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04-12-08, 09:21 AM
Part 1: HDNet's Movie schedule for Monday - Thursday of this week:
Mon., Apr 14 - 6:35 AM ET / 3:35 AM PT
SUPERMAN II
1980 - PG - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Director: Richard Lester
Superman must stop a trio of evil Kryptonian's who team up with Lex Luthor in
an attempt to rule the Earth.
Mon., Apr 14 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 AM PT
RIO BRAVO
1959 - NR - 2:21
Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Director: Howard Hawks
A small-town sheriff tries to keep a murder with powerful connections from escaping
jail with the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter.
Mon., Apr 14 - 11:15 AM ET / 8:15 AM PT
SCROOGED
1988 - PG-13 - 1:41 - (cc)
Cast: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Director: Richard Donner
In this modern day adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Bill Murray plays a heartless
TV executive who changes his ways when he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas
past, present, and future.
Mon., Apr 14 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN
1992 - PG-13 - 1:39 - (cc)
Cast: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neil, Director: John Carpenter
John Carpenter directed this genre bending sci-fi comedy thriller, about a man on
the run from filmmakers and the FBI who are trying to exploit him after a freak
accident which left him invisible.
Mon., Apr 14 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
JOHNNY MNEMONIC
1995 - R - 1:36 - (cc)
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T, Keanu Reeves, Director: Robert Longo
In this futuristic thriller, a man has 48 hours to deliver the data he has electronically
loaded into his brain before it kills him.
Mon., Apr 14 - 4:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM PT
OXYGEN
1999 - R - 1:32 - (cc)
Cast: Maura Tierney, Adrian Brody, James Naughton, Director: Richard Shepard
A female cop pursues a kidnapper and instead finds herself involved in a cat and
mouse game directed toward her.
Mon., Apr 14 - 6:05 PM ET / 3:05 PM PT
JAGGED EDGE
1985 - R - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Director: Richard Marquand
A lawyer becomes romantically involved with her client while defending him on charges
that he murdered his wealthy wife.
Mon., Apr 14 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
A CRY IN THE DARK
1988 - PG-13 - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neil, Dale Reeves, Director: Fred Schepisi
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain, and Australian woman who was accused
of murdering her young daughter, whom she insisted was attacked by a wild dingo
while on a camping trip.
Mon., Apr 14 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM 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.
Tue., Apr 15 - 12:10 AM ET / Mon., Apr 14 - 9:10 PM PT
A CRY IN THE DARK
1988 - PG-13 - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neil, Dale Reeves, Director: Fred Schepisi
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain, and Australian woman who was accused
of murdering her young daughter, whom she insisted was attacked by a wild dingo
while on a camping trip.
Tue., Apr 15 - 2:15 AM ET / Mon., Apr 14 - 11:15 PM 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.
Tue., Apr 15 - 4:20 AM ET / 1:20 AM PT
JAGGED EDGE
1985 - R - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Director: Richard Marquand
A lawyer becomes romantically involved with her client while defending him on charges
that he murdered his wealthy wife.
Tue., Apr 15 - 6:15 AM ET / 3:15 AM PT
THE LION IN WINTER
1968 - PG - 2:14 - (cc)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Director: Anthony Harvey
Academy Award winning film adaptation of James Goldman's play about King Henry
the II and Eleanor of Aquitaine's deliberation over a successor among their
sons, who are all plotting to betray the King.
Tue., Apr 15 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
1981 - PG - 2:04 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Director: Hugh Hudson
The true story of a Scottish missionary and a Jewish Cambridge student who compete
as runners in the 1924 Olympics, one motivated by a hatred of anti-Semitism, the
other by the love of God.
Tue., Apr 15 - 10:40 AM ET / 7:40 AM 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.
Tue., Apr 15 - 12:45 PM ET / 9:45 AM PT
WESTWORLD
1973 - PG - 1:28 - (cc)
Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Director: Michael Crichton
An amusement park of animatronic robots allows people to fulfill their wild west
fantasies. But when a computer malfunctions, the fun and games turn into a struggle
for survival as two businessmen avoid a homicidal robot.
