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December 2009 Programming Highlights

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PROGRAM SPECIALS
Star Trek Double Feature
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – Saturday, December 5th at 8:05pm
Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley. Directed by Leonard Nimoy
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Saturday, December 5th at 10:00pm
Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley. Directed by Leonard Nimoy Academy Award nominations for Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Original Score

Clint Eastwood Directed Films
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The Bridges of Madison County
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

The Gauntlet
Starring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle. Directed by Clint Eastwood

Pale Rider
Starring Clint Eastwood, Micheal Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress. Directed by Clint Eastwood

A Perfect World
Starring Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern. Directed by Clint Eastwood

A Nightmare on Elm Street Triple Feature

A Nightmare on Elm Street –
Friday, December 4th at 10:00pm
Starring Robert Englund, Ronee Blakey, Heather Langenkamp. Directed by Wes Craven



A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge –
premieres Friday, December 4th at 11:35pm
Robert Englund, Kim Meyers, Robert Rusler. Directed by Jack Sholder

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors –
late night Friday, December 4th at 1:05am
Starring Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp. Directed by Chuck Russell

SPOTLIGHT FEATURES –
Highlighted feature films airing on HDNet Movies
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold –
Friday, December 11th at 8:00pm
Starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jack Palance. Directed by Paul Weiland

Close Encounters of the Third Kind –
Saturday, December 5th at 5:45pm
Starring Richard Dreyfus, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr. Directed by Steven Spielberg
Academy Award winner for Best Cinematography
Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Effects, Supporting Actress: Melinda Dillon, Film Editing,
Sound, Music and Art Direction – Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score

Gremlins –
premieres Friday, December 4th at 8:05pm
Starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton. Directed by Joe Dante

A Man Apart –
premieres Thursday, December 10th at 8:00pm
Starring Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant. Directed by F. Gary Gray

National Lampoon’s Vacation –
Tuesday, December 8th at 10:00pm
Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall. Directed by Harold Ramis

Pale Rider –
Wednesday, December 9th at 8:00pm
Starring Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress. Directed by Clint Eastwood

The Shining –
Saturday, December 12th at 8:00pm
Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd. Directed by Stanley Kubrick

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock –
premieres Saturday December 5th at 8:05pm
Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley. Directed by Leonard Nimoy

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home –
premieres Saturday, December 5th at 10:00pm
Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley. Directed by Leonard Nimoy
Academy Award nominations for Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Original Score

While You Were Sleeping –
premieres Monday, December 7th at 8:15pm
Starring Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher. Directed by Jon Turtletaub
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical: Sandra
Bullock

HIGH DEFINITION PREMIERES –
Films broadcast in High Definition for the first time on television
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The Confession
Starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Kingsley, Amy Irving. Directed by David Hugh Jones

Serious Moonlight
Starring Kristen Bell, Justin Long, Meg Ryan. Directed by Cheryl Hines

Spies Like Us
Starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest. Directed by John Landis

NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY –
HDNet Movies presents American Films selected by the Library of Congress for historical and
cultural preservation. For more information on film preservation, visit
National Film Preservation Board (Library of Congress)


and
National Film Preservation Foundation



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The Bridge On the River Kwai
Starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness. Directed by David Lean
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Actor:
Alec Guinness,
Best Supporting Actor: Sessue Hayakawa, Best Music: Scoring, and Best Writing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture
Actor: Alec Guinness
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture Supporting Actor: Sessue Hayakawa

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Starring Richard Dreyfus, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr. Directed by Steven Spielberg
Academy Award winner for Best Cinematography
Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Effects, Supporting Actress: Melinda Dillon, Film Editing,
Sound, Music and Art Direction – Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best
Screenplay and Best Original Score

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing and Best Actor: Peter Sellers

The Graduate
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross. Directed by Mike Nichols
Academy Award winner for Best Director – Mike Nichols
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Actress – Anne Bancroft,
Best Actor – Dustin Hoffman, Best Supporting Actress – Katharine Ross, Best Writing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy, Best Motion Picture Director, Best
Motion Picture Actress – Anne Bancroft, Most Promising Newcomer – Dustin Hoffman, Most Promising
Newcomer – Katharine Ross, Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor – Dustin Hoffman and Best Screenplay

Hoosiers
Starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper. Directed by David Anspaugh
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Dennis Hopper and Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Dennis Hopper

Mean Streets
Starring Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval. Directed by Martin Scorsese

The Music Man
Starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett. Directed by Morton DaCosta
Academy Award winner for Best Music –scoring of music
Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture Actor: Robert Preston, Best Motion
Picture Actress: Shirley Jones, Best Motion Picture Supporting Actress: Hermione Gingold, Best Motion Picture Score

In Retro –
Memorable Classic movies airing Sunday Nights and throughout the month

