FilmFour & Film Four +1 29.07.06
Astra 2D at 28.2E
Film Four VPID32312 APID 2313 10729 V 22000-5/6
Film Four +1 VPID2312 APID2313 10729 V 22000-5/6
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15.00pm Brief Encounter (PG) 1945
David Lean's classic romantic melodrama, telling the story of a suburban housewife who finds herself falling in love with a married doctor she meets by chance at a railway station. Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard are superb, underplaying the star-crossed pair to perfection in a gorgeous, timeless tale that still retains the power to enchant. Stanley Holloway, Cyril Raymond and Valentine Dyall also star (888)
16.35pm Music Behind the Scenes In-depth examination of the role music plays in creating atmosphere in romantic films, including interviews with critically acclaimed director Stephen Frears, and composers Maurice Jarre and Rachel Portman
17.40pm Horse Feathers (U) 1932
Wacky Marx Brothers comedy, starring Groucho as a college president whose ambitions for the campus football team lead him to employ unorthodox tactics — with spectacular results. Thelma Todd and David Landau also star
18.55pm Explorers 1985
A young Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix head the cast of this sci-fi adventure, in which three boys intercept a message from outer space. Discovering it contains instructions for creating their own spaceship, they set out to trace the signal to its source. With Jason Presson, Robert Picardo and Dick Miller
21.00pm The Italian Job (12) 2003 Premiere.
A gang of thieves are double-crossed by one of their own in a betrayal that leaves their friend and mentor dead — and regroup to form a daring plan to exact revenge on the traitor. Crime thriller, loosely based on the classic 1969 Michael Caine caper, starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green and Mos Def (888)
23.00pm Wolf Creek (18) 2005 Premiere.
Three backpackers become stranded in the Australian outback when their car breaks down, and are assisted by a seemingly friendly local. However, the trio wake the next day to find themselves in a living nightmare as their deranged host shows his violent side. Disturbing horror, loosely based on real-life events. John Jarratt stars as the blood-thirsty maniac, with Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath and Kestie Morassi as his hapless victims
00.55am Ghost World (15) 2001
Two cynical teenagers while away the summer months trying to work out what to do with the rest of their lives — until one of them meets an obsessive record collector and the old friends begin to drift apart. Entertaining and perceptive comedy, with intense performances from the uniformly excellent cast, headed by Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi and Scarlett Johansson (888)
02.30am Close
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