Tue., Apr 15 - 2:15 PM ET / 11:15 AM PT
THE WANDERERS
1979 - R - 1:56 - (cc)
Cast: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Director: Philip Kaufman
Highlighted by a memorable soundtrack, this nostalgic look at the 1960's Bronx
follows a gang of Italian teenagers as they battle with rival gangs leading up to
a football game to defend their turf.
Tue., Apr 15 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
BONNIE AND CLYDE
1967 - M - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Director: Arthur Penn
Based on the real life stories of bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who
journeyed the American southwest with tommyguns and stolen moneybags while on the
run from the police.
Tue., Apr 15 - 6:15 PM ET / 3:15 PM PT
PLAY MISTY FOR ME
1971 - R - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, Director: Clint Eastwood
After a night of passion, a disc jockey cannot escape a crazed fan intent on ruining
his life. Clint Eastwood's directorial debut.
Tue., Apr 15 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
THE BUTCHER BOY
1997 - R - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Director: Neil Jordan
A young Irish boy copes life with his crazy mother and alcoholic father, by escaping
to a demented fantasy world as life around him becomes more chaotic.
Tue., Apr 15 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
FARGO
1996 - R - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Director: Joel Coen
A car salesman in a desperate financial situation hires a couple of losers to kidnap
his wife and demand ransom from her wealthy father. When the plan starts to unravel,
the very pregnant local police chief tries to solve the case.
Tue., Apr 15 - 11:45 PM ET / 8:45 PM PT
THE BUTCHER BOY
1997 - R - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Director: Neil Jordan
A young Irish boy copes life with his crazy mother and alcoholic father, by escaping
to a demented fantasy world as life around him becomes more chaotic.
Wed., Apr 16 - 1:45 AM ET / Tue., Apr 15 - 10:45 PM PT
FARGO
1996 - R - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Director: Joel Coen
A car salesman in a desperate financial situation hires a couple of losers to kidnap
his wife and demand ransom from her wealthy father. When the plan starts to unravel,
the very pregnant local police chief tries to solve the case.
Wed., Apr 16 - 3:30 AM ET / 12:30 AM PT
BLOW
2001 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Director: Ted Demme
Based on the true life story of drug trafficker George Jung, whose business grew
to be one of the biggest cocaine rackets in U.S. history.
Wed., Apr 16 - 5:35 AM ET / 2:35 AM PT
THE ARCHITECT
2006 - R - 1:21 - (cc)
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Director: Matt Tauber
While undergoing family and marital problems, an idealistic Chicago architect is
accused of designing a dangerous apartment complex and is asked to sign a petition
to have it torn down.
Wed., Apr 16 - 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT
IF LUCY FELL
1996 - R - 1:32 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Director: Eric Schaeffer
A pair of roommates desperately try to find love before they have to fulfill an
agreement they made years ago to jump off a bridge if neither married by 30.
Wed., Apr 16 - 8:35 AM ET / 5:35 AM PT
MADE IN AMERICA
1993 - PG-13 - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Will Smith, Director: Richard Benjamin
When an African-American teenager searches for her estranged father, she finds out
that she was conceived at a fertility clinic and real her father is white.
Wed., Apr 16 - 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT
WISE GIRLS
2002 - R - 1:36 - (cc)
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Mariah Carey, Melora Walters, Director: David Anspaugh
A new waitress working at an Italian restaurant in New York City finds herself entangled
in a mob-run underworld of drug dealing and murder.
Wed., Apr 16 - 12:15 PM ET / 9:15 AM 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.
Wed., Apr 16 - 2:20 PM ET / 11:20 AM PT
SAVING SILVERMAN
2001 - R - 1:36 - (cc)
Cast: Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Director: Dennis Dugan
A young man's manipulative fiance attempts to control him and keep him away
from his slacker best friends, who in turn use every effort to stop the wedding.
Wed., Apr 16 - 4:05 PM ET / 1:05 PM PT
NIGHT SHIFT
1982 - R - 1:46 - (cc)
Cast: Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Director: Ron Howard
Dark comedy about a bored morgue employee, who's life spices up after an encounter
with a call girl who turns him into her pimp.
