Daily HD Guide — Saturday, May 31, 2003
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Saturday HD programming guide covering CBS, PBS, Discovery HD Theater, HDNet, HDNet Movies, and other networks, with no HD primetime on ABC, NBC, or The WB.
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NO HDTV PROGRAMMING TONIGHT
Click the image below to review the Fall Season for ABC
9:00ET/PT/8:00C
THE DISTRICT"Good-bye, Jenny"
Mannion works to save an AIDS rally for his good friend, Jenny McClure, who is dying from AIDS. Meanwhile, Temple and Debreno are reunited with a wanted criminal, Lester, who is busted for possession of cocaine and a gun linked to a dope dealer's murder. The evidence in the case is questioned, and Temple and Debreno must uncover the truth if they are to put Lester away for good.
10:00ET/PT/9:00C
THE AGENCY
"Trust"
Director Tom Gage suspects one of his own staff members could be a mole, prompting a secretive internal investigation that leads to the murder of an informant.
NO HDTV PROGRAMMING TONIGHT
NO HDTV PRGRAMMING TONIGHT
June 4
8:00 PM ET
GREAT PERFORMANCES
Dance in America: From Broadway -- Fosse
High Definition (surround sound)June 11
10:00 PM ET
OVER ALASKA
High DefinitionJune 18
9:30 PM ET
GREAT PERFORMANCES
Dance in America:
Lar Lubovitch's 'Othello' from the San Francisco Ballet
High Definition
6:00A ET 5:00A CT 4:00A MT 3:00A PT
WEIRD WHEELS
BORN TO BE WEIRD
Does the driver make the car weird or does the car make the driver weird? The Leopard Lady of Seattle and the owner of the Cow Car in Maryland might be able to answer that question. And a Canadian couple help their daughter connect with her
inner weirdo.
6:30A ET 5:30A CT 4:30A MT 3:30A PT
WEIRD HOMES
YOU LIVE...WHERE?
A little north of normal and east of everyday you'll find a woman's rock castle, hand-built for her by her eccentric father. You'll also find a couple who live in an abandoned ghost town in New Mexico, and another who live in a converted a fire
station.
7:00A ET 6:00A CT 5:00A MT 4:00A PT
GREAT CANADIAN RIVERS
THE FRENCH
The French River is one of Canada's most historic waterways, used as a both a travel corridor and trade route. It emerges from Lake Nipissing and travels through the Canadian Shield to the Georgian Bay.
7:30A ET 6:30A CT 5:30A MT 4:30A PT
INSECTIA
THE GRAND ALLIANCE
The battle between plants and insects rages everyday along the Amazon. These archenemies cohabitate along the river despite the fact that over 80% of the flowering plants rely on insects for pollination and the sap of some plants is poisonous to
insects.
8:00A ET 7:00A CT 6:00A MT 5:00A PT
BABY HUMAN, THE
TO WALK
Take a child's eye view and that of cutting-edge science into the maturation of the "Baby Human." Track the development of toddlers from their first attempts to roll over and crawl, to their early mastery of balance, and ultimately the skill of walking.
9:00A ET 8:00A CT 7:00A MT 6:00A PT
BABY HUMAN, THE
TO THINK
No Description Available.
10:00A ET 9:00A CT 8:00A MT 7:00A PT
BABY HUMAN, THE
TO TALK
No Description Available.
11:00A ET10:00A CT 9:00A MT 8:00A PT
WEDDING STORY, A (SEASON 8)
VIVIANA & ROB
No Description Available.
11:30A ET10:30A CT 9:30A MT 8:30A PT
MAKEOVER STORY, A (SEASON 4)
EPISODE 2
No Description Available.
WEIRD WHEELS
BORN TO BE WEIRD
Does the driver make the car weird or does the car make the driver weird? The Leopard Lady of Seattle and the owner of the Cow Car in Maryland might be able to answer that question. And a Canadian couple help their daughter connect with her
inner weirdo.
12:30P ET11:30A CT10:30A MT 9:30A PT
WEIRD HOMES
YOU LIVE...WHERE?
A little north of normal and east of everyday you'll find a woman's rock castle, hand-built for her by her eccentric father. You'll also find a couple who live in an abandoned ghost town in New Mexico, and another who live in a converted a fire
station.
1:00P ET12:00P CT11:00A MT10:00A PT
GREAT CANADIAN RIVERS
THE FRENCH
The French River is one of Canada's most historic waterways, used as a both a travel corridor and trade route. It emerges from Lake Nipissing and travels through the Canadian Shield to the Georgian Bay.
1:30P ET12:30P CT11:30A MT10:30A PT
INSECTIA
THE GRAND ALLIANCE
The battle between plants and insects rages everyday along the Amazon. These archenemies cohabitate along the river despite the fact that over 80% of the flowering plants rely on insects for pollination and the sap of some plants is poisonous to
insects.
BABY HUMAN, THE
TO WALK
Take a child's eye view and that of cutting-edge science into the maturation of the "Baby Human." Track the development of toddlers from their first attempts to roll over and crawl, to their early mastery of balance, and ultimately the skill of walking.
