HD Daily Programming Guide for Saturday, March 27, 2004

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2004


 

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10:00PM ET/9:00 C
Century City

"Love and Games"
The firm argues that a young man with a bionic eye, who is being barred from playing baseball, should not be considered enhanced, but rather, disabled. Meanwhile, a couple must redefine their marital contract when long-lived relatives seem to be constituting the "family" they pledged they'd never have.

8:00PM ET/7:00 C
NBC Movie: A Knight's Tale

Heath Ledger (Monster's Ball) stars in this unique telling of a peasant who assumes the identity of his master and consequently rocks the kingdom -- and gets the girl. Shannyn Sossamon (The Rules of Attraction) costars.

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6:00AM ET/5:00 C
Sacred Monuments Of Asia

"Bhutan To Katmandu"
Travel to Bhutan and Katmandu to visit many of the temples and monuments used by Buddhists and Hindus.

7:00AM ET/6:00 C
We Built This City

"Paris"
The City of Lights hasn't always been a city of romance and glamour. Follow the birth and growth of the great cathedrals, museums, royal palaces and the fashion districts that have made Paris famous.

8:00AM ET/7:00 C
The Essence Of Haute Couture

"The Essence of Haute Couture" exhibits stunning visuals taken from the fashion industry's most exlusive milieu: Haute Couture. Along with these images, the program delivers entertaining and informative profiles on the members of the world's most esteemed coterie of Fashion Designers, Models, Photographers, and Artists.

9:00AM ET/8:00 C
Okinawa's Coral Treasures

South Pacific reef systems are one of nature's marvels. The Japanese Islands of Okinawa are home to one of the most dynamic and varied tropical eco-systems on earth. This film illustrates the hidden life found deep in the layers of coral.

10:00AM ET/9:00 C
Trading Spaces

"Pennsylvania: Cresheim Road"
Trading Spaces has landed us in the heart of the city and our designers are trying to help these hip teams turn their spaces up a notch. Kia tries to spice up the kitchen while Hildi throws in some hot, vibrant colors and tries a new floor technique.

11:00AM ET/10:00 C
Sharks Under Glass

Explore the latest shark programs at aquariums across the country. From the Shark Bay exhibit in Tampa, Florida, to the great white shark exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, research is yielding exciting information about these fearsome predators.

12:00PM ET/11:00 C
Extreme Machines: O' Hare Airport

Journey through Chicago's O'Hare International. Discover how 180,00 travelers are accomodated every day, and meet some of the more unique people behind the scenes. Learn how technology supports the care, safety, feeding and transportation of passengers.

1:00PM ET/12:00 C
X-treme Close-up: Blue Angels

Go behind-the-scenes with the Blue Angels. Meet the pilots and crew as they perform their 2000 season.

2:00PM ET/1:00 C
Trading Spaces

"Austin: Govalle Avenue"
No Description Available.

3:00PM ET/2:00 C
Arctic Mission

"Eyes Of The Inuit"
No Description Available.

4:00PM ET/3:00 C
Rides

"Rods"
Racecar phenom and off-road champion Rod Millen takes a typical, 200-horsepower V6 motor out of a new Lexus and drops it in a V8 for major horsepower. Follow Rod as he re-engineers the entire car.

5:00PM ET/4:00 C
Panda Nursery

No Description Available.

6:00PM ET/5:00 C
Fantastic Festivals Of The World

"Hong Kong--mid Autumn Lantern Festival"
No Description Available.

7:00PM ET/6:00 C
Journey To A Lost World

The Guiana Highlands of South America is one of the last unexplored regions in the world. These sinkholes, discovered only 38 years ago, are host to a wide variety of unique plant and animal life found nowhere else in the world.

8:00PM ET/7:00 C
Uncharted Waters: Florida's Aqua Caves

In the southern coastal state of Florida lies a large, underground water vein which spreads out across several kilometers and descends to known depths of nearly 100 meters. What lies underneath its hidden depths where nearly 300 divers have perished.

9:00PM ET/8:00 C
Viking Voyages

Celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Leif Ericson's discovery of North America. He sailed from Iceland, via Greenland, to New Foundland to build the first "European" settlement on the new continent almost 500 years before Columbus arrived.

10:00PM ET/9:00 C
Leif Erikson: The Man Who (almost) Changed The World

Travel back to the year 1000, when a small group of hardy Norsemen, led by the young Leif Eriksson, became the first Europeans to set foot in a new world that would eventually be known as North America. Shot on location in Iceland and Greenland, come and explore the accidental discovery of our continent.

11:00PM ET/10:00 C
Uncharted Waters: Florida's Aqua Caves

In the southern coastal state of Florida lies a large, underground water vein which spreads out across several kilometers and descends to known depths of nearly 100 meters. What lies underneath its hidden depths where nearly 300 divers have perished.

12:00PM ET/11:00 C
Viking Voyages

Celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Leif Ericson's discovery of North America. He sailed from Iceland, via Greenland, to New Foundland to build the first "European" settlement on the new continent almost 500 years before Columbus arrived.

