Film Four to launch as Free to view service

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 22 Jul 2006, 14:32

Thats why I did it

thats why I detest Quote wars on other threads and I just tune out instantly when people do it

and boy a lot of poeple on here quote like gods (not that thee is a god).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Jul 2006, 14:42

I'm so temped to put quotes all over your posts

Shen · Post by **Shen** » 22 Jul 2006, 16:30

supposed to come free tomorrow yeah? when do the films actualyl start showing?! i mean jeez all tomorrow is "july highlights" my sky cut out just as i was to look at monday (storms here) but when to the movies actually start :\

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Jul 2006, 16:35

I think they start at 3pm and broadcast til 3am every day (?)

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 22 Jul 2006, 17:05

Premieres tomorrow night at 9pm with Lost in Translation.

Followed by Sexy Beast and Infernal Affairs.

From Monday it's normal hours 3pm-3am 7 days a week.

Shen · Post by **Shen** » 22 Jul 2006, 17:07

ah cool, thanks mark

sexy beast is a great movie, the bald actor is great!

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 22 Jul 2006, 17:38

"The bald actor"

Shen · Post by **Shen** » 22 Jul 2006, 17:44

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 22 Jul 2006, 20:50

You surely don't mean SIR Ben Kingsley do you??

Shen · Post by **Shen** » 22 Jul 2006, 20:52

*checks imdb*

yes...yes i do

hey i saw it once, like 2yrs ago and not all the way through

just what i saw of it was awesome, and kingsley was brilliant

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 22 Jul 2006, 21:08

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!"

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Jul 2006, 11:09

About the 50 Films before you die thing - I didnt see it but:

Films you must see 'before you die'

Movie experts have named the 50 films you should see before you die.

Number one is Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War classic Apocalypse Now.

The list was compiled by a panel of movie experts to mark the free-to-air launch of Film4.

Few of the entries are big screen blockbusters.

Second is The Apartment, Billy Wilder's 1960 comedy drama starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.

Brazilian film City of God is third, followed by Roman Polanski's Chinatown.

Sexy beast, starring Ray Winstone and Sir Ben Kingsley, is fifth. (??? I havent seen it but I'm not a fan of mockney gangster/crime movies)

The top 10 is completed by 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, French flick A Bout de Souffle, Donnie Darko and Woody Allen's Manhattan.

Alien, Lost in Translation and The Shawshank Redemption just missed out on a top 10 place. The top 50 includes Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Erin Brockovich, The Breakfast Club and Scarface.

The list was chosen by a panel of experts including Lord Puttnam, producer of Chariots of Fire and Midnight Express.

............

http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatur ... 3501761A00

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 24 Jul 2006, 16:40

These lists are self-indulgent arse. I never bother giving them house room. It's curious that all the films Grim mentioned have been screened on Film Four. 8)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Jul 2006, 16:58

Have they?

That or films that C4 have the rights to.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Jul 2006, 19:21

Is someone's Word locked to "double line" spacing?

It was good to see IA in the original language but did they have to ruin it by having an enormous black bar at the bottom? Oh and no original aspect ratio

(to be expected).

I can confirm adverts are definitely in place.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 24 Jul 2006, 19:31

Watched Duck Soup, which is hilarious. Amazing scene that (I'm assuming) originated from this film: one person impersonating another in place of a mirror

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 Aug 2006, 09:58

Hey,

I just heard on a C4 trailer that they're showing a season of Ghibli movies after the 3pm movie every day (I think).
I've seen Spirited Away/Princess Mononoke (superb), Castle In the Sky (very good) and Nausicaa (also good).

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Aug 2006, 17:48

Would be nice if they showed HK movies other than Infernal Affairs (which they cropped, I checked).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Aug 2006, 18:08

Mark that's really sad. It's TV. Surely you don't expect uncropped anamorphic do you? Agreed we should get it but we've never got it yet so it's going to suddenly change.

Besides give Film Four a chance it's only been on out a few weeks.

As for the Studio Ghibli's. The one I caught a glimpse of was the English dub version :shock:

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 09 Aug 2006, 00:29

Film Four did screen films in their original aspect ratios in the past - I had the subscription channel for a while. I just hope that the IA cropping isn't a regular occurance. I think they may also have cropped The Italian Job remake - if it was meant to be 2.35?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Sep 2006, 13:14

Hey,

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance recives its Film 4 Premiere on Thursday at 10.50pm

martin · Post by **martin** » 05 Oct 2006, 22:06

Also on film four this next week:

A Tale Of Two Sisters - on sat
R-Point - on sun
Brotherhood - on mon
Tell Me Something - tues
R-Point - wed
Oldboy - thurs
A Tale Of Two Sisters - fri

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 06 Oct 2006, 18:50

Welcome to BnB Martin ::D

martin · Post by **martin** » 06 Oct 2006, 19:13

Cheers grim tales. I used to come to the old forum on the old BnB site (must be years ago). I didnt know you guys were still here!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Nov 2006, 22:19

FilmFour +1 on Freeview tomorrow -

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=423740