Wed., Apr 16 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
THE PROGRAM
1993 - R - 1:52 - (cc)
Cast: James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Director: David S. Ward
The pressure mounts on the athletes of the ESU football team as they balance life
on campus with the limelight of college sports.
Wed., Apr 16 - 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.
Wed., Apr 16 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
THE PROGRAM
1993 - R - 1:52 - (cc)
Cast: James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Director: David S. Ward
The pressure mounts on the athletes of the ESU football team as they balance life
on campus with the limelight of college sports.
Thu., Apr 17 - 12:00 AM ET / Wed., Apr 16 - 9:00 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., Apr 17 - 2:05 AM ET / Wed., Apr 16 - 11:05 PM PT
FATAL ATTRACTION
1987 - R - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Director: Adrian Lyne
After a weekend affair with an associate, a married businessman's life is threatened
when his lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Thu., Apr 17 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 AM PT
THE PROPHECY 3: THE ASCENT
2000 - R - 1:23 - (cc)
Cast: Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano, Dave Buzzotta, Director: Patrick Lussier
In the final installment of the 'Prophecy'trilogy, the archangel Gabriel
must protect half-human/half-angel Danyael as he tries to stop Pyriel, the Angel
of Genocide, from destroying the world.
Thu., Apr 17 - 5:30 AM ET / 2:30 AM PT
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
1986 - R - 1:28 - (cc)
Cast: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, Director: Fred Dekker
Two fraternity brothers steal a frozen cadaver infested with "creeps",
worms that climb into people's mouths and turn them into zombies.
Thu., Apr 17 - 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
1961 - PG - 2:36 - (cc)
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Director: J. Lee Thompson
This World War II classic centers around a group of British commandos sent to the
island of Navarone to destroy two German weapons and help save British soldiers
held hostage on a neighboring Greek island.
Thu., Apr 17 - 9:40 AM ET / 6:40 AM PT
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
1962 - NR - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Director: John Ford
James Stewart leads an all-star cast as a young attorney trying to bring law and
order to a wild west town terrorized by the outlaw Liberty Valance.
Thu., Apr 17 - 11:45 AM ET / 8:45 AM PT
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1975 - R - 2:13 - (cc)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Director: Milos Forman
Facing jailtime, amateur crook Randall Patrick McMurphy fakes insanity to serve
an easier sentence in a mental institution. Seen over by the tyrranical Nurse Ratchet,
the patients find McMurphy to be their catalyst toward sanity.
Thu., Apr 17 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
THE SEA INSIDE
2004 - PG-13 - 2:05 - (cc)
Cast: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas, Director: Amenabar,Alejandro
Biopic about Ramon Sampedro's 30 year campaign to die with dignity through euthanasia,
and his relationship with the two women in his life that represent both sides of
the argument.
Thu., Apr 17 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY
2001 - PG-13 - 1:46
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Nastassja Kinski, Raffaella Bansagi, Director: Eva Gardos
A family moves to the USA to escape oppression but are forced to leave their infant
daughter in Hungary.
Thu., Apr 17 - 6:10 PM ET / 3:10 PM PT
THE MAMBO KINGS
1992 - R - 1:43 - (cc)
Cast: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Kathy Moriarty, Director: Ame Glimcher
After leaving Cuba, two brothers go to America and moonlight as an exciting Latin
music act in hopes of making it big in the music industry.
Thu., Apr 17 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
POLLOCK
2000 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly, Director: Ed Harris
Ed Harris directed his own Oscar nominated performance as the title character in
this biopic about the life of influential painter Jackson Pollock.
Thu., Apr 17 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
AUTO FOCUS
2002 - R - 1:45 - (cc)
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Director: Paul Schrader
Set in the years after 'Hogan's Heroes'cancellation, this biopic follows
Bob Crane's obsession with taping his sexual exploits, which may have led his
brutal murder.
This week's HDNet movie schedule continues in the next post.
Mon., Apr 14 - 6:35 AM ET / 3:35 AM PT
SUPERMAN II
1980 - PG - 2:07 - (cc)
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Director: Richard Lester
Superman must stop a trio of evil Kryptonian's who team up with Lex Luthor in
an attempt to rule the Earth.
