



23:55


Sexy Beast (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Thriller in which a retired gangster's psychotic ex-colleague tries to persuade him to work on one last job. Now living in Spain with his wife and friends, the former criminal is far from keen to renew his law-breaking ways, but the intimidating visitor is adamant that his friend should come out of retirement for a bank job. The lives of all those involved hang in the balance as the two strong men conduct a battle of wills.
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox, Cavan Kendall, Julianne White
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2000, 18, 4 Star)

01:40


Le Serpent (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Eric Barbier's tense thriller stars Yvan Attal as Mandel, a photographer in the process of divorcing his wife. Into his life comes former classmate Plender, who is now psychopathically obsessed with avenging a childhood slight. Framing Mandel for the murder of a model, he also begins to inveigle his way into Mandel's family to inflict further damage - can Mandel stop him and prove his innocence?
Director: Eric Barbier
Starring: Yvan Attal, Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Richard, Simon Abkarian, Minna Haapkylä, Olga Kurylenko
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In French with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 2006, 15, 3 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Sunday 10th November

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11:00


Broken Lance (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Edward Dmytryk's Oscar-winning western stars Spencer Tracy as Matt Devereaux, a strict disciplinarian who treats his sons Joe, Ben, Denny and Mike little better than employees on his ranch. However, when he leads a raid on a copper mine that's destroying his land, it's Joe who takes the blame. But returning home after three years in prison, he finds his father dead and his brothers unwilling to recognise his sacrifice.
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters
(Subtitles, 1954, U, 3 Star)

13:00


Gulliver's Travels (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Jack Black stars in this take on Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel, though director Rob Letterman's family-friendly version tones down the earthier satire and concentrates just on Gulliver's early adventures. Lemuel Gulliver works in the post room of a New York newspaper. Spying an opportunity to impress the beautiful editor Darcy Silverman, he stoops to plagiarising travel websites in order to win a commission to write his own travel piece. He succeeds, but his reward is an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle, where he inevitably vanishes without trace. Gulliver wakes up on the shores of an island that's home to a nation of tiny people who appear to be stuck in the 18th century. And they aren't at all sure what to do with this gargantuan beast that Providence has washed up among them. The Lilliputian cast include Billy Connolly, Catherine Tate, Chris O'Dowd, Emily Blunt and James Corden.
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring: Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Chris O'Dowd
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, PG, 2 Star)

14:35


Young Sherlock Holmes (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Barry Levinson's family film, scripted by Chris Columbus, stars Nicholas Rowe as Sherlock Holmes and Alan Cox as John Watson, who meet up as teenagers at boarding school. Holmes, already developing his detective skills, becomes interested in the seemingly unconnected deaths of prominent men, but by acting upon his deductive powers he places himself and Watson in mortal danger. The influence of Steven Spielberg as executive producer can be seen, with scenes that could have appeared in The Goonies or Indiana Jones, but Levinson gives the film its own distinctive style. Nigel Stock plays an eccentric teacher at the school; he played Watson in the 1960s BBC TV series.
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood, Freddie Jones
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1985, PG, 3 Star)

16:45


Bride Wars (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway star in Gary Winick's romantic comedy as best friends competing to nab the same location for their wedding reception. When Liv and Emma were girls they attended such an impressive wedding at New York's landmark Plaza Hotel that they swore that, when the time came, they would each celebrate their nuptials there. Twenty years later, after saying 'yes' to their respective fiancés, they've instructed their wedding planner to book the ceremony of their dreams. But because of a clerical error they're both given the same slot, and neither is willing to concede. Instead, their friendship is jettisoned as they resort to underhand tactics in a bid to sabotage each other and fulfil their marriage fantasies.
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Steve Howey, Candice Bergen
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2009, PG, 2 Star)

18:30


The Legend of Zorro (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise their roles from the 1998 western adventure The Mask of Zorro, in a sequel that takes a more slapstick approach to its swashbuckling than the original. The action takes place a decade after our first encounter with Don Alejandro de la Vega, better known in his guise as the masked champion of the poor, Zorro. With California on the verge of joining the Union as its 31st state, it finally looks as though Don Alejandro will be able to spend more of his time raising his son Joaquin and being with his wife Elena. But an unsettling incident and the emergence of a sinister organisation that's determined to keep California separate brings marital discord for Don Alejandro, danger to his son and a greater need than ever before for Zorro to don his floppy hat, tie on the mask and pick up his sword.
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Michael Emerson, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Alberto Reyes
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, PG, 3 Star)



21:00


The Untouchables (Film) Film icon 5 star rating 15 certificate
Brian De Palma's rip-roaring thriller, scripted by David Mamet, is set in lawless prohibition-era Chicago, when Al Capone ruled through corruption and violence. Determined to take him down is federal agent Eliot Ness, helped by tough street cop Jim Malone. But to do so, Ness must become as ruthless and violent as his quarry.
Director: Brian de Palma
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin-Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert de Niro
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1987, 15, 5 Star)

23:20


Wall Street (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Oliver Stone's morality tale stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious young stockbroker, who's willing to do whatever it takes to emulate his hero, supremely wealthy financier Gordon Gekko. Bud's initial attempts to play the market honestly don't light his touchpaper to success. But, when he passes on some insider information to Gekko, his career starts to pick up pace and, as he becomes increasingly embroiled in illegal trading and financial espionage, he begins to make the money of his dreams. However, he fails to fully comprehend the true cost of his deals until one of them threatens the livelihood of his union boss father.
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Daryl Hannah, John C. McGinley, Tamara Tunie
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1987, 15, 4 Star)

