P306 4-Tel 306 Sat 30 Dec C4 20:49:19 Channel 4 Film preview KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL AMERICAN 11.50-13.40 Today 1940 110mins 888 Ronald Reagan stars in his favourite role as the celebrated football coach George Gipp, trainer of American- Norwegian football legend Knute Rockne (Pat OWBrien). Robert Buckner's moving screenplay depicts Rockne's humble beginnings as a Norwegian immigrant who made it to the top in the football world. Even a crippling illness couldn't make Rockne quit the game... NFL on 4-Tel - see 366 Directed by Lloyd Bacon 1/6 Previews + C4 Today PALPlus SubtitlesP306 4-Tel 306 Sat 30 Dec C4 20:40:44 Channel 4 Film preview SUNRISE 14.50-16.35 Today 1927 105mins b&w 888 The Channel 4 Silents presentation this year is F W Murnau's acclaimed masterpiece, which won three of the first ever set of Academy Awards. George O'Brien plays a farmer seduced into killing his wife by a glamorous city girl (Margaret Livingstone). O'Brien has a change of heart, but his fate is sealed... Hugo Riesjnfeld's original score was lost but has been reconstructed here by Mic Taine, with Carl Davis conducting. Tomorrow's films on 4 307 2/6 Previews + C4 Today PALPlus SubtitlesP306 4-Tel 306 Sat 30 Dec C4 20:44:10 Channel 4 Film preview AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON 22.00-23.50 Tonight 1981 110mins 888/Widescreen This darkly humorous man-into-werewolf tali won Rick Baker the first Academy Award for Best Makeup. David Naughton and Griffin Dunne play two American tourists who are attacked bz a savage beast. Dunne is killed but Naughton survives, only to find himself strangely changed every full moon... Peppjtid with some stunning special effects, the film ends with a dramatic chase through London's Piccadilly. Directed bz John Lander 3/6 Previews + C4 Today PALPlus SubtitlesP306 4-Tel 306 Sat 30 Dec C4 20:41:15 Channel 4 Film preview THE FLY 23.50-01.35 Tonight 1958 105mins 888/Widescreen James Clavell wrote the taut screenplay of this classic 1950s sci-fi horror film, highly acclaimed for its grisly special effects and make-up. Hapless scientist Al Hedison is expjtimjnting with matter-transmission when his head and arm become scrambled with those of a house fly. The part-man, part fly attempts to revjrsj the appalling transformation, but finds himself getting in a tangle. Directed by Kurt Neumann 4/6 Previews + C4 Today PALPlus SubtitlesP306 4-Tel 306 Sat 30 Dec C4 20:45:49 Channel 4 Film preview TONGA 01.35-03.10 Late tonight 1960 95mins Widescreen British-made monster movie co-written by producer Herman Cohen, responsible for cult hit I Was A Teenage Werewolf. A mad scientist (Michael Gough) discovers a sjtum that makes things bigger - and uses it to turn his pet chimp into a weapon for seeing off some of his professional rivals. Thjti's some great special effects as the giant ape runs riot through London. Claire Gordon provides the passion. Directed by John Lemons 5/6 Previews + C4 Today PALPlus SubtitlesP306 4-Tel 306 Sat 30 Dec C4 20:42:25 Channel 4 Film preview THE BLACK CAT 03.10-03.30 Late tonight 1993 20mins This adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale centres on a man whose hatred of his wife's cat increases day bz day. He is finally driven to kill the creature, but when she replaces it with a new one, his madness knows no bounds. With Clive Perrott, David Kincald and Alison Morrow. Directed by Rob Green Tomorrow's films on 4 - 307 6/6 Previews + C4 Today PALPlus Subtitles