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03-01-08, 07:47 AM
Part 1: HDNet's Movie schedule for Monday - Thursday of this week:
Mon., Mar 3 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
1986 - PG-13 - 1:28 - (cc)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Sissy Spacek, Bonnie Bedelia, Director: Jack Fisk
After becoming a famous photographer and traveling around the world for fifteen
years, a woman returns to her hometown where she re-kindles a romance with her high-school
sweetheart, who is married and has a son.
Mon., Mar 3 - 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT
ALMOST AN ANGEL
1990 - PG - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Paul Hogan, Elias Koteas, Linda Kozlowski, Director: John Cornell
A man who spent most of his life as a criminal performs a heroic act and finds himself
returning to earth as an angel on probation.
Mon., Mar 3 - 9:35 AM ET / 6:35 AM PT
FOR KEEPS
1988 - PG-13 - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Ferrell Conchata, Director: John G. Avildsen
Two high school sweethearts are faced with having to choose between an unwanted
pregnancy and going to college.
Mon., Mar 3 - 11:15 AM ET / 8:15 AM PT
JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
1985 - PG-13 - 1:40 - (cc)
Cast: Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Sherilyn Fenn, Director: Lisa Gottlieb
In order to compete in a school writing contest, Terry escapes the stereotypes of
being a pretty girl and transfers to a different high school as a boy.
Mon., Mar 3 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
LOSER
2000 - PG-13 - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Zak Orth, Director: Amy Heckerling
The story of a young man who leaves his Wisconsin home to go to college in New York,
where he struggles to adapt to the fast paced lifestyle.
Mon., Mar 3 - 2:40 PM ET / 11:40 AM PT
FAMILY BUSINESS
1989 - R - 1:53 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Director: Sidney Lumet
Jesse and his son Vito are career criminals who have put their pasts behind them
until Vito's straight-laced son approaches them with a plan for a major heist.
Mon., Mar 3 - 4:35 PM ET / 1:35 PM PT
USED CARS
1980 - R - 1:52 - (cc)
Cast: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Director: Robert Zemeckis
The owners of a slummy used car lot go to great lengths to keep the neighboring
high-dollar dealership from putting them out of business.
Mon., Mar 3 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
DIGGERS
2007 - R - 1:29 - (cc)
Cast: Maura Tierney, Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, Director: Katherine Dieckmann
A group of working-class Hamptonites struggle with their changing lives while watching
their ancestors'clam-digging livelihood deteriorate.
Mon., Mar 3 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
1991 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, Director: Garry Marshall
An ex-con turned short order cook will stop at nothing to win the affection of a
standoffish waitress in a Manhattan diner.
Mon., Mar 3 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
CHOCOLAT
2000 - PG-13 - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Director: Lasse Hallstrom
A woman and her young daughter open a chocolate shop that helps a rigid French town
loosen up.
Tue., Mar 4 - 12:15 AM ET / Mon., Mar 3 - 9:15 PM PT
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
1991 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, Director: Garry Marshall
An ex-con turned short order cook will stop at nothing to win the affection of a
standoffish waitress in a Manhattan diner.
Tue., Mar 4 - 2:15 AM ET / Mon., Mar 3 - 11:15 PM PT
SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK
2001 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Edward Burns, Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham, Director: Edward Burns
A story that follows a network of love lives of six New Yorkers.
Tue., Mar 4 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 AM PT
THREE OF HEARTS
1993 - R - 1:44 - (cc)
Cast: William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn, Director: Yurek Bogayevicz
A woman's plan to get her bi-sexual lover back by hiring a male escort to seduce
her is complicated when he begins to fall in love with the person whose heart he
was supposed to break.
Tue., Mar 4 - 5:50 AM ET / 2:50 AM PT
FAMILY BUSINESS
1989 - R - 1:53 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Director: Sidney Lumet
Jesse and his son Vito are career criminals who have put their pasts behind them
until Vito's straight-laced son approaches them with a plan for a major heist.
