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From Friday 4th to Sunday 6th of November you can watch all three* FilmFour channels absolutely free. There's something for everyone so tune in to Sky digital from channel 323, ntl:home from channel 701/50 and Telewest channel 444.
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Friday 4th November

Brief Encounter, 6PM
One of the timeless classics of British cinema. Oscar-nominated, heart-breaking film where two married people are tempted to adultery before realising their marriages are more important than fleeting happiness.

Truly, Madly, Deeply, 8PM
A comedy where a widow so bereft at the death of her lover summons him back from the dead. Initially ecstatically happy, she slowly realises that their two worlds can never really meet.

Y Tu Mama Tambien 10PM
Gael Garcia Bernal stars in this top quality road movie from Mexico where two dumb-cool adolescents go on a journey of self-discovery.

Freeway, Midnight
Reece Witherspoon stars as a modern day Little Red Riding Hood who escapes her mom and abusive step-dad and sets off to find the grandmother she's never met.

Saturday 5th November

Watership Down, 6PM
A beautifully animated version of Richard Adams' classic tale of rabbits and men. Featuring the voices of John Hurt and Richard Briers.

Local Hero, 8PM
This heart-warming comedy sees a Texas oil company executive sent to Scotland to buy up an entire village for the site of a new refinery.

Buffalo Soldiers, 10PM
Joaquin Phoenix stars in this subversive black comedy in the vein of M*A*S*H and Catch-22 that unveils a criminal subculture operating on an American army base in Germany in 1989, shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Tale of Two Sisters, MIDNIGHT
Korean chiller about two girls struggling with their icy stepmother and a pervading sense of supernatural unease in their isolated home. A very tasty exercise in psychological horror.

Sunday 6th November

Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 6PM
Steven Spielberg's classic alien encounter epic, starring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut shown in the re-cut version with more special effects.

The Dish, 8.15PM
Based on true events, Rob Sitch's warm and affectionate comedy/drama follows the 1969 Apollo XI moon mission and the extraordinary involvement of a small town of Parkes in New South Wales.

As Good As It Gets, 10PM
Oscar winning romantic comedy starring Jack Nicholson as an acid-tongued obsessive/compulsive writer and Helen Hunt as the only waitress at the local diner who'll serve him.

Infernal Affairs, 00.20AM
Explosive thriller with an undercover cop infiltrated in one of Hong Kong's most notorious Triad gangs and a bent cop working as a mole for the gang. Part of a triple bill continuing Monday and Tuesday.

All Weekend on FilmFour Weekly

The Emperor's New Clothes, 6PM
A quirky period drama, suggesting an alternate ending for one of history's most famous dictators, Napoleon Bonaparte, whose botched escape plan leads him into an unexpected new life.

Heartbreakers, 8PM
Wickedly paced comedy starring Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt as a mother and daughter man-eating con-team.

The Return, MIDNIGHT
This stunning Russian drama sees two young teenage boys return home to find a stranger on the bed, claiming to be their long lost father.

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