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2 good films on tonight.

On 6 Sep 2010 at 7:34pm Film Buff. wrote:

Film The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
An orphaned settler is adopted by the last member of a native tribe following the death of his family. The child grows to become legendary frontiersman Hawkeye, who rescues and falls in love with a British officer's daughter during the Anglo-French War in America. But a bitter Huron war chief is determined to kill her to avenge himself on her father. Michael North Mann's period adventure, based on James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Maurice Roeves and Eric Schweig.
Tonight,Channel 5,9.00pm.

Film This Is England (2006)
Twelve-year-old Shaun lives with his mother in a shabby council flat in a bleak northern town and is lacking direction after losing his father in the Falklands War. At school, he is befriended by a skinhead gang and the leader takes the boy under his wing - a tie that draws Shaun into a world of racism and violence, but one where he begins to find a new identity. Shane Meadows' drama set in the 1980s, starring Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham and Jo Hartley.
Tonight,11.10,Channel 4.

On 6 Sep 2010 at 10:17pm Brixtonbelle wrote:

Thanks for the tip on This is England - will definitely try to watch.

On 6 Sep 2010 at 10:42pm Film Buff. wrote:

Film Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Elderly New York gangster Noodles returns to his old haunts in the 1960s, prompting him to cast his mind back to how he and his friends rose through the ranks of Manhattan's underworld during the Depression and the Prohibition era. Sergio Leone's epic crime drama, starring Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams, Joe Pesci and Burt Young.
Film 4 tonight at 10.50.
Long film...But worth watching.

On 7 Sep 2010 at 9:01am jrsussex wrote:

Film Buff - Once Upon a Time in America, a truly great piece of film making. A good story line, top class casting and marvellous acting by just about every actor in the film. It was just such a ridiculous time to put an almost 4 hr film on TV mid-week.

On 7 Sep 2010 at 9:45am Decent Citizen wrote:

Thanks once again Film Buff much appreciated.

On 7 Sep 2010 at 5:01pm Rookie wrote:

I have visited the place where Last Of The Mohicans was filmed. Chimney Rock National Park. Absolutely spectacular. I must get around to watching the film sometime.