CULTURE

Saturday 3/9

SOCCER: World Cup Qualifiers In the photo, Denmark’s Jon Dal Tomasson in training at Istanbul’s Inonu Stadium in Turkey where Denmark will face the host country in a World Cup 2006 qualification group match. (Credit: EPA) (Alpha-21.00) FILM: The Air up There A college basketball player with huge aspirations hopes to recruit a very tall African tribesman to play for his team, but the new hoopster has certain responsibilities toward his village. Family comedy starring Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina and Winson Ntshona. (Mega-14.50) FILM: Airport ’79 A woman carrying secret documents that can blow apart a huge industry puts an entire Concorde flight at risk as the ruthless company boss targets her and the plane. Adventure thriller starring George Kennedy, Susan Blakely and Robert Wagner. (Star-21.00) FILM: The Seventh Seal A man seeks answers about life, death and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. Ingmar Bergman fantasy drama starring Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekerot and Max von Sydow. (In Swedish) (ET-1-23.45)

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