3:00P ET 2:00P CT 1:00P MT12:00P PT
BABY HUMAN, THE
TO THINK
No Description Available.
4:00P ET 3:00P CT 2:00P MT 1:00P PT
BABY HUMAN, THE
TO TALK
No Description Available.
5:00P ET 4:00P CT 3:00P MT 2:00P PT
WEDDING STORY, A (SEASON 8)
VIVIANA & ROB
No Description Available.
5:30P ET 4:30P CT 3:30P MT 2:30P PT
MAKEOVER STORY, A (SEASON 4)
EPISODE 2
No Description Available.
NUREMBURG: INFAMY ON TRIAL
EPISODE 1
Alec Baldwin stars in this gripping look at the 20th-century's most important trial. Following Germany's defeat in WWII, the Allies and the USSR form a tribunal to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.
PRIMETIME
8:00P ET 7:00P CT 6:00P MT 5:00P PT
SEARCH FOR LEWIS AND CLARK
The Louisiana Purchase represented a great unknown, and two men were assigned the task of exploring this vast American wilderness. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark would embark upon the most important expedition in the history of the
United States.
9:00P ET 8:00P CT 7:00P MT 6:00P PT
CONQUISTADORS
BATTLE OF THE GODS
The ruthless and daring Hernan Cortes led his men and his young Mayan lover deep inland to the stunning imperial Capitol of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan. In a colossal clash of cultures, Spanish lust for gold overcame Aztec thirst for blood.
10:00P ET 9:00P CT 8:00P MT 7:00P PT
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.
DISCOVERING ARGENTINA
With its incredibly diverse landscape and rich history, Argentina has long been a destination for settlers, adventure-seekers, writers and tourists.
12:00M ET11:00P CT10:00P MT 9:00P PT
NUREMBURG: INFAMY ON TRIAL
EPISODE 1
Alec Baldwin stars in this gripping look at the 20th-century's most important trial. Following Germany's defeat in WWII, the Allies and the USSR form a tribunal to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.
2:00A ET 1:00A CT12:00M MT11:00P PT
SEARCH FOR LEWIS AND CLARK
The Louisiana Purchase represented a great unknown, and two men were assigned the task of exploring this vast American wilderness. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark would embark upon the most important expedition in the history of the
United States.
3:00A ET 2:00A CT 1:00A MT12:00M PT
CONQUISTADORS
BATTLE OF THE GODS
The ruthless and daring Hernan Cortes led his men and his young Mayan lover deep inland to the stunning imperial Capitol of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan. In a colossal clash of cultures, Spanish lust for gold overcame Aztec thirst for blood.
4:00A ET 3:00A CT 2:00A MT 1:00A PT
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.
DAYTIME
5:00A ET 4:00A CT 3:00A MT 2:00A PT
DISCOVERING ARGENTINA
With its incredibly diverse landscape and rich history, Argentina has long been a destination for settlers, adventure-seekers, writers and tourists.
ESPN HD is a 24/7 simulcast of ESPN programming so telecasts on ESPN are simultaneously available on ESPN HD. In addition to the regular up-converted ESPN telecasts ESPN HD will originally produce a growing number of its top events in the 720 progressive scan format.
....NEXT GAME....
6/14
College World Series
Game 31:30 PM/ET
4:00 PM TO 6:00 DAILY
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The daily HD programming airs 4-6 p.m. ET weekdays and 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET on weekends. NBA TV's daily HD lineup is available on channel 198 for DIRECTV customers and on channel 9425 for DISH Network customers.
CHANNEL 198
CHANNEL 9425
HDNET MOVIE SCHEDULE
(All times Eastern/Pacific. All schedules subject to change)
6:45 AM ET / 3:45 AM PT
Best Revenge
NR - 1:36
Cast: John Heard, Levon Helm, Alberta Watson, Director: John Trent
Two aging hippies engage in a Moroccan drug deal in order to free a kidnapped friend from a sleazy gangster, but they get caught by the police and escape, searching for the engineers of the frame-up.
8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT
Saving Grace
PG - 1:52
Cast: Tom Conti, Edward James Olmos, Fernando Rey, Director: Robert M. Young
A youthful Pope, seeking adventure, discovers a whole new world when he travels incognito to a small Italian village where he assumes the role of its priest.
10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT
Obsession
PG - 1:38
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow, Director: Brian De Palma
Robertson loses his wife and child to kidnappers, then miraculously finds wife "reborn" in another woman.
12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
Uptown Saturday Night
PG - 1:44
Cast: Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Director: Sidney Poitier
Two husbands try to recover stolen money and a winning lottery ticket before their wives discover they're missing.
2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT
Landspeed
PG-13 - 1:34
Cast: Billy Zane, Pamela Gidley, Ray Wise, Director: Christian McIntire
Two teams are in a heated race for the money and the honor that comes with winning. No one has been able to break 1,000 mph on land, and with so much money, Singer is ready to put his own life on the line to win.
