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11:00
Dragoon Wells Massacre (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
This intriguing western from Harold D Schuster stars Dennis O'Keefe as cavalry officer Matt Riordan, assigned to lead marshall Bill Haney and his prisoner Link Ferris through Apache territory. But when they reach Dragoon Wells, they're ambushed and Riordan must lead a disparate band of survivors to safety while trying to prevent Ferris's escape.
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Starring: Dennis O'Keefe, Barry Sullivan, Mona Freeman, Katy Jurado, Sebastian Cabot, Max Showalter
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1957, 12)
12:45
The Admirable Crichton (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Lewis Gilbert's classic comedy, based on J M Barrie's play, stars Kenneth More as the admirable Crichton, butler to Lord Loam and his family. When, while cruising in the South Seas, they are shipwrecked on a desert island, his Lordship takes command but it slowly emerges that Crichton possesses the skills for survival. As the master/servant roles are reversed, even romance is turned upside down; but surely rescue will reassert the status quo?
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker, Sally Ann Howes, Martita Hunt, Jack Watling
(Subtitles, 1957, U, 3 Star)
14:35
The Comancheros (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Western starring John Wayne as Texas Ranger Jake Cutter. After taking gambler Paul Regret into custody, Cutter is forced to team up with his prisoner on a covert mission to tackle a band of thieves and gunrunners called the Comancheros. This final film from Casablanca director Michael Curtiz features star support from Lee Marvin and Nehemiah Persoff, and a stirring score by Elmer Bernstein.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara
(Subtitles, 1961, PG, 3 Star)
16:45
The Poseidon Adventure (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Disaster movie set aboard a luxury cruise liner which is hit by a huge tidal wave and capsizes. With time running out. the passengers are forced to fight for their survival and make their way to the surface through air pockets in the upturned ship.
Director: Ronald Neame, Irwin Allen
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1972, PG, 3 Star)
19:00
17 Again (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Burr Steers' teen body-swap comedy stars Zac Efron and Matthew Perry in the dual lead role. In 1989, high school student Mike O'Donnell's hopes of a great basketball career were put on hold when his girlfriend Scarlett fell pregnant and he did the right thing by her. Now, the adult O'Donnell is down on his luck: he's lost his job, separated from Scarlett, lost his kids' love, and ends up moving in with his best friend, Ned. On a nostalgic trip back to his old school, O'Donnell bumps into a mysterious caretaker and admits that he wishes he could have a second chance at his life. Well, it's not long before O'Donnell's body has magically reverted to his 17-year-old self, though temporally he's still in 2009: he got his wish, sort of. Next comes the tricky stuff: finding a cover story and getting enrolled in his old school; dealing with the sexual mores of 21st-century teens - in particular, those of his own daughter; and, perhaps, fixing his relationship with Scarlett. Edited for content.
Director: Burr Steers
Starring: Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Perry, Tyler Steelman, Allison Miller
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2009, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
Kick-Ass (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Concluding the British Connection Season, Matthew Vaughn's violent-but-hilarious action movie is a knowing take on the superhero genre, based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's comic-book series. Avid comic fan and New York high schooler Dave Lizewski has begun to wonder why his contemporaries are keener on vapid celebrity than wanting to emulate his heroes and try to make the world a better place. Thus Lizewski orders a simply hideous skiing outfit and dons it to become Kick-Ass, scourge of New York's criminals. Well that's the idea, but of course it's his ass that gets kicked when he first tries to put his plan into action.
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Lyndsy Fonseca
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 18, 4 Star)
23:20
Super (Film) Film icon 18 certificate
James Gunn's vigilante black comedy starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler. Frank D'Arbo is a short-order chef whose wife Sarah has just left him for a drug dealer called Jacques. That would be enough to make anyone feel bitter, but there are also deeper, darker facets to Frank's troubled character. And, after experiencing a bizarre religious revelation, it's not a massive surprise to see him stitching together a red 'superhero' outfit and, as The Crimson Bolt, heading out in the world to dispense summary justice. But what is surprising is the degree of violence with which the wrench-wielding vigilante attacks largely innocent bystanders - as is the relationship the anger-crazed middle-aged man develops with Libby, a much younger woman who works in a comic-book store.
Director: James Gunn
Starring: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Michael Rooker, Andre Royo
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 18)
01:10
Aparajito (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
The second part of Satyajit Ray's much acclaimed and highly influential Apu Trilogy, Aparajito tells the story of a young boy's path from childhood to college. Following the events of the first film, in which Apu and his parents leave their ancestral village following a series of tragic events, the sequel finds them living in Benares, where Apu's father, Harihar, is earning a meagre living reading out religious scriptures. But after he dies due to exhaustion and ill health, Apu and his mother Sarbajaya are left to fend for themselves. Produced on a shoestring budget with a cast of amateurs, the film received international acclaim upon its release and won a score of awards. The final part of the Apu Trilogy can be seen on Film4 tomorrow night.