Tue., Mar 4 - 7:45 AM ET / 4:45 AM PT
AGATHA
1979 - PG - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Director: Michael Apted
Based on actual events, Agatha seeks to uncover the truth behind the author's
disappearance for eleven days in 1926.
Tue., Mar 4 - 9:30 AM ET / 6:30 AM PT
A BRIDGE TOO FAR
1977 - PG - 2:56 - (cc)
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Director: Richard Attenborough
Sean Connery and Michael Caine lead an all-start cast in the story of Operation
Market Garden, in which soldiers from Allied countries must conquer and hold six
key bridges in 1944 occupied Netherlands in an attempt to end World War II.
Tue., Mar 4 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
NOTHING BUT A MAN
1964 - NR - 1:32 - (cc)
Cast: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Gloria Foster, Director: Michael Roemer
A southern railroad worker settles down with a schoolteacher in Alabama circa 1963
and struggles to deal with continual predjudice.
Tue., Mar 4 - 2:05 PM ET / 11:05 AM PT
PAL JOEY
1957 - NR - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Director: George Sidney
Frank Sinatra stars as Joey, a charming singer who meets the girl of his dreams
in the glamorous Vera. But, when Joey meets down-to-earth Linda, things get complicated.
Tue., Mar 4 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
AUNTIE MAME
1958 - NR - 2:23 - (cc)
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Director: Morton DaCosta
Film version of Patrick Dennis'novel about his experience being raised by his
flamboyant and eccentric "Auntie Mame".
Tue., Mar 4 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
THE PRODUCERS
1967 - PG - 1:29 - (cc)
Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Director: Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks'classic farce about two stage producers who try to get rich quickly
by producing a guaranteed flop.
Tue., Mar 4 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
RUN RONNIE RUN!
2002 - R - 1:26 - (cc)
Cast: David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Nikki Cox, Director: Troy Miller
A network exec brings Ronnie, a man with a talent for getting arrested, back to
Hollywood to give him his own show.
Tue., Mar 4 - 9:35 PM ET / 6:35 PM PT
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
2004 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Director: Wes Anderson
A son who is reunited with his famous father, is invited to join a revenge voyage
to search the ocean for the elusive jaguar shark in this quirky comedy.
Tue., Mar 4 - 11:35 PM ET / 8:35 PM PT
RUN RONNIE RUN!
2002 - R - 1:26 - (cc)
Cast: David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Nikki Cox, Director: Troy Miller
A network exec brings Ronnie, a man with a talent for getting arrested, back to
Hollywood to give him his own show.
Wed., Mar 5 - 1:15 AM ET / Tue., Mar 4 - 10:15 PM PT
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
2004 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Director: Wes Anderson
A son who is reunited with his famous father, is invited to join a revenge voyage
to search the ocean for the elusive jaguar shark in this quirky comedy.
Wed., Mar 5 - 3:15 AM ET / 12:15 AM PT
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
1992 - R - 1:40 - (cc)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Director: James Foley
A group of greedy real estate salesmen engage in an ego-driven sales contest, putting
the company and their jobs at risk.
Wed., Mar 5 - 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM PT
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
1971 - R - 2:06 - (cc)
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Director: Peter Bogdanovich
As their high school graduation approaches, two Texas high school students learn
about life when the local movie house closes.
Wed., Mar 5 - 7:15 AM ET / 4:15 AM PT
SHIP OF FOOLS
1965 - NR - 2:29 - (cc)
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Director: Stanley Kramer
This film about a group of travelers with differing world views on a vessel sailing
from Mexico to pre-Nazi Germany, garnered eight Oscar nominations and two wins.
Wed., Mar 5 - 9:45 AM ET / 6:45 AM PT
TEMPTATION
2003 - NR - 1:33
Cast: Colin Friels, Rhondda Findleton, Toby Schmitz, Director: Tony Tilse
Two culinary students find love in the kitchen.