1:00AM ET/12:00 C
Leif Erikson: The Man Who (almost) Changed The World

Travel back to the year 1000, when a small group of hardy Norsemen, led by the young Leif Eriksson, became the first Europeans to set foot in a new world that would eventually be known as North America. Shot on location in Iceland and Greenland, come and explore the accidental discovery of our continent.

2:00AM ET/1:00 C
Pennsylvania: Bryant Court

Laurie declares herself "zany for zinnias" in a floral painted bedroom for two little girls. Meanwhile Hildi's homeowners think she's gone plain crazy when she paints a dining room black. Amy Wynn is busy working hard to get her projects finished.

3:00AM ET/2:00 C
Uncharted Waters: Florida's Aqua Caves

In the southern coastal state of Florida lies a large, underground water vein which spreads out across several kilometers and descends to known depths of nearly 100 meters. What lies underneath its hidden depths where nearly 300 divers have perished.

4:00AM ET/3:00 C
Viking Voyages

Celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Leif Ericson's discovery of North America. He sailed from Iceland, via Greenland, to New Foundland to build the first "European" settlement on the new continent almost 500 years before Columbus arrived.

5:00AM ET/4:00 C
Leif Erikson: The Man Who (almost) Changed The World

Travel back to the year 1000, when a small group of hardy Norsemen, led by the young Leif Eriksson, became the first Europeans to set foot in a new world that would eventually be known as North America. Shot on location in Iceland and Greenland, come and explore the accidental discovery of our continent.

6:00AM ET/5:00 C
Forensic Factor

Cover Ups - After a violent struggle, a woman shoots her deranged husband in a fit of rage. As his lifeless body lies on the kitchen floor, she sits down and breathes a sigh of relief. She's certain that life will be much better now that he's finally gone... as long as she isn't caught. She already begins to think: what's the best way to get rid of the body?

7:00AM ET/6:00 C
HDNet This Month

March 2004 - Take a look at HDNet's weekly schedule with segments from the HDNet World Report, Across America, the NHL on HDNet, a new season of HDNet Horse Racing Challenge, plus a preview of Odyssey 5 and Philly. And take a look inside the entertainment scene with Hollywood HD. HDNet This Month also gives you a sneak peak at the films you can see this month on HDNet Movies. HDNet is television like you've never seen before.

8:00AM ET/7:00 C
Les Miserables

The story of the fall and redemption of Jean Valjean, arrested for stealing some bread for his starving family. An ill-fated, student-led revolution makes for the mother of all climaxes for this beauty of a production.

10:10AM ET/9:10 C
Johnathan Brownlee's atHome

A Home with a Different View - Unconventional living. Floating homes, Row houses, House on wheels, window installation, new and recycled material and saws!

10:30AM ET/9:30 C
Hollywood HD

Ladykillers Premiere, C.S.I. Makeup Effects - Tom Hanks steals the spotlight at The Ladykillers premiere, we visit with the special effects make-up guru of C.S.I. and the dysfunctional family of Arrested Development get their due from the Museum of Television and Radio.

11:00AM ET/10:00 C
NHL Hockey

San Jose @ Phoenix
Special Encore Presentation

1:30PM ET/12:30 C
MLS: Behind the Net

An in-depth break down of the players, coaches and stories of Major League Soccer for the upcoming 2004 season.

2:00PM ET/1:00 C
True Music

Slayer, Big Iron, Zero Story - Are you ready to rock?! Then join Katie Daryl on True Music as she sits down with metal rock legends Slayer. Also banging the drums is the freshly signed band Big Iron. And let's not forget Zero Story - This band was voted Best Metal Band of 2003 in Dallas, TX.

2:30PM ET/1:30 C
HDNet World Report

U.S.A: Getting Back into Space - World Report looks at the fortune and failure of the United States Space program, and the direction it will take in the future. From the death of the astronauts in the shuttle disaster to the success of the Mars rovers, join HDNet World Report for the clearest look at your world...from high Earth orbit in high definition.

3:00PM ET/2:00 C
Travis Tritt Live & Kickin

Travis Tritt performs live at the historic Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

4:30PM ET/3:30 C
Higher Definition Take Two

Andrew Jarecki - Pop-culture writer/host Robert Wilonsky talks with Oscar nominated documentary director Andrew Jarecki about his film Capturing the Friedmans, a film where a family videotaped details of their lives in the days before a father and son are sentenced to prison.

5:00PM ET/4:00 C
Johnathan Brownlee's atHome

A Home with a Different View - Unconventional living. Floating homes, Row houses, House on wheels, window installation, new and recycled material and saws!

5:30PM ET/4:30 C
Designing America

Paris in Springtime! - Tour Time travels to Paris, a 1950's bungalow turns into a modern "land loft", meet a wrought iron artist, and experience a media room makeover!

6:00PM ET/5:00 C
Across America

Political Volunteers, Hollywood Fans - Political volunteers ride the highs and lows of campaigning and Ron Kruck takes us to Hollywood to show us what it takes to be a truly dedicated fan.

6:30PM ET/5:30 C
Grand Sumo: The Beauty of Tradition

An ancient mix of ceremony, form, and folk religion with a history that stretches back at least 1500 years, understanding Sumo allows one to begin to appreciate the essence of Japanese culture itself.

