Encore Suspense (Pacific) TV Schedule
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Time Show -
- 10:15am
DuelA travelling salesman driving on a remote stretch of road is relentlessly pursued by a giant articulated truck which seems to have a mind of its own. Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg gave audiences a taste of things to come, cranking up the tension in his amazingly assured feature-length directorial debut. The late Dennis Weaver carries the film as the distressed motorist, while the menacing truck driver is never shown
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- in 8 mins
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All the King's Men
Remake of the 1949 Oscar-winning political drama by director Steven Zaillian. Sean Penn stars as the ambitious populist politician Willie Stark, whose idealism is overshadowed by the lure of power; he finds it too much to resist and his morals begin to slip away in the race to become Governor of Louisianna. Also with Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Winslet and Mark Ruffalo.
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- 2:00pm
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After Alice
Drunken detective Kiefer Sutherland begins to experience disturbing psychic phenomena after an accident - and finds his new-found abilities come into their own during the hunt for a deadly psychopath. Dark psychological thriller, with Sutherland giving a typically downbeat performance in the lead. Henry Czerny, Polly Walker and Gary Hudson co-star
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- 3:45pm
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Son of the Pink Panther
Comedy sequel which sees Inspector Clouseau's over-enthusiastic son on the trail of a kidnapped princess, proving to be just as inept as his father every step of the way. Starring Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale, Burt Kwouk, Debrah Farentino and Graham Stark
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- 5:20pm
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The Net
A shy computer analyst discovers evidence of a criminal conspiracy, so the villains decide to retaliate. Making the most of the technology at their disposal, they erase her personal details from the national database and replace them with a false police record, hurling her into a desperate race against time to prove her real identity before corrupt officials silence her for good. Thriller, starring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam and Dennis Miller
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- 7:20pm
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All the King's Men
Remake of the 1949 Oscar-winning political drama by director Steven Zaillian. Sean Penn stars as the ambitious populist politician Willie Stark, whose idealism is overshadowed by the lure of power; he finds it too much to resist and his morals begin to slip away in the race to become Governor of Louisianna. Also with Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Winslet and Mark Ruffalo.
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- 9:35pm
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The Presidio
A military policeman-turned-cop reluctantly teams up with his old commanding officer to investigate a murder at a San Francisco Army base - and uncovers a deadly conspiracy in the process. Action thriller, with a powerhouse performance from Sean Connery, alongside an indifferent Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan
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- 11:15pm
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Dark City
A man wakes up with no memory and a dead body in the same room. As he tries to work out who he is - and if he is a killer - he realises something is wrong with the strange city he finds himself in, and is pursued by sinister men in black who perform strange experiments on the metropolis and its inhabitants. Sci-fi thriller, with Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland and Jennifer Connelly