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Films on Canal+ Film 1 & 2 / 27th November
Please check times + or - for your country (English films only)
Saturday 27th November
Canal Digital on Thor 2/3 at 1.0W
11278V SYM:24500 FEC 7/8
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Canal+ Film1
They
12:40 They 11 y/o / Horror / Thriller / 2002 / Laura Regan, Marc Blucas and Ethan Embry. Directed by Robert Harmon.
After witnessing a horrific and traumatic event, Julia Lund (Laura Regan), a graduate student in psycholandy, gradually comes to the realization that everything which scared her as a child could be real. And what's worse, it might be coming back to get her...
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Old School
15:35 Old School 15 y/o / Comedy / 2003 / Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn. Directed by Todd Phillips.
Mitch, Frank and Beanie are disillusioned with their personal lives begining when Mitch's nymphomanic girlfriend, Heidi, cheats on him, then former party animal Frank gets married, but unwilling to get go of his wild life, and Beanie is a family man seeking to reclaim his wild and crazy youth. Beanie suggests that they form their own fraternity in Mitch's new house on a college campus to re-live their glory days by bringing tandether a variety of misfit college students, losers, middle-aged and elderly retirees as their new friends and later try to avoid being evicted by the new Dean of Students, Pritchard, whom still holds a personal grudge against all three of them.
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Recruit, The (2003)
17:05 The Recruit 11 y/o / Thriller / 2003 / mixed language / Al Pacino, Colin Farrell and Bridget Moynahan. Directed by Rander Donaldson.
James Clayton (Colin Farrell) is one of the top prospects in the new crop of CIA recruits. His intelligence and unconventional attitude attract the attention of veteran Walter Burke (Al Pacino) who squires him through the Agency's difficult training courses and helps him to quickly rise through the ranks. Clayton is then given a special assignment, to root out a suspected mole that has infiltrated the Agency.
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Shanghai Knights (2003)
19:00 Shanghai Knights 11 y/o Comedy / 2003 / mixed language / Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. Directed by David Dobkin.
When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds. Chon's sister, Lin, has the same idea, and uncovers a worldwide conspiracy to murder the royal family but almost no one will believe her.
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Actors, The (2003)
21:00 The Actors 15 y/o / Comedy / 2003 / Michael Caine, Michael Caine and Dylan Moran. Directed by Conor McPherson.
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Changing Lanes
23:00 Changing Lanes 15 y/o / Thriller / 2002 / Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson and Kim Staunton. Directed by Rander Michell.
An attorney (Ben Affleck) in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman (Samuel Jackson), who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties' part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions. Contains mild violence and profanity.
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Canal+ Film2
Dream
14:50 Dream / Film / 2001/1 Adrian Tridel, Joe Absolom and Philip Martin Brown. Directed by Mikael Hylin.
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Phone Booth
16:30 Phone Booth 15 y/o / Thriller / 2002 / Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland and Forest Whitaker. Directed by Joel Schumacher.
A slick New York publicist (Farrell) who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
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Spun
17:50 Spun 15 y/o / Comedy / 2002 / Jason Schwartzman, Mickey Rourke and Brittany Murphy. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund.
the ultimate speed freak's tale.
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Flower & Garnet
20:00 Flower & Garnet / Drama / 2002 / Callum Keith Rennie, Jane McGregor and Alisha Penev. Directed by Keith Behrman.
A dysfunctional family hits a crisis when the teenaged daughter gives birth
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Adaptation.
22:00 Adaptation 15 y/o / Comedy / 2002 / Mixed language / Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper. Directed by Spike Jonze.
An account of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's (Cage) attempt to adapt Susan Orlean's (Streep) non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, which is the story of John Laroche (Cooper), a plant dealer who clones rare orchids then sells them to collectors. We see the action of the book as we see Kaufman struggle to adapt it into a movie. This is presumably a somewhat true story, as Charlie Kaufman is the real life screenwriter of Adaptation.
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Abandon
23:55 Abandon 11 y/o / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / 2002 / Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt and Charlie Hunnam. Directed by Stephen Gaghan.
A senior at an elite college (Katie Holmes), already under severe pressure to complete her thesis and land a prestigious job, must confront the sudden reappearance of her old boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam), after his two year, unexplained absence...
Regards Satdude.