7:30PM ET/6:30 C
HDNet World Report

U.S.A: Getting Back into Space - World Report looks at the fortune and failure of the United States Space program, and the direction it will take in the future. From the death of the astronauts in the shuttle disaster to the success of the Mars rovers, join HDNet World Report for the clearest look at your world...from high Earth orbit in high definition.

8:00PM ET/7:00 C
Higher Definition - Premiere

Kevin Smith, Morgan Spurlock - From the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, Pop-culture critic Robert Wilonsky talks with director Kevin Smith about Jersey Girl and other films; plus, Super Size Me documentary director Morgan Spurlock.

8:30PM ET/7:30 C
Hollywood HD

Ladykillers Premiere, C.S.I. Makeup Effects - Tom Hanks steals the spotlight at The Ladykillers premiere, we visit with the special effects make-up guru of C.S.I. and the dysfunctional family of Arrested Development get their due from the Museum of Television and Radio.

9:00PM ET/8:00 C
HDNet Horse Racing Challenge - Premiere

The HDNet Horse Racing Challenge from Santa Anita Park featuring many of the nations top trainers and jockeys and horses. This weekly series features a unique look at the sport of horse racing through a competition among players, trainers and jockeys.

11:00PM ET/10:00 C
Higher Definition

Kevin Smith, Morgan Spurlock - From the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, Pop-culture critic Robert Wilonsky talks with director Kevin Smith about Jersey Girl and other films; plus, Super Size Me documentary director Morgan Spurlock.

11:30PM ET/10:30 C
Hollywood HD

Ladykillers Premiere, C.S.I. Makeup Effects - Tom Hanks steals the spotlight at The Ladykillers premiere, we visit with the special effects make-up guru of C.S.I. and the dysfunctional family of Arrested Development get their due from the Museum of Television and Radio.

12:00AM ET/11:00 C
HDNet Horse Racing Challenge

The HDNet Horse Racing Challenge from Santa Anita Park featuring many of the nations top trainers and jockeys and horses. This weekly series features a unique look at the sport of horse racing through a competition among players, trainers and jockeys.

2:00AM ET/1:00 C
HDNet World Report

U.S.A: Getting Back into Space - World Report looks at the fortune and failure of the United States Space program, and the direction it will take in the future. From the death of the astronauts in the shuttle disaster to the success of the Mars rovers, join HDNet World Report for the clearest look at your world...from high Earth orbit in high definition.

2:30AM ET/1:30 C
Designing America

Paris in Springtime! - Tour Time travels to Paris, a 1950's bungalow turns into a modern "land loft", meet a wrought iron artist, and experience a media room makeover!

3:00AM ET/2:00 C
True Music

Slayer, Big Iron, Zero Story - Are you ready to rock?! Then join Katie Daryl on True Music as she sits down with metal rock legends Slayer. Also banging the drums is the freshly signed band Big Iron. And let's not forget Zero Story - This band was voted Best Metal Band of 2003 in Dallas, TX.

3:30AM ET/2:30 C
The Fugitive

Miles To Go - While hunting for the One-Armed Man in Maine, Kimble is taken hostage by a man, who accidentally killed a logging foreman, and his sister.

4:30AM ET/3:30 C
First Monday

Court Date - The Court looks the case of a high school student who wants to skip the 12th grade and go into the NBA.

5:30AM ET/4:30 C
Johnathan Brownlee's atHome

A Home with a Different View - Unconventional living. Floating homes, Row houses, House on wheels, window installation, new and recycled material and saws!

6:45AM ET/5:45 C
The Wager

NR - 1:27 - 2003
Cast: Chris Devlin, Kristine Alexandria, Burt Young Director: Sigur-Bjorn
An independent producer bets a studio boss he can make a movie in three days.

8:15AM ET/7:15 C
Things Change

PG - 1:40 - 1988
Cast: Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky Director: David Mamet
An Italian shoeshiner agrees to take the fall for a wanted mafia leader.

10:05AM ET/9:05 C
Village Of The Damned

NR - 1:17 - 1960
Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn Director: Wolf Rilla
The women of Midwich, California are mysteriously impregnated and their strange albino children seem possessed.

11:35AM ET/10:35 C
29 Palms

R - 1:33 - 2003
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Rachel Leigh Cook, Jeremy Davies Director: Leonardo Ricagni
When a bag of money from a casino goes missing, an eclectic group of misfits race to find it.

1:15PM ET/12:15 C
Songwriter

R - 1:34 - 1984
Cast: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon Director: Alan Rudolph
Two country singers rock their way out of a bad deal.

3:00PM ET/2:00 C
Lone Wolf McQuade

PG - 1:47 - 1983
Cast: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera Director: Steve Carver
Norris shows off his skills as he battles a drug mercenary who killed his partner.

5:00PM ET/4:00 C
Midnight In St. Petersburg

R - 1:29 - 1997
Cast: Michael Caine, Michelle Rene Thomas, Jason Connery Director: Doug Jackson
Michael Caine reprises his role as a British secret agent hunting down terrorists with stolen plutonium.