01:45


Internal Affairs (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 18 certificate
This intense thriller from Mike Figgis stars Andy Garcia as Sergeant Raymond Avilla, an ambitious police officer in the Los Angeles Internal Affairs Department. Avilla is assigned to investigate a brutality case and rapidly comes into conflict with unscrupulous and violent cop Dennis Peck, whose corrupt influence seems to stretch far and wide. A vicious battle of wills between the two men ensues and, as the plot progresses, their strengths and weaknesses are revealed to be remarkably similar, blurring the conventional boundaries between good cop and bad cop. Strong supporting turns are provided by Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf and William Baldwin.
Director: Mike Figgis
Starring: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1990, 18, 3 Star)

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Film4 Listings for Monday 11th November

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11:00


McLintock! (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
John Wayne stars as cattle baron McLintock, with Maureen O'Hara as Kate in this comedy western adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. Set in the eponymous town of McLintock, the local cattle ranchers are in hot dispute with newcomer homesteaders.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kruschen, Chill Wills
(Subtitles, 1963, U, 4 Star)

13:30


The Hindenburg (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Robert Wise's dramatic retelling of 1937's ill-fated transatlantic flight suggests conspiracy and cover-up were at the heart of the tragedy. Following a swirl of rumours about sabotage, Colonel Franz Ritter is assigned to the airship's flight as chief of security. He travels from Europe with an interesting set of passengers: from Anne Bancroft's countess to scheming businessmen, an entertainer, a Gestapo man and others with potentially suspicious reasons for being on that particular flight. The film's conspiracy theory hints that the full facts will never be known, as its story builds to its dramatic conclusion in the airspace over New Jersey.
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1975, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


The Sea Chase (Film) Film icon U certificate
John Wayne playing a Nazi? Surely not! Well, almost: in John Farrow's war-time action film, he plays Karl Ehrlich, the captain of a German merchant ship caught in Australian waters at the outbreak of the war. Determined to get home but pursued by the British Navy, he sets sail even though he's short of food and fuel. Also on board is Elsa Keller, Wayne's ex-flame and possibly a Nazi spy, who was engaged to Commander Jeff Napier, who just happens to be in charge of the pursuing destroyer. As the race for home speeds up, so do the heartbeats of Karl and Elsa, trapped together on the Ergenstrasse.
Director: John Farrow
Starring: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, Tab Hunter, James Arness
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1955, U, 2 Star)

18:25


Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
The first spin-off movie from the TV series, directed by Robert Wise, stars William Shatner as Admiral James T Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock and DeForst Kelley as Dr Leonard McCoy in a spectacular adventure. Kirk, deskbound at Starfleet Command, goes aboard the Enterprise to hand over command but he has to take control again in order to avert a crisis. A huge energy cloud that destroys everything in its path is heading towards Earth, apparently seeking its creator. Can Kirk and his crew solve the mystery of its origins and avert disaster? This screening is introduced by Leonard Nimoy.
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1979, U, 3 Star)

21:00


The Mechanic (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Jason Statham stars in director Simon West's action retread of Michael Winner's 1972 revenge thriller. Arthur Bishop earns his living as a 'mechanic', a euphemism for hitman that betrays the precision and emotional detachment with which he goes about his business. And that even applies when he's contracted to kill his wheelchair-using mentor Harry McKenna, though he does at least demand to know why he should send his friend to an early grave. Things then get awkward for Bishop, when McKenna's son Steve asks if he'll tutor him. Their partnership develops in fits and starts, but Bishop's boss Dean Sanderson makes it clear he's not happy with the nascent partnership's latest assassination. So, with all the main players inherently suspicious trained killers, and various motives for murder in the air, it won't take much to spark bloodshed - and that catalyst comes with an unexpected sighting at an airport... First screening on Film4.
Director: Simon West
Starring: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Jeff Chase, Mini Anden
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2011, 15, 3 Star)



22:50


Fatal Attraction (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Controversial thriller about a glamorous career woman who loses control when her married lover, a Manhattan attorney, ends their brief affair. Unable to accept his rejection, she pursues him at the office and then at his home, eventually drawing his wife and daughter into the confrontation. Violence and bloodshed figure in the intensifying nightmare before its harrowing conclusion.
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Stuart Pankin, Ellen Foley
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1987, 18, 4 Star)

01:10


Close My Eyes (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Richard and Natalie are a brother and sister who have been brought up by different parents and have never been close. At the start of a long, hot summer in present-day London, their paths cross once more; only now their roles are curiously reversed. While Richard is full of doubts about his previous way of life and has taken a poorly paid job, a seemingly self-possessed Natalie is living in Home Counties ease and splendour with her rich and eccentric husband Sinclair. Richard is transfixed by the apparent change in his now beautiful sister and when the two finally meet in private in Richard's flat their mutual attraction runs out of control. Directed and written by Stephen Poliakoff.
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Starring: Alan Rickman, Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves, Karl Johnson, Lesley Sharp, Kate Gartside
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1990, 18, 4 Star)