Monday 16th December
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Film4 Listings for Monday 16th December
Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night
11:00
The Electric Horseman (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Light comedy about a former champion rodeo rider hired to promote a breakfast cereal who takes off on the $12 million horse condemned to share his degrading assignment. What pushes him over the edge is the discovery that the animal is being pumped with dope to keep it calm. As he heads into the desert in protest, a female reporter hungry for a scoop gives chase.
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson, John Saxon, Nicolas Coster
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1979, PG, 3 Star)
13:25
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Oscar-winning, super-realistic wartime drama portraying the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the American and Japanese perspectives. With Joseph Cotten, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, So Yamamura, Tatsuya Mihashi and Takahiro Tamura. Directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku. In English, and Japanese with English subtitles.
Director: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall, Takahiro Tamura
(Subtitles, 1970, U, 4 Star)
16:15
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Henry Levin's glorious adventure movie, inspired by the Jules Verne novel, stars James Mason as Professor Oliver Lindenbrook, who embarks on an expedition to the centre of the planet: a world of prehistoric beasts, rockfalls, scorching heat and lethal winds, accompanied by murderous attempts on the explorers' lives. But will his team, including student Alec McKuen and glamorous widow Carla Goteborg, ever be able to return?
Director: Henry Levin
Starring: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Thayer David, Peter Ronson
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1959, U, 4 Star)
18:50
Rat Race (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Gag-meister Jerry Zucker's cracking comedy has a cast to die for. Las Vegas casino owner Donald P Sinclair decides to set up a special event for his highest rollers. Lucky tokens in his slot machines entitle six punters to enter a race across America with $2million as the prize. He'll make a killing on the bets placed on the players while the contestants dash for the cash. Any comparisons to It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World are completely deserved but director Jerry Zucker keeps the action flowing while making sure the film, unlike... Mad..., doesn't outstay its welcome. Look out for Kathy Bates as a psychopathic roadside squirrel-seller. Edited for content.
Director: Jerry Zucker
Starring: John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Lanei Chapman, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2001, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
Don't be Afraid of the Dark (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce star in this Guillermo del Toro-penned adaptation of the 1973 made-for-TV movie about a young girl tormented by a group of mysterious creatures. Sally has been sent to live with her father Alex and his new girlfriend Kim in their new house, which was previously owned by a painter who mysteriously disappeared. Sally isn't happy about being there, and rejects Kim's attempts to establish a relationship with her. She feels completely alone in the house, until one day she hears strange voices whispering from one of the fireplaces. After wrenching the cover off, she discovers who is speaking - a group of strange, rat-like creatures who want to claim her as one of their own... First play on Film4.
Director: Troy Nixey
Starring: Bruce Gleeson, Eddie Ritchard, Garry McDonald, Bailee Madison, Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen, Katie Holmes
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 15, 3 Star)
22:55
Wedding Crashers (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn star in David Dobkin's romantic comedy as John Beckwith and Jeremy Gray, two friends who've worked out that weddings are the ideal place to pick up women at their most vulnerable. They've turned wedding crashing into a fine art, governed by their list of 100 rules, but things start to go wrong. They crash the event of the year, a weekend-long celebration for the marriage of the daughter of William Cleary, Secretary of the Treasury and a possible candidate for the Presidency. But John makes the mistake of falling for the bride's sister Claire, while Jeremy has to fight off her clingy sister Gloria. And the longer the weekend goes on, the more likely it is that their cover will be blown.
Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
01:15
Day of Wrath (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Carl Theodor Dreyer's masterpiece is set in 17th-century Denmark, where a pastor's second wife confesses her love for his son. The shock kills her husband and, accused of witchcraft, she is sent for trial. Certain that reason will prevail, she slowly begins to think that her accusers want her dead and that her fate is inescapable. Released under the Nazi occupation, its themes so offended the Germans that Dreyer was forced to flee to Sweden until the war ended.
