August 2007 Programming Highlights

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Closing Escrow – premieres Wednesday, August 22nd at 9:30pm with an encore presentation at 11:05pm
Starring April Barnett, Rob Brownstein, Colleen Crabtree. Directed by Armen Kaprelian and Kent G. Llewellyn

In this comedy about real estate, three quirky families converge on the same property, which inevitably leads to a bidding war between the couples’ and their agents.


Midnight Mass with your hostess Peaches Christ
Peaches Christ presents her ten-year anniversary cult film celebration, with five weeks of midnight movie insanity


Episode #1 – late night Saturday, August 4th at midnight
Peaches goes one-on-one with irreverent filmmaker John Waters
Polyester – premieres late night Saturday, August 4th at 12:15am
Starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey. Directed by John Waters

Episode #2 – late night Saturday, August 11th at midnight
Peaches and friends set the stage on fire with a theatrical re-interpretation of Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon – premieres late night Saturday, August 11th at 12:15am
Starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow. Directed by Mike Hodges

Episode #3 – late night Saturday, August 18th at midnight
Peaches celebrates the triumphant return of the hit stage-show "Trannie Dearest."
Mommie Dearest – premieres late night Saturday, August 18th at 12:15am
Starring Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest. Directed by Frank Perry

Episode #4 – late night Saturday, August 25th at midnight
Peaches features the world premiere of the San Francisco Hooker Pride Parade!
Coffy – premieres late night Saturday, August 25th at 12:15am
Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert Doqui. Directed by Jack Hill

Episode #5 – late night Saturday, September 1st at midnight
Peaches teams up with Elvira to present an old-fashioned spook-show
Dead Alive! – premieres late night Saturday, September 1st at 12:15am
Starring Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Liz Moody. Directed by Peter Jackson




SPOTLIGHT FEATURES – Highlighted feature films airing on HDNet Movies

Biloxi Blues - premieres Friday, August 10th at 10:05pm
Starring Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Penelope Ann Miller. Directed by Mike Nichols


The Bridges of Madison County – premieres Thursday, August 9th at 8:00pm
Starring Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley. Directed by Clint Eastwood
Academy Award nomination for Best Actress: Meryl Streep
Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture: Drama and Best Motion Picture Actress: Meryl Streep


Finding Forrester – premieres Saturday, August 4th at 7:30pm
Starring Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham. Directed by Gus Van Sant


Frida – premieres Tuesday, August 14th at 10:30pm
Starring Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Mia Maestro. Directed by Julie Taymor
Academy Award winner for Best Music: Original Score and Best Makeup
Academy Award nominations for Best Actress: Salma Hayek, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Original Song,
Best Costume Design
Golden Globe winner for Best Original Score – Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress: Salma Hayek


The Hunt for Red October – premieres Friday, August 3rd at 8:15pm
Starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, James Earl Jones. Directed by John McTiernan
Academy Award winner for Best Sound Effects Editing - Academy Award nominations for Best Sound and Best Film Editing


Last Man Standing – premieres Friday, August 17th at 10:15pm
Starring Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, Christopher Walken. Directed by Walter Hill


Layer Cake – Saturday, August 11th at 8:00pm
Starring Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, Tom Hardy. Directed by Matthew Vaughn


Snatch – Saturday, August 25th at 10:15pm
Starring Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Benicio Del Toro. Directed by Guy Ritchie


Starman – premieres Thursday, August 2nd at 10:00pm
Starring Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith. Directed by John Carpenter
Academy Award nomination for Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Jeff Bridges and Best Original Score


The World’s Fastest Indian – Saturday, August 4th at 9:45pm
Starring Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Christopher Lawford. Directed by Roger Donaldson

HIGH DEFINITION PREMIERES – Films broadcast in High Definition for the first time on television


Bell, Book and Candle – premieres Sunday, August 26th at 8:15pm
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon. Directed by Richard Quine
Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Comedy


