[tv] Thursday, 5 September 2013 : The program on tv tonight

Each day, we advise you to take 2 films to see on tv that night : a film on the set of strings and another, exclusively on TNT.

In the programme tonight : A DAY IN HELL John McTiernan and THE COVE – THE BAY OF THE SHAME of Louie Psihoyos.

  • ON TNT

A DAY IN HELL

20: 50

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New York, 1995. A store is blown away by the explosion of a bomb. The attack is claimed by a stranger calling Simon. The latter requires that the lieutenant John McClane engages in a dangerous “Jacques said,” throughout the city, otherwise more bombs will increase hugely. But John McClane doesn’t take long to discover that it is actually the toy of a vast conspiracy.

Technical data sheet

Original title : Die Hard with a Vengeance

Production : John McTiernan

Screenplay : Roderick Thorp, Jonathan Hensleigh

Main actors : Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Larry Bryggman, Graham Greene

Production companies : 20th Century Fox, Cinergi Pictures

Country of origin : United States

Genre : Action

Released : August 2, 1995

Duration : 1h55mn

Anecdotes

• Two scenarios were initially considered with the one used here. The first, titled Troubleshooter, saw John McClane on a cruise to the Caribbean with his family grappling with a new terrorist. The idea was abandoned when Trap on the high seas with Steven Seagal enters into pre-production in 1992. The second script, written by Doug Richardson and John Fasano had a backdrop of the takeover of the Metro of Los Angeles. But Bruce Willis was opposed to this, wanting to be more extensive for the main action.

• Michael Kamen, returned for the 3rd time as a composer. In addition to his compositions, the soundtrack also includes the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven, as well as The steel Foundries of Alexander Mossolov. In the film, we can hear repeatedly When Johnny Comes Marching Home, outcome of the american folklore, particularly during the attack of the bank. We could already hear it in Doctor dr folamour by Stanley Kubrick.

• By the purest of coincidences, A day in hell was released in France during the wave of bloody attacks in Paris in July 1995. This has not cancelled or postponed its release, despite all the posters provided for the occasion in Paris and showing Bruce Willis in front of an explosion with the sub-title ” A been explosive ! ”

• This third installment of the series features an alternate ending, available on DVD. In it, Simon Grüber has managed to escape the authorities and flowing is now a quiet retreat in Europe. John McClane, the unemployment, the found and the strength to play a game of riddles with a M72 LAW, devoid of organs of sight : if it does not find the answer he has to press the trigger. Without the referred to, it is impossible to distinguish the front from the back. After a few laps, Simon eventually fail, and returns the weapon against McClane. He thought.

Source : Wikipedia

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  • ON OTHER CHANNELS

THE COVE – THE BAY OF SHAME

at 20.45

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The film follows the peregrinations of the former trainer of the dolphin became an activist Ric O Barry who is investigating the hunting of dolphin in Taiji (Wakayama), Japan.

In the 1960s, Ric O Barry captures and draws five wild dolphins who would play the role of Flipper in the television series of the same name. This series has a great impact to the public, and popularizes the image of the dolphins. It was at this time that a dolphin commits a form of suicide in his arms by closing voluntarily his vent.

Technical data sheet

Production : Louie Psihoyos

Screenplay : Mark Monroe

Main actors : Richard O Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Simon Hutchins, Hayden Panettiere

Societies of production : Maple Pictures

Genre : Documentary

Released : September 30, 2009

Duration : 1h34mn

Anecdote

• The film was directed by a former photographer of National Geographic, Louie Psihoyos, and was filmed secretly in 2007 using underwater microphones and cameras of high resolution camouflaged in the rocks.

• The film is distributed in France by EuropaCorp (Luc Besson).

Rewards

• The Audience Award, Sundance film festival

• The Audience Award, film festival Hot Docs

• Golden Space Needle, international film festival of Seattle

• Best Feature Documentary, film festival, Galway, 2009

• Audience Award, film festival in the Silver Docs

• Audience Award, film festival of Sydney

• Best Theatrical, festival du film Blue Ocean

• Best in Festival, festival du film Blue Ocean

• Truly Moving Picture, film festival in the Heartland

• Audience Award, film festival Maui

• Best Feature Film, festival du film de Nantucket 2009

• Best Storytelling, film festival, Nantucket 2009

• Winner, festival du film de Newport Beach

• Best documentary, academy awards 2010

Source : Wikipedia

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