Wed., Mar 5 - 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
PERSUASION
1995 - PG - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Director: Roger Michell
Jane Austen's classic tale about a women persuaded by her financially troubled
family to break off her engagement to a young poor seaman, only to discover eight
years later that he is a highly successful sea captain and eligible bachelor.
Wed., Mar 5 - 1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT
GORILLAS IN THE MIST
1988 - PG-13 - 2:09 - (cc)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, Director: Michael Apted
The story of the life of Diane Fossey, world-renowned expert on the African gorilla,
from her first contact with gorillas in the wild to her murder by poachers.
Wed., Mar 5 - 3:45 PM ET / 12:45 PM PT
THE NATURAL
1984 - PG - 2:17 - (cc)
Cast: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Director: Barry Levinson
Destined to be a star pitcher, Roy Hobbs was shot and forced to give up baseball
when he was young. But now, as a middle-aged man, he is given a second chance to
live up to his potential when he is drafted into the major league.
Wed., Mar 5 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
THE CHINA SYNDROME
1979 - PG - 2:02 - (cc)
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Director: James Bridges
Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon both received Oscar nominations for their roles as a
reporter and an engineer trying to overcome a conspiracy and expose an incident
at a nuclear plant.
Wed., Mar 5 - 8:05 PM ET / 5:05 PM PT
GLORY
1989 - R - 2:02 - (cc)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Director: Edward Zwick
Historical drama that chronicles the first black infantry unit in the Civil War
and their relationship with their white commander.
Wed., Mar 5 - 10:15 PM ET / 7:15 PM PT
FINDING FORRESTER
2000 - PG-13 - 2:16 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Director: Gus Van Sant
Through a shared love for writing, a reclusive well-known author and an inner-city
teenager inspire each other to fulfill their potential.
Thu., Mar 6 - 12:35 AM ET / Wed., Mar 5 - 9:35 PM PT
GLORY
1989 - R - 2:02 - (cc)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Director: Edward Zwick
Historical drama that chronicles the first black infantry unit in the Civil War
and their relationship with their white commander.
Thu., Mar 6 - 2:45 AM ET / Wed., Mar 5 - 11:45 PM PT
FINDING FORRESTER
2000 - PG-13 - 2:16 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Director: Gus Van Sant
Through a shared love for writing, a reclusive well-known author and an inner-city
teenager inspire each other to fulfill their potential.
Thu., Mar 6 - 5:05 AM ET / 2:05 AM PT
THE BOSS'WIFE
1986 - R - 1:22 - (cc)
Cast: Daniel Stern, Arielle Dombasle, Christoffer Plummer, Director: Ziggy Steinberg
An ambitious young man thinks an affair with his boss'wife will fix all his
problems.
Thu., Mar 6 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT
SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER
1993 - PG-13 - 1:33 - (cc)
Cast: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Director: Thomas Schlamme
A man suspects his newlywed wife of being the infamous Ms. X, who kills her husbands
after marrying them.
Thu., Mar 6 - 8:05 AM ET / 5:05 AM PT
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
1990 - R - 1:41 - (cc)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Director: Mike Nichols
A drug dependent actress is forced by her studio to detox herself in the most awkward
of environments - at home with her alcoholic, ex-movie star mother. Based on Carrie
Fisher's autobiographical best-selling novel.
Thu., Mar 6 - 9:50 AM ET / 6:50 AM PT
THE FRESHMAN
1990 - PG - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Penelope Ann Miller, Director: Andrew Bergman
NYC film student in need of money innocently gets involved with a crazy mobster
family headed by Brando.
Thu., Mar 6 - 11:35 AM ET / 8:35 AM PT
SUSPECT
1987 - R - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, Director: Peter Yates
In attempts to prove her client's innocence, a lawyer forms an illegal partnership
with a juror and uncovers corruption in Washington.