Blow Dry – premieres Tuesday, August 7th at 8:00pm
Starring Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths. Directed by Paddy Breathnach


Chain of Fools – premieres Friday, August 24th at 9:45pm
Starring Steve Zahn, Salma Hayek, Jeff Goldblum. Directed by Traktor


Closing Escrow – premieres Wednesday, August 22nd at 9:30pm
Starring April Barnett, Rob Brownstein, Colleen Crabtree. Directed by Armen Kaprelian and Kent G. Llewellyn


Highwaymen – premieres Sunday, August 12th at 4:00am
Starring Jim Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison. Directed by Robert Harmon


The Indian in the Cupboard – premieres Thursday, August 2nd at 8:15pm
Starring Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse. Directed by Frank Oz

Last Man Standing - premieres Friday, August 17th at 10:15pm
Starring Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, Christopher Walken. Directed by Walter Hill


Le Mans – premieres Sunday, August 19th at 8:15pm
Starring Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Anderson. Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score


Polyester – premieres late night Saturday, August 4th at 12:15am
Starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey. Directed by John Waters


Rancho Deluxe – premieres Sunday, August 5th at 10:00pm
Starring Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Harry Dean Stanton. Directed by Frank Perry


The Widow of St. Pierre – premieres Tuesday, August 28th at 8:05pm
Starring Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emire Kusturica. Directed by Patrice Leconte
Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film

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Cool Hand Luke
Starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor: Paul Newman, Best Writing and Best Original Score Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Paul Newman and Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy


Taxi Driver
Starring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle. Directed by Martin Scorsese
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor: Robert De Niro, Best Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster, Best Music

CLASSICS – Memorable classic movies airing Sunday Nights


Taxi Driver – Sunday, August 5th at 8:00pm
Starring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle. Directed by Martin Scorsese
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor: Robert De Niro, Best Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster, Best Music


Rancho Deluxe - premieres Sunday, August 5th at 10:00pm
Starring Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Harry Dean Stanton. Directed by Frank Perry


Midway – premieres Sunday, August 12th at 8:00pm
Starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn. Directed by Jack Smight


Kelly’s Heroes – Sunday, August 12th at 10:15pm
Starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles. Directed by Brian G. Hutton


Le Mans - premieres Sunday, August 19th at 8:15pm
Starring Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Anderson. Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score


Cool Hand Luke – Sunday, August 19th at 10:05pm
Starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy – Academy Award nominations for Best Actor: Paul Newman, Best Writing and Best Original Score
Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Paul Newman and Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy


Bell, Book and Candle – premieres Sunday, August 26th at 8:15pm
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon. Directed by Richard Quine
Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Comedy


Big Hand for the Little Lady – Sunday, August 26th at 10:00pm
Starring Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards. Directed by Fielder Cook


Charade – Sunday, August 26th at 11:45pm
Starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau. Directed by Stanley Donan
Academy Award nomination for Best Song
Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor: Cary Grant, Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn

ART HOUSE CINEMA – Independent films and documentaries airing Tuesday Nights


Blow Dry – premieres Tuesday, August 7th at 8:00pm
Starring Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths. Directed by Paddy Breathnach


Like Water For Chocolate – Tuesday, August 7th at 9:35pm
Starring Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Marco Leonardi. Directed by Alfonso Arau
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film


The Architect – late night Tuesday, August 7th at 1:05am
Starring Anthony LaPaglia, Isabella Rossellini, Viola Davis. Directed by Matt Tauber


Raise the Red Lantern – Tuesday, August 14th at 8:15pm
Starring Gong Li, Ma Jingwu, He Caifei. Directed by Zhang Yimou
Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film


Frida - premieres Tuesday, August 14th at 10:30pm
Starring Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Mia Maestro. Directed by Julie Taymor
Academy Award winner for Best Music: Original Score and Best Makeup – Academy Award nominations for Best Actress: Salma Hayek, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Original Song, Best Costume DesignGolden Globe winner for Best Original Score – Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress: Salma Hayek