Director: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Santi Gupta, Ramani Sengupta
(Black and White, In Bengali with English Subtitles, 1956, U, 4 Star)
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Film4 Listings for Tuesday 26th November
Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night
11:00
Dragoon Wells Massacre (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
This intriguing western from Harold D Schuster stars Dennis O'Keefe as cavalry officer Matt Riordan, assigned to lead marshall Bill Haney and his prisoner Link Ferris through Apache territory. But when they reach Dragoon Wells, they're ambushed and Riordan must lead a disparate band of survivors to safety while trying to prevent Ferris's escape.
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Starring: Dennis O'Keefe, Barry Sullivan, Mona Freeman, Katy Jurado, Sebastian Cabot, Max Showalter
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1957, 12)
12:45
The Admirable Crichton (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Lewis Gilbert's classic comedy, based on J M Barrie's play, stars Kenneth More as the admirable Crichton, butler to Lord Loam and his family. When, while cruising in the South Seas, they are shipwrecked on a desert island, his Lordship takes command but it slowly emerges that Crichton possesses the skills for survival. As the master/servant roles are reversed, even romance is turned upside down; but surely rescue will reassert the status quo?
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker, Sally Ann Howes, Martita Hunt, Jack Watling
(Subtitles, 1957, U, 3 Star)
14:35
The Comancheros (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Western starring John Wayne as Texas Ranger Jake Cutter. After taking gambler Paul Regret into custody, Cutter is forced to team up with his prisoner on a covert mission to tackle a band of thieves and gunrunners called the Comancheros. This final film from Casablanca director Michael Curtiz features star support from Lee Marvin and Nehemiah Persoff, and a stirring score by Elmer Bernstein.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara
(Subtitles, 1961, PG, 3 Star)
16:45
The Poseidon Adventure (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Disaster movie set aboard a luxury cruise liner which is hit by a huge tidal wave and capsizes. With time running out. the passengers are forced to fight for their survival and make their way to the surface through air pockets in the upturned ship.
Director: Ronald Neame, Irwin Allen
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1972, PG, 3 Star)
19:00
17 Again (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Burr Steers' teen body-swap comedy stars Zac Efron and Matthew Perry in the dual lead role. In 1989, high school student Mike O'Donnell's hopes of a great basketball career were put on hold when his girlfriend Scarlett fell pregnant and he did the right thing by her. Now, the adult O'Donnell is down on his luck: he's lost his job, separated from Scarlett, lost his kids' love, and ends up moving in with his best friend, Ned. On a nostalgic trip back to his old school, O'Donnell bumps into a mysterious caretaker and admits that he wishes he could have a second chance at his life. Well, it's not long before O'Donnell's body has magically reverted to his 17-year-old self, though temporally he's still in 2009: he got his wish, sort of. Next comes the tricky stuff: finding a cover story and getting enrolled in his old school; dealing with the sexual mores of 21st-century teens - in particular, those of his own daughter; and, perhaps, fixing his relationship with Scarlett. Edited for content.
Director: Burr Steers
Starring: Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Perry, Tyler Steelman, Allison Miller
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2009, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
Kick-Ass (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Concluding the British Connection Season, Matthew Vaughn's violent-but-hilarious action movie is a knowing take on the superhero genre, based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's comic-book series. Avid comic fan and New York high schooler Dave Lizewski has begun to wonder why his contemporaries are keener on vapid celebrity than wanting to emulate his heroes and try to make the world a better place. Thus Lizewski orders a simply hideous skiing outfit and dons it to become Kick-Ass, scourge of New York's criminals. Well that's the idea, but of course it's his ass that gets kicked when he first tries to put his plan into action.
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Lyndsy Fonseca
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 18, 4 Star)
23:20
Super (Film) Film icon 18 certificate
James Gunn's vigilante black comedy starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler. Frank D'Arbo is a short-order chef whose wife Sarah has just left him for a drug dealer called Jacques. That would be enough to make anyone feel bitter, but there are also deeper, darker facets to Frank's troubled character. And, after experiencing a bizarre religious revelation, it's not a massive surprise to see him stitching together a red 'superhero' outfit and, as The Crimson Bolt, heading out in the world to dispense summary justice. But what is surprising is the degree of violence with which the wrench-wielding vigilante attacks largely innocent bystanders - as is the relationship the anger-crazed middle-aged man develops with Libby, a much younger woman who works in a comic-book store.
Director: James Gunn
Starring: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Michael Rooker, Andre Royo
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 18)
01:10
Aparajito (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
The second part of Satyajit Ray's much acclaimed and highly influential Apu Trilogy, Aparajito tells the story of a young boy's path from childhood to college. Following the events of the first film, in which Apu and his parents leave their ancestral village following a series of tragic events, the sequel finds them living in Benares, where Apu's father, Harihar, is earning a meagre living reading out religious scriptures. But after he dies due to exhaustion and ill health, Apu and his mother Sarbajaya are left to fend for themselves. Produced on a shoestring budget with a cast of amateurs, the film received international acclaim upon its release and won a score of awards. The final part of the Apu Trilogy can be seen on Film4 tomorrow night.
Director: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Santi Gupta, Ramani Sengupta
(Black and White, In Bengali with English Subtitles, 1956, U, 4 Star)