Thu., Mar 6 - 1:45 PM ET / 10:45 AM PT
THE PRESIDIO
1988 - R - 1:37 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Director: Peter Hyams
A young detective teams up with his former commanding officer when a murder crosses
into both men's jurisdictions.
Thu., Mar 6 - 3:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM PT
TRAFFIC (PT 1)
2004 - NR - 1:30 - (cc)
Cast: Elias Koteas, Mary McCormack, Cliff Curtis, Director: Eric Bross
This mini-series chronicles the path of drugs: from their point of origin, to the
drug dealers'hands, to the hands of the people whose lives they overrun and
destroy.
Thu., Mar 6 - 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT
TRAFFIC (PT 2)
2004 - NR - 1:25 - (cc)
Cast: Elias Koteas, Mary McCormack, Cliff Curtis, Director: Eric Bross
This mini-series chronicles the path of drugs: from their point of origin, to the
drug dealers'hands, to the hands of the people whose lives they overrun and
destroy.
Thu., Mar 6 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
TRAFFIC (PT 3)
2004 - NR - 1:25 - (cc)
Cast: Elias Koteas, Mary McCormack, Cliff Curtis, Director: Eric Bross
This mini-series chronicles the path of drugs: from their point of origin, to the
drug dealers'hands, to the hands of the people whose lives they overrun and
destroy.
Thu., Mar 6 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
RONIN
1998 - R - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Director: John Frankenheimer
A group of freelance criminals, including a former U.S. Intelligent agent are hired
by an unidentified person to steal a mysterious briefcase from men whose identities
are unknown.
Thu., Mar 6 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
15 MINUTES
2001 - R - 2:00 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Director: John Herzfeld
An arson investigator and a celebrity cop hunt a team of criminals who tape their
crimes and sell them to the press.
The HDNet Friday - Sunday movie schedule continues in the next post.
Mon., Mar 3 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
1986 - PG-13 - 1:28 - (cc)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Sissy Spacek, Bonnie Bedelia, Director: Jack Fisk
After becoming a famous photographer and traveling around the world for fifteen
years, a woman returns to her hometown where she re-kindles a romance with her high-school
sweetheart, who is married and has a son.
Mon., Mar 3 - 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT
ALMOST AN ANGEL
1990 - PG - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Paul Hogan, Elias Koteas, Linda Kozlowski, Director: John Cornell
A man who spent most of his life as a criminal performs a heroic act and finds himself
returning to earth as an angel on probation.
Mon., Mar 3 - 9:35 AM ET / 6:35 AM PT
FOR KEEPS
1988 - PG-13 - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Ferrell Conchata, Director: John G. Avildsen
Two high school sweethearts are faced with having to choose between an unwanted
pregnancy and going to college.
Mon., Mar 3 - 11:15 AM ET / 8:15 AM PT
JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
1985 - PG-13 - 1:40 - (cc)
Cast: Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Sherilyn Fenn, Director: Lisa Gottlieb
In order to compete in a school writing contest, Terry escapes the stereotypes of
being a pretty girl and transfers to a different high school as a boy.
Mon., Mar 3 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
LOSER
2000 - PG-13 - 1:35 - (cc)
Cast: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Zak Orth, Director: Amy Heckerling
The story of a young man who leaves his Wisconsin home to go to college in New York,
where he struggles to adapt to the fast paced lifestyle.
Mon., Mar 3 - 2:40 PM ET / 11:40 AM PT
FAMILY BUSINESS
1989 - R - 1:53 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Director: Sidney Lumet
Jesse and his son Vito are career criminals who have put their pasts behind them
until Vito's straight-laced son approaches them with a plan for a major heist.
Mon., Mar 3 - 4:35 PM ET / 1:35 PM PT
USED CARS
1980 - R - 1:52 - (cc)
Cast: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Director: Robert Zemeckis
The owners of a slummy used car lot go to great lengths to keep the neighboring
high-dollar dealership from putting them out of business.