4:15 PM ET / 1:15 PM PT
Best Revenge
NR - 1:36
Cast: John Heard, Levon Helm, Alberta Watson, Director: John Trent
Two aging hippies engage in a Moroccan drug deal in order to free a kidnapped friend from a sleazy gangster, but they get caught by the police and escape, searching for the engineers of the frame-up.
6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
Saving Grace
PG - 1:52
Cast: Tom Conti, Edward James Olmos, Fernando Rey, Director: Robert M. Young
A youthful Pope, seeking adventure, discovers a whole new world when he travels incognito to a small Italian village where he assumes the role of its priest.
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT
Bobby Deerfield
PG - 2:04
Cast: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Director: Sydney Pollack
A professional race car driver is forced to confront his own mortality after a near fatal accident.
10:05 PM ET / 7:05 PM PT
Hide in Plain Sight
PG - 1:38
Cast: James Caan, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Viharo, Director: James Caan
True story about a divorced man whose children are swept away by the U.S. government when their new father is moved underground by the Justice Department's witness relocation program.
11:45 PM ET / 8:45 PM PT
Bobby Deerfield
PG - 2:04
Cast: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Director: Sydney Pollack
A professional race car driver is forced to confront his own mortality after a near fatal accident.
2:00 AM ET / 11:00 PM PT
Hide in Plain Sight
PG - 1:38
Cast: James Caan, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Viharo, Director: James Caan
True story about a divorced man whose children are swept away by the U.S. government when their new father is moved underground by the Justice Department's witness relocation program.
3:45 AM ET / 12:45 AM PT
Gypsy
NR - 2:29
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Ann Jillian, Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Musical version of the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, tells the story of her devotion to her two young daughters as she vows to make each of them the star that she never was.
HDNET PROGRAM SCHEDULE
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT * Premiere *
Love and Money
The Stepmummy - Effie's abusive socialite stepmother, Beverly, visits the Conklins. Though the rest of the family wants nothing to do with Beverly, Effie sucks up because she's hoping to inherit one of her many homes when the old bird kicks the bucket.
9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT * LIVE! *
Major League Soccer
Los Angeles Galaxy @ Colorado Rapids
10 AM 2 PM 5 PM 9 PM 2 AM 6:00 AM ET / 3:00 AM PT
A Caribbean Workout 2003
In the Oceanside Barclay Park, Barbados features Urban Rebound Circuit.
6:30 AM ET / 3:30 AM PT
A Caribbean Workout 2003
In breathtaking Almond Beach, Barbados features Muscular Conditioning.
7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM PT
HDNet Sights & Sounds
Sale At Lone Star Park
7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM PT
Swamp Buggy Racing from Florida Sports Park
Swamp buggy races from Naples, Florida continues a more than 50 year tradition.
9:30 AM ET / 6:30 AM PT
Florida, The Sunshine State
A fast-moving look at the diversity of lifestyles in the State of Florida, featuring the laid-back residents of the Florida keys, the tranquility of Florida's Everglades, the hustle and bustle of Miami and Miami Beach, America's oldest city, St. Augustine, and the horse farms that breed racing champions.
Tracks Ahead
The Juice Train - How does the orange juice get from the plant to your table? Tracks Ahead takes a look at origins and operation of the highest revenue generating unit train in the country. Then sample Australian wines by train.
10:30 AM ET / 7:30 AM PT
Conservation Pathfinders
From Zimbabwe to New Mexico and Zambia to Colorado, a look at how landowners are once again becoming the heart of the conservation enterprise.
11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT
HDNet's Across America
Taos, New Mexico - It's a town known for its art, culture and centuries of traditions. But as the community and population continue to grow, commercial businesses are making their way into the town. Can tradition and commercialism mix? Find out as host Ron Kruck explores Taos, New Mexico.
12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Canada's Castle in the Rockies
The Fairmont Banff Springs is recognized and admired the world over as a vestige of another era: when luxury reigned supreme. Take a historic tour of the hotel that's fashioned after the castles and hunting lodges of Europe.
12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
Discoveries...Spain: North Coast
Experience the north coast of Spain, which has a surprisingly strong Celtic heritage. In Camarinas, local fishermen talk about fishing conditions while their wives, mothers and daughters create lace using an intricate and exciting lace making technique handed down from mother to daughter. Travel through the Basque country, where a cultural & tourist revolution is occurring with the Frank Geary designed Guggenheim Museum.
1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT
Higher Definition
Pop-culture writer/host Robert Wilonsky talks and shoots a few hoops with actor Mark Wahlberg of The Italian Job, writer/director Neil LaBute sits down with us for an interesting chat about the making of his new film The Shape of Things. Plus, previews of what's coming soon in HDNet entertainment.
Love and Money
The Stepmummy - Effie's abusive socialite stepmother, Beverly, visits the Conklins. Though the rest of the family wants nothing to do with Beverly, Effie sucks up because she's hoping to inherit one of her many homes when the old bird kicks the bucket.
2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT
HDNet Sights and Sounds
Thoroughbred Sale At Lone Star Park - See all the action of the Fasig-Tipton 2-year old thoroughbred sale and auction from Lone Star Race Track in Dallas, Texas.
3:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM PT
True Music
Tune in to True Music to see London band Relish - a band which has been praised by U2 for their outstanding sound. Then enjoy the opinionated band The Living Things while their perform at the famous Steamboat in Austin. Also catch up with the national rock act Breaking Benjamin.
3:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM PT
That's Life
Saint Bernadette - Lydia is upset when her lifelong role model for the modern independent woman gives up her idyllic life to get married to a man she has known for only three weeks.
4:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM PT
HDNet's Across America
Taos, New Mexico - It's a town known for its art, culture and centuries of traditions. But as the community and population continue to grow, commercial businesses are making their way into the town. Can tradition and commercialism mix? Find out as host Ron Kruck explores Taos, New Mexico.
HDNet World Report
5:30 PM ET / 2:30 PM PT
Tracks Ahead
Union Station - Explore Union Station, the most visited place in Washington DC. Meet master modeler and brass collector Howard Zane. Explore the north east coast of Australia on the luxurious Australian Orient Express.
6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
Tracks Ahead
The Juice Train - How does the orange juice get from the plant to your table? Tracks Ahead takes a look at origins and operation of the highest revenue generating unit train in the country. Then sample Australian wines by train.
6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
Urban/Wild: Tokyo
Once a natural paradise, Tokyo is now of of the most thouroughly urban cities in the world. Yet within this metropolis are pockets of nature being nourished and protected.
7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT
The Song of Africa
A visual and musical celebration of Africa.
8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT * Premiere *
Love and Money
The Stepmummy - Effie's abusive socialite stepmother, Beverly, visits the Conklins. Though the rest of the family wants nothing to do with Beverly, Effie sucks up because she's hoping to inherit one of her many homes when the old bird kicks the bucket.
8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT
Red Bull Cliff Diving Lana'i
Ten of the world's best cliff divers journey to the sacred site at Kaunolu known as Kahekili's Leap to test their bravery, skill and focus. Divers complete mind-blowing combinations of twists and somersaults - all within 2 seconds as they hit the water at over 60 mph - zero to ', with no pads or helmet!
Major League Soccer
Los Angeles Galaxy @ Colorado Rapids
11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT
Bikini Destinations: On Location with TheBikiniNet
Join top bikini models as they set sail on a series of adventures to exotic locales. Tonight, join the swimsuit models of TheBikiniNetwork.com on their annual calendar shoot in the beautiful Bahamas.
11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT
Bikini Destinations: On Location with TheBikiniNet
Join top bikini models as they set sail on a series of adventures to exotic locales. Tonight, join the swimsuit models of thebikininetwork.com in Lake Powell.
12:00 AM ET / 9:00 PM PT
Higher Definition
Pop-culture writer/host Robert Wilonsky talks and shoots a few hoops with actor Mark Wahlberg of The Italian Job, writer/director Neil LaBute sits down with us for an interesting chat about the making of his new film The Shape of Things. Plus, previews of what's coming soon in HDNet entertainment.
12:30 AM ET / 9:30 PM PT
True Music
Tune in to True Music to see London band Relish - a band which has been praised by U2 for their outstanding sound. Then enjoy the opinionated band The Living Things while their perform at the famous Steamboat in Austin. Also catch up with the national rock act Breaking Benjamin.
1:00 AM ET / 10:00 PM PT
That's Life
Saint Bernadette - Lydia is upset when her lifelong role model for the modern independent woman gives up her idyllic life to get married to a man she has known for only three weeks.
HDNet Test Patterns
Wonder how your home theatre is doing? Wish you had test patterns to help set it up? Well, HDNet is here to help. This short program will help you get the most out of your home theatre setup by providing you with the same professional test patterns HDNet uses to set their gear.
2:30 AM ET / 11:30 PM PT
Swamp Buggy Racing from Florida Sports Park
Swamp buggy races from Naples, Florida continues a more than 50 year tradition.
4:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM PT
Higher Definition
Pop-culture writer/host Robert Wilonsky talks and shoots a few hoops with actor Mark Wahlberg of The Italian Job, writer/director Neil LaBute sits down with us for an interesting chat about the making of his new film The Shape of Things. Plus, previews of what's coming soon in HDNet entertainment.
5:00 AM ET / 2:00 AM PT
Get Out! South Beach
Travel to South Beach, Miami Florida! Learn the best places to shop, eat and have a night out, South Beach style.
5:30 AM ET / 2:30 AM PT
Train Ride in the Sky: The Copper Canyon
Journey to America's largest canyon and meet its inhabitants on a 400 mile journey.
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
HBO HDTV EAST
8:30 AM
SPIRIT STALLION OF THE CIMARRON
Rated G for
Time:83
Genre:Adventure, Animation
A wild horse yearns to answer the call of the wild after he is captured by a nasty U.S. colonel in this 2002 Oscar(R)-nominee for Best Animated Feature. Spirit is a lightning-fast mustang who leads his herd across the plains of Old West until his capture by a cruel commander who resolves to break the creature. Efforts to tame Spirit fail, but it is in captivity that he meets an American Indian boy named Little Creek--and falls for the brave's beautiful horse, Rain. Together, the trio forms a bond as they concoct a plan to escape and return to freedom.
