Films on Multivision 13th / 20th November
Satellite: Hotbird
Position: 13.0 East
Frequency: 11662V
November 13 to November 20
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Multivision 6 Duration: 85 MIN
Tom Jones
Live from Cardiff Castle
Concert (Pop & Rock)
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The Bone Snatcher (Multi 7) (2003) NEW Horror
Starring Scott Bairstow, Rachel Shelley, Warrick Grier, Patrick Shai, Andre Weideman. Directed by Jason Wulfsohn.
Dr. Zack Straker (Scott Bairstow) is a laboratory scientist sent to a work in the field, more precisely in a diamond mining company in the Namid Desert, in Africa. His first assignment is to participate of a rescue mission of three missing prospectors, who are lost in the desert. The rescue team finds the bones separated from the completely destroyed bodies of the prospectors. The African Titus (Andre Weidman) explains that the slaughter was carried out by the Sandmother, a sort of evil being that was part of the African belief. His colleagues do not pay much attention on his faith. Meanwhile, their truck has an electrical problem and they have to spend the night in the desert, when they face the horrible monster that snatches the bones of its victims. Zach and the other survivors conclude that sometimes pray isn't enough, and decide to fight against the destructive creature.
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11:14 (2003) (Multi 1) Drama / Thriller / Comedy / Crime
Starring Henry Thomas, Blake Heron, Barbara Hershey, Clark Gregg and Hilary Swank. Directed by Greg Marcks.
In Middletown, at 11:14 PM, two cars accidents happen at the same time, affecting the lives of five different groups of people. A drunken driver hits a man in a lonely road near a bridge; three young men hits a woman with a van, one of the passenger has a severed penis while another man on the road shoots them; a young man robs a convenience store, with the support of the clerk; a man finds a body in a cemetery and gets rid off it; and a young pregnant woman tries to raise money for an abortion. All of these characters and their fates are very connected.
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The Aviator (2004) (Multi 2) Biography / Drama
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Phenomenal public success contrasts with private behaviors close to madness: Howard Hughes from the late 1920s to the late 1940s, from "Hells Angels" (spending a fortune on details) through the only flight of the Hercules, a huge, money-losing transport plane. Along the way, the public Hughes sees the big picture - in movies and in aviation, building TWA and leading it through a fight with Pan Am and the US Senate. In private, phobias and compulsions threaten him with self-imposed solitary confinement. How long can his imagination, drive, and the sympathies of Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, and the men who work for him stave off these internal disorders?
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The Manchurian Candidate (2004) (Multi 2) Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War
Starring Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Dorian Missick, and Jose Pablo Cantillo. Directed by Jonathan Demme.
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.
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Man on Fire (2004) (Multi 2 & 3) Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime
Starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony and Radha Mitchell. Directed by Tony Scott.
A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy's friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy's new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him.
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Sanctuary (2001) (TV) (Multi 5) Drama / Romance
Starring Melissa Gilbert, Costas Mandylor, Leslie Hope, Kenneth Welsh and Kathy Baker. Directed by Katt Shea.
Passion or obsession? Jo Hathaway thought she knew the difference... she was dead wrong.
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Soeurs fâchées, Les (2004) (Multi 2 & 5) Comedy / Drama (French language)
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Frot, François Berléand, Brigitte Catillon and Michel Vuillermoz. Directed by Alexandra Leclère.
Louis, younger sister, natural and straightforward, lives in province; Martine, older sister, beautiful and aloof, lives in the Parisian upper middle class. Louis has written a novel. On Monday she will go for an appointment with a publisher in Paris, which may change her life. She comes to live with Martine for three days. During three days, Louis and her obvious happiness exasperate Martine and set her life in glares.....
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36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) (Multi 5) Drama / Crime (French language)
Starring Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, André Dussolier, Roschdy Zem and Valeria Golino. Directed by Olivier Marchal.
As it might not rings any bell in foreigners' head, know that the Quai Des Orfèvres is the familiar name for the Criminal Investigations Division of the Paris Police, located at no. 36. In popular parlance, "Quai des Orfèvres" means to the French what "Scotland Yard" means to the British.
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Espace détente (2005) (Multi 3 & 4) Comedy (French language)
Starring Bruno Solo, Yvan Le Bolloc'h, Thierry Frémont, Sylvie Loeillet and Gérard Chaillou. Directed by Yvan Le Bolloc'h and Bruno Solo.
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Dalton, Les (2004) (Multi 5 & 6) Comedy / Western (french language)
Starring Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Saïd Serrari, Romain Berger and Til Schweiger. Directed by Philippe Haïm
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Dernier trappeur, Le (2004) (Multi 5) Documentary / Adventure (French language)
Starring Norman Winter, May Loo, Alex Van Bibber, Ken Bolton and Denny Denison. Directed by Nicolas Vanier.
