BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961)
FilmFour, 6pm
The author Truman Capote envisaged his celebrated snapshot of New York socialites with Marilyn Monroe in mind, but the sex bomb was advised against playing a call girl by her drama coach. Instead, Audrey Hepburn co-stars opposite George Peppard in the iconic role of Holly Golightly, the dizzy Manhattan princess who maintains her lavish lifestyle by doing vaguely defined favours for male clients. Directed by Blake Edwards, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a far more coy affair than Capote’s gossipy book. (115 min)
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THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (2000)
ITV2, 8.30pm
Jonathan Lynn, the British TV veteran and co-creator of Yes Minister, directed this blackly comic gangster farce. Matthew Perry, of Friends fame, stars as a depressed Montreal dentist whose life is thrown into chaos when the gregarious Mafia hitman Jimmy “the Tulip” Tudeski (Bruce Willis) moves in next door. Despite earning plenty of negative reviews, The Whole Nine Yards is an easygoing, briskly competent buddy comedy. A sequel, The Whole Ten Yards, opens in UK cinemas today. (98 min)
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GROSSE POINTE BLANK (1997)
Five, 9pm
John Cusack stars in this slick comedy thriller about a hitman who combines business with pleasure at his school reunion. Returning to his home town of Grosse Pointe, Martin Q. Blank (Cusack) begins to question his career choice when he is confronted by the girlfriend he left behind (Minnie Driver) and a psychotic rival in the assassination business (Dan Aykroyd). A cheerfully grim farce distinguished by an excellent 1980s pop soundtrack and Cusack’s engaging and intelligent anti-hero. (107 min)
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RUMBLE FISH (1983, b/w & colour)
Sky Cinema 1, 10pm
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a novel by S. E. Hinton, Rumble Fish is a mildly pretentious but beautifully composed tale about alienated teenagers searching for meaning in an unnamed American city. Mickey Rourke gives an iconic performance as the Motorcyle Boy, a local legend struggling to deal with his hot-headed younger brother (Matt Dillon) and alcoholic father (Dennis Hopper). Coppola’s teen fable was shot back to back with another Hinton adaptation, The Outsiders, and features many of the same cast. (94 min)