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The 47 Ronin, Part I (1941)will be airing on IFC this saturday so don't miss it, it will be your only chance to see it. It will not be airing anywhere else for sure, and you won't find it at any DVD rental.

 

Japanese Lord Asano's 47 loyal samurai seek revenge for his forced ritual suicide, in the first of two parts.

Cast: Chojuro Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Mantoyo Mimasu.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi.

 

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On Fox Movie Channel Sunday Aug 6 at 10:00am:

 

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

 

Movies, 120 Mins.

 

*** (Rated NR)

 

A small-town Mississippi boss tries to pair his daughter with an enigmatic drifter. Based on stories by William Faulkner. Adult Situations.

 

Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury.

Director(s): Martin Ritt.

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Two great films air on TCM this week, Monday Aug 8:

 

Aug 08 09:15am

 

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)

Movies, 120 Mins.

 

*** (Rated PG)

 

Three veterans are reunited in Italy with a mutual lover they've been supporting for 20 years. Adult Situations.

 

Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Peter Lawford, Phil Silvers, Telly Savalas, Lee Grant, Janet Margolin.

Director(s): Melvin Frank.

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Aug 08 08:00pm

 

Alfie (1966)

Movies, 115 Mins.

 

**** (Rated PG)

 

A cynical cockney bachelor picks up women, treats them badly and tells why in asides to the camera. Adult Situations; Language.

 

Cast: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Jane Asher, Shirley Anne Field, Vivien Merchant, Eleanor Bron, Denholm Elliott, Alfie Bass, Graham Stark, Murray Melvin, Sydney Tafler.

Director(s): Lewis Gilbert.

Producer(s): Lewis Gilbert.

Distribution: Paramount

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Wilde (1997)

IFC - Aug 08 01:45am

Movies, 120 Mins.

 

*** (Rated R)(Enhanced Wide-Screen)

 

Playwright Oscar Wilde espouses personal style, breaks conventions and attacks Victorian repression. Adult Situations; Language; Nudity.

 

Cast: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt, Michael Sheen, Zoe Wanamaker, Tom Wilkinson.

Director(s): Brian Gilbert.

Producer(s): Michiyo Yoshizaki, Michael Viner, Deborah Raffin, Alan Howden, Alex Graham, Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson.

 

Based on the best-selling biography by Richard Ellman, this unconventional biopic traces the brilliant, witty, and tragic life of Oscar Wilde from his rise to fame as a much-in-demand author and public speaker to his downfall and ultimate imprisonment for homosexuality. Irish-born and homosexual, Wilde (Stephen Fry, in a critically lauded performance) nevertheless takes a loving wife (Jennifer Ehle), with whom he has children. While married, he becomes aware of his true sexual identity after a chance encounter with an aggressive house guest. This leads to a very public affair with vain, rebellious young Lord Alfred Douglas (Jude Law), the son of the Marquess of Queensbury (Tom Wilkinson, IN THE BEDROOM). Despite an astoundingly successful writing career, Wilde's private life lands him in prison for "gross indecency," a synonym for homosexual behavior, which was illegal in England at the time.

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The 47 Ronin, Part II (1942)

 

Aug 13 08:00am

 

Movies, 120 Mins.

 

***+ (Rated NR)

 

Japanese Lord Asano's 47 loyal samurai avenge his forced ritual suicide, as the two-part film ends.

 

Cast: Chojuro Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Mantoyo Mimasu.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi.

 

Future Airings:

The 47 Ronin, Part II (1942), IFC Aug 13 02:00pm

The 47 Ronin, Part II (1942), IFC Aug 14 06:00am

 

"The 47 Ronin" is a pathetic account of a real japanese event, that took place around 1780. 47 Samurai warriors were forced to commit Seppuku, ( ritual suicide by perforating your own stomach ) after they avenge their master's humiliation and eventual death.