6:35PM ET/5:35 C
29 Palms

R - 1:33 - 2003
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Rachel Leigh Cook, Jeremy Davies Director: Leonardo Ricagni
When a bag of money from a casino goes missing, an eclectic group of misfits race to find it.

8:15PM ET/7:15 C
Article 99

R - 1:39 - 1992
Cast: Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker Director: Howard Deutch
A group of doctors will do whatever they can to help their patients in a veterans hospital, despite the hospital's rules and regulations.

10:00PM ET/9:00 C
Run Ronnie, Run!

R - 1:26 - 2002
Cast: David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Nikki Cox Director: Troy Miller
A network exec brings Ronnie, a man with a talent for getting arrested, back to Hollywood to give him his own show.

11:30PM ET/10:30 C
Wild Orchid

R - 1:51 - 1990
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carre Otis Director: Zalman King
A naive lawyer has a torrid affair with an eccentric millionaire she meets in Rio.

1:30AM ET/12:30 C
Run Ronnie, Run!

R - 1:26 - 2002
Cast: David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Nikki Cox Director: Troy Miller
A network exec brings Ronnie, a man with a talent for getting arrested, back to Hollywood to give him his own show.

3:00AM ET/2:00 C
Wild Orchid

R - 1:51 - 1990
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carre Otis Director: Zalman King
A naive lawyer has a torrid affair with an eccentric millionaire she meets in Rio.

5:00AM ET/4:00 C
Jungle Fever

R - 2:12 - 1991
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee Director: Spike Lee
Drama about an affair between a married black man and a white woman and the reaction from their friends and family.

7:00AM ET/6:00 C
Memoirs Of An Invisible Man

PG13 Time: 99 
Being invisible isn't all it's cracked up to be! Just ask Chevy Chase, a securities analyst who's "cyclotroned" in an accident that leaves him in a state of "nuclear flux." Now the CIA wants to use him as a spy, and if he refuses, they just want him dead! Daryl Hannah plays the very visible lady on his side in this adventure comedy/fantasy from John Carpenter (John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.). With Sam Neill and Michael McKean.

8:45AM ET/7:45 C
The Girl Gets Moe

R Time: 102 
Cupid has some surprises up his holster when aging mobster Tony Danza falls for a brunette beauty who turns out to be a pistol-packin' mama. With Michael Madsen and Amy Locane.

10:30AM ET/9:30 C
High Crimes

PG13 Time: 115 
Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman (co-stars of Kiss the Girls) reteam for this intense legal thriller about a beautiful attorney who defends her husband against the Army's charges that he killed innocent civilians during a mission in a Latin American village. Jim Caviezel plays the accused man whose charges may be part of a military cover-up...or something far more treacherous. It's up to his sexy, high-profile wife (Judd) to get to the bottom of the mystery, but her only hope lies in a troubled co-counsel (Freeman) whose alcohol problem could doom the case. Also with Adam Scott and Amanda Peet. Directed by Carl Franklin.

12:30PM ET/11:30 C
Sleepers

R Time: 147 
The controversial best-seller about friendship and revenge in New York's Hell's Kitchen explodes on the screen! In 1967, a boyish prank causes a near-fatal accident, and four friends are sent to reform school, where they are brutalized by sadistic guards. Years later, they get their chance for revenge-and join forces in a daring scheme to escape punishment.

3:00PM ET/2:00 C
Like Mike

PG Time: 99 
Lil' Bow Wow stars as a young orphan who becomes an NBA superstar when he acquires a pair of sneakers once owned by a basketball legend. The shoes are electrocuted as young Calvin makes a wish to be like his idol and soon he's dribbling circles around the best ball players in the NBA. As Calvin tries to conceal his secret shoes from the media, he leads the L.A. Knights to the playoffs...and continues his search for an adoptive family. Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover and Eugene Levy co-star in this hilarious, heartwarming film.

4:45PM ET/3:45 C
Wisegirls

R Time: 96 
Three waitresses get in over their heads working in a Mob-infused Staten Island restaurant in this female-buddy drama with "a lively surface but...a strong emotional undertow" (Hollywood Reporter). Meg (Mira Sorvino), a former medical student, finds that her expertise makes her a little bit too useful for her own comfort. In the meantime, Raychel (Mariah Carey) keeps the customers satisfied with her sass, while aspiring actress Kate (Melora Walters) has a few secrets in her apron. The friends' struggle for survival by waiting tables turns into a more literal enterprise as the dangers of their surroundings emerge. Directed by David Anspaugh; written by John Meadows.

6:30PM ET/5:30 C
Basic

R Time: 98 
John Travolta stars as a maverick D.E.A. agent who is sent to interrogate the two survivors of a U.S. Army Rangers training mission that went awry. Assisted by straight-laced Lt. Julia Osborne (Nielsen), Agent Tom Hardy (Travolta) questions the two men, but their stories--told in flashbacks--reveal two conflicting reports that appear to be far from the truth. Samuel L. Jackson turns in an electrifying performance as the despised Ranger leader. Directed by John McTiernan; written by James Vanderbilt.