Mon., Mar 3 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
DIGGERS
2007 - R - 1:29 - (cc)
Cast: Maura Tierney, Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, Director: Katherine Dieckmann
A group of working-class Hamptonites struggle with their changing lives while watching
their ancestors'clam-digging livelihood deteriorate.
Mon., Mar 3 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
1991 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, Director: Garry Marshall
An ex-con turned short order cook will stop at nothing to win the affection of a
standoffish waitress in a Manhattan diner.
Mon., Mar 3 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
CHOCOLAT
2000 - PG-13 - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Director: Lasse Hallstrom
A woman and her young daughter open a chocolate shop that helps a rigid French town
loosen up.
Tue., Mar 4 - 12:15 AM ET / Mon., Mar 3 - 9:15 PM PT
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
1991 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, Director: Garry Marshall
An ex-con turned short order cook will stop at nothing to win the affection of a
standoffish waitress in a Manhattan diner.
Tue., Mar 4 - 2:15 AM ET / Mon., Mar 3 - 11:15 PM PT
SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK
2001 - R - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Edward Burns, Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham, Director: Edward Burns
A story that follows a network of love lives of six New Yorkers.
Tue., Mar 4 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 AM PT
THREE OF HEARTS
1993 - R - 1:44 - (cc)
Cast: William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn, Director: Yurek Bogayevicz
A woman's plan to get her bi-sexual lover back by hiring a male escort to seduce
her is complicated when he begins to fall in love with the person whose heart he
was supposed to break.
Tue., Mar 4 - 5:50 AM ET / 2:50 AM PT
FAMILY BUSINESS
1989 - R - 1:53 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Director: Sidney Lumet
Jesse and his son Vito are career criminals who have put their pasts behind them
until Vito's straight-laced son approaches them with a plan for a major heist.
Tue., Mar 4 - 7:45 AM ET / 4:45 AM PT
AGATHA
1979 - PG - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Director: Michael Apted
Based on actual events, Agatha seeks to uncover the truth behind the author's
disappearance for eleven days in 1926.
Tue., Mar 4 - 9:30 AM ET / 6:30 AM PT
A BRIDGE TOO FAR
1977 - PG - 2:56 - (cc)
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Director: Richard Attenborough
Sean Connery and Michael Caine lead an all-start cast in the story of Operation
Market Garden, in which soldiers from Allied countries must conquer and hold six
key bridges in 1944 occupied Netherlands in an attempt to end World War II.
Tue., Mar 4 - 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
NOTHING BUT A MAN
1964 - NR - 1:32 - (cc)
Cast: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Gloria Foster, Director: Michael Roemer
A southern railroad worker settles down with a schoolteacher in Alabama circa 1963
and struggles to deal with continual predjudice.
Tue., Mar 4 - 2:05 PM ET / 11:05 AM PT
PAL JOEY
1957 - NR - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Director: George Sidney
Frank Sinatra stars as Joey, a charming singer who meets the girl of his dreams
in the glamorous Vera. But, when Joey meets down-to-earth Linda, things get complicated.
Tue., Mar 4 - 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
AUNTIE MAME
1958 - NR - 2:23 - (cc)
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Director: Morton DaCosta
Film version of Patrick Dennis'novel about his experience being raised by his
flamboyant and eccentric "Auntie Mame".
Tue., Mar 4 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
THE PRODUCERS
1967 - PG - 1:29 - (cc)
Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Director: Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks'classic farce about two stage producers who try to get rich quickly
by producing a guaranteed flop.
Tue., Mar 4 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
RUN RONNIE RUN!
2002 - R - 1:26 - (cc)
Cast: David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Nikki Cox, Director: Troy Miller
A network exec brings Ronnie, a man with a talent for getting arrested, back to
Hollywood to give him his own show.