Mon., Apr 14 - 8:45 AM ET / 5:45 AM PT
RIO BRAVO
1959 - NR - 2:21
Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Director: Howard Hawks
A small-town sheriff tries to keep a murder with powerful connections from escaping
jail with the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter.
Mon., Apr 14 - 11:15 AM ET / 8:15 AM PT
SCROOGED
1988 - PG-13 - 1:41 - (cc)
Cast: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Director: Richard Donner
In this modern day adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Bill Murray plays a heartless
TV executive who changes his ways when he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas
past, present, and future.
Mon., Apr 14 - 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN
1992 - PG-13 - 1:39 - (cc)
Cast: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neil, Director: John Carpenter
John Carpenter directed this genre bending sci-fi comedy thriller, about a man on
the run from filmmakers and the FBI who are trying to exploit him after a freak
accident which left him invisible.
Mon., Apr 14 - 2:45 PM ET / 11:45 AM PT
JOHNNY MNEMONIC
1995 - R - 1:36 - (cc)
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T, Keanu Reeves, Director: Robert Longo
In this futuristic thriller, a man has 48 hours to deliver the data he has electronically
loaded into his brain before it kills him.
Mon., Apr 14 - 4:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM PT
OXYGEN
1999 - R - 1:32 - (cc)
Cast: Maura Tierney, Adrian Brody, James Naughton, Director: Richard Shepard
A female cop pursues a kidnapper and instead finds herself involved in a cat and
mouse game directed toward her.
Mon., Apr 14 - 6:05 PM ET / 3:05 PM PT
JAGGED EDGE
1985 - R - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Director: Richard Marquand
A lawyer becomes romantically involved with her client while defending him on charges
that he murdered his wealthy wife.
Mon., Apr 14 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
A CRY IN THE DARK
1988 - PG-13 - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neil, Dale Reeves, Director: Fred Schepisi
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain, and Australian woman who was accused
of murdering her young daughter, whom she insisted was attacked by a wild dingo
while on a camping trip.
Mon., Apr 14 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM 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.
Tue., Apr 15 - 12:10 AM ET / Mon., Apr 14 - 9:10 PM PT
A CRY IN THE DARK
1988 - PG-13 - 2:01 - (cc)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neil, Dale Reeves, Director: Fred Schepisi
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain, and Australian woman who was accused
of murdering her young daughter, whom she insisted was attacked by a wild dingo
while on a camping trip.
Tue., Apr 15 - 2:15 AM ET / Mon., Apr 14 - 11:15 PM 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.
Tue., Apr 15 - 4:20 AM ET / 1:20 AM PT
JAGGED EDGE
1985 - R - 1:48 - (cc)
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Director: Richard Marquand
A lawyer becomes romantically involved with her client while defending him on charges
that he murdered his wealthy wife.
Tue., Apr 15 - 6:15 AM ET / 3:15 AM PT
THE LION IN WINTER
1968 - PG - 2:14 - (cc)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Director: Anthony Harvey
Academy Award winning film adaptation of James Goldman's play about King Henry
the II and Eleanor of Aquitaine's deliberation over a successor among their
sons, who are all plotting to betray the King.
Tue., Apr 15 - 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
1981 - PG - 2:04 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Director: Hugh Hudson
The true story of a Scottish missionary and a Jewish Cambridge student who compete
as runners in the 1924 Olympics, one motivated by a hatred of anti-Semitism, the
other by the love of God.
Tue., Apr 15 - 10:40 AM ET / 7:40 AM 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.
Tue., Apr 15 - 12:45 PM ET / 9:45 AM PT
WESTWORLD
1973 - PG - 1:28 - (cc)
Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Director: Michael Crichton
An amusement park of animatronic robots allows people to fulfill their wild west
fantasies. But when a computer malfunctions, the fun and games turn into a struggle
for survival as two businessmen avoid a homicidal robot.