Please check times + or - for your country (English films only)
Saturday 27th November
Canal Digital on Thor 2/3 at 1.0W
11278V SYM:24500 FEC 7/8
--------------------------------------------------------------
Canal+ Film1
They
12:40 They 11 y/o / Horror / Thriller / 2002 / Laura Regan, Marc Blucas and Ethan Embry. Directed by Robert Harmon.
After witnessing a horrific and traumatic event, Julia Lund (Laura Regan), a graduate student in psycholandy, gradually comes to the realization that everything which scared her as a child could be real. And what's worse, it might be coming back to get her...
--------------------------------------------------------------
Old School
15:35 Old School 15 y/o / Comedy / 2003 / Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn. Directed by Todd Phillips.
Mitch, Frank and Beanie are disillusioned with their personal lives begining when Mitch's nymphomanic girlfriend, Heidi, cheats on him, then former party animal Frank gets married, but unwilling to get go of his wild life, and Beanie is a family man seeking to reclaim his wild and crazy youth. Beanie suggests that they form their own fraternity in Mitch's new house on a college campus to re-live their glory days by bringing tandether a variety of misfit college students, losers, middle-aged and elderly retirees as their new friends and later try to avoid being evicted by the new Dean of Students, Pritchard, whom still holds a personal grudge against all three of them.
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Recruit, The (2003)
17:05 The Recruit 11 y/o / Thriller / 2003 / mixed language / Al Pacino, Colin Farrell and Bridget Moynahan. Directed by Rander Donaldson.
James Clayton (Colin Farrell) is one of the top prospects in the new crop of CIA recruits. His intelligence and unconventional attitude attract the attention of veteran Walter Burke (Al Pacino) who squires him through the Agency's difficult training courses and helps him to quickly rise through the ranks. Clayton is then given a special assignment, to root out a suspected mole that has infiltrated the Agency.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Shanghai Knights (2003)
19:00 Shanghai Knights 11 y/o Comedy / 2003 / mixed language / Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. Directed by David Dobkin.
When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds. Chon's sister, Lin, has the same idea, and uncovers a worldwide conspiracy to murder the royal family but almost no one will believe her.
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Actors, The (2003)
21:00 The Actors 15 y/o / Comedy / 2003 / Michael Caine, Michael Caine and Dylan Moran. Directed by Conor McPherson.
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Changing Lanes
23:00 Changing Lanes 15 y/o / Thriller / 2002 / Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson and Kim Staunton. Directed by Rander Michell.
An attorney (Ben Affleck) in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman (Samuel Jackson), who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties' part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions. Contains mild violence and profanity.
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Canal+ Film2
Dream
14:50 Dream / Film / 2001/1 Adrian Tridel, Joe Absolom and Philip Martin Brown. Directed by Mikael Hylin.
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Phone Booth
16:30 Phone Booth 15 y/o / Thriller / 2002 / Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland and Forest Whitaker. Directed by Joel Schumacher.
A slick New York publicist (Farrell) who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Spun
17:50 Spun 15 y/o / Comedy / 2002 / Jason Schwartzman, Mickey Rourke and Brittany Murphy. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund.
the ultimate speed freak's tale.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Flower & Garnet
20:00 Flower & Garnet / Drama / 2002 / Callum Keith Rennie, Jane McGregor and Alisha Penev. Directed by Keith Behrman.
A dysfunctional family hits a crisis when the teenaged daughter gives birth
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Adaptation.
22:00 Adaptation 15 y/o / Comedy / 2002 / Mixed language / Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper. Directed by Spike Jonze.
An account of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's (Cage) attempt to adapt Susan Orlean's (Streep) non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, which is the story of John Laroche (Cooper), a plant dealer who clones rare orchids then sells them to collectors. We see the action of the book as we see Kaufman struggle to adapt it into a movie. This is presumably a somewhat true story, as Charlie Kaufman is the real life screenwriter of Adaptation.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Abandon
23:55 Abandon 11 y/o / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / 2002 / Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt and Charlie Hunnam. Directed by Stephen Gaghan.
A senior at an elite college (Katie Holmes), already under severe pressure to complete her thesis and land a prestigious job, must confront the sudden reappearance of her old boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam), after his two year, unexplained absence...
Regards Satdude.