Francine Stock and star guests on the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Friday 4.30pm - 5pm
Friday听7 July听2006
Bill Nighy on playing a squid in the latest Pirates of the Caribbean. Plus why much of the dialogue in movies is recorded later.
On The Film Programme this week:
Francine Stock is joined by Bill Nighy, who plays a half-man half-squid in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Film historian Ian Christie discusses Fellini's 1978 experimental film Orchestra Rehearsal, out for the first time on DVD.
Francine examines why much of the dialogue in films is recorded not on location but afterwards in sound studios - a process known as ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) - with actress Anna Friel and Head of Mixing at Shepperton Studios, Robin O'Donoghue.
As the Cambridge Film Festival puts on a season of Iraqi films, Francine discusses the resurgence of film-making in Iraq with the director of the Iraq Short Film Festival Nizar Al Rawi.
Plus Ian Christie on what films to watch on TV this week.
Films mentioned on the programme:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (12A) is out now in cinemas.
Federico Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal (PG) will be released on DVD on 24 July.
Goal 2 - Live the Dream is due for release in UK cinemas on 27 October. The first instalment of the series Goal! (12) is available now on DVD.
The Best of Baghdad Season is showing at the听 6-16 July. Creative Freedom: Fictions from the Iraq Short Film Festival is on 8 July at 6pm.
Ian Christie's TV film choices are A High Wind in Jamaica (ITV1 Saturday 3.15pm) and A Canterbury Tale (主播大秀2 Tuesday 1pm).