8:15PM ET/7:15 C
Queen Of The Damned

R Time: 101 
The vampire Lestat reawakens as a blood-drinking rock star in this adaptation of the third volume in Anne Rice's popular Vampire Chronicles. Stuart Townsend stars as the brooding Lestat who comes out of hibernation with plans for a concert that will bring prominence to the secretive vampire ranks--much to their chagrin. But far more dangerously, he has awakened the long-petrified Queen Akasha (late pop singer Aaliyah), a vampire of royal descent whose powers go far beyond anything Lestat has ever seen! With Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez and Paul McGann.

10:00PM ET/9:00 C
House Of 1000 Corpses

R Time: 88 
Director Rob Zombie's shocking homage to '70s-era horror films finds four young travelers trapped in a house of horrors with a family of murderous miscreants. It's Halloween eve, 1977, and the fright-loving foursome of tourists find themselves at a horror theme park known as Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen. When the clownish Captain Spaulding reveals that the town's most ferocious maniac, Dr. Satan, was executed nearby, it's too much for the group to resist. But their search for the landmark leaves them stranded at an eerie old mansion whose homicidal residents have a habit of leaving their visitors resting...six feet under! Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black and Chris Hardwick star.

11:30PM ET/10:30 C
Bedtime Stories 04: Another Woman

TVMA Time: 29 
A woman's fantasy of watching her husband get funky with a total stranger is fulfilled when she meets with sex expert Belle (Kim Dawson). Starring Nikki Fritz, Tess Boussard and Richard Moses.

12:00AM ET/11:00 C
Accidental Stripper

TVMA Time: 87 
A pretty co-ed inherits a struggling strip bar that she attempts to transform with the help of her sexy friends while a veteran dancer schemes against her. Myla Leigh, Akira Lane, Annette Moeller, Craig Alexander and Dino Paletti star in this sizzling erotic tale. Directed by Woquini Adams.

1:30AM ET/12:30 C
Basic

R Time: 98 
John Travolta stars as a maverick D.E.A. agent who is sent to interrogate the two survivors of a U.S. Army Rangers training mission that went awry. Assisted by straight-laced Lt. Julia Osborne (Nielsen), Agent Tom Hardy (Travolta) questions the two men, but their stories--told in flashbacks--reveal two conflicting reports that appear to be far from the truth. Samuel L. Jackson turns in an electrifying performance as the despised Ranger leader. Directed by John McTiernan; written by James Vanderbilt.

3:10AM ET/2:10 C
Drive

R Time: 99 
When a down-on-his-luck San Francisco writer is taken hostage by a man on the run, they find themselves on a wild ride to L.A., pursued by murderous thugs intent on eliminating them both. As they're ambushed, beaten and imprisoned, they realize that their only hope of survival is each other. Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison play the odd-couple fugitives in this fast-paced action flick.

4:50AM ET/3:50 C
House Of 1000 Corpses

R Time: 88 
Director Rob Zombie's shocking homage to '70s-era horror films finds four young travelers trapped in a house of horrors with a family of murderous miscreants. It's Halloween eve, 1977, and the fright-loving foursome of tourists find themselves at a horror theme park known as Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen. When the clownish Captain Spaulding reveals that the town's most ferocious maniac, Dr. Satan, was executed nearby, it's too much for the group to resist. But their search for the landmark leaves them stranded at an eerie old mansion whose homicidal residents have a habit of leaving their visitors resting...six feet under! Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black and Chris Hardwick star.

6:35AM ET/5:35 C
Hollywood Ending

PG13 Time: 112
Woody Allen needs a seeing-eye assistant in this riotous ribtickler about a fading filmmaker whose last chance to bask in the limelight of studio success is threatened by psychosomatic blindness. Val Waxman (Allen) hasn't made a hit film in years, but when a big studio project pops up on the horizon, his ex-wife manages to land him the job. Just one problem: the neurotic Val is suddenly unable to see. It's up to his wacky agent to keep a lid on this unsightly secret while hiring an assistant to help Val get the film in the can. It's comedy havoc as only Woody Allen can create! George Hamilton, Tea Leoni, Debra Messing, Mark Rydell and Treat Williams co-star.

8:30AM ET/7:30 C
While You Were Sleeping

PG Time: 103
Sandra Bullock turns on the charm as a Chicago transit employee who pretends to be a comatose man's fiancee in this delightful romantic comedy from director Jon Turteltaub (Disney's The Kid). After rescuing the hapless gentleman from muggers, Bullock finds herself in a case of mistaken identity with the victim's family. Desperate for the attention, she plays along with the ruse, but complications quickly ensue when she begins to develop feelings for the guy's suspicious brother. Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Glynis Johns and Jack Warden co-star.

11:30AM ET/10:30 C
Catch Me If You Can

PG13 Time: 140
Frank Abagnale Jr. was a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer. Not bad for a guy with no license, no degrees--and who had not even graduated from high school. From director Steven Spielberg comes this dazzling, humorous tale starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the young con-man who forged jobs, checks and identities on a daily basis while outwitting the FBI throughout the late 1960s. Tom Hanks co-stars as the driven FBI agent who makes stopping Abagnale his personal quest. Also with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and Nathalie Baye. Written by Jeff Nathanson and based on the book by Stan Redding and the real Frank Abagnale Jr.