Tue., Mar 4 - 9:35 PM ET / 6:35 PM PT
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
2004 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Director: Wes Anderson
A son who is reunited with his famous father, is invited to join a revenge voyage
to search the ocean for the elusive jaguar shark in this quirky comedy.
Tue., Mar 4 - 11:35 PM ET / 8:35 PM PT
RUN RONNIE RUN!
2002 - R - 1:26 - (cc)
Cast: David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Nikki Cox, Director: Troy Miller
A network exec brings Ronnie, a man with a talent for getting arrested, back to
Hollywood to give him his own show.
Wed., Mar 5 - 1:15 AM ET / Tue., Mar 4 - 10:15 PM PT
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
2004 - R - 1:58 - (cc)
Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Director: Wes Anderson
A son who is reunited with his famous father, is invited to join a revenge voyage
to search the ocean for the elusive jaguar shark in this quirky comedy.
Wed., Mar 5 - 3:15 AM ET / 12:15 AM PT
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
1992 - R - 1:40 - (cc)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Director: James Foley
A group of greedy real estate salesmen engage in an ego-driven sales contest, putting
the company and their jobs at risk.
Wed., Mar 5 - 5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM PT
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
1971 - R - 2:06 - (cc)
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Director: Peter Bogdanovich
As their high school graduation approaches, two Texas high school students learn
about life when the local movie house closes.
Wed., Mar 5 - 7:15 AM ET / 4:15 AM PT
SHIP OF FOOLS
1965 - NR - 2:29 - (cc)
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Director: Stanley Kramer
This film about a group of travelers with differing world views on a vessel sailing
from Mexico to pre-Nazi Germany, garnered eight Oscar nominations and two wins.
Wed., Mar 5 - 9:45 AM ET / 6:45 AM PT
TEMPTATION
2003 - NR - 1:33
Cast: Colin Friels, Rhondda Findleton, Toby Schmitz, Director: Tony Tilse
Two culinary students find love in the kitchen.
Wed., Mar 5 - 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
PERSUASION
1995 - PG - 1:47 - (cc)
Cast: Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Director: Roger Michell
Jane Austen's classic tale about a women persuaded by her financially troubled
family to break off her engagement to a young poor seaman, only to discover eight
years later that he is a highly successful sea captain and eligible bachelor.
Wed., Mar 5 - 1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT
GORILLAS IN THE MIST
1988 - PG-13 - 2:09 - (cc)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, Director: Michael Apted
The story of the life of Diane Fossey, world-renowned expert on the African gorilla,
from her first contact with gorillas in the wild to her murder by poachers.
Wed., Mar 5 - 3:45 PM ET / 12:45 PM PT
THE NATURAL
1984 - PG - 2:17 - (cc)
Cast: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Director: Barry Levinson
Destined to be a star pitcher, Roy Hobbs was shot and forced to give up baseball
when he was young. But now, as a middle-aged man, he is given a second chance to
live up to his potential when he is drafted into the major league.
Wed., Mar 5 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
THE CHINA SYNDROME
1979 - PG - 2:02 - (cc)
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Director: James Bridges
Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon both received Oscar nominations for their roles as a
reporter and an engineer trying to overcome a conspiracy and expose an incident
at a nuclear plant.
Wed., Mar 5 - 8:05 PM ET / 5:05 PM PT
GLORY
1989 - R - 2:02 - (cc)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Director: Edward Zwick
Historical drama that chronicles the first black infantry unit in the Civil War
and their relationship with their white commander.
Wed., Mar 5 - 10:15 PM ET / 7:15 PM PT
FINDING FORRESTER
2000 - PG-13 - 2:16 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Director: Gus Van Sant
Through a shared love for writing, a reclusive well-known author and an inner-city
teenager inspire each other to fulfill their potential.
