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€B @) «x “Santa Claus” (1985, Comedie)
Dudley Moore, John Lithgow. Loncle Claus,
un vieux forestier sans enfant, devenu Santa
Claus, rempit sa fonction sans anicroches
pendant quelques siecles grace a des pouvorrs
magiques. 2
SUPER G2) «e* “The Chocolate War’
(1968) John Glover, lan Mitchell-Smith.
9:00
@ G2 #2% “Golden Girl” (1951, Musical)
Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson. The hfe of musi-
cal comedy star Loretta Crabtree inspired this
story of a Civil War-era entertainer who fiids
romance with a Confederate spy

10:00
SUPER (2) **'2 “Business as Usuat’’
{1987) Glenda Jackson, John Thaw.
10:35
[26] wes “Tout ce que yous voulez savoir
Sur le sexe sans jamais oser le demander”™’
{1972, Comedie) Woody Allen, Gene Wilder.
IMustration fantaisiste de ta sexualite en sept

scenes.
11:00

@& (8) «* “Sidewalks of London” (1940,

Drarza) Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh. A

street entenainer adopts a homeless waif and

helps her become a star.

11:30
SUPER (32) xa'2 “Eddie Murphy fiaw’’
(1987) Eddie Murphy.

12:07
€ G@) «xa “Now, Voyager" (1942,
Drama) Bette Davis, Paul Henreid. On her doc-
tor’s advice, a shy, unattractive young woman
embarks ona cruise where she meets and falis.
in love with a married man. (R)

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 22

6:00
ARTS Gi) #02 “Love and Death” (1975,
Comedy) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton. In the
early years of the 19th century, a cowardly
Russiaa soldier inadvertently bacomes a hero
and is drawn into a plot to assassinate Napo-
leon.
SUPER G2 xxx “Full Moor in Blue Water”
{1988} Gene Hackman, Teri Garr.

7:09
@ G® «se “A Christmas Caro!” (1951,
Fantasy) Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, The
miserly Ebenezer Scrooge gets a long-overdue
attitude adjustment when a trio of ghosts visit
him on Christmas Eve. Based on Charles Dick-

ens’ novel.
8:00

@ () “A Connecticut Yankee in King Ar-
thur’s Court’ (1989, Fantasy} Keshia Knight
Pulliam, Michae! Gross. Premiere. A modern-
day girl sats out to restore ordar to King Ar-
thur’s court after she finds herself magically
transported to sixth-century England. Based
on Mark Twain’s novei. (In Stereo) 9
@ @ xx “Wilderness Family, Part 2”
(1978, Adventure) Robert Logan, Susan Da-
mante Shaw. An urban family tackles the
harsh realities cf life in the wilderness.

G2 wax “Oliver Twist’ (1982, Drama)
George C. Scott, Tim Curry. Charles Dickens’
classic tale of an orphan raised in a workhouse

who undergoes deprivations until he discov-—

ers his real ancestry.
GD xae “A Child Called Jesus” (1988,
Drama) (Part 2 of 2) Bekim Fehmiu, Matteo
Bellina. An International Emmy went to this
account of the hardships endured by Joseph,
Mary and the 7-year-old Jesus while fleeing
Bethlehem and King Herod's assassins.
& @ «« “l'Aventure c'est I'aventure"’
(1971, Comedia) Jecques Brel, Lino Ventura.
Les aventures debridees de cing malfaiteurs a
{a petite semaine qui se recyclent dans la poli-
tique. D
SUPER G2) «4% “Colors” (1988) Sean Penn,
Robert Duvall.

8:30

@® Go) xx% “The Shoes of the Fisherman”
(1968, Drama) Anthony Quinn, Laurence Oli-
vier. As_global tensions reach a breaking
point, a Russian cardinaf is chosen to become
the spiritual leader of the Catholic church.
9:00

@® @ Gi +«*% “A Very Brady
Christmas” (1988, Comety-Drama) Florence
Henderson, Robert Reed. As Christmas ap-
proaches, individual crises titreaten to keep
the three generations of Bradys from spencing
the holidays together. Based on the 1969-74
series. (R) (In Stereo)

10:00
GB @ «e% “Impact” (1949, Suspense)
Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines. 4 gold-digging
woman's claver scheme to dispose of her hus-
band via an “accident’’ backlires on her and
her lover.
ARTS G7) «+82 ‘‘Love and Death" (1975,
Comedy} Woody Allen, Diane Keaton. In the
early years of the 19th century, a cowardly
Russian soldier inadvertently becomes a hero
and is drawn into a plot to assassinate Nano-
aon.
SUPER G2 *«12 “Shakedown” {1988} Peter
Weller, Sam Elnott.

