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<blockquote data-quote="Satdude" data-source="post: 481007" data-attributes="member: 175600"><p>FilmFour & Film Four +1 18.01.08</p><p></p><p>Astra 2D at 28.2E 10729 V SYM:22000 FEC 5/6</p><p></p><p>Film Four SID8335 VPID2312 APID2313 Eng</p><p></p><p>Film Four +1 SID8330 VPID2332 APID2333 Eng</p><p></p><p><strong>13:00 A Town Like Alice (1956) </strong> </p><p></p><p>Taut World War II drama, starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, reflecting the experience of the generation of Australians that fought the war against the Japanese. Jean Paget is among a group of women trapped in Malaya who are forced to walk hundreds of miles in search of food and shelter by the Japanese army. But Australian soldier Joe Harman sneaks food to them from his labour camp. After the war, Jean visits Joe in his home town of Alice Springs, but finds that her life is none too easy. </p><p></p><p><strong>15:15 Timberjack (1955) </strong></p><p></p><p>Based on the novel by Dan Cushman, this Western directed by Joseph Kane sees Sterling Hayden playing Tim Chipman, an honest lumberman who returns home to find his father murdered. Chipman gets his own back by setting the family timber company against ruthless competitor Croft Brunner. It seems that Brunner is also a rival for the heart of saloon keeper Lynne Tilton, but she is won over to Chipman's side when she discovers that Brunner was also responsible for the death of her father.</p><p></p><p><strong>17:00 War of The Wildcats (1943) </strong> </p><p></p><p>Originally released as Old Oklahoma John Wayne heads the cast as oilman Dan Somers, whose feud with Hunk Gardner isn't helped by their love for the same woman, Catherine Allen. Their rivalry comes to a head when Somers is offered a lucrative contract and Gardner does everything he can to sabotage it, leading to so thrilling a chase that the studio, Republic, spliced segments into future productions. </p><p></p><p><strong>18:55 Bogus (1996) </strong></p><p></p><p>Haley Joel Osment plays Albert Franklin, a seven-year-old boy growing up in Las Vegas where his mother works as part of a stage circus act. But when she is killed in a car accident, he finds she's provided for him to be cared for by her half-sister Harriet Franklin. She's a businesswoman who has neither knowledge nor time for the boy but reluctantly takes him on. To help him through his bereavement and new life, Albert invents an invisible friend, Bogus, a character from one of his books. But is Bogus just a figment of his imagination or a real entity? </p><p></p><p><strong>21:00 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) </strong> </p><p></p><p>George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson are Ulysses Everett, Pete Hogwallop and Delmar O'Donnell, three chain-gang convicts who make a break for freedom when Ulysses finds out his wife is going to re-marry - he convinces the other two to join him with a story of buried treasure. The Coen Brothers' deliriously weird Oscar-nominated film, improbably based on The Odyssey, sees the trio travel across the Depression-hit south, meeting along the way Sirens and a one-eyed Bible-salesman as well as blues singer Tommy Johnson who helps them become unlikely recording stars before journey's end.</p><p></p><p><strong>23:00 The Big Lebowski (1998) </strong> </p><p></p><p>Jeff Bridges is Jeff 'The Dude' Leboswki who's mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski. Which explains why he's roughed up and has his precious rug pissed on. In search of recompense, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam vet, and Donny, master of stupidity, The Dude finds himself involved in violence, mayhem and bowling rivalry with Jesus Quintana in another Coen Brothers classic.</p><p></p><p><strong>01:15 Two Lane Blacktop (1971) </strong> </p><p></p><p>Monte Hellman's road film is one of the seminal American movies of the 70s, ranking alongside Easy Rider as a work that highlights the transition from the optimistic 60s into the cynicism of the 70s. Singer/songwriter James Taylor and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson play the driver and mechanic of a 1955 Chevy who earn their money taking on small-town dragsters. They meet up with Warren Oates, driver of a Pontiac GTO, who suggests a race to Washington DC; the winner taking the loser's car. Along the road, they pick up Laurie Bird and the foursome set out on a trip across the America of run-down towns, diners and cheap motels where hope and optimism are in short supply.</p><p></p><p>Regards Satdude.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Satdude, post: 481007, member: 175600"] FilmFour & Film Four +1 18.01.08 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 [B]13:00 A Town Like Alice (1956) [/B] Taut World War II drama, starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, reflecting the experience of the generation of Australians that fought the war against the Japanese. Jean Paget is among a group of women trapped in Malaya who are forced to walk hundreds of miles in search of food and shelter by the Japanese army. But Australian soldier Joe Harman sneaks food to them from his labour camp. After the war, Jean visits Joe in his home town of Alice Springs, but finds that her life is none too easy. [B]15:15 Timberjack (1955) [/B] Based on the novel by Dan Cushman, this Western directed by Joseph Kane sees Sterling Hayden playing Tim Chipman, an honest lumberman who returns home to find his father murdered. Chipman gets his own back by setting the family timber company against ruthless competitor Croft Brunner. It seems that Brunner is also a rival for the heart of saloon keeper Lynne Tilton, but she is won over to Chipman's side when she discovers that Brunner was also responsible for the death of her father. [B]17:00 War of The Wildcats (1943) [/B] Originally released as Old Oklahoma John Wayne heads the cast as oilman Dan Somers, whose feud with Hunk Gardner isn't helped by their love for the same woman, Catherine Allen. Their rivalry comes to a head when Somers is offered a lucrative contract and Gardner does everything he can to sabotage it, leading to so thrilling a chase that the studio, Republic, spliced segments into future productions. [B]18:55 Bogus (1996) [/B] Haley Joel Osment plays Albert Franklin, a seven-year-old boy growing up in Las Vegas where his mother works as part of a stage circus act. But when she is killed in a car accident, he finds she's provided for him to be cared for by her half-sister Harriet Franklin. She's a businesswoman who has neither knowledge nor time for the boy but reluctantly takes him on. To help him through his bereavement and new life, Albert invents an invisible friend, Bogus, a character from one of his books. But is Bogus just a figment of his imagination or a real entity? [B]21:00 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) [/B] George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson are Ulysses Everett, Pete Hogwallop and Delmar O'Donnell, three chain-gang convicts who make a break for freedom when Ulysses finds out his wife is going to re-marry - he convinces the other two to join him with a story of buried treasure. The Coen Brothers' deliriously weird Oscar-nominated film, improbably based on The Odyssey, sees the trio travel across the Depression-hit south, meeting along the way Sirens and a one-eyed Bible-salesman as well as blues singer Tommy Johnson who helps them become unlikely recording stars before journey's end. [B]23:00 The Big Lebowski (1998) [/B] Jeff Bridges is Jeff 'The Dude' Leboswki who's mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski. Which explains why he's roughed up and has his precious rug pissed on. In search of recompense, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam vet, and Donny, master of stupidity, The Dude finds himself involved in violence, mayhem and bowling rivalry with Jesus Quintana in another Coen Brothers classic. [B]01:15 Two Lane Blacktop (1971) [/B] Monte Hellman's road film is one of the seminal American movies of the 70s, ranking alongside Easy Rider as a work that highlights the transition from the optimistic 60s into the cynicism of the 70s. Singer/songwriter James Taylor and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson play the driver and mechanic of a 1955 Chevy who earn their money taking on small-town dragsters. They meet up with Warren Oates, driver of a Pontiac GTO, who suggests a race to Washington DC; the winner taking the loser's car. Along the road, they pick up Laurie Bird and the foursome set out on a trip across the America of run-down towns, diners and cheap motels where hope and optimism are in short supply. Regards Satdude. [/QUOTE]
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