ETV2 brings to the screens a program of cult films in the late evenings of December, starting from “Monty Python” and ending with the “Emmannuelle” film series. The great films about King Kong and the anthology of short films by Mart Sander will also reach viewers.
“Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
Friday 22 December at 10.30pm
The six-member Monty Python troupe, which became a favorite of millions of viewers in the 1970s, presents one of the wittiest parodies of all time, exposing outdated myths rooted in the Western world, and especially in England. Spiced with surreal humor, the comedy takes you to 10th century England, where the knights sent by King Arthur in search of the Holy Grail face various dangers and absurd situations.
Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. With Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle and others.
“Briani elu”
Saturday 23 December at 10.50pm
The second film in the trilogy of the legendary comedy troupe Monty Python, with its anarchic social satire, went even further than the film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” of four years earlier, arousing great opposition among believers and being banned from release in cinemas in different countries. Villages. The film is about Brian Cohen, a young Jewish man born in the same time and place as Jesus Christ. Thanks to this, 33 years later, the lazy Brian despite himself becomes the new religious leader of Judea, whose every word is interpreted by the masses as a prophecy.
Financed largely by former slugger George Harrison, the film quickly became one of the most beloved British comedies of all time.
Directed by Terry Jones. With John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle.
“King Kong”
Sunday 24 December, 11.05pm
Director John Guillermin’s 1976 film about the giant gorilla King Kong stars Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges.
Fred Wilson sails to Polynesia and discovers a stowaway on board who tells the story of a monster who lives on Crane Island. Later, a shipwrecked girl named Dwani is rescued. When the ship reaches Crane Island, the girl is kidnapped and the natives sacrifice her to the giant gorilla King Kong, who falls in love with her beauty.
“King Kong Elab”
Monday 25 December at 10.55pm
In the 1986 film, King Kong has been cared for by Dr. Amy Franklin for the past ten years. Dr. Franklin must transplant an artificial heart to King Kong and to do so she needs the blood of a giant gorilla discovered in the jungle. After the operation, King Kong feels the closeness of a new possible companion. He and the female gorilla free themselves, chase Colonel Nevitt and his soldiers and flee into the mountains. However, Nevitt sets out to hunt them down and his only goal is to destroy King Kong.
Directed by John Guillermin and Charles McCracken. With Linda Hamilton, John Ashton, Peter Elliott and others.
“Fairy Tales”
Tuesday 26 December at 10.55pm
Mart Sander’s anthology of short films brings the viewer subtle stories about the past and the future, about love and fear, about the real world and the other world. A large number of Estonia’s best actors participate in the playful and thoughtful fantasy film: Jekaterina Novosjolova, Toomas Kolk, Liisa Linhein, Ott Salla, Ain Mäeots, Väino Puura, Mart Müürisepp, Tanel Saar, Lauri Pedaja, Merle Palmiste, Kadri Rämmeld, Vahur – Paul Põldma and Mart Sander.
“Emmanuella”
Wednesday 27 December at 10.55pm
On June 20, 1986, Finnish television broadcast the 1974 French erotic drama – “Emmanuelle”, with Sylvia Kristel in the title role. When the film started, the streets of Tallinn were deserted and many people from southern Estonia also traveled to the capital for the occasion. Based on the novel of the same name, “Emmanuelle” is still one of the most successful French films today, becoming an international success and followed by numerous sequels.
Directed by Just Jaeckin, the protagonist of the film is Emmanuelle, the wife of a diplomat, who flies to Thailand to meet her husband Jean. However, the real content of the journey will be that the woman will complete her sexual experiences.
The “Emmanuelle” film series continues on ETV2 with the films “Emmanuelle 2” on December 28, “Goodbye Emmanuelle” on December 29 and the 1984 sequel on January 5.
2023-12-22 12:51:00
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