2:00PM ET/1:00 C
A Beautiful Mind

PG13 Time: 135
Winner of the 2001 Academy Awards(R) for Best Picture, Best Director (Ron Howard), Best Adapted Screenplay (Akiva Goldsman) and Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly). This compelling, "consistently engrossing" (Variety) drama chronicles the life of math genius John Forbes Nash Jr., whose brilliant career was nearly derailed by schizophrenia, but later resurrected when he overcame the disease and won the Nobel Prize in 1994. Russell Crowe received an Oscar(R) nomination for his performance as Nash in this inspiring film that explores the many ups and downs that defined both his career and his marriage. Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp and Christopher Plummer co-star. "Four stars" (Roger Ebert).

4:15PM ET/3:15 C
White Oleander

PG13 Time: 109
Alison Lohman stars as a teenage girl bounced through the foster care system during her mother's incarceration for murder in this moving drama. Ingrid (Michelle Pfeiffer) poisons her lover and is sent to prison while her daughter Astrid (Lohman) is forced into the state's foster care program. Shuffled through various foster parents including a born-again Christian, a former B-movie star and an eccentric Russian, Astrid is forced to grow up quickly in several families while she also attempts to keep her mother in her life. Based on the novel by Janet Fitch. Co-starring Robin Wright Penn and Renee Zellweger. Directed by Peter Kosminsky.

6:15PM ET/5:15 C
While You Were Sleeping

PG Time: 103
Sandra Bullock turns on the charm as a Chicago transit employee who pretends to be a comatose man's fiancee in this delightful romantic comedy from director Jon Turteltaub (Disney's The Kid). After rescuing the hapless gentleman from muggers, Bullock finds herself in a case of mistaken identity with the victim's family. Desperate for the attention, she plays along with the ruse, but complications quickly ensue when she begins to develop feelings for the guy's suspicious brother. Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Glynis Johns and Jack Warden co-star.

8:00PM ET/7:00 C
What A Girl Wants

PG Time: 104
A teenage New York City girl creates a wave in the U.K. when she arrives to meet her well-to-do politician father...who doesn't know she exists. Amanda Bynes (TV's The Amanda Show) stars as the young lady who tries to conform to the stereotype of a high society girl, but whose one-of-a-kind personality keeps making her a spectacle--even in front of the Queen herself! Colin Firth co-stars as her stodgy British dad. Also with Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor and Oliver James. Directed by Dennie Gordon; Screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Elizabeth Chandler, based on the screenplay and play The Reluctant Debutante by William Douglas Home.

12:15AM ET/11:15 C
The Sopranos 55: Where's Johnny?

TVMA Time: 54
Tony's power-sharing plan doesn't fly with Johnny Sack, who makes his point through a bookie named Lorraine Calluzzo. Out on parole, Feech La Manna (Robert Loggia) crosses Paulie in his attempt to break into the landscaping business; Tony gets a roommate; and Junior searches for the remains of the past while testing the patience of those closest to him.

1:15AM ET/12:15 C
Thick As Thieves

R Time: 94
"Alec Baldwin shines" (Variety) in this engaging crime comedy-drama about ultra-cautious career thief Mackin, whose world turns upside-down when he comes into conflict with upstart gangster Pointy (Michael Jai White). Soon, an aging mob boss (David Byrd) and a sexy cop (Rebecca De Mornay) become involved in the trouble, leading the proceedings down a dangerous path that could land them all in the slammer!

2:55AM ET/1:55 C
Breakdown

R Time: 93
A lonely road...a sudden breakdown...and a city couple is plunged into an unending nightmare in the American southwest. After their car breaks down, Kurt Russell accepts a trucker's offer to take his wife to the nearest town to call for help. But when he follows, she's nowhere around--and no one has seen her! What's his next move? "A tough, vigorous exercise in pure action" (Ne

5:00AM ET/4:00 C
What A Girl Wants

PG Time: 104
A teenage New York City girl creates a wave in the U.K. when she arrives to meet her well-to-do politician father...who doesn't know she exists. Amanda Bynes (TV's The Amanda Show) stars as the young lady who tries to conform to the stereotype of a high society girl, but whose one-of-a-kind personality keeps making her a spectacle--even in front of the Queen herself! Colin Firth co-stars as her stodgy British dad. Also with Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor and Oliver James. Directed by Dennie Gordon; Screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Elizabeth Chandler, based on the screenplay and play The Reluctant Debutante by William Douglas Home.

8:30AM ET/7:30 C
Charms For The Easy Life

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
TVPG 1h 51m
Gena Rowlands is Charlie Kate Birch, a fiercely independent family matriarch and maker of homeopathic remedies who lives with her daughter Sophia (Mimi Rogers) and granddaughter Margaret (Susan May Pratt) in North Carolina during WWII. When Margaret falls for a wounded soldier, grandma gently nurtures the relationship, even as she tries to help Sophia heal from a broken heart. Kenneth Mitchell costars in this film from director Joan Micklin Silver ("In the Presence of Mine Enemies"), based on a novel by Kaye Gibbons.