11:05
BB (Z) «x* “Les Saisons du coeur” (1984,
Drame) Saily Field, Danny Glover. Une jeune
mere veuve de deux enfants entreprend de
cultiver du coton avac l'aide d'un vagabond de

face noire.
11:10

€D 18) «4% “Scarlet Street’ (1945, Drama)
Edward G. Robinson, Joan Gennett. A weak-
wiiled cashier, who dabbles in painting, falls
victim to the manipulations of the young
woman he's become fascinated with and her
seedy boyfriend.

11:45

SUPER (G2 * “Bedside Headmaster’
{1987} Ole Soltoft, Birthe Tove.
12:37
GBD ax% “A Christmas Carol” (1938) Re-
ginald Owen, Gene Lockhart.
_ 1:00
ED @ Bd vax “Nickelodeon” (1975) Ryan

O'Neal, Burt Reynolas
ARTS 47) «® ‘Phaedra’ (1962) Melina Mer-
couri, Anthony Perkins.

1:30
(13; «® “Somewhere Tomorrow’ (1983)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Nancy Addison.
SUPER (32) #12 “’Commando Squad”’ (1987)
Brian Thompson, Kathy Shower.

2:00
@0) #* “Rodeo Girl” (1986) Katharine
Ross, Bo Hopkins.
@ G2 ex “Ben” (1972) Lee Harcourt
Montgomery, Joseph Campanella.

2:10
© #82 “Evil Under the Sun’ (1982)
Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin

| 3:00

SUPER (32) ««* ‘‘Colors’’ (1988) Sean Penn,
Robert Duvail.

3:25

© (@® «12 “Roman Holiday” (1987) Tom
Conti, Catherine Oxenberq.

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 23

6:00
€P) (12) #* v2 “The Gift” (1979. Drama) Glenn
Ford, Gary Frank. In the 1950s, feelings of joy
mingle with sadness when a Brooklyn sailor
on leave returns home for the Christmas holi-

jay.

ARTS (7) «#« “A Midsummer Night's Sex
Comedy’’ (1982, Comedy} Woody Allen, Mia
Farrow. The summer heat and country air pio-
voke é series of humorous romantic encoun-
ters among three couples spending a weekend
at an inventor's rural retreat.
SUPER G2 xxx “Coming ta America”
(1888) Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Halt.
. 7:00
(20) wee “Oliver!” (1962, Musical) Ron
Moody, Oliver Reed. Six Oscars, including
Best Picture, went to this adaptation of
Charles Dickens’ novel of a young orphan who
falls in with a gang of pickpockets. Music and
lyrics by Lionel Bart.

8:00
@ ® #*% “Santa Claus: The Movie”
(1985, Fantasy) Dudley Moore, John Lithgow.
A wayward elf tarnishes the centuries-old te-
gend of Santa Claus when he gets invotvad
veith a big-city toy manufacturer.
2 2% “Pocketful of Miracles‘ (1961,
Comedy) Glenn Ford, Bette Davis. A street
vendor attempts to convince her daughter and
future in-laws that she is more successful than
she actually is.
SUPER **'2 “Alien Nation’ (1988)
James Caan, Mandy Patinkin.

9:00
e@ *e% “Santa Claus: The Movie"
{1985, Fantasy} Dudley Moore, John Lithgow.
A wayward elf tarnishes the centuries-old le-
gend of Santa Claus when he gets involved
witha big-city toy manufacturer. (R} {in Stereo)

3 “Moonlight Flight’ (1987, Drama)
Elizabeth Mason, Peter Reckell. A record cam-
pany executive fails in love with the reclusive
musician she’s trying to coax out of retire-
ment.

10:00
ARTS (17) x#% “’A Midsummer Night's Sex
Comedy’ (1982, Comedy) Woody Allen, Mia
Farrow. The summer heat anc country air pro-
voke a series of humorous romantic encoun-
ters among three couples spending a weekend
at an inventor's rural retreat.

