FilmFour & Film Four +1 13.08.06
Astra 2D at 28.2E - 10729 V SYM:22000 FEC 5/6
Film Four SID8335 VPID2312 APID2313 Eng
Film Four +1 SID8330 VPID2332 APID2333 Eng
15.00pm Lady in the Dark (U) 1944
Ginger Rogers stars as a hard-working executive who undergoes psychotherapy to help her choose between the three men in her life. Lavish musical, with Ray Milland, Jon Hall and Warner Baxter
16.55pm Laputa: Castle in the
Sky (PG) 1986
A lad is understandably shocked to find an unconscious girl floating down from the sky. When she awakes, it's to realise she must find a mythical flying castle, so the pair embark on an epic journey to track it down. However, they soon find themselves pursued by a horde of pirates. Animated fantasy, with the voices of Mark Hamill, Anna Paquin and James Van Der Beek. Dubbed in English (888)
19.20pm Carry On Dick (PG) 1974
Lawmen Kenneth Williams and Jack Douglas dedicate themselves to catching cheeky highwayman Sid James, and enlist the help of a local reverend. But little do they realise the pious pastor and his buxom housemaid aren't all they seem. Ribald comedy, notable as being James's final appearance in the long-running franchise, co-starring the usual suspects including Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims and Hattie Jacques (888)
21.00pm Four Weddings and a Funeral (15) 1994
A yuppie seems destined always to be the best man and never the groom, but his run of romantic misfortune looks set to change once he meets an American beauty. However, the prospect of a transatlantic relationship succeeding seems slim, so the pair go their separate ways — only for him to realise he can't forget her. Richard Curtis's brilliantly played blockbusting comedy hurled Hugh Grant into the showbiz stratosphere, while Andie MacDowell manages to be slightly less annoying than usual, playing his unlikely soulmate. John Hannah, Charlotte Coleman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow and James Fleet co-star as Grant's circle of friends (888)
23.10pm Six Degrees of Separation (15) 1993
Will Smith is excellent in this acclaimed drama based on a true story. He plays a con-man making his way up the ladder of New York society by telling everyone he's Sidney Poitier's son — which allows him to mingle with the rich and famous with ease, giving him ample opportunity to ruin lives wherever he pleases. Fabulous stuff, exploring class guilt, naivety and attitudes to celebrity, and a fine supporting cast boasting the likes of Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland, Mary Beth Hurt, Ian McKellen and Heather Graham
01.15am La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (15) 2000
A convicted murderer gains a stay of execution as the residents of the tiny island on which he lives await the arrival of a guillotine, but in the intervening weeks he develops a close bond with the lonely wife of the ship's captain. French period romance, starring Juliette Binoche and Emir Kusturica
04.00am Close
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