12:05AM ET/11:05 C
Dead Heat

WIDESCREEN OAR UPCONV
Surround / CCAP
R 1h 38m
Well-meaning retired cop Pally (Kiefer Sutherland) is only trying to help out his stepbrother Ray (Anthony LaPaglia) when he agrees to bankroll a long-shot racehorse. But a big-time Mob figure (Daniel Benzali) also has an interest in the animal and before you can say "conflict of interest," Pally and Ray are mired in business with some very shady figures. Lothaire Bluteau and Radha Mitchell costar in this superb crime drama from writer/director Mark Malone ("Dead of Winter," "Hoods").

1:45PM ET/12:45 C
Spinning Boris

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
TV14 - LD 2h 1m
The improbable but true story of three American political consultants hired to manage Russian President Boris Yeltsin's successful 1996 bid for re-election - his country's first free election in 1000 years - this political satire stars Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber as the top-gun image experts who not only remake the ailing, unpopular leader's public profile but also convince a nation to denounce communism. Svetlana Efremova costars in this film from director Roger Spottiswoode ("Tomorrow Never Dies").

3:45PM ET/2:45 C
Mr. Jones

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Stereo / CCAP
R 1h 54m
Richard Gere and Lena Olin weave a compelling web of human emotion as Mr. Jones, an oddly charming, manic-depressive piano prodigy, and Dr. Libby Bowen, the compassionate psychiatrist who's increasingly drawn to this extraordinary patient.

5:45PM ET/4:45 C
Hart's War

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
R 2h 5m
The novel by John Katzenbach ("Just Cause") is the basis for this WW II drama about a young lawyer-turned-soldier (Colin Farrell) who defends a fellow American accused of murder in a P.O.W. camp, while his commanding officer (Bruce Willis) uses the trial for his own secretive purposes. Marcel Iures, Terrence Dashon Howard, Vicellous Shannon, Cole Hauser, Rory Cochrane and Jonathan Brandis costar in this clever blend of courtroom fireworks and war-story heroics from director Gregory Hoblit ("Primal Fear").

8:00PM ET/7:00 C
Barbershop

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
PG13 1h 43m
An all-star cast enlivens this box office smash, a sleeper hit starring Ice Cube as Calvin, the owner of a Chicago barbershop who wants to sell the establishment and move away from his crime-ridden neighborhood. But when he finally decides to accept a buyer's offer, Calvin finally begins to see the value of his long-time family business to his tight-knight community. Eve, Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Troy Garity and Sean Patrick Thomas costar in this feel-good hit.

9:45PM ET/8:45 C
Vanilla Sky

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
R 2h 16m
Tom Cruise delivers one of his finest performances in this unforgettable film that reunites him with Cameron Crowe, the director of "Jerry Maguire." The charmed life of young, handsome and wealthy publishing tycoon David Aames (Cruise) seems somehow incomplete until he meets the woman of his dreams (Penelope Cruz). But a fateful encounter with a jealous lover (Cameron Diaz) sends David's world out of control, rocketing him on a rollercoaster ride of romance, sex, suspicion and dreams...leading to a shocking, final awakening.

1:05AM ET/12:05 C
Braveheart

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
TV14 - LD 46m
Wanting to impress Yola with his intellect, Chris agrees to appear on the TV game show "Pop Quiz."

1:50AM ET/12:50 C
Suspicion

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
TV14 - SLD 47m
Chris and Yola plan a romantic getaway together but unwittingly end up cast in a murder-mystery game at an inn in Napa with Cody and the guys in the band.

2:35AM ET/1:35 C
Bad Company (1995)

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Stereo / CCAP
R 1h 49m
An icy new recruit (Laurence Fishburne) at a shadowy paramilitary outfit is making the company's normally unflappable co-owner (Ellen Barkin) very nervous in this crime thriller costarring Frank Langella, Michael Beach, Gia Carides, David Ogden Stiers and Daniel Hugh Kelly.

5:00AM ET/4:00 C
Barbershop

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
PG13 1h 43m
An all-star cast enlivens this box office smash, a sleeper hit starring Ice Cube as Calvin, the owner of a Chicago barbershop who wants to sell the establishment and move away from his crime-ridden neighborhood. But when he finally decides to accept a buyer's offer, Calvin finally begins to see the value of his long-time family business to his tight-knight community. Eve, Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Troy Garity and Sean Patrick Thomas costar in this feel-good hit.

8:35AM ET/7:35 C
Stealing Harvard HDTV

An everyday guy turns to a life of crime to finance his niece's college education.

12:00PM ET/11:00 C
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

In the second installment of the epic J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy, Frodo the hobbit braves terrible dangers in an attempt to destroy the magical ring. Winner of two Oscars, including Best Visual Effects.

5:35PM ET/4:35 C
Stealing Harvard

An everyday guy turns to a life of crime to finance his niece's college education.

11:00PM ET/10:00 C
All About The Benjamins

A bounty hunter chasing a bailjumper stumbles across a diamond heist. Starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps.