10:55
*s “Un homme et une femme”
{1966, Drame} Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis
Trintignant. Un coureur automobile et une
Script-assistante se rencontrent par hasard a

Deauville.
11:00

QD x%*% "Modern Romance’ (1981, Co-
medy) Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold. A film
editor tries repeatedly to win back the heart of
the woman he loves.
11:30

@0) xxx “Salvador” (1986, Drama)
James Woods, James Belushi. A free-lance
photographer gets an eye-opening look at the
turbufant political situation in early 1980s Et
Salvador when he heads south with a pal in
search of good times and his Salvadoran girlf-

tiend.
. 12:30
(22 «*% “Harper Valley PTA” (1978)
Barbara Eden, Nanette Fabray.
1:00
(2) «x “Oliver Twist" (1982) George C.
Scott, Tim Curry.
ARTS (17) s** “The Sride Wore Black’
(1968) Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy.
1:07
@G) ex “Gold Diggers of 1933°* (1933)
Joan Blondelt, Ruby Keeler.
1:35
DB Gy ** “The Housekxeeper’’ (1985) Rita
Tushingham, Ross Petty.
2:00
€D 13) «e242 “On Her Majesty’s Secret
Service” (1969) George Lazenby. Telly Sava-
jas.
YTV (5) «#42 “Father Knows Best: Home
for Christmas’ (1977) Robert Young, Jane

Wyatt.

2:55
@ © eee “Diner” (1992) Steve Gutten-
berg, Damel Stern.

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 24
; 6:00
ED (20) «* “Oh Heavenly Dog’ (1980, Co-
medy) Chavy Chase, Jane Seymour. While in:
vestigating a political sex scandal in London, a
Private detective is murdered and teincarnated
as a scruffy dog.
7:00

@B (1D annex “Oliver!” (1968, Musical) Ron

TV.

EVENING MOVIES

Moody, Oliver Reed Six Oscars. inclucing
Best Picture, went to this adaptation of
Charles Dickens’ novel of a young orphan who
falls en with a gang of pickpockets. Music and
lynes by Lionet Bart

7:30
GG) «4 “Little Women” (1949, Drama)
June Allyson, Peter Lawford. Based on the
story by Louisa May Alcott. The four March
sisters forge emotional ties never to be brcken
during the hardship-filled days of the Civil War.
iR)

8:00
(20) ea “Salvador” (1936, Drama)
James Woods, James Belushi. A free-lance
photographer yets ar eye-opening look at the
turbuient polktical stuation in early 1980s Et
Salvador when he heads south with a pal in
search of goad times and his Salvadoran girlf-

nend

8:30
@D (22: wane ‘Tootsie’ (1982, Comedy)
Dusun Hoffman, Jessica Lange. Sydney Pol-
lack's popular tale of a temperamental New
York actor who becomes a sensation after
disguising himself as a woman and fanding a
soap opera role. Lange won an Oscar. (R) {in
Stereo) J

9:00

(8) (24: we # A Christmas Carol” (1984,
Fantasy) George C. Scott, Edward Wood-
ward. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge learns a les-
son in compassron when he’s visited by a ser-
les of spirits on Christmas Eve. Adapted from
the Charles Dickens classic. (R) Q
9 (13; *% “Mazy and Joseph: A Story of
Fait’ (1979, Drama) Blanche Baker, Jeff
East. A chronicle of the early days of Mary and
Joseph's marriage before Christ's birth.
@ @ «* “Les Enfants de I’espoir’ (1985,
Orame) Amos Crawley. Sian Leisa Davies.
Uhistoire vecue de cinq orphelins anglais.
adoptes au debut du siecle par des familles
canadiennes-anglaises.

11:30
@ @O) «x« “A Christmas Carol” (1938,
Fantasy) Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart.
Based on the story by Charles Dickens. The
coid-hearted Scrooge fearns the value of com-
passion after taking a ghostly journey on
Christmas Eve. (34 hrs.)

12:00
@ G2 *«* “A Dream for Christmas’
(1873, Drama) Hari Rhodes, Beah Richards, A
reverend finds that the church in his new par-
ish is soon to be torn down to make way for a
shopping center. .