Thu., Mar 6 - 12:35 AM ET / Wed., Mar 5 - 9:35 PM PT
GLORY
1989 - R - 2:02 - (cc)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Director: Edward Zwick
Historical drama that chronicles the first black infantry unit in the Civil War
and their relationship with their white commander.
Thu., Mar 6 - 2:45 AM ET / Wed., Mar 5 - 11:45 PM PT
FINDING FORRESTER
2000 - PG-13 - 2:16 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Director: Gus Van Sant
Through a shared love for writing, a reclusive well-known author and an inner-city
teenager inspire each other to fulfill their potential.
Thu., Mar 6 - 5:05 AM ET / 2:05 AM PT
THE BOSS'WIFE
1986 - R - 1:22 - (cc)
Cast: Daniel Stern, Arielle Dombasle, Christoffer Plummer, Director: Ziggy Steinberg
An ambitious young man thinks an affair with his boss'wife will fix all his
problems.
Thu., Mar 6 - 6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT
SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER
1993 - PG-13 - 1:33 - (cc)
Cast: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Director: Thomas Schlamme
A man suspects his newlywed wife of being the infamous Ms. X, who kills her husbands
after marrying them.
Thu., Mar 6 - 8:05 AM ET / 5:05 AM PT
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
1990 - R - 1:41 - (cc)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Director: Mike Nichols
A drug dependent actress is forced by her studio to detox herself in the most awkward
of environments - at home with her alcoholic, ex-movie star mother. Based on Carrie
Fisher's autobiographical best-selling novel.
Thu., Mar 6 - 9:50 AM ET / 6:50 AM PT
THE FRESHMAN
1990 - PG - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Penelope Ann Miller, Director: Andrew Bergman
NYC film student in need of money innocently gets involved with a crazy mobster
family headed by Brando.
Thu., Mar 6 - 11:35 AM ET / 8:35 AM PT
SUSPECT
1987 - R - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, Director: Peter Yates
In attempts to prove her client's innocence, a lawyer forms an illegal partnership
with a juror and uncovers corruption in Washington.
Thu., Mar 6 - 1:45 PM ET / 10:45 AM PT
THE PRESIDIO
1988 - R - 1:37 - (cc)
Cast: Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Director: Peter Hyams
A young detective teams up with his former commanding officer when a murder crosses
into both men's jurisdictions.
Thu., Mar 6 - 3:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM PT
TRAFFIC (PT 1)
2004 - NR - 1:30 - (cc)
Cast: Elias Koteas, Mary McCormack, Cliff Curtis, Director: Eric Bross
This mini-series chronicles the path of drugs: from their point of origin, to the
drug dealers'hands, to the hands of the people whose lives they overrun and
destroy.
Thu., Mar 6 - 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT
TRAFFIC (PT 2)
2004 - NR - 1:25 - (cc)
Cast: Elias Koteas, Mary McCormack, Cliff Curtis, Director: Eric Bross
This mini-series chronicles the path of drugs: from their point of origin, to the
drug dealers'hands, to the hands of the people whose lives they overrun and
destroy.
Thu., Mar 6 - 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
TRAFFIC (PT 3)
2004 - NR - 1:25 - (cc)
Cast: Elias Koteas, Mary McCormack, Cliff Curtis, Director: Eric Bross
This mini-series chronicles the path of drugs: from their point of origin, to the
drug dealers'hands, to the hands of the people whose lives they overrun and
destroy.
Thu., Mar 6 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
RONIN
1998 - R - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Director: John Frankenheimer
A group of freelance criminals, including a former U.S. Intelligent agent are hired
by an unidentified person to steal a mysterious briefcase from men whose identities
are unknown.
Thu., Mar 6 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
15 MINUTES
2001 - R - 2:00 - (cc)
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Director: John Herzfeld
An arson investigator and a celebrity cop hunt a team of criminals who tape their
crimes and sell them to the press.
The HDNet Friday - Sunday movie schedule continues in the next post.