December 2008 Programming Highlights
*All times listed are Eastern Standard Time
*Please check the complete Program Schedule or HDNet Movies for additional film, dates and times
SPOTLIGHT FEATURES – Highlighted feature films airing on HDNet Movies
Batman – premieres Saturday, December 6th at 8:15pm
Starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Bassinger. Directed by Tim Burton
Academy Award winner for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy: Jack Nicholson
The Big Lebowski – premieres Saturday, December 13th at 10:00pm
Starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore. Directed by Joel Coen
The Constant Gardner – premieres Tuesday, December 16th at 8:15pm
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachael Weisz, Danny Huston. Directed by Fernando Mierelles
Academy Award winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachael Weisz
Academy Award nominations for Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Achievement in Editing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachael Weisz
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and Best Motion Picture Director
The Man in the Iron Mask – premieres Saturday, December 20th at 8:00pm
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich. Directed by Randall Wallace
Riding Giants – premieres Saturday, December 13th at 8:15pm
Featuring Laird Hamilton, Jeff Clark, Greg Noll. Directed by Stacy Peralta
HIGH DEFINITION PREMIERES – Films broadcast in High Definition for the first time on television
See program schedule or HDNet Movies for complete listings of dates and times
Riding Giants
Featuring Laird Hamilton, Jeff Clark, Greg Noll. Directed by Stacy Peralta
Taming of the Shrew
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/ Musical and Best Motion Picture Actor: Richard Burton
NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY – HDNet Movies presents American Films selected by the Library of Congress for historical and
cultural preservation. For more information on film preservation, visit National Film Preservation Board (Library of Congress) and National Film Preservation Foundation
See program schedule or HDNet Movies for complete listings of dates and times
Chinatown
Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Directed by Roman Polanski
Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor: Jack Nicholson, Best Actress: Faye Dunaway,
Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best
Original Dramatic Score
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture Actor:
Jack Nicholson and Best Screenplay
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actress: Faye Dunaway, Best Motion Picture Supporting Actor:
John Huston, Best Original Score
Groundhog Day
Starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott. Directed by Harold Ramis
Tootsie
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr. Directed by Sydney Pollack
Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Best Supporting Actress: Teri Garr,
Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Writing, Best Original Song and Best Sound
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, Best Actor in a Motion Picture: Dustin Hoffman,
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jessica Lange
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay
West Side Story
Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, George Chakiris. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno,
Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, Best Cinematography, Editing, Costumes, Art Direction – Set Decoration,
Best Music and Sound.
Academy Award nomination for Best Writing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical, Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, Best Supporting
Actress: Rita Moreno
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Richard Beymer and Best Motion Picture Director
In Retro – Memorable Classic movies airing Sunday Nights
West Side Story – Sunday, December 7th at 7:00pm
Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, George Chakiris. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno,
Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, Best Cinematography, Editing, Costumes, Art Direction – Set Decoration,
Best Music and Sound.
Academy Award nomination for Best Writing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical, Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, Best Supporting
Actress: Rita Moreno
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Richard Beymer and Best Motion Picture Director
Sweet Charity – Sunday, December 7th at 9:35pm
Starring Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban. Directed by Bob Fosse
Academy Award nominations for Best Music, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy: Shirley MacLaine
Black Sunday – Sunday, December 14th at 8:00pm
Starring Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller. Directed by John Frankenheimer
Chinatown – Sunday, December 14th at 10:30pm
Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Directed by Roman Polanski
Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor: Jack Nicholson, Best Actress: Faye Dunaway,
Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best
Original Dramatic Score
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture Actor:
Jack Nicholson and Best Screenplay
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actress: Faye Dunaway, Best Motion Picture Supporting Actor:
John Huston, Best Original Score
Scrooge – Sunday, December 21st at 7:45pm
Starring Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans. Directed by Ronald Neame
Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song, Best Original Song Score, Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction-
Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture Actor: Albert Finney
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, Best Original Song, Best Screenplay, Best
Original Score
Three Musketeers: The Queen’s Diamonds – Sunday, December 21st at 9:45pm
Starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain. Directed by Richard Lester
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture Actress: Raquel Welch
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical/ Comedy
Tom Jones – Sunday, December 28th at 8:00pm
Starring Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith. Directed by Tony Richardson
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Music – Score
Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Actor: Albert Finney, Best Supporting Actress:
Diane Cilento, Best Supporting Actress: Edith Evans, Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith, Best Supporting Actress: Joyce
Redman
