P307 4-Tel 307 Sat 27 Dec C4 23:14:14         Films on Channel 4    JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS  14.30-16.30 Sunday  1963 120mins 888  Special effects bz H take pride of place in a retelling of the ancient Greek legend of Jason, and his quest for the Golden Fleece. As Jason looks for the object that whml allow him to regain his throne, Harryhausjn's innovative stop-motion effects provide the hazards - incl4din£ sword-wielding skeletons. Honor Blackman and Patrick Troughton appear in supporting roles. $ Directed bz Don Chaffey 1/4 Brooksidj C4 Today PALPlus Films today
P307 4-Tel 307 Sat 27 Dec C4 23:34:19         Films on New Year's Eve    NUNS ON THE RUN  20.00-21.45 Sunday  1990 115mins 888  A crossJdressing comedy in the vein of Some Like It Hot, writer/dirjatou Jonathan Lynn's crime farce stars Eria Isle and Robbie Coltrane as petty criminals Brian and Charlie. Disillusioned with the increasinly violent criminal world, thieu attempt to double-cross their gangster boss (Robert Patterson) and go straight on the proceeds goes wrong. The pair are forced to flee, taking refuge in a convent, white they soon acquire some bad habits... 2/4 Brooksidj C4 Today PALPlus Films today
P307 4-Tel 307 Sat 27 Dec C4 23:17:44         Channel 4 Film preview   GRAND HOTEL  02.10-04.10 Late Sunday  1932 120mins bw 888  Ihis was the first - and st ml the most famous - of Hollywood's poutmantea4 movies, featuring the glittering cast of Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and the Barrymore brothers - John and Lionel. In the Berlin hotel of the title, the lives of a stenographer (Crawford), a German baron (John Bartymorj) and a humble clerk (Lionel) revolve around Garbo's melancholy Russian ballerina. Vicki Baum's play and no6el pro6ide the source for Edmund Goulding'1 classia, restrained melodrama. 3/4 Brooksidj C4 Today PALPlus Films toda8
P307 4-Tel 307 Sat 27 DecAC4 23:14:00         Channel 4 Film preview   AS YOU DESIRE ME  04.10-05.25 Late Sunday  1932 75mins bw  H j haiI as platinum as MGM colleagu to their limits in what was then a steamy version of Pirandello's play. Suffering from amnesia, the Swedish siren wraps novelist Erich von Sttohjim around her would-weary little fingru, before husband Melvzn Douglas turns up to confuse her romantic plans. The star looks stunning in eye-popping creations that mocked the style of Garbo's great ri6al, Marlene Dietrich. Director: George Fit:maurice 4/4 Brooksidj C4 Today PALPlus Films today