Satellite: Hotbird
Position: 13.0 East
Frequency: 11662V
November 13 to November 20
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Multivision 6 Duration: 85 MIN
Tom Jones
Live from Cardiff Castle
Concert (Pop & Rock)
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The Bone Snatcher (Multi 7) (2003) NEW Horror
Starring Scott Bairstow, Rachel Shelley, Warrick Grier, Patrick Shai, Andre Weideman. Directed by Jason Wulfsohn.
Dr. Zack Straker (Scott Bairstow) is a laboratory scientist sent to a work in the field, more precisely in a diamond mining company in the Namid Desert, in Africa. His first assignment is to participate of a rescue mission of three missing prospectors, who are lost in the desert. The rescue team finds the bones separated from the completely destroyed bodies of the prospectors. The African Titus (Andre Weidman) explains that the slaughter was carried out by the Sandmother, a sort of evil being that was part of the African belief. His colleagues do not pay much attention on his faith. Meanwhile, their truck has an electrical problem and they have to spend the night in the desert, when they face the horrible monster that snatches the bones of its victims. Zach and the other survivors conclude that sometimes pray isn't enough, and decide to fight against the destructive creature.
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11:14 (2003) (Multi 1) Drama / Thriller / Comedy / Crime
Starring Henry Thomas, Blake Heron, Barbara Hershey, Clark Gregg and Hilary Swank. Directed by Greg Marcks.
In Middletown, at 11:14 PM, two cars accidents happen at the same time, affecting the lives of five different groups of people. A drunken driver hits a man in a lonely road near a bridge; three young men hits a woman with a van, one of the passenger has a severed penis while another man on the road shoots them; a young man robs a convenience store, with the support of the clerk; a man finds a body in a cemetery and gets rid off it; and a young pregnant woman tries to raise money for an abortion. All of these characters and their fates are very connected.
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The Aviator (2004) (Multi 2) Biography / Drama
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Phenomenal public success contrasts with private behaviors close to madness: Howard Hughes from the late 1920s to the late 1940s, from "Hells Angels" (spending a fortune on details) through the only flight of the Hercules, a huge, money-losing transport plane. Along the way, the public Hughes sees the big picture - in movies and in aviation, building TWA and leading it through a fight with Pan Am and the US Senate. In private, phobias and compulsions threaten him with self-imposed solitary confinement. How long can his imagination, drive, and the sympathies of Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, and the men who work for him stave off these internal disorders?
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The Manchurian Candidate (2004) (Multi 2) Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War
Starring Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Dorian Missick, and Jose Pablo Cantillo. Directed by Jonathan Demme.
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.
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Man on Fire (2004) (Multi 2 & 3) Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime
Starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony and Radha Mitchell. Directed by Tony Scott.
A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy's friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy's new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him.
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Sanctuary (2001) (TV) (Multi 5) Drama / Romance
Starring Melissa Gilbert, Costas Mandylor, Leslie Hope, Kenneth Welsh and Kathy Baker. Directed by Katt Shea.
Passion or obsession? Jo Hathaway thought she knew the difference... she was dead wrong.
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Soeurs fâchées, Les (2004) (Multi 2 & 5) Comedy / Drama (French language)
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Frot, François Berléand, Brigitte Catillon and Michel Vuillermoz. Directed by Alexandra Leclère.
Louis, younger sister, natural and straightforward, lives in province; Martine, older sister, beautiful and aloof, lives in the Parisian upper middle class. Louis has written a novel. On Monday she will go for an appointment with a publisher in Paris, which may change her life. She comes to live with Martine for three days. During three days, Louis and her obvious happiness exasperate Martine and set her life in glares.....
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36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) (Multi 5) Drama / Crime (French language)
Starring Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, André Dussolier, Roschdy Zem and Valeria Golino. Directed by Olivier Marchal.
As it might not rings any bell in foreigners' head, know that the Quai Des Orfèvres is the familiar name for the Criminal Investigations Division of the Paris Police, located at no. 36. In popular parlance, "Quai des Orfèvres" means to the French what "Scotland Yard" means to the British.
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Espace détente (2005) (Multi 3 & 4) Comedy (French language)
Starring Bruno Solo, Yvan Le Bolloc'h, Thierry Frémont, Sylvie Loeillet and Gérard Chaillou. Directed by Yvan Le Bolloc'h and Bruno Solo.
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Dalton, Les (2004) (Multi 5 & 6) Comedy / Western (french language)
Starring Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Saïd Serrari, Romain Berger and Til Schweiger. Directed by Philippe Haïm
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Dernier trappeur, Le (2004) (Multi 5) Documentary / Adventure (French language)
Starring Norman Winter, May Loo, Alex Van Bibber, Ken Bolton and Denny Denison. Directed by Nicolas Vanier.
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