De Niro, Pacino and Eastwood give us powerhouse performances as LEGEND celebrates the work of legendary directors this month, spearheaded by the Channel premieres of such cult classics as Brian De Palma’s SCARFACE, Martin Scorcese’s CAPE FEAR, Donald Seigel’s THE BEGUILED, and John Frankenheimer‘s BLACK SUNDAY.
Other notable Channel premieres this February include Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut, MAN OF TAI CHI. Leigh Wannel’s tech horror thriller UPGRADE, Doug Liman’s action comedy, AMERICAN MADE, starring Tom Crise, Gary Fieder’s quirky crime drama THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU’RE DEAD, which stars Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken and Steve Buscemi, and Kevin McDonald’s blistering political thriller STATE OF PLAY, starring Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren and Ben Affleck.
There are also Channel premieres for Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2008 dystopian sci-fi actionthriller DEATH RACE, starring Jason Statham. futuristic sci-fi thriller EQUILIBRIUM, starring Christian Bale and Emily Watson, and cat-and-mouse thriller NO ESCAPE, starring Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan.
Details in transmission order:
Sunday 1 February @ 21:00 – SCARFACE (1983) *Channel Premiere
Friday 6 February @ 22:55 – THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU’RE DEAD (1995) *Channel Premiere
Saturday 7 February @ 21:00 – EQUILIBRIUM (2002) *Channel Premiere
Sunday 8 February @ 21:00 – STATE OF PLAY (2009) *Channel Premiere
Thurs 12 February @ 21:00 – BLACK SUNDAY (1977) *Channel Premiere
Saturday 14 February @ 21:00 – MAN OF TAI CHI (2013) *Channel Premiere
Sunday 15 February @ 21:00 – CAPE FEAR (1991) *Channel Premiere
Thursday 19 February @ 21:00 – THE BEGUILED (1971) *Channel Premiere
Saturday 21 February @ 21:00 – NO ESCAPE (2015) *Channel Premiere
Sunday 22 February @ 21:00 – AMERICAN MADE (2017) *Channel Premiere
Thursday 26 February @ 21:00 – UPGRADE (2018) *Channel Premiere
Saturday 28 February @ 21:00 – DEATH RACE (2008) *Channel Premiere
LEGEND is available on Sky 148 / Virgin 149 / Freeview 41 / Freesat 137.
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