Showtime Family Zone: December 17, 2009

6:10AM
Escape From Wildcat Canyon
A family trip to Wildcat Canyon turns into a wilderness survival test when a boy and his grandfather (Dennis Weaver) are stranded after a helicopter crash. Michael Caloz, Peter Keleghan, Barbara Radecki and Vlasta Vrana costar in this adventure drama.
7:50AM
Lambada
J. Eddie Peck stars as a Beverly Hills math instructor who wants desperately to "reach" the neglected barrio dropouts of East Los Angeles. But to do this he'll have to meet them on their turf, and that means the clubs where they rock, rumble and dance the lambada. His efforts culminate in a climactic math-off pitting his arrogant Beverly Hills students against the lambada-crazed barrio kids. Melora Hardin, Dennis Burkley, Shabba-Doo and Basil Hoffman costar in this beat-driven underdog saga.
9:35AM
1972 Munich Olympic Games: Bud Greenspan Remembers
On the 30th anniversary of an international tragedy, documentary filmmaker Bud Greenspan looks back at the fateful intersection of Olympic sports and global politics at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, where Israeli athletes were massacred by terrorists as the stunned world watched on live television.
11:05AM
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
A lonely widow (Maureen Stapleton) accepts her friends' invitation to a night of ballroom dancing at New York's famed Stardust, where she unexpectedly finds love again with a kindly, light-on-his-feet mailman (Charles Durning). Legendary film editor Sam O'Steen directed this charming, heartfelt classic.
12:45PM
Roseland
Filmmaker James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala teamed up to create this charming triptych of stories about senior citizens reliving their dance hall glory days at New York's famed Roseland Ballroom. Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Joan Copeland, Lilia Skala, Christopher Walken, Geraldine Chaplin and Helen Gallagher star.
2:30PM
Escape From Wildcat Canyon
A family trip to Wildcat Canyon turns into a wilderness survival test when a boy and his grandfather (Dennis Weaver) are stranded after a helicopter crash. Michael Caloz, Peter Keleghan, Barbara Radecki and Vlasta Vrana costar in this adventure drama.
4:15PM
Lambada
J. Eddie Peck stars as a Beverly Hills math instructor who wants desperately to "reach" the neglected barrio dropouts of East Los Angeles. But to do this he'll have to meet them on their turf, and that means the clubs where they rock, rumble and dance the lambada. His efforts culminate in a climactic math-off pitting his arrogant Beverly Hills students against the lambada-crazed barrio kids. Melora Hardin, Dennis Burkley, Shabba-Doo and Basil Hoffman costar in this beat-driven underdog saga.
6:00PM
Earth Girls Are Easy
After she discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her, naive manicurist Valerie (Geena Davis) makes the sudden acquaintance of some new friends - when they crash-land their spaceship in her pool. Soon Valerie and her best friend Candy (Julie Brown) are giving the furry aliens a makeover and introducing Mac (Jeff Goldblum), Whiploc (Jim Carrey), and Zeebo (Damon Wayans) to the L.A. dating scene. A frothy, funny sci-fi comedy from music video director Julien Temple ("Absolute Beginners").
7:45PM
Latino Filmmaker Showcase: Candy and Brandy
A couple's relationship endures a dramatic confrontation that leads to a painful breakup - a situation most notable for the fact that they are portrayed by children in this award-winning tone poem from Spanish filmmaker Ander Duque.
8:00PM
Roseland
Filmmaker James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala teamed up to create this charming triptych of stories about senior citizens reliving their dance hall glory days at New York's famed Roseland Ballroom. Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Joan Copeland, Lilia Skala, Christopher Walken, Geraldine Chaplin and Helen Gallagher star.
9:45PM
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
A lonely widow (Maureen Stapleton) accepts her friends' invitation to a night of ballroom dancing at New York's famed Stardust, where she unexpectedly finds love again with a kindly, light-on-his-feet mailman (Charles Durning). Legendary film editor Sam O'Steen directed this charming, heartfelt classic.
11:30PM
Fuzz
Misfit cops Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Jack Weston and Tom Skerritt are up to their badges in bombs when "explosive" villain Yul Brynner comes to town. Peter Bonerz, Steve Ihnat, James McEachin and Bert Remsen costar in this black comedy.
1:05AM
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
The residents of a small Ohio town find their lives turned upside-down when rumors fly that a world-famous actress plans to return to her local roots. Jeff Daniels, Winona Ryder, Frances Fisher and Carla Gugino costar in this charmingly quirky comedy.
2:45AM
Forbidden Warrior
A long-prophesied warrior who will one day unite warring Asian clans turns out to be female in this rollicking, Saturday-morning serial-like adventure that blends mysticism, mythology and kung fu. Marie Matiko stars with Karl Yune, Tony Amendola, Chris Coppola and Andrew Divoff.
4:20AM
Big & Hairy
When a boy and his family move from the city to a small town, he has difficulty fitting in, until he forms an unlikely friendship with a Sasquatch that has an aptitude for playing basketball. Richard Thomas stars in this family film.

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