Tue., Apr 15 - 2:15 PM ET / 11:15 AM PT
THE WANDERERS
1979 - R - 1:56 - (cc)
Cast: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Director: Philip Kaufman
Highlighted by a memorable soundtrack, this nostalgic look at the 1960's Bronx
follows a gang of Italian teenagers as they battle with rival gangs leading up to
a football game to defend their turf.
Tue., Apr 15 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
BONNIE AND CLYDE
1967 - M - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Director: Arthur Penn
Based on the real life stories of bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who
journeyed the American southwest with tommyguns and stolen moneybags while on the
run from the police.
Tue., Apr 15 - 6:15 PM ET / 3:15 PM PT
PLAY MISTY FOR ME
1971 - R - 1:42 - (cc)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, Director: Clint Eastwood
After a night of passion, a disc jockey cannot escape a crazed fan intent on ruining
his life. Clint Eastwood's directorial debut.
Tue., Apr 15 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
THE BUTCHER BOY
1997 - R - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Director: Neil Jordan
A young Irish boy copes life with his crazy mother and alcoholic father, by escaping
to a demented fantasy world as life around him becomes more chaotic.
Tue., Apr 15 - 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT
FARGO
1996 - R - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Director: Joel Coen
A car salesman in a desperate financial situation hires a couple of losers to kidnap
his wife and demand ransom from her wealthy father. When the plan starts to unravel,
the very pregnant local police chief tries to solve the case.
Tue., Apr 15 - 11:45 PM ET / 8:45 PM PT
THE BUTCHER BOY
1997 - R - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Director: Neil Jordan
A young Irish boy copes life with his crazy mother and alcoholic father, by escaping
to a demented fantasy world as life around him becomes more chaotic.
Wed., Apr 16 - 1:45 AM ET / Tue., Apr 15 - 10:45 PM PT
FARGO
1996 - R - 1:38 - (cc)
Cast: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Director: Joel Coen
A car salesman in a desperate financial situation hires a couple of losers to kidnap
his wife and demand ransom from her wealthy father. When the plan starts to unravel,
the very pregnant local police chief tries to solve the case.
Wed., Apr 16 - 3:30 AM ET / 12:30 AM PT
BLOW
2001 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Director: Ted Demme
Based on the true life story of drug trafficker George Jung, whose business grew
to be one of the biggest cocaine rackets in U.S. history.
Wed., Apr 16 - 5:35 AM ET / 2:35 AM PT
THE ARCHITECT
2006 - R - 1:21 - (cc)
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Director: Matt Tauber
While undergoing family and marital problems, an idealistic Chicago architect is
accused of designing a dangerous apartment complex and is asked to sign a petition
to have it torn down.
Wed., Apr 16 - 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT
IF LUCY FELL
1996 - R - 1:32 - (cc)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Director: Eric Schaeffer
A pair of roommates desperately try to find love before they have to fulfill an
agreement they made years ago to jump off a bridge if neither married by 30.
Wed., Apr 16 - 8:35 AM ET / 5:35 AM PT
MADE IN AMERICA
1993 - PG-13 - 1:50 - (cc)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Will Smith, Director: Richard Benjamin
When an African-American teenager searches for her estranged father, she finds out
that she was conceived at a fertility clinic and real her father is white.
Wed., Apr 16 - 10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT
WISE GIRLS
2002 - R - 1:36 - (cc)
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Mariah Carey, Melora Walters, Director: David Anspaugh
A new waitress working at an Italian restaurant in New York City finds herself entangled
in a mob-run underworld of drug dealing and murder.
Wed., Apr 16 - 12:15 PM ET / 9:15 AM 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.
Wed., Apr 16 - 2:20 PM ET / 11:20 AM PT
SAVING SILVERMAN
2001 - R - 1:36 - (cc)
Cast: Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Director: Dennis Dugan
A young man's manipulative fiance attempts to control him and keep him away
from his slacker best friends, who in turn use every effort to stop the wedding.
Wed., Apr 16 - 4:05 PM ET / 1:05 PM PT
NIGHT SHIFT
1982 - R - 1:46 - (cc)
Cast: Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Director: Ron Howard
Dark comedy about a bored morgue employee, who's life spices up after an encounter
with a call girl who turns him into her pimp.