10:45 AM
MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA
Rated TVPG for
Time:102
Genre:Drama
They were strangers on a train...until tragedy turned them into a family. This stirring portrait of the healing powers of friendship, nature and time stars Dame Maggie Smith as Emily Delahunty, an English novelist who is one of only four survivors of a mysterious train explosion on a trip to Milan. With the survivors being detained by investigators, Emily offers her home in Umbria to her three fellow survivors: a retired English general, a young German photographer and a little girl who was orphaned by the blast. Surrounded by the lush scenery of their locale, the four form an unexpected bond--until the arrival of the girl's overly staid uncle and an Italian investigator who offers some unsettling possibilities regarding the explosion's origin. With Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Benno Furmann, Giancarlo Giannini, Timothy Spall and Emmy Clarke. Directed by Richard Loncraine (HBO's The Gathering Storm). Widescreen.
Actors:
MAGGIE SMITH, RONNIE BARKER, CHRIS COOPER, BENNO FURMANN, GIANCARLO GIANNINI, TIMOTHY SPALL
12:30 PM
OCEAN'S ELEVEN
Rated PG13 for
Time:116
Genre:Comedy, Crime
George Clooney stars as a recently paroled crook whose plan to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist has an underlying motive in this stylish remake from director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic). Based on the 1960 Rat Pack classic, the film stars Clooney as Danny Ocean, a suave criminal who leaves prison with a single plan: to rob three casinos in one night. With the help of his old buddy Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Ocean assembles the perfect team to pull the job off, but they don't know that his plan includes getting his ex-wife (Julia Roberts) back from the owner of one of the casinos! With Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould and Carl Reiner.
Actors:
GEORGE CLOONEY, BRAD PITT, JULIA ROBERTS, BERNIE MAC, DON CHEADLE, MATT DAMON, ANDY GARCIA, CASEY AFFLECK, SCOTT CAAN, ELLIOTT GOULD, EDDIE JEMISON, SHAOBO QIN, CARL REINER
3:30 PM
THE COLOR PURPLE
Rated PG13 for
Time:153
Genre:Drama
Share the hope, the heartbreak and the joy of of this acclaimed drama about a young Southern black woman's fight for independence and self-respect. Directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for eleven 1986 Oscars(R), including Best Picture, this unforgettable film features Whoopi Goldberg in her movie debut as Celie, an abused daughter forced to marry cruel widower Danny Glover. Heartlessly separated from the sister she loves, Celie struggles for survival and happiness, traveling a 40-year road rutted with sorrow but smoothed by unexpected love. "A noble, compelling, powerfully acted, magnificently photographed, richly textured film of heartrending impact" (New York Post). Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker.
Actors:
DANNY GLOVER, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, MARGARET AVERY, WILLARD PUGH, OPRAH WINFREY
Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG
6:15 PM
MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA
Rated TVPG for
Time:102
Genre:Drama
They were strangers on a train...until tragedy turned them into a family. This stirring portrait of the healing powers of friendship, nature and time stars Dame Maggie Smith as Emily Delahunty, an English novelist who is one of only four survivors of a mysterious train explosion on a trip to Milan. With the survivors being detained by investigators, Emily offers her home in Umbria to her three fellow survivors: a retired English general, a young German photographer and a little girl who was orphaned by the blast. Surrounded by the lush scenery of their locale, the four form an unexpected bond--until the arrival of the girl's overly staid uncle and an Italian investigator who offers some unsettling possibilities regarding the explosion's origin. With Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Benno Furmann, Giancarlo Giannini, Timothy Spall and Emmy Clarke. Directed by Richard Loncraine (HBO's The Gathering Storm). Widescreen.
Actors:
MAGGIE SMITH, RONNIE BARKER, CHRIS COOPER, BENNO FURMANN, GIANCARLO GIANNINI, TIMOTHY SPALL
8:00 PM
THE TIME MACHINE
Rated PG13 for
Time:95
Genre:Adventure, Science Fiction
H.G. Wells's vaunted time-travel tale is brilliantly retold in this thrilling sci-fi film starring Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) as a man driven by tragedy to create a machine that can travel back to the past...and into the future! Seeking to alter his painful past, mathematician Alexander Hartdegan (Pearce) invents a time machine. However, an accident during Alexander's test run sends him more than 800,000 years into the future to a strange world in which man has become two distinct races: the peaceful Eloi and the violent underground Morlocks. Jeremy Irons co-stars as the evil Morlock leader and Samantha Mumba is the attractive Eloi whom Alexander must save from the clutches of the Morlocks. Also with Orlando Jones, Mark Addy and Yancey Arias. Directed by Simon Wells, the real-life great-grandson of H.G. Wells.
