Film Four - Free this weekend

daveyb

From filmfour.co.uk

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Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd November, is your chance to see 36 great films over four great channels (FilmFour, FilmFour +1, FilmFour World and FilmFour Extreme) absolutely free.

The line-up for Friday to Sunday includes a mix of the best of Hollywood, British cinema and classic films from around the world, as well as a selection of films from FilmFour's month-long Crime Spree season, which are showing throughout November every night at 10pm.

Films include:

Friday 1st November
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure - 6pm(7pm +1)
A Room With A View - 8pm (9pm +1)
The Long Good Friday - 10pm (11pm +1)
Chopper - 12.10am

Saturday 2nd November
Emma - 6pm (7pm +1)
My Best Friend's Wedding - 8pm (9pm +1)
King Of New York - 10pm (11pm+1)
Apocalypse Now - 11.50pm

Sunday 3rd November
The Third Man - 6pm (7pm +1)
Local Hero - 8pm (9pm +1)
The Way Of The Gun - 10pm (11pm +1)
Kama Sutra - 12 Midnight

Mossy Monk

i saw the ad for this last night. it will be nice to have a temporary alternative to the rubbish Sky are currently dishing out. not very good at all

sceptre

Just to add:

Au Revoir des Enfants Film4World Fri 20:00
Jean de Florette Film4World Sat 16:00
Il Postino Film4World Sat 18:00
The Circle Film4World Sat 20:00
Manon de Sources Film4World Sun 16:00
Bicycle Thieves Film4World Sun 18:00
Smiles of a Summer Night Film4World Sun 20:00

Good weekend ahead then

daveg

Excellent...

jez

Film Four should be a free to air channel. They might get more subscribers then and not keep having to give out freebies!!

Only time I watch this channel is courtesy of my ftv card on Saturday afternoons in the summer when uninterrupted cricket coverage is on this channel so we don't have to endure the horseracing on Channel Four!!!!

byte

Hmm. Any of those films any good? Don't sound much though when the channel is free, one cant complain!

Pity there is no talk of Carlton Cinema appearing on Sky anymore

Irulan

I do not believe it .Just my luck .I only started subscribing to this channel last weekend,at €9.00 a month. Some of the films are good, but there is a lot of repeats and film four world needs a lot of concentration as most of the films are sub titled. I would advise viewers to turn off letterbox mode or you could end up watching a very thin strip of film due to the space provided for subtiltles. Having said that four film channels for €2.25 a week is not bad value.

Lennoxschips

This channel is free for the weekend? I have a digibox, but no card at the moment, will I be able to get it?

Edit: Tried tuning in through other channels, got the "Please insert card" message.

yankinlk

been paying for this channel from the beginning but not sure if its worth it. the times they show movies are all messed up.

film4world would be my favorite, but its in the middle of the bleeding day!

Jean de Florette Film4World Sat 16:00
Il Postino Film4World Sat 18:00
The Circle Film4World Sat 20:00
Manon de Sources Film4World Sun 16:00

all 4 of these films are worth the admission alone...but chances are i will miss them.

Is the timing of some of these movies (esp film4world) geared at OTHER time zones?

watty

Originally posted by Lennoxschips
This channel is free for the weekend? I have a digibox, but no card at the moment, will I be able to get it?

Edit: Tried tuning in through other channels, got the "Please insert card" message.

Usually you have to have an active Sub card for Flim4 or Disney "free" weekends. I've not seen them work on no card or UK FTV card.

Tom Dunne

I don't think FilmFour are doing themselves any favours. The line up is complete tripe! I remember having the same complaint last time they went FTA for the weekend.

For a brief moment during last Winter I considered subscribing to it, but not now, looking at what they have on this weekend.

LoGiE

Anyone catch Freeway on F4Extreme lastnight? absolutly class film. If all the films they screened where that good I'd probably consider subscribing.

sergeant121

Originally posted by jez
Film Four should be a free to air channel. They might get more subscribers then and not keep having to give out freebies!!

Erm, did you read what you typed? They should go FTA and then they might get more subscribers?

Prisoner6409

Yeah, the 2 Mathew Bright films on Fir/Sat were excellent especially the first one. I have not watched 2 movies back to back in a long time. Movies like this would never be aired on the Sky Movies channels. Film4 do show movies made by independents that would not be shown by the regular t.v. stations. I am not a subscriber to Film4 but after this weekend I will give it serious thought, would love to see "Sexy Beast" airing on Film4 on Monday night.

sceptre

Might consider adding it for the very occasional month, stocking up on tapes and recording enough foreign movies to last a while. I'm not claiming to be a foreign movie buff but I do like to watch something good - Sky just don't make the effort here (the only two I can remember for the last while are Le Diner de Cons and Lola Rennt)

Riamfada

Ohhhh P.A.R.T.Y