Film4 free next weekend

mickd

Just saw a promo on channel4 for film4 free just for next weekend on sky,telewest & ntl. Hopefully it will be FTA as well.

Basq

Cheers for the heads-up, Mick.

Here's the viewing from Friday to Sunday anyways:

DigiGuide wrote:

Friday 4th November

18:00
Brief Encounter
One of the timeless classics of British cinema, David Lean's Oscar-nominated, heart-breaking film stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard as two married people whose chance encounter in a railway station's café sees them tempted to adultery before realising their marriages are more important than fleeting happiness.
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1945, PG, 5 Star)

20:00
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Juliet Stevenson is so bereft at the death of lover Alan Rickman, she literally summons him back from the dead. Initially ecstatically happy again, she slowly realises that their two worlds can never be the same again and she must find a living love in Anthony Minghella's moving, comic film.
Starring: Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Jenny Howe, Carolyn Choa, Bill Paterson, Christopher Rozycki
(Subtitles, 1991, 15, 3 Star)

22:00
Y Tu Mamá También
Alfonso Cuaron's acclaimed road-movie stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna as two buddies whose girlfriends are in Europe. Planning a summer of drink, drugs and sex, they jokingly invite Maribel Verdu, the wife of Luna's cousin to join them on the trip to the coast but her agreement isn't just a surprise but the beginning of simmering sexual tensions and arguments.
Starring: Ana López Mercado, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Nathan Grinberg, Verónica Langer, María Aura
(Subtitles, 2001, 18, 4 Star)

00:00
Freeway
Matthew Bright's debut feature stars Reese Witherspoon as a modern day Little Red Riding Hood, escaping her mum and abusive stepdad to get to Grandma's, one step ahead of the welfare officers. She takes a lift with Kiefer Sutherland, a psychologist whose motives for picking her up aren't necessarily altruistic...
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Wolfgang Bodison, Dan Hedaya, Amanda Plummer, Brooke Shields
(1996, 18, 3 Star)

02:05
Holy Smoke
When Kate Winslet becomes involved with an Indian cult, her mother tricks her into returning to Australia and enrols her in the programme of American exit counsellor Harvey Keitel. As he begins to loosen her faith, so he finds himself falling for her and soon, she discovers that sex allows her to turn the tables of him in Jane Campion's psychological drama.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee, Daniel Wyllie, Paul Goddard
(Premiere, Subtitles, 1999, 18, 3 Star) (Visit the Official Web Site)

04:00
Day of Wrath
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 realises that her accusers want her dead and that her fate is inescapable. Released under the Nazi occupation, its themes so offended the Germans that he was forced to flee to Sweden until the war ended.
Starring: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Anna Svierkier, Albert Høeberg
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1943, PG, 4 Star)

Saturday 5th November

18:00
Watership Down
Based on Richard Adams' acclaimed novel, Martin Rosen's animated film tells of the adventures of Hazel, Fiver and a group of rabbits in search of a new warren. With Zero Mostel as Kehaar, the seagull Kehaar who helps them against General Woundwort, who seeks to destroy them.
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell
(Subtitles, 1978, U, 4 Star)

20:00
Local Hero
Bill Forsyth's comedy starring Peter Riegert as a Texas oil company executive who is sent to Scotland to buy up an entire village for the site of a new refinery. Co-starring Burt Lancaster, Fulton MacKay, Dennis Lawson, Jenny Seagrove.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson, Norman Chancer, Peter Capaldi
(Subtitles, 1983, PG, 4 Star)

22:00
Buffalo Soldiers
Joaquin Phoenix stars in Gregor Jordan's comedy drama as a US G.I. based in Germany during the Cold War who makes a handsome living on the black market. But when he and his buddies go for the big deal, their sergeant gets wise and tries to put them out of business. In revenge, Phoenix decides to seduce his daughter.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin, Elizabeth McGovern, Michael Pena
(2001, 15, 3 Star)

00:05
A Tale Of Two Sisters
Continuing the tradition of superior Asian horror films, Kim Jee-woon's film stars Im Soo-jung and Moon Geun-young as two sisters returning home after hospital treatment for a mysterious illness. Awaiting them is their evil stepmother, who has blinded her husband to her treatment of the sisters. But nothing is as it seems; are the girls mad or is she really evil? As strange manifestations occur, the large house they live in becomes a home of horrors...
Starring: Kap-su Kim, Jung-ah Yum, Su-jeong Lim, Geun-yeong Mun
(In Korean with English subtitles, 2003, 15, 4 Star)

02:15
It's All About Love
Thomas Vinterberg's sci-fi romance, set in the near future, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the estranged husband of ice-skating superstar Claire Danes. Meeting to sign divorce papers, he discovers her life is in danger from her management, who are worried at her appeal waning with age and have a plan to replace her... In a world suffering from cosmological chaos, they are joined by her brother in their flight while his brother circles the world in a plane, crystallising his philosophy on the planet's ills.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn, Douglas Henshall, Alun Armstrong, Margo Martindale
(2002, 15, 3 Star)