Actors:
GUY PEARCE, MARK ADDY, PHILIP ROSCO, PHYLLIDA LAW, SIENNA GUILLORY, JEREMY IRONS, SAMANTHA MUMBA, ORLANDO JONES, OMERO MUMBA, ALAN YOUNG9:45 PM
OCEAN'S ELEVEN
Rated PG13 for
Time:116
Genre:Comedy, Crime
George Clooney stars as a recently paroled crook whose plan to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist has an underlying motive in this stylish remake from director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic). Based on the 1960 Rat Pack classic, the film stars Clooney as Danny Ocean, a suave criminal who leaves prison with a single plan: to rob three casinos in one night. With the help of his old buddy Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Ocean assembles the perfect team to pull the job off, but they don't know that his plan includes getting his ex-wife (Julia Roberts) back from the owner of one of the casinos! With Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould and Carl Reiner.
Actors:
GEORGE CLOONEY, BRAD PITT, JULIA ROBERTS, BERNIE MAC, DON CHEADLE, MATT DAMON, ANDY GARCIA, CASEY AFFLECK, SCOTT CAAN, ELLIOTT GOULD, EDDIE JEMISON, SHAOBO QIN, CARL REINER12:50 AM
187
Rated R for
Time:118
Genre:Suspense, Thriller
Brutally attacked and savagely stabbed by an angry pupil, a brave high-school teacher leaves New York for L.A., where he finds a student body that's just as unruly and dangerous. Undaunted, he mounts a radical fight for survival, with bone-chilling consequences. "Jackson is superb" in a "taut...stirring and vividly horrifying" (Hollywood Reporter) look at inner-city life. Directed by Kevin Reynolds (Waterworld). With Kelly Rowan (Candyman 2).
Actors:
SAMUEL JACKSON, KELLY ROWAN, JOHN HEARD, CLIFTON GONZALEZ
2:55 AM
JOY RIDE
Time:97
Genre:Suspense, Thriller
CB radios have always been synonymous with truck drivers, but they turn into instruments of terror when a gravelly-voiced trucker who calls himself "Rusty Nail" begins a homicidal hunt for two practical jokers. Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious) stars as Lewis Thomas, a college youth whose cross-country trip with his pretty friend Venna (Leelee Sobieski) and troublesome brother Fuller (Steve Zahn) is sidetracked by the bloodthirsty psycho in a rig who wants revenge for a prank the boys played on him. A "hot-wired, white-knuckle thriller" (Variety) from director John Dahl (The Last Seduction).
Actors:
LEELEE SOBIESKI, PAUL WALKER, STEVE ZAHN, JESSICA BOWMAN, STUART STONE, BASIL WALLACE, BRIAN LECKNER
THE TIME MACHINE
Rated PG13 for
Time:95
Genre:Adventure, Science Fiction
H.G. Wells's vaunted time-travel tale is brilliantly retold in this thrilling sci-fi film starring Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) as a man driven by tragedy to create a machine that can travel back to the past...and into the future! Seeking to alter his painful past, mathematician Alexander Hartdegan (Pearce) invents a time machine. However, an accident during Alexander's test run sends him more than 800,000 years into the future to a strange world in which man has become two distinct races: the peaceful Eloi and the violent underground Morlocks. Jeremy Irons co-stars as the evil Morlock leader and Samantha Mumba is the attractive Eloi whom Alexander must save from the clutches of the Morlocks. Also with Orlando Jones, Mark Addy and Yancey Arias. Directed by Simon Wells, the real-life great-grandson of H.G. Wells.
Actors:
GUY PEARCE, MARK ADDY, PHILIP ROSCO, PHYLLIDA LAW, SIENNA GUILLORY, JEREMY IRONS, SAMANTHA MUMBA, ORLANDO JONES, OMERO MUMBA, ALAN YOUNG
11:30 AM
SPIRIT STALLION OF THE CIMARRON
Rated G for
Time:83
Genre:Adventure, Animation
A wild horse yearns to answer the call of the wild after he is captured by a nasty U.S. colonel in this 2002 Oscar(R)-nominee for Best Animated Feature. Spirit is a lightning-fast mustang who leads his herd across the plains of Old West until his capture by a cruel commander who resolves to break the creature. Efforts to tame Spirit fail, but it is in captivity that he meets an American Indian boy named Little Creek--and falls for the brave's beautiful horse, Rain. Together, the trio forms a bond as they concoct a plan to escape and return to freedom.
1:45 PM
MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA
Rated TVPG for
Time:102
Genre:Drama
They were strangers on a train...until tragedy turned them into a family. This stirring portrait of the healing powers of friendship, nature and time stars Dame Maggie Smith as Emily Delahunty, an English novelist who is one of only four survivors of a mysterious train explosion on a trip to Milan. With the survivors being detained by investigators, Emily offers her home in Umbria to her three fellow survivors: a retired English general, a young German photographer and a little girl who was orphaned by the blast. Surrounded by the lush scenery of their locale, the four form an unexpected bond--until the arrival of the girl's overly staid uncle and an Italian investigator who offers some unsettling possibilities regarding the explosion's origin. With Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Benno Furmann, Giancarlo Giannini, Timothy Spall and Emmy Clarke. Directed by Richard Loncraine (HBO's The Gathering Storm). Widescreen.