Wed., Apr 16 - 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
THE PROGRAM
1993 - R - 1:52 - (cc)
Cast: James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Director: David S. Ward
The pressure mounts on the athletes of the ESU football team as they balance life
on campus with the limelight of college sports.
Wed., Apr 16 - 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.
Wed., Apr 16 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
THE PROGRAM
1993 - R - 1:52 - (cc)
Cast: James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Director: David S. Ward
The pressure mounts on the athletes of the ESU football team as they balance life
on campus with the limelight of college sports.
Thu., Apr 17 - 12:00 AM ET / Wed., Apr 16 - 9:00 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., Apr 17 - 2:05 AM ET / Wed., Apr 16 - 11:05 PM PT
FATAL ATTRACTION
1987 - R - 1:59 - (cc)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Director: Adrian Lyne
After a weekend affair with an associate, a married businessman's life is threatened
when his lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Thu., Apr 17 - 4:05 AM ET / 1:05 AM PT
THE PROPHECY 3: THE ASCENT
2000 - R - 1:23 - (cc)
Cast: Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano, Dave Buzzotta, Director: Patrick Lussier
In the final installment of the 'Prophecy'trilogy, the archangel Gabriel
must protect half-human/half-angel Danyael as he tries to stop Pyriel, the Angel
of Genocide, from destroying the world.
Thu., Apr 17 - 5:30 AM ET / 2:30 AM PT
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
1986 - R - 1:28 - (cc)
Cast: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, Director: Fred Dekker
Two fraternity brothers steal a frozen cadaver infested with "creeps",
worms that climb into people's mouths and turn them into zombies.
Thu., Apr 17 - 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
1961 - PG - 2:36 - (cc)
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Director: J. Lee Thompson
This World War II classic centers around a group of British commandos sent to the
island of Navarone to destroy two German weapons and help save British soldiers
held hostage on a neighboring Greek island.
Thu., Apr 17 - 9:40 AM ET / 6:40 AM PT
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
1962 - NR - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Director: John Ford
James Stewart leads an all-star cast as a young attorney trying to bring law and
order to a wild west town terrorized by the outlaw Liberty Valance.
Thu., Apr 17 - 11:45 AM ET / 8:45 AM PT
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1975 - R - 2:13 - (cc)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Director: Milos Forman
Facing jailtime, amateur crook Randall Patrick McMurphy fakes insanity to serve
an easier sentence in a mental institution. Seen over by the tyrranical Nurse Ratchet,
the patients find McMurphy to be their catalyst toward sanity.
Thu., Apr 17 - 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
THE SEA INSIDE
2004 - PG-13 - 2:05 - (cc)
Cast: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Duenas, Director: Amenabar,Alejandro
Biopic about Ramon Sampedro's 30 year campaign to die with dignity through euthanasia,
and his relationship with the two women in his life that represent both sides of
the argument.
Thu., Apr 17 - 4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY
2001 - PG-13 - 1:46
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Nastassja Kinski, Raffaella Bansagi, Director: Eva Gardos
A family moves to the USA to escape oppression but are forced to leave their infant
daughter in Hungary.
Thu., Apr 17 - 6:10 PM ET / 3:10 PM PT
THE MAMBO KINGS
1992 - R - 1:43 - (cc)
Cast: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Kathy Moriarty, Director: Ame Glimcher
After leaving Cuba, two brothers go to America and moonlight as an exciting Latin
music act in hopes of making it big in the music industry.
Thu., Apr 17 - 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
POLLOCK
2000 - R - 2:03 - (cc)
Cast: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly, Director: Ed Harris
Ed Harris directed his own Oscar nominated performance as the title character in
this biopic about the life of influential painter Jackson Pollock.
Thu., Apr 17 - 10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
AUTO FOCUS
2002 - R - 1:45 - (cc)
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Director: Paul Schrader
Set in the years after 'Hogan's Heroes'cancellation, this biopic follows
Bob Crane's obsession with taping his sexual exploits, which may have led his
brutal murder.
This week's HDNet movie schedule continues in the next post.