The Movie Channel 2: February 15, 2010

7:15AM
The Chosen
Robby Benson and Barry Miller are young Jewish men in 1940's Brooklyn in this critically acclaimed adaptation of Chaim Potok's poignant novel. Though they share a common faith, Benson's Hassidic rabbi father (Rod Steiger) is a strict, orthodox tyrant who won't abide his son's friendship with Miller, whose own father (Maximilian Schell) is a liberal religious intellectual. Ron Rifkin and Hildy Brooks costar.
9:05AM
The Claim
Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge" gets a frontier makeover with this acclaimed Western about a wealthy Irish immigrant named Dillon (Peter Mullan) whose good fortune in the bucolic California town of Kingdom Come stems from a Faustian bargain he made years ago, a deal that returns to haunt him with the arrival of a railroad surveyor (Wes Bentley) and two mysterious women (Nastassja Kinski and Sarah Polley). Milla Jovovich ("Resident Evil") costars in this film from director Michael Winterbottom ("Welcome to Sarajevo").
11:10AM
Dr. T & The Women
Director Robert Altman's ("Gosford Park") comic portrait of a Dallas gynecologist nicknamed Dr. T (Richard Gere), whose career couldn't be better while his personal life falls apart. When his beloved wife (Farrah Fawcett) is hospitalized with a hopeless mental breakdown, Dr. T finds solace in the arms of a golf pro (Helen Hunt) while his cheerleader daughter (Kate Hudson) grapples with her own romantic problem: she's soon to be married but in love with another woman (Liv Tyler). Janine Turner, Tara Reid, Shelley Long and Laura Dern costar.
1:15PM
Hart's War
The novel by John Katzenbach ("Just Cause") is the basis for this WW II drama about a young lawyer-turned-soldier (Colin Farrell) who defends a fellow American accused of murder in a P.O.W. camp, while his commanding officer (Bruce Willis) uses the trial for his own secretive purposes. Marcel Iures, Terrence Dashon Howard, Vicellous Shannon, Cole Hauser, Rory Cochrane and Jonathan Brandis costar in this clever blend of courtroom fireworks and war-story heroics from director Gregory Hoblit ("Primal Fear").
3:20PM
An American Carol
A liberal filmmaker crusading to abolish Independence Day is visited by three ghosts who challenge his perceptions of America in this political comedy version of "A Christmas Carol," starring Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, Robert Davi and Bill O'Reilly (as himself).
4:45PM
Honeydripper
In a last-ditch effort to save his flagging business, a juke joint owner in 1950's Alabama hires a troubled young electric guitarist to boost attendance at his once-popular nightclub, with unpredictable results. Danny Glover, Gary Clark Jr., Keb' Mo', Lisa Gay Hamilton and Charles Dutton costar in this film from writer and director John Sayles.
6:55PM
Dr. T & The Women
Director Robert Altman's ("Gosford Park") comic portrait of a Dallas gynecologist nicknamed Dr. T (Richard Gere), whose career couldn't be better while his personal life falls apart. When his beloved wife (Farrah Fawcett) is hospitalized with a hopeless mental breakdown, Dr. T finds solace in the arms of a golf pro (Helen Hunt) while his cheerleader daughter (Kate Hudson) grapples with her own romantic problem: she's soon to be married but in love with another woman (Liv Tyler). Janine Turner, Tara Reid, Shelley Long and Laura Dern costar.
9:00PM
Hart's War
The novel by John Katzenbach ("Just Cause") is the basis for this WW II drama about a young lawyer-turned-soldier (Colin Farrell) who defends a fellow American accused of murder in a P.O.W. camp, while his commanding officer (Bruce Willis) uses the trial for his own secretive purposes. Marcel Iures, Terrence Dashon Howard, Vicellous Shannon, Cole Hauser, Rory Cochrane and Jonathan Brandis costar in this clever blend of courtroom fireworks and war-story heroics from director Gregory Hoblit ("Primal Fear").
11:05PM
Dead Man Walking
Susan Sarandon won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as a nun who counsels a death row inmate (Sean Penn) convicted of murdering two young adults in this riveting, powerful drama from writer/director Tim Robbins. Robert Prosky, R. Lee Ermey, Celia Weston and Lois Smith costar in this stark true story, a gripping examination of the death penalty from all sides of the issue which also received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Penn), Best Director and Best Song (Bruce Springsteen's title track).
1:10AM
Deviant Affairs
Three girlfriends dish about their love lives and discover that, while they may have very different attitudes about and approaches to sex, at least two of them share a surprising erotic connection.
2:40AM
Essex Boys
Fact-based story of a drug war between two former partners in crime that sweeps a wide-eyed young British cab driver (Charlie Creed-Miles) into a web of violence and double-crosses. Sean Bean, Tom Wilkinson and Alex Kingston ("ER," "Croupier") costar in this pulp fiction from director Terry Winsor ("Morgan Stewart's Coming Home").
4:25AM
Death at a Funeral
An already-devastated British family gathers for the unexpected funeral of its patriarch, only to suffer a series of mishaps, calamities and revelations that tip the clan on its collective ear. Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Rupert Graves, Peter Dinklage, Alan Tudyk and Daisy Donovan star in this offbeat, dark comedy from director Frank Oz.

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