Actors:
MAGGIE SMITH, RONNIE BARKER, CHRIS COOPER, BENNO FURMANN, GIANCARLO GIANNINI, TIMOTHY SPALL
3:30 PM
OCEAN'S ELEVEN
Rated PG13 for
Time:116
Genre:Comedy, Crime
George Clooney stars as a recently paroled crook whose plan to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist has an underlying motive in this stylish remake from director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic). Based on the 1960 Rat Pack classic, the film stars Clooney as Danny Ocean, a suave criminal who leaves prison with a single plan: to rob three casinos in one night. With the help of his old buddy Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Ocean assembles the perfect team to pull the job off, but they don't know that his plan includes getting his ex-wife (Julia Roberts) back from the owner of one of the casinos! With Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould and Carl Reiner.
Actors:
GEORGE CLOONEY, BRAD PITT, JULIA ROBERTS, BERNIE MAC, DON CHEADLE, MATT DAMON, ANDY GARCIA, CASEY AFFLECK, SCOTT CAAN, ELLIOTT GOULD, EDDIE JEMISON, SHAOBO QIN, CARL REINER
6:30 PM
THE COLOR PURPLE
Rated PG13 for
Time:153
Genre:Drama
Share the hope, the heartbreak and the joy of of this acclaimed drama about a young Southern black woman's fight for independence and self-respect. Directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for eleven 1986 Oscars(R), including Best Picture, this unforgettable film features Whoopi Goldberg in her movie debut as Celie, an abused daughter forced to marry cruel widower Danny Glover. Heartlessly separated from the sister she loves, Celie struggles for survival and happiness, traveling a 40-year road rutted with sorrow but smoothed by unexpected love. "A noble, compelling, powerfully acted, magnificently photographed, richly textured film of heartrending impact" (New York Post). Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker.
Actors:
DANNY GLOVER, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, MARGARET AVERY, WILLARD PUGH, OPRAH WINFREY
Director: STEVEN SPIELBERG
9:15 PM
MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA
Rated TVPG for
Time:102
Genre:Drama
They were strangers on a train...until tragedy turned them into a family. This stirring portrait of the healing powers of friendship, nature and time stars Dame Maggie Smith as Emily Delahunty, an English novelist who is one of only four survivors of a mysterious train explosion on a trip to Milan. With the survivors being detained by investigators, Emily offers her home in Umbria to her three fellow survivors: a retired English general, a young German photographer and a little girl who was orphaned by the blast. Surrounded by the lush scenery of their locale, the four form an unexpected bond--until the arrival of the girl's overly staid uncle and an Italian investigator who offers some unsettling possibilities regarding the explosion's origin. With Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Benno Furmann, Giancarlo Giannini, Timothy Spall and Emmy Clarke. Directed by Richard Loncraine (HBO's The Gathering Storm). Widescreen.
Actors:
MAGGIE SMITH, RONNIE BARKER, CHRIS COOPER, BENNO FURMANN, GIANCARLO GIANNINI, TIMOTHY SPALL
THE TIME MACHINE
Rated PG13 for
Time:95
Genre:Adventure, Science Fiction
H.G. Wells's vaunted time-travel tale is brilliantly retold in this thrilling sci-fi film starring Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) as a man driven by tragedy to create a machine that can travel back to the past...and into the future! Seeking to alter his painful past, mathematician Alexander Hartdegan (Pearce) invents a time machine. However, an accident during Alexander's test run sends him more than 800,000 years into the future to a strange world in which man has become two distinct races: the peaceful Eloi and the violent underground Morlocks. Jeremy Irons co-stars as the evil Morlock leader and Samantha Mumba is the attractive Eloi whom Alexander must save from the clutches of the Morlocks. Also with Orlando Jones, Mark Addy and Yancey Arias. Directed by Simon Wells, the real-life great-grandson of H.G. Wells.
Actors:
GUY PEARCE, MARK ADDY, PHILIP ROSCO, PHYLLIDA LAW, SIENNA GUILLORY, JEREMY IRONS, SAMANTHA MUMBA, ORLANDO JONES, OMERO MUMBA, ALAN YOUNG12:45 AM
OCEAN'S ELEVEN
Rated PG13 for
Time:116
Genre:Comedy, Crime
George Clooney stars as a recently paroled crook whose plan to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist has an underlying motive in this stylish remake from director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic). Based on the 1960 Rat Pack classic, the film stars Clooney as Danny Ocean, a suave criminal who leaves prison with a single plan: to rob three casinos in one night. With the help of his old buddy Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Ocean assembles the perfect team to pull the job off, but they don't know that his plan includes getting his ex-wife (Julia Roberts) back from the owner of one of the casinos! With Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould and Carl Reiner.