7:15AM ET/6:15 C
Green Card

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Stereo / CCAP
PG13 1h 48m
American gardener Bronte (Andie MacDowell) and French composer Georges (Gerard Depardieu) are strangers that marry for convenience. She wants a rooftop apartment in a couples-only co-op; he wants an immigration green card. When the INS starts asking questions, however, they're forced into each other's company - and find that sometimes, opposites really do attract. Bebe Neuwirth and Robert Prosky costar in this romantic comedy from director Peter Weir ("The Truman Show").

11:00AM ET/10:00 C
Bio-Dome

WIDESCREEN OAR UPCONV
Stereo / CCAP
PG13 1h 35m
Believing that they're just checking out a new mall, dim-bulb slackers Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin get locked for a year inside an experimental habitat called a bio-dome with a team of egghead scientists. William Atherton, Joey Lauren Adams, Henry Gibson and Roger Clinton costar in this claustrophobic comedy.

2:05PM ET/1:05 C
Donnie Brasco

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
R 2h 7m
A low-level mobster (Al Pacino) unsuspectingly takes an undercover FBI agent (Johnny Depp) under his wing in this gangster drama based on Joseph Pistone's real-life memoir. Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo and Anne Heche costar.

4:15PM ET/3:15 C
Green Card

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Stereo / CCAP
PG13 1h 48m
American gardener Bronte (Andie MacDowell) and French composer Georges (Gerard Depardieu) are strangers that marry for convenience. She wants a rooftop apartment in a couples-only co-op; he wants an immigration green card. When the INS starts asking questions, however, they're forced into each other's company - and find that sometimes, opposites really do attract. Bebe Neuwirth and Robert Prosky costar in this romantic comedy from director Peter Weir ("The Truman Show").

6:15PM ET/5:15 C
Novocaine

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
R 1h 35m
Dark comedy starring Steve Martin as a mild-mannered, middle-class dentist framed for narcotics theft and murder by an exotic femme fatale of a patient (Helena Bonham Carter) and her criminal brother (Scott Caan). Laura Dern, Keith David, Kevin Bacon, Lynne Thigpen and Elias Koteas costar in this drop-deadpan satire.

8:00PM ET/7:00 C
Bull Durham

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
R 1h 48m
One of the sharpest sports comedies ever made, this cinematic home run from debut writer/director Ron Shelton ("Cobb," "Tin Cup") helped make a star of Kevin Costner. "Crash" Davis (Costner) is an aging minor league pitcher closing in on a season record, as well as the heart of baseball-loving super-fan Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon). Getting in the way of both, however, is lunkheaded phenom "Nuke" Laloosh (Tim Robbins), a talented newcomer bound for the majors and Annie's affections, which are only given to one player each season.

10:00PM ET/9:00 C
Menace II Society

WIDESCREEN OAR UPCONV
Stereo
R 1h 37m
Brothers Allen and Albert Hughes ("Dead Presidents," "From Hell") make their co-directorial debut with this critically acclaimed look at one long, hot summer of gangster street life in Watts, California. As seen through the eyes of Caine (Tyrin Turner), an 18-year-old resident criminal, it's a stark, nightmarish mural of hopelessness, sociopathic behavior, sudden violence and senseless murder. With Jada Pinkett, Larenz Tate, Vonte Sweet, Samuel L. Jackson, Glenn Plummer, Bill Duke and Charles S. Dutton.

11:45PM ET/10:45 C
National Lampoon's Van Wilder

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
R 1h 33m
Ryan Reynolds ("Two Guys and a Girl," "The In-Laws") is the title character in this gross-out comedy, a collegiate lifer in his seventh year of matriculation, forced by his wealthy father's disinheritance to launch a lucrative enterprise as a party planner for his fellow students - much to the chagrin of his school's administrators. Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn, Edie McClurg and Erik Estrada costar in this politically incorrect farce from the producers of "Animal House" and "Vacation."

1:30AM ET/12:30 C
Donnie Brasco

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
R 2h 7m
A low-level mobster (Al Pacino) unsuspectingly takes an undercover FBI agent (Johnny Depp) under his wing in this gangster drama based on Joseph Pistone's real-life memoir. Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo and Anne Heche costar.

3:45AM ET/2:45 C
Novocaine

WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
Dolby Digital 5.1 / CCAP
R 1h 35m
Dark comedy starring Steve Martin as a mild-mannered, middle-class dentist framed for narcotics theft and murder by an exotic femme fatale of a patient (Helena Bonham Carter) and her criminal brother (Scott Caan). Laura Dern, Keith David, Kevin Bacon, Lynne Thigpen and Elias Koteas costar in this drop-deadpan satire.

5:30AM ET/4:30 C
Bio-Dome

WIDESCREEN OAR UPCONV
Stereo / CCAP
PG13 1h 35m
Believing that they're just checking out a new mall, dim-bulb slackers Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin get locked for a year inside an experimental habitat called a bio-dome with a team of egghead scientists. William Atherton, Joey Lauren Adams, Henry Gibson and Roger Clinton costar in this claustrophobic comedy.

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