Saturday 3/4
FILM: Down by Law DJ Zack and pimp Jack end up in prison simply because they couldn’t be bothered to try clear their names. They share a cell with an eccentric Italian who may not know much English and who drives them nuts, but does know a way out. Comedy drama directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Roberto Benigni, Tom Waits, John Lurie and Nicoletta Braschi. (ET-1-24.00) FILM: Free Money Bud and Larry are hoodwinked into marrying the daughters of a tough warden. In order to escape the family’s iron grip, they hatch a robbery plan, which, however, turns sour and leaves them right back where they started – under the thumb of the warden but also behind bars. Comedy starring Marlon Brando, Charlie Sheen, Thomas Haden Church, Mira Sorvino and Donald Sutherland. (Alpha-17.00) FILM: Antz Z is a free-spirited yet neurotic ant who has quite a few bones to pick with the totalitarian society in which he lives, but escape out into the big old world and the journey to his beloved are no easy feats for such a small ant. Animated fiction comedy featuring the voices of Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman and Jennifer Lopez. (Star-22.30) FILM: Cocoon II: The Return A group of pensioners, taken to a planet where nobody ages, return to earth to visit their relatives. Will they remain with their loved ones or will they return to where they never have to worry about death. Science-fiction comedy drama starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy and Courtney Cox. (Antenna-1.15)