Actors:
GEORGE CLOONEY, BRAD PITT, JULIA ROBERTS, BERNIE MAC, DON CHEADLE, MATT DAMON, ANDY GARCIA, CASEY AFFLECK, SCOTT CAAN, ELLIOTT GOULD, EDDIE JEMISON, SHAOBO QIN, CARL REINER3:50 AM
187
Rated R for
Time:118
Genre:Suspense, Thriller
Brutally attacked and savagely stabbed by an angry pupil, a brave high-school teacher leaves New York for L.A., where he finds a student body that's just as unruly and dangerous. Undaunted, he mounts a radical fight for survival, with bone-chilling consequences. "Jackson is superb" in a "taut...stirring and vividly horrifying" (Hollywood Reporter) look at inner-city life. Directed by Kevin Reynolds (Waterworld). With Kelly Rowan (Candyman 2).
Actors:
SAMUEL JACKSON, KELLY ROWAN, JOHN HEARD, CLIFTON GONZALEZ
5:55 AM
JOY RIDE
Time:97
Genre:Suspense, Thriller
CB radios have always been synonymous with truck drivers, but they turn into instruments of terror when a gravelly-voiced trucker who calls himself "Rusty Nail" begins a homicidal hunt for two practical jokers. Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious) stars as Lewis Thomas, a college youth whose cross-country trip with his pretty friend Venna (Leelee Sobieski) and troublesome brother Fuller (Steve Zahn) is sidetracked by the bloodthirsty psycho in a rig who wants revenge for a prank the boys played on him. A "hot-wired, white-knuckle thriller" (Variety) from director John Dahl (The Last Seduction).
Actors:
LEELEE SOBIESKI, PAUL WALKER, STEVE ZAHN, JESSICA BOWMAN, STUART STONE, BASIL WALLACE, BRIAN LECKNER
AM
THE TIME MACHINE
Rated PG13 for
Time:95
Genre:Adventure, Science Fiction
H.G. Wells's vaunted time-travel tale is brilliantly retold in this thrilling sci-fi film starring Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) as a man driven by tragedy to create a machine that can travel back to the past...and into the future! Seeking to alter his painful past, mathematician Alexander Hartdegan (Pearce) invents a time machine. However, an accident during Alexander's test run sends him more than 800,000 years into the future to a strange world in which man has become two distinct races: the peaceful Eloi and the violent underground Morlocks. Jeremy Irons co-stars as the evil Morlock leader and Samantha Mumba is the attractive Eloi whom Alexander must save from the clutches of the Morlocks. Also with Orlando Jones, Mark Addy and Yancey Arias. Directed by Simon Wells, the real-life great-grandson of H.G. Wells.
Actors:
GUY PEARCE, MARK ADDY, PHILIP ROSCO, PHYLLIDA LAW, SIENNA GUILLORY, JEREMY IRONS, SAMANTHA MUMBA, ORLANDO JONES, OMERO MUMBA, ALAN YOUNG
9:45 PM
Rumor Of Angels
MPAA RATING: PG13
DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 / CCAP WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
1 h 34 m
Haunted by the car accident that claimed his mother's life, a 12-year-old Maine boy (Trevor Morgan) befriends an eccentric local woman (Vanessa Redgrave), whose presence in his life galvanizes his fractured family. Ray Liotta, Catherine McCormack and Ron Livingston costar in this drama based on the book "Thy Son Liveth: Messages from a Soldier to His Mother" by Grace Duffie.
11:30 AM
My First Mister
MPAA RATING: R
DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 / CCAP / ESP WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
1 h 49 m
Actress Christine Lahti, who won an Oscar in 1996 for her short film "Lieberman in Love," makes her feature directorial debut with this tale of the unusual relationship between a teenage goth-girl and a prim, caustic clothing-store owner. Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski), a pierced, death-obsessed, black-draped misfit, wanders into middle-aged Randall's (Albert Brooks) store, looking for a job. At first dismissive, he reluctantly hires her to work in the stock room, and soon a close bond develops. Carol Kane, Michael McKean and John Goodman costar.
3:00 PM
Robocop 3
MPAA RATING: PG13
DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 / CCAP / ESP WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
1993, 1 h 44 m
The cyborg law enforcer (Robert Burke) takes on a ninja nemesis while on a mission to help Detroit residents from being pushed out of their homes by The Company in this action-packed sci-fi sequel costarring Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, CCH Pounder and Mako.
4:45 PM
Dances With Wolves
MPAA RATING: PG13
DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 / CCAP WIDESCREEN OAR UPCONV
1990, 3 h
Director and star Kevin Costner's critically acclaimed, multi-Oscar-winning epic is the story of John Dunbar, an Army lieutenant and the lone soldier at a remote frontier outpost who slowly becomes a cherished member of a neighboring Sioux tribe, a people whose way of life Dunbar finds infinitely more satisfying than the warring culture he left behind. Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene costar with Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Robert Pastorelli.
4:45 PM
Robocop 3
MPAA RATING: PG13
DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 / CCAP / ESP WIDESCREEN OAR HDTV
1993, 1 h 44 m
The cyborg law enforcer (Robert Burke) takes on a ninja nemesis while on a mission to help Detroit residents from being pushed out of their homes by The Company in this action-packed sci-fi sequel costarring Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, CCH Pounder and Mako.
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