SHOWTIME SHOWCASE: August 9, 2011
- 7:45AM
- Shadow of Fear
- After he accidentally kills his own brother-in-law in a freak car accident, a desperate real estate agent (Matt Davis) turns to a sleazy power-broker (James Spader) for help, and soon finds himself blackmailed into becoming his confidant's pawn. Peter Coyote, Robin Tunney, Alice Krige and Lacey Chabert costar in this dark thriller.
- 9:15AM
- Against the Wall
- Lifelong friends (Lane Garrison and Brian Burnam) who are infamous San Francisco graffiti artists are arrested and face the prospect of tough prison sentences for quality of life violations in this urban drama costarring Luis Saguar.
- 10:40AM
- Wild Target
- An assassin takes a shine to his latest target, an art dealer who sold a fake painting to a powerful crime lord, in this comic thriller starring Emily Blunt, Bill Nighy and Rupert Everett.
- 12:30PM
- Scenes From A Mall
- A shopping trip to a Los Angeles mall becomes something much more when a couple celebrating their sixteenth wedding anniversary admit that they've both been unfaithful. Woody Allen and Bette Midler star in this caustic comedy from director Paul Mazursky.
- 2:00PM
- Festival in Cannes
- Dazzling Mediterranean vistas frame this wry and acerbic tale of cinema art versus mass-market commerce from Henry Jaglom. A legendary European screen star (Anouk Aimee) becomes the decisive player in a face-off pitting an actress-turned-independent filmmaker (Greta Scacchi) against a high-powered Hollywood producer (Ron Silver), both of whom are trying to put together deals for prospective film projects at the Cannes Film Festival. "A giddy comic fantasy, full of romance, chicanery and beguiling, sophisticated players" - "Los Angeles Times."
- 3:45PM
- The River Why
- The classic coming-of-age novel is adapted into this sensitive drama about a young fisherman's search for an elusive rainbow trout, a quest that becomes a journey of self-discovery. Zach Gilford, Amber Heard and William Hurt star.
- 5:30PM
- Raising Genius
- Parents unable to coax their genius son (Justin Long) out of a bathroom where he has sequestered himself to work on a mathematical equation (and spy on a neighbor girl practicing cheerleading routines on her trampoline) are horrified when they are mistaken for child abusers. Wendy Malick and Danica McKellar costar in this dysfunctional-family comedy.
- 7:00PM
- The City of Your Final Destination
- At a secluded estate in the Uruguayan countryside, a doctoral student (Omar Metwally) appears with a request that throws an already-distraught family into disarray: that he be allowed to write a dissertation on the property's owner, a famed novelist who has recently committed suicide. Anthony Hopkins and Laura Linney costar in this lavish, literate drama.
- 9:00PM
- Miss Nobody
- A shy, unassuming secretary (Leslie Bibb) is passed over for promotion and uses her rage to murder her way to the top, meanwhile falling for the handsome detective (Adam Goldberg) assigned to find the mystery killer. Kathy Baker costars in this dark comedy.
- 10:30PM
- Wild Target
- An assassin takes a shine to his latest target, an art dealer who sold a fake painting to a powerful crime lord, in this comic thriller starring Emily Blunt, Bill Nighy and Rupert Everett.
- 12:10AM
- High Heels and Low Lifes
- Frustrated with their mundane lives and careers, two female friends (Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack) decide to rip off a gang of criminals that have stolen ten million dollars from a safe-deposit box, setting in motion a merry chase through London. Michael Gambon costars in this female empowerment buddy crime caper from director Mel Smith.
- 1:40AM
- Lord of the G-Strings
- This erotic parody of a very high-profile fantasy trilogy features such memorable characters as "Throbbits" and a wizard named Smirnoff. Misty Mundae, Darian Caine and A.J. Khan star in this naughty spoof.
- 3:10AM
- Nobel Son
- A pair of hapless crooks kidnaps the son of an egotistical Nobel Prize winner and holds him ransom for his father's two million-dollar prize money in this stylish thriller starring Bryan Greenberg, Alan Rickman and Mary Steenburgen.
- 5:00AM
- Coast To Coast (1980)
- An escaped mental patient (Dyan Cannon) and an argumentative truck driver (Robert Blake) pool resources for a series of cross-country misadventures. Quinn Redeker, Michael Lerner, Maxine Stuart and William Lucking costar in this freewheeling comedy directed by Joseph Sargent.
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