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDAELS
Steve Martin and Michael Caine star in this
wonderlully crafted comedy about two men who
make ther iving conning wealthy women.

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WIONDAY
DECEMBER 25

7:00
(2) ee% “The Comic” (1969, Drama)
Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee. A famous vaude-
villa and silent-movie_clown is rediscovered
and makes stapstick TV commercials.

8:00
&B QO # x2 ‘A Caribbean Mystery” (1983,
Suspense) Helen Hayes, Barnard Hughes.
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. The
vacationing armateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple
belies her advancing years and support-hose-
and-oxfords appearance as she shrewdly
deals with a complex web of cold-blooded
murders.
8B 23 «0x The Sound of Music’’ (1965,
Musical) Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical inspived
this Oscar-winning Story of the convent-
trained Von Trapp family governess who won
the heart of the children’s father and whose
courage led them across the Alps in their
1936 flignt 10 freedom. {R}Q

8:30
© (DB “The Great Teacher: Northrop Frye"
(1989, Nocumentary) Paintings and visual
poetry highlight this exploration of the mind
and ideas of the world-renowned Canadian
educator and Bidie authority. (R)

9:00
€B G2 ** “Sunset Limousine’ (1983, Co-
medy) John Ritter, Susan Dey. A would-be co-
median takes a job as a chauffeur to change
his irresponsible image but unwittingly be-
comes involved with menacing underworld
henchmen.
@ G3 «xx “An American Christmas
Carol” (1979, Fantasy) Henry Winkler, Dorian
Harewood. A miserly Depression-era Ameri-
can is given the chance to see his past, pre-
sentand future lives by a trio of ghostly Christ-
mas visitors.

10:55

@® @ x “Maria Chapdelaine’’ (1983,
Orame) Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso. Installe
avec sa famille sur une terre de colonisation,
une fille est courtisee par un fermier voisin
mais elle lui prefere un coureur des bois.

12:08
@ «x2 “it’s a Great Feeling” (1949,
Comedy) Doris Day, Jack Carson. A tempera-
mental Girector convinces the stars that they
don't want to work for him. (R)

TUESDAY

DECEMSER 26

6:00
ARTS (17) «ee* “The Life and Death of Co-
lonet Blimp” (1943, Drama} (Part 1 of 2) De-
borah Kerr, Roger Livesey. The life and loves
of an English mifitary man from the Boer War
through World War 11.

7:00
€2]) (12 ##2 “The Greatest American
Hero” (1981, Adventure) William Katt, Rob-
ert Culp. A high schoo! teacher is imbued with
super powers when he dons a mysterious suit
that fetl from an alien spaceship.

8:00
BD (20; #4e'2 “The Sand Pebbles’ (1966,
Adventure) (Part 1 of 2} Steve McQueen, Ri-
chard Crenna. An American is forced to take a
stand when opium is planted aboard his gun-
boat on the Yangtze river.
@ i; ane “Boys Town” (1938, Drama)
Spencer Tracy. Mickey Rooney. A seemingly
heantless new arrival spells trouble for Father
Flanagan in this Oscar-vainning account of life
at the famous sanctuary for juvenile delin-
quents. Colorized version.

3:00
(8) (24) «x2 "National Lampoon's Vaca-
tion” (1983, Comedy} Chevy Chase, Beverly
OD’ Angelo. After detailed advance planning, a
Chicago family sets out for a two-week toad
wip to Calforma and encounters every con-
cetvable mishap along the way. {R) D
G2 «x "Thin Ice” (1981, Drama) Kate
Jackson, Gerard Prendergast. A high school
teacher fails in love with one of her students.

10:35
G@) «*% “Le Prince ct la denseuse”’
(1957, Comedie} Marilyn Monroe, Laurence
Olivier. Le grand-duc Charles, a Londres pour
te couronnement de George V, tombe amou-
reux d'une jeune danseuse americaine.

11:00
@ @® * “Amazing Adventure” (1937,
Romance) Cary Grant, Mary Brian. A million-
aire steps into big business without his fortune
oF position, just to prove he can survive with-
out his wealth.

12:07

@ %*% “Rhapsody in Blue’ (1945,
Musical) Robert Alda, Joan Leslie. A fictional-
ized account of the career and brief life of
George Gershwin, who, along with brother tra,
created several enduring musical composi-
tions. (R)

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