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy, Samuel Goldwyn Award, Most Promising Newcomer:
Albert Finney
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture Actor: Albert Finney, Best Supporting
Actor: Hugh Griffith, Best Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood
Taming of the Shrew – Sunday, December 28th at 10:05pm
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/ Musical and Best Motion Picture Actor: Richard Burton
ART HOUSE CINEMA – Independent films, foreign films and documentaries airing Tuesday Nights
The Horseman on the Roof – Tuesday, December 2nd at 8:00pm
Starring Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi. Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The Widow of St. Pierre – Tuesday, December 2nd at 10:00pm
Starring Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emire Kusturica. Directed by Patrice Leconte
Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
The Last Tango in Paris – premieres late night Tuesday, December 2nd at 12:00am
Starring Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Actor: Marlon Brando
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Motion Picture Director
Eve’s Bayou – premieres Tuesday, December 9th at 8:15pm
Starring Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield. Directed by Kasi Lemmons
Songcatcher – Tuesday, December 9th at 10:05pm
Starring Janet McTeer, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin. Directed by Maggie Greenwald
The Constant Gardner – premieres Tuesday, December 16th at 8:15pm
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachael Weisz, Danny Huston. Directed by Fernando Mierelles
Academy Award winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachael Weisz
Academy Award nominations for Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Achievement in Editing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachael Weisz
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and Best Motion Picture Director
Veronica Guerin – Tuesday, December 16th at 10:30pm
Starring Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciaran Hinds. Directed by Joel Schumacher
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress: Cate Blanchett
King of the Hill – Tuesday, December 23rd at 8:15pm
Starring Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbe, Karen Allen. Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Hope and Glory – Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:00pm
Starring Sebastian Rice Edwards, Sarah Miles, David Hayman. Directed by John Boorman
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Writing, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay
Ghost World – premieres Tuesday, December 30th at 8:00pm
Starring Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi. Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Academy Award nomination for Best Writing
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Thora Birch and Best Performance
by and Actor in a Supporting Role: Steve Buscemi
In the Company of Men – Tuesday, December 30th at 10:00pm
Starring Aaron Eckhart, Stacey Edwards, Matt Malloy. Directed by Neil LaBute
Source: HDNet Movies
*All times listed are Eastern Standard Time
*Please check the complete Program Schedule or HDNet Movies for additional film, dates and times
SPOTLIGHT FEATURES – Highlighted feature films airing on HDNet Movies
Batman – premieres Saturday, December 6th at 8:15pm
Starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Bassinger. Directed by Tim Burton
Academy Award winner for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy: Jack Nicholson
The Big Lebowski – premieres Saturday, December 13th at 10:00pm
Starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore. Directed by Joel Coen
The Constant Gardner – premieres Tuesday, December 16th at 8:15pm
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachael Weisz, Danny Huston. Directed by Fernando Mierelles
Academy Award winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachael Weisz
Academy Award nominations for Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Achievement in Editing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachael Weisz
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and Best Motion Picture Director
The Man in the Iron Mask – premieres Saturday, December 20th at 8:00pm
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich. Directed by Randall Wallace
Riding Giants – premieres Saturday, December 13th at 8:15pm
Featuring Laird Hamilton, Jeff Clark, Greg Noll. Directed by Stacy Peralta
HIGH DEFINITION PREMIERES – Films broadcast in High Definition for the first time on television
See program schedule or HDNet Movies for complete listings of dates and times
Riding Giants
Featuring Laird Hamilton, Jeff Clark, Greg Noll. Directed by Stacy Peralta
Taming of the Shrew
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/ Musical and Best Motion Picture Actor: Richard Burton
NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY – HDNet Movies presents American Films selected by the Library of Congress for historical and
cultural preservation. For more information on film preservation, visit National Film Preservation Board (Library of Congress) and National Film Preservation Foundation
See program schedule or HDNet Movies for complete listings of dates and times
Chinatown
Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Directed by Roman Polanski
Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor: Jack Nicholson, Best Actress: Faye Dunaway,
Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best
Original Dramatic Score
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture Actor:
Jack Nicholson and Best Screenplay
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actress: Faye Dunaway, Best Motion Picture Supporting Actor:
John Huston, Best Original Score
Groundhog Day
Starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott. Directed by Harold Ramis
Tootsie
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr. Directed by Sydney Pollack
Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Best Supporting Actress: Teri Garr,
Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Writing, Best Original Song and Best Sound
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, Best Actor in a Motion Picture: Dustin Hoffman,
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jessica Lange
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay
West Side Story
Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, George Chakiris. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno,
Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, Best Cinematography, Editing, Costumes, Art Direction – Set Decoration,
Best Music and Sound.