Priest – late night Tuesday, August 14th at 12:35am
Starring Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle. Directed by Antonia Bird


The Spanish Prisoner – premieres Tuesday, August 21st at 8:15pm
Starring Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon. Directed by David Mamet


Layer Cake – Tuesday, August 21st at 10:15pm
Starring Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, Tom Hardy. Directed by Matthew Vaughn


The Widow of St. Pierre – premieres Tuesday, August 28th at 8:05pm
Starring Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emire Kusturica. Directed by Patrice Leconte
Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film


Central Station – Tuesday, August 28th at 10:00pm
Starring Fernanda Montenegro, Marilia Pera, Vinicius de Oliveira. Directed by Walter Salles Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actress: Fernanda Montenegro Golden Globe Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress: Fernanda Montenegro

NOT AVAILABLE ON DVD – Movies which are currently unavailable on DVD
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Big Hand for the Little Lady
Starring Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards. Directed by Fielder Cook

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years
Starring Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Amy Madigan. Directed by Lynne Littman

It’s My Turn
Starring Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin. Directed by Claudia Weill.

The Legend of Billie Jean
Starring Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Peter Coyote. Directed by Matthew Robbins

Songs in Ordinary Time
Starring Sissy Spacek, Beau Bridges, Tom Guiry. Directed by Rob Holcomb

Salma Hayek as Frida. Mmm... :O

There are some really good movies for August.

Flash Gordon – premieres late night Saturday, August 11th at 12:15am
Starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow. Directed by Mike Hodges
IIRC, the only DVD of this film is non-anamorphic, so this should be a significant improvement in quality.
BTW, this is an underrated film, you just need to be in the mood for something campy and entirely not serious. And the real star of the film is Brian Blessed.

LeMans in High Def?! I think I may have to signup for the HD package again to see the ultimate movie about motorsports. The package is generally useless (only includes UHD, HDNet and HDNet movies), but $5 for one month to archive it on my TiVo is totally worth it.

Flash Gordon, woo-hoo!!!! Being not able to get a decent DVD of this makes this sweet.

Good lineup. I haven't seen The Hunt For Red October or Starman in HD, so this will be a treat. It's also nice to see Highwaymen and LeMans getting released in HD. Both are good films.

Flash Gordon will be fun to watch in HD. I saw it in the theater back in 1980.

BTW, a big THANK YOU! for showing Escape From New York in HD. The transfer looked great.

does hdnetmv have closed caption? i want to watch layer cake but i hear the accent is pretty heavy

Yes.

Polyester – premieres late night Saturday, August 4th at 12:15am
Starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey. Directed by John Waters

In glorious Odorama! How can we get some Odorama cards for this showing?

Coffy – premieres late night Saturday, August 25th at 12:15am
Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert Doqui. Directed by Jack Hill

Yes! The DVD is non-anamorphic. More blaxploitation PLEASE!

Dead Alive! – premieres late night Saturday, September 1st at 12:15am
Starring Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Liz Moody. Directed by Peter Jackson

Please let this be the original 104 min version.

Le Mans - premieres Sunday, August 19th at 8:15pm
Starring Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Anderson. Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score

This could look and sound REALLY good with widescreen and 5.1.

Midway & Kelly's Heroes Doubleheader on 8/12 Sweeeet!! :)

It is now in Theaters


Theatrical Release

Closing Escrow is premiering August 24th in the following theaters:*
http://www.magpictures.com/default.aspx

Los Angeles, CA: Fairfax Cinemas
New York, NY: Quad Cinemas
San Francisco, CA: Opera Plaza Cinemas
Denver, CO: Starz Filmcenter
http://www.denverfilm.org/scheduledetail.cfm?MOVIEID=10999061#
Tempe, AZ: Valley Art 1 Theatre

Available on DVD September 4th.**
http://www.amazon.com/Closing-Escrow/dp/B000QQET82

Thanks for your support
Randall*
Randall Dark Productions
http://www.randalldark.net