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THIS WEEK’S SBS WORLD MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS:
- Audio Description (AD) available for Muhammad and Larry, Ghost Planes and the Mysteries of Flight 370, Roman J. Israel, Esq., Scarface, The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston and Pacific Lockdown: Sea Of Resilience
- Closed Captions (CC) available for Colossal, Ghost Planes and the Mysteries of Flight 370, Roman J. Israel, Esq., Scarface, Ghosthunter and Dallas Buyers Club
WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST
Muhammad and Larry
9:25pm, NITV (repeats Thursday 25 August, 12:00pm)
M, AD
Canada, 2009
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Albert Maysles, Bradley Kaplan
Featuring: Muhammad Ali, Drew Bundini Brown, Angelo Dundee, Larry Holmes
What’s it about?
In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the great Ali was in the twilight of his career would be generous; most of his admiring fans, friends and fight scribes considered his bravado delusional. What was left for him to prove?
Colossal
11:45pm, SBS VICELAND
M, CC
Canada, 2016
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Language: English
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell
What’s it about?
Gloria (Hathaway) is an ordinary woman who, after losing her job and being kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend (Stevens), is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realisation that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. From Nacho Vigalondo, director of Timecrimes.
THURSDAY 25 AUGUST
Ghost Planes and the Mysteries of Flight 370
9:00pm, SBS VICELAND
M, AD, CC
USA, 2014
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Joe Guidry
What’s it about?
At the time of this writing, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, transporting 227 passengers and 12 crew members from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, has been missing for months. An unprecedented international search was unable to locate any bodies or debris. According to the Aviation Society Network, more than 80 aircrafts have been declared “missing” since 1948–“Ghost Planes” that have literally vanished without a trace.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
9:25pm, NITV (repeats Friday 26 August, 12:00pm)
M, AD, CC
USA, 2017
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Director: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Lynda Gravatt
What’s it about?
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel (Washinton, in an Oscar-nominated performance) has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner (Farrell) – the firm’s frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions. From Dan Gilroy, writer-director of Nightcrawler.
FRIDAY 26 AUGUST
Osmosis Jones
7:30pm, NITV (repeats Saturday 27 August, 10:00am)
PG
USA, 2001
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Language: English
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Bill Murray, Molly Shannon, Elena Franklin, Chris Rock (voice), Laurence Fishburne (voice)
What’s it about?
In this blend of live and action and animation, Frank (Murray) is a careless glutton and father to a young girl, Shane (Franklin). He consumes a germ-ridden egg and falls sick. The inside world of his body, City of Frank, is taken care of by a white blood cell. Written and directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber).
Love and Sex in Scandinavia
10:15pm, SBS VICELAND
M
France, 2021
Genre: Documentary
Language: French
What’s it about?
With its reputation for being liberal and sexually-open minded, Scandinavia leads the the world when it comes to gender equality. Its empowered women are not afraid to express their desires. But is gender equality enough to ensure harmony between men and women? We go in search of the secrets of Nordic love.
SATURDAY 27 AUGUST
Scarface
9:30pm, NITV
MA15+, AD, CC
USA, 1983
Genre: Crime, Action, Thriller
Language: English, Spanish
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia
What’s it about?
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana (Pacino) stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fuelled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
Ghosthunter
12:35am, SBS VICELAND
M, CC
Australia, 2018
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Ben Lawrence
Featuring: Jason King
What’s it about?
Part true-crime, part family mystery, Ghosthunter is a real-life ghost story of one man unearthing his past in order to reclaim his future. It is an emotional, peculiar and at times darkly humorous journey of catharsis through haunted lives – culminating in a confrontation with inner demons and the first steps on the road to healing.
Meet the ghost hunter who revealed his own haunted past
SUNDAY 28 AUGUST
The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
8:30pm, NITV (repeats Monday 29 August, 12:00pm)
M, AD
UK, 2019
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Simon George
Starring: Sven Ruygrok, D. David Morin
What’s it about?
Overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds that life threw his way, Liston became heavyweight champion of the world when he knocked out Floyd Patterson in 1962. Eight years later, he died but friends questioned the cause of his death.
Dallas Buyers Club
9:20pm, SBS VICELAND
MA15+, CC
USA, 2013
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn, Jennifer Garner
What’s it about?
1986, Texas. Homophobic womaniser Ron Woodruff (McConaughey, in an Oscar-winning performance) is completely oblivious of AIDS, even as it spreads through the world, terrifying the public. So when Ron contracts HIV, he is blindsided. Given just 30 days to live, he tries in vain to be included in the AZT drug trial. Ron seeks out other untested, alternative medications in Mexico, and establishes an underground network of drug supply for the growing increasing numbers of HIV and AIDS. Directed by the late Jean-Marc Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y., Wild, Big Little Lies).
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
10:05pm, NITV
M
USA, 2002
Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Language: English
Director: Ron Underwood
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzmán
What’s it about?
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash (Murphy), the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan (Pantoliano), who just happens to be helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the entire moon.
TUESDAY 30 AUGUST
Pacific Lockdown: Sea Of Resilience
11:10am, NITV
PG, AD
Australia, 2021
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Ben Bohane
What’s it about?
The Pacific’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been one of self-reliance and resilience: turning to its communities and churches, its lands and seas.
My Life As I Live It
12:10pm, NITV
G
Australia, 1993
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Essie Coffey
What’s it about?
Following 1978’s landmark My Survival As An Aboriginal, Essie Coffey returns to her home in Dodge City where she and the A-Team are running in the shire elections. Inter-cutting between 1993 and 1978, the film presents the fascinating contrasts of a society in transition.
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