HBO Signature (Pacific) TV Schedule
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The ClaimNineteenth-century prospector Daniel Dillon, who gained great power by exchanging his wife and daughter for the rights to a gold mine, finds his sins coming back to haunt him 20 years later when a mysterious woman appears in his life. Further complications arise after a surveyor shares his plans to build a railway line through the town, threatening Daniel's control of the residents. Taut period drama, loosely based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, with a top-drawer cast including Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley and Nastassja Kinski.
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Ruthless People
Selfish tycoon Sam Stone plans to murder his wife, only to find she has been kidnapped. He creates a media circus, hoping it will encourage the kidnappers to do his dirty work for him, but fails to realise the couple holding his wife hostage are a timid pair not cut out for a life of crime. Meanwhile, Sam's mistress thinks he really has killed his wife, and plans to blackmail him. Comedy, with Danny DeVito and Bette Midler
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- 9:15am
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Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen's heart-warming comedy drama charting the changing lives and loves of three very different sisters over a two-year period. The all-star cast includes Allen himself, with Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher and Max von Sydow. Hugely popular at the box office, the film won three Academy Awards, with Allen's writing and the supporting performances of Caine and Wiest getting the judges' approval
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- 11:05am
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The Making Of: Water for Elephants
Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon star in the drama.
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- 11:25am
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Antitrust
A gifted software designer gets embroiled in the murky world of ruthless business practices when he agrees to take a job with a large hi-tech company - and his suspicions are aroused when his equally talented friend is suddenly killed. Good-looking but ultimately disappointing thriller, starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook and Claire Forlani. Directed by Peter Howitt of Johnny English and Sliding Doors fame
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- 1:20pm
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
As an asteroid nears Earth, Dodge (Steve Carell) finds himself alone after his wife leaves him. He decides to track down his childhood sweetheart with the help of his neighbour, Penny (Keira Knightley) before the planet meets its impending doom
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- 3:05pm
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Love in the Time of Cholera
In early 20th-century Columbia, young Florentino falls madly in love with the beautiful Fermina, only to be rejected. While Fermina's father arranges for her to marry a prosperous doctor, Florentino embarks on a series of affairs - but his desire for her continues for decades to come. Romantic drama, based on Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novel and starring Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Benjamin Bratt. Every 90 minutes from 6.30am
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- 5:30pm
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Garden State
Owing to a childhood illness, a TV actor has shuffled through life emotionally numbed by the drugs prescribed for him by his stern psychiatrist father. However, he decides to ditch the pills when his mother's death obliges him to return home for her funeral. Free of medication, his apathy begins to lift, and an encounter with a vibrant woman reawakens his joy for life. Romantic comedy, written, directed by and starring Zach Braff, with Natalie Portman and Ian Holm.
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- 7:15pm
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The Birdcage
The son of a gay Miami nightclub owner asks his father to play it straight during a visit by his future in-laws, a right-wing senator and his wife - and all goes well until dad's highly-strung drag queen lover decides to be mother. Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest and Calista Flockhart star in Mike Nichols' entertaining version of French hit La Cage aux Folles
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- 9:15pm
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Mrs Henderson Presents
A recently widowed and very wealthy woman decides to invest her time and fortunes into a London theatre, and hires a veteran director to bring an original production to the stage. However, it isn't long before the local competition is copying the act, forcing the eccentric owner to go to new - and lewd - lengths to attract the punters. Upbeat comedy drama, based on the beginnings of the Windmill Theatre, with charming performances from Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. Christopher Guest, Thelma Barlow and pop idol-turned-actor Will Young also star
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- 11:00pm
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True BloodSeason 6 Episode 1: Who Are You, Really?
A group flees the Authority compound in the wake of Bill's reincarnation; Sam, Luna and Emma evade guards; Alcide learns about the packmaster job; Andy parents newborn human-faerie hybrids; Governor Truman Burrell vows open season on vampires.