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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 260957" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>Wed 13th Sept.</p><p></p><p>Ronin, BBC3, 9pm.</p><p></p><p>Not sci fi, but an excellent thriller, with a fine international cast, set on streets of Paris, with some nice car chases, one of which is - apparently - remarkably similar to that in which Princess Diana was killed.</p><p></p><p>Director John Frankenheimer was most famous in late 50's / early 60's, for films like Birdman of Alcatraz, 7 Days in May, The Manchurian Candidate, etc. His later films are still excellent, but not as famous. This was his last "major" work.</p><p></p><p>Scriptwriter David Mamet is a controversial USA playright/director - often highly critical and dismissive of actors generally - who became well known through plays like American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross.</p><p></p><p>-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamet%2C_David .</p><p><a href="http://www.instantcast.com/casting/become_an_actor.asp" target="_blank">http://www.instantcast.com/casting/become_an_actor.asp</a> .</p><p>(it's worth looking at the summary of Mamet's controversial ideas about acting, in these 2 short articles!).</p><p></p><p>Double Jeopardy, ITV2, 9pm.</p><p></p><p>Again, not sci fi, but a fair thriller. A woman's husband has framed her, with the crime of attempting to kill him, and after finishing her jail term, because of double jeopardy - you can't be tried twice for the same crime - she can then kill him legally with no consequences (great storyline, but wouldn't work in real life!).</p><p>Cast includes excellent film actor Tommy Lee Jones, anything with him in is worth watching.</p><p>Highly topical because, last Monday, UK legal history was made when a person was first tried twice for the same offence, and convicted!</p><p></p><p>I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, M+M, 10pm.</p><p></p><p>A dispatch rider gets a bike, and discovers it runs on blood.</p><p></p><p>This low budget recent Britflik comedy horror sounds as if it should be entertaining, sort of like Little Shop of Horrors (the original, non-musical), but in fact has had mixed reviews for bad taste:</p><p><a href="http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/vampiremotorcycle.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/vampiremotorcycle.shtml</a> .</p><p></p><p>Arthur, BBC1, 11.15pm.</p><p></p><p>This superb comedy is "film of the day". Dudley Moore is a rich spoiled obnoxious brat, whose life changes when he meets hooker Liza Minnelli, after which his family threatens to disown him ..... </p><p></p><p>The real star of this is John Gielgud, hilariously playing the cynical world weary butler (and looking very fit, he was 77 at the time!), for which he very deservedly got an Oscar (Dudley Moore also got one).</p><p></p><p>After the "Pete and Dud" satire days ended, Peter Cook stayed in the uk, and relative obscurity, while Dudley Moore had a 2nd career in Hollywood, briefly, in a few films like 10, etc .....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 260957, member: 192438"] Wed 13th Sept. Ronin, BBC3, 9pm. Not sci fi, but an excellent thriller, with a fine international cast, set on streets of Paris, with some nice car chases, one of which is - apparently - remarkably similar to that in which Princess Diana was killed. Director John Frankenheimer was most famous in late 50's / early 60's, for films like Birdman of Alcatraz, 7 Days in May, The Manchurian Candidate, etc. His later films are still excellent, but not as famous. This was his last "major" work. Scriptwriter David Mamet is a controversial USA playright/director - often highly critical and dismissive of actors generally - who became well known through plays like American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross. -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamet%2C_David . [url]http://www.instantcast.com/casting/become_an_actor.asp[/url] . (it's worth looking at the summary of Mamet's controversial ideas about acting, in these 2 short articles!). Double Jeopardy, ITV2, 9pm. Again, not sci fi, but a fair thriller. A woman's husband has framed her, with the crime of attempting to kill him, and after finishing her jail term, because of double jeopardy - you can't be tried twice for the same crime - she can then kill him legally with no consequences (great storyline, but wouldn't work in real life!). Cast includes excellent film actor Tommy Lee Jones, anything with him in is worth watching. Highly topical because, last Monday, UK legal history was made when a person was first tried twice for the same offence, and convicted! I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, M+M, 10pm. A dispatch rider gets a bike, and discovers it runs on blood. This low budget recent Britflik comedy horror sounds as if it should be entertaining, sort of like Little Shop of Horrors (the original, non-musical), but in fact has had mixed reviews for bad taste: [url]http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/vampiremotorcycle.shtml[/url] . Arthur, BBC1, 11.15pm. This superb comedy is "film of the day". Dudley Moore is a rich spoiled obnoxious brat, whose life changes when he meets hooker Liza Minnelli, after which his family threatens to disown him ..... The real star of this is John Gielgud, hilariously playing the cynical world weary butler (and looking very fit, he was 77 at the time!), for which he very deservedly got an Oscar (Dudley Moore also got one). After the "Pete and Dud" satire days ended, Peter Cook stayed in the uk, and relative obscurity, while Dudley Moore had a 2nd career in Hollywood, briefly, in a few films like 10, etc ..... [/QUOTE]
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