Director: Carl-Theodor Dreyer
Starring: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Preben Lerdorff-Rye, Anna Svierkier, Albert Høeberg
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In Danish with English Subtitles, Black and White, 1943, PG, 4 Star)
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Film4 Listings for Monday 16th December
Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night
11:00
The Electric Horseman (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Light comedy about a former champion rodeo rider hired to promote a breakfast cereal who takes off on the $12 million horse condemned to share his degrading assignment. What pushes him over the edge is the discovery that the animal is being pumped with dope to keep it calm. As he heads into the desert in protest, a female reporter hungry for a scoop gives chase.
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson, John Saxon, Nicolas Coster
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1979, PG, 3 Star)
13:25
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Oscar-winning, super-realistic wartime drama portraying the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the American and Japanese perspectives. With Joseph Cotten, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, So Yamamura, Tatsuya Mihashi and Takahiro Tamura. Directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku. In English, and Japanese with English subtitles.
Director: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall, Takahiro Tamura
(Subtitles, 1970, U, 4 Star)
16:15
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Henry Levin's glorious adventure movie, inspired by the Jules Verne novel, stars James Mason as Professor Oliver Lindenbrook, who embarks on an expedition to the centre of the planet: a world of prehistoric beasts, rockfalls, scorching heat and lethal winds, accompanied by murderous attempts on the explorers' lives. But will his team, including student Alec McKuen and glamorous widow Carla Goteborg, ever be able to return?
Director: Henry Levin
Starring: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Thayer David, Peter Ronson
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1959, U, 4 Star)
18:50
Rat Race (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Gag-meister Jerry Zucker's cracking comedy has a cast to die for. Las Vegas casino owner Donald P Sinclair decides to set up a special event for his highest rollers. Lucky tokens in his slot machines entitle six punters to enter a race across America with $2million as the prize. He'll make a killing on the bets placed on the players while the contestants dash for the cash. Any comparisons to It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World are completely deserved but director Jerry Zucker keeps the action flowing while making sure the film, unlike... Mad..., doesn't outstay its welcome. Look out for Kathy Bates as a psychopathic roadside squirrel-seller. Edited for content.
Director: Jerry Zucker
Starring: John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Lanei Chapman, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2001, 12, 3 Star)
21:00
Don't be Afraid of the Dark (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce star in this Guillermo del Toro-penned adaptation of the 1973 made-for-TV movie about a young girl tormented by a group of mysterious creatures. Sally has been sent to live with her father Alex and his new girlfriend Kim in their new house, which was previously owned by a painter who mysteriously disappeared. Sally isn't happy about being there, and rejects Kim's attempts to establish a relationship with her. She feels completely alone in the house, until one day she hears strange voices whispering from one of the fireplaces. After wrenching the cover off, she discovers who is speaking - a group of strange, rat-like creatures who want to claim her as one of their own... First play on Film4.
Director: Troy Nixey
Starring: Bruce Gleeson, Eddie Ritchard, Garry McDonald, Bailee Madison, Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen, Katie Holmes
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 15, 3 Star)
22:55
Wedding Crashers (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn star in David Dobkin's romantic comedy as John Beckwith and Jeremy Gray, two friends who've worked out that weddings are the ideal place to pick up women at their most vulnerable. They've turned wedding crashing into a fine art, governed by their list of 100 rules, but things start to go wrong. They crash the event of the year, a weekend-long celebration for the marriage of the daughter of William Cleary, Secretary of the Treasury and a possible candidate for the Presidency. But John makes the mistake of falling for the bride's sister Claire, while Jeremy has to fight off her clingy sister Gloria. And the longer the weekend goes on, the more likely it is that their cover will be blown.
Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2005, 15, 3 Star)
01:15
Day of Wrath (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Carl Theodor Dreyer's masterpiece is set in 17th-century Denmark, where a pastor's second wife confesses her love for his son. The shock kills her husband and, accused of witchcraft, she is sent for trial. Certain that reason will prevail, she slowly begins to think that her accusers want her dead and that her fate is inescapable. Released under the Nazi occupation, its themes so offended the Germans that Dreyer was forced to flee to Sweden until the war ended.
Director: Carl-Theodor Dreyer
Starring: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Preben Lerdorff-Rye, Anna Svierkier, Albert Høeberg
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In Danish with English Subtitles, Black and White, 1943, PG, 4 Star)