Academy Award nomination for Best Writing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical, Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, Best Supporting
Actress: Rita Moreno
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Richard Beymer and Best Motion Picture Director
In Retro – Memorable Classic movies airing Sunday Nights
West Side Story – Sunday, December 7th at 7:00pm
Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, George Chakiris. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno,
Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, Best Cinematography, Editing, Costumes, Art Direction – Set Decoration,
Best Music and Sound.
Academy Award nomination for Best Writing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical, Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, Best Supporting
Actress: Rita Moreno
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Richard Beymer and Best Motion Picture Director
Sweet Charity – Sunday, December 7th at 9:35pm
Starring Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban. Directed by Bob Fosse
Academy Award nominations for Best Music, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy: Shirley MacLaine
Black Sunday – Sunday, December 14th at 8:00pm
Starring Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller. Directed by John Frankenheimer
Chinatown – Sunday, December 14th at 10:30pm
Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Directed by Roman Polanski
Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor: Jack Nicholson, Best Actress: Faye Dunaway,
Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best
Original Dramatic Score
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture Actor:
Jack Nicholson and Best Screenplay
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actress: Faye Dunaway, Best Motion Picture Supporting Actor:
John Huston, Best Original Score
Scrooge – Sunday, December 21st at 7:45pm
Starring Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans. Directed by Ronald Neame
Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song, Best Original Song Score, Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction-
Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture Actor: Albert Finney
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, Best Original Song, Best Screenplay, Best
Original Score
Three Musketeers: The Queen’s Diamonds – Sunday, December 21st at 9:45pm
Starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain. Directed by Richard Lester
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture Actress: Raquel Welch
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical/ Comedy
Tom Jones – Sunday, December 28th at 8:00pm
Starring Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith. Directed by Tony Richardson
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Music – Score
Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Actor: Albert Finney, Best Supporting Actress:
Diane Cilento, Best Supporting Actress: Edith Evans, Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith, Best Supporting Actress: Joyce
Redman
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy, Samuel Goldwyn Award, Most Promising Newcomer:
Albert Finney
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Director, Best Motion Picture Actor: Albert Finney, Best Supporting
Actor: Hugh Griffith, Best Supporting Actress: Joan Greenwood
Taming of the Shrew – Sunday, December 28th at 10:05pm
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/ Musical and Best Motion Picture Actor: Richard Burton
ART HOUSE CINEMA – Independent films, foreign films and documentaries airing Tuesday Nights
The Horseman on the Roof – Tuesday, December 2nd at 8:00pm
Starring Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi. Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The Widow of St. Pierre – Tuesday, December 2nd at 10:00pm
Starring Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emire Kusturica. Directed by Patrice Leconte
Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
The Last Tango in Paris – premieres late night Tuesday, December 2nd at 12:00am
Starring Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Actor: Marlon Brando
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Motion Picture Director
Eve’s Bayou – premieres Tuesday, December 9th at 8:15pm
Starring Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield. Directed by Kasi Lemmons
Songcatcher – Tuesday, December 9th at 10:05pm
Starring Janet McTeer, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin. Directed by Maggie Greenwald
The Constant Gardner – premieres Tuesday, December 16th at 8:15pm
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachael Weisz, Danny Huston. Directed by Fernando Mierelles
Academy Award winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachael Weisz
Academy Award nominations for Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Achievement in Editing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachael Weisz
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and Best Motion Picture Director
Veronica Guerin – Tuesday, December 16th at 10:30pm
Starring Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciaran Hinds. Directed by Joel Schumacher
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress: Cate Blanchett
King of the Hill – Tuesday, December 23rd at 8:15pm
Starring Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbe, Karen Allen. Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Hope and Glory – Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:00pm
Starring Sebastian Rice Edwards, Sarah Miles, David Hayman. Directed by John Boorman
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Writing, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay
Ghost World – premieres Tuesday, December 30th at 8:00pm
Starring Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi. Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Academy Award nomination for Best Writing
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Thora Birch and Best Performance
by and Actor in a Supporting Role: Steve Buscemi
In the Company of Men – Tuesday, December 30th at 10:00pm
Starring Aaron Eckhart, Stacey Edwards, Matt Malloy. Directed by Neil LaBute
Source: HDNet Movies