Anatomy of a Murder –
Sunday, December 6th at 5:17pm
Starring James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara. Directed by Otto Preminger
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor: James Stewart, Best Supporting Actor: George C. Scott, Best Supporting Actor: Arthur O’Connell, Best Writing, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture Actress: Lee Remick, Best Motion Picture Supporting Actor: Joseph N. Welch

Shenandoah –
Sunday, December 6th at 8:05pm
Starring James Stewart, Doug McClure, Patrick Wayne. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Academy Award nomination for Best Sound
Golden Globe Award nomination for Most Promising Newcomer: Rosemary Forsyth

The Man From Laramie –
Sunday, December 6th at 10:00pm
Starring James Stewart Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp. Directed by Anthony Mann

The Gauntlet –
premieres Sunday, December 13th at 8:35pm
Starring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle. Directed by Clint Eastwood

Coogans’ Bluff –
Sunday, December 13th at 10:30pm
Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark. Directed by Donald Siegel

From Here to Eternity -
premieres Sunday, December 20th at 6:15pm
Starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr. Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed, Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Recording, Best Film Editing, and Best Writing
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor: Burt Lancaster, Best Actor: Montgomery Clift, Best Actress: Deborah Kerr, Best Costume Design and Best Music
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture Director and Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra

The Bridge On the River Kwai –
Sunday, December 20th at 8:15pm
Starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness. Directed by David Lean
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Actor:
Alec Guinness,
Best Supporting Actor: Sessue Hayakawa, Best Music: Scoring, and Best Writing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture Actor: Alec Guinness
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture Supporting Actor: Sessue Hayakawa

Close Encounters of the Third Kind –
Sunday, December 27th at 7:15pm
Starring Richard Dreyfus, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr. Directed by Steven Spielberg
Academy Award winner for Best Cinematography
Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Effects, Supporting Actress: Melinda Dillon, Film Editing,
Sound, Music and Art Direction – Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score

The Shining –
Sunday, December 27th at 9:35pm
Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd. Directed by Stanley Kubrick

Black Christmas –
late night Sunday, December 27th at 12:00am
Starring Olivia Hussy, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder. Directed by Bob Clark

ART HOUSE CINEMA –
Independent films, foreign films and documentaries
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Amores Perros
Starring Emilio Echevarria, Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo. Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film

Auto Focus
Starring Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson. Directed by Paul Schrader

Blue Velvet
Starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper. Directed by David Lynch
Academy Award nomination for Best Director
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Dennis Hopper, and Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Dear Frankie
Starring Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Mary Riggans. Directed by Shona Auerbach

Good Night, and Good Luck.
Starring David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson. Directed by George Clooney
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography,
Best Art Direction, Best Lead Actor: David Strathairn
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion
Picture Screenplay, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture: David Strathairn

Infernal Affairs
Starring Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong. Directed by Andrew Lau

Like Water for Chocolate
Starring Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Marco Leonardi. Directed by Alfonso Arau
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, Mexico

The Limey
Starring Terrence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren. Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Lost in Translation
Starring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johannson, Giovanni Ribisi. Directed by Sofia Coppola
Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor: Bill Murray
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical: Bill Murray and Best Screenplay
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Director and Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Scarlett Johannson

Proof
Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal. Directed by John Madden
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Gwyneth Paltrow

Whale Rider
Starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton. Directed by Niki Caro
Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Keisha Castle-Hughes

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There goes about 30 gigs or more EHDD space on various drives...

Originally Posted by dfergie

There goes about 30 gigs or more EHDD space on various drives...

LOL I was just thinking i am going to have to buy an external hard drive!! I never thought i would need it with 4 drv's but the kids are HD snobs too!!

Serious Moonlight looks good. Meg Ryan gets hotter with age.

I agree with that.. Meg has aged well...

Well the Dish guide doesn't show it. Since
Yahoo says its

1 hr. 24 min

I would guess that would be 2hrs for total showing time. Does that sound about right?
I ask cause I have manually set the record time. Thanks.

God they don't even show it on 7 day
HDNet Guide

.

So what the hell happen to Serious Moonlight?

I wonder which version of Close Encounters they are showing. There are about 4 different versions.

Original Theatrical Release,
Special Edition (Meet the nearies is totally different and the extra and unnecessary stuff inside the ship among other things)
Criterion Collection release from 1990 that intercut both versions with some deleted scenes
and the "final" version from 1998 which was Spielberg's re-edit and final say on his project.

The original release edit, though excellent, was definitely rushed and a little sloppy.

The 1990 version was a hatchet job. The special edition had some scenes that should have remaind on the cutting room floor. And the last release was okay.

I do find that the HD transfer of some movies is often not the best version ( Legend is a good example, in fact Theatrical versions with studio-ordered cuts have been the norm for HD release, instead of the Directors Cuts that are better 95% of the time. )

The same thing occurred with CD transfers of LPs ( For example, Iggy's poorly conceived remix of Raw Power ended up on CD instead of Bowie's classic mix that heavily influenced rock music. )