03:55
La Regle du Jeu
Considered by many to be one the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's classic indictment of the decadence of European society follows the romantic tangles above and below stairs at a country house weekend shooting party, where amorality is considered to be quite acceptable but an ensuing tragedy shows that morality often asserts itself violently. The film shocked France on its opening and was butchered by the distributors. He was forced to flee France at the invasion and spent the rest of his directorial life in Hollywood.
Starring: Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Claire Gérard, Anne Mayen
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1939, PG, 5 Star)

Sunday 6th November

18:00
Close Encounters of The Third Kind
Richard Dreyfuss and Teri Garr star as two ordinary American citizens, caught up in a secret American investigation into UFO contacts with Earth, headed by François Truffaut and culminating in the still-astonishing first contact between humans and beings from another galaxy.
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban, J. Patrick McNamara
(Subtitles, 1977, PG, 5 Star)

20:15
The Dish
Australia's biggest-grossing movie stars Sam Neill as the scientist in charge of the telescope in outback Australia that is charged with relaying the pictures of Neil Armstrong's 1969 moonwalk to the world. Unfortunately, there's a slight problem... Based on true events, Rob Sitch's comedy/drama is warm and affectionate rather than full of belly-laughs but succeeds the better for it.
Starring: Sam Neill, Jodhi May, Tayler Kane, John McMartin, Eliza Szonert, Patrick Warburton
(2000, 12, 4 Star) (Visit the Official Web Site)

22:00
As Good As It Gets
Heartwarming comedy drama about a disgruntled, misanthropic novelist who falls for a waitress. When he is forced to look after his gay neighbour's dog, he begins to bond with the animal and soon emerges from his self-imposed isolation. Gradually, he becomes aware of the love that still exists inside him. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt both won Oscars.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Shirley Knight, Skeet Ulrich
(Subtitles, 1997, 15, 4 Star) (Visit the Official Web Site)

00:20
Infernal Affairs I
Tony Leung is an undercover cop who's spent ten years infiltrating one of Hong Kong's most notorious Triad gangs. Andy Lau is a bent cop working as a mole for the gang. Each knows the other exists but neither their name or identity and the race is on for each to expose the other... Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's explosive thriller sees the two pursuing each other's identity until the final confrontation.
Starring: Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng
(Subtitles, 2002, 15, 4 Star)

02:10
Gregory's Two Girls
Bill Forsyth's sequel to Gregory's Girl sees Gregory Underwood, now a teacher at his Cumbernauld alma mater, caught between committing to fellow teacher Bel or allowing rein to his fantasies about pupil Frances. He's forced into action when Frances asks if she can meet him after school to share a very private secret...
Starring: Carly McKinnon, John Gordon Sinclair, John Murtagh, Hugh McCue, Dougray Scott, Martin Schwab
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1999, PG, 3 Star)

04:20
The Deserted Station
Nezam Manoucheri and Leila Hatami are husband and wife whose car breaks down in an isolated, almost deserted town in the Iranian desert. While Manoucheri and the town's only adult male, Mehran Rajabi, set off for spares, Hatami takes over teaching at the school in Alireza Raisian's moving film touching on grief and loss.
Starring: Leila Hatami, Nezam Manouchehri, Mehran Rajabi, Mahmoud Pak Neeyat
(Subtitles, 2002, U, 4 Star)

snaps

Watership down, That will take me back to my childhood, Having a good old cry in the cinema! Hope ntl have it free, They should though surely?

djpaul

mickd wrote:

Just saw a promo on channel4 for film4 free just for next weekend on sky,telewest & ntl. Hopefully it will be FTA as well.

It won't be FTA, Only available with subcription. If you want filmfour free
for 30 days here's the promo code FC50 X001. Make sure you call them back
after 30 days to cancel.

The free weekend is only available unencrypted to those with a sky sub.

daveg

djpaul wrote:

It won't be FTA, Only available with subcription. If you want filmfour free
for 30 days here's the promo code FC50 X001. Make sure you call them back
after 30 days to cancel.

The free weekend is only available unencrypted to those with a sky sub.

Thanks for that Paul. I forgot to cancel last time though. Must set an alarm on my phone.

watty

Yes the Disney and FilmFour free weekends never work FTA or even on FTV card. An Active Sub card is needed.

A months notice is needed to cancel or downgrade, while upgrades are instant, so Imagine it is likely you get 2 months viewing for price of one.

mickd

ah well i guess its a trip to the video store then!!

Mossy Monk

one thing i can say about Film 4 is that they always put on a great line up on the free weekends to entice viewers :rolleyes:

arcane99

djpaul wrote:

It won't be FTA, Only available with subcription. If you want filmfour free
for 30 days here's the promo code FC50 X001. Make sure you call them back
after 30 days to cancel.

The free weekend is only available unencrypted to those with a sky sub.

How do you use the code?

Thanks

Mossy Monk

you call Sky and quote it and Film 4 appears on your subscritpion

The Troll

Thanks for the tip. Lineup seems excellent for the wkend.