The Mad About Manhattan Festival Airs on Showcase Diva Programming Highlights / Showcase Diva Posted by RAD on Mar 04, 2005 - 12:00 AM |
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Showcase Diva takes viewers on a tour around New York City – quite possibly the most familiar location in American film – during the Mad About Manhattan Festival, beginning Sunday, March 13 at 8 p.m. ET and concluding Saturday, March 19 at 8 p.m. ET. In The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), airing on Sunday, March 13 at 8 p.m. ET, Barbra Streisand stars as Rose Morgan, a frumpy, middle-aged college professor who lives with her mother, Hannah (Lauren Bacall). Rose has the brains, but her sister Claire (Mimi Rogers) has the looks, and as Claire’s marriage to Alex (Pierce Brosnan) looms, Rose finds herself lonely. Luckily, she meets a man named Gregory (Jeff Bridges) who finds himself intellectually stimulated by Rose, and proposes marriage to her – on the condition that they never, ever have sex. She agrees, but finds that staying chaste is taxing on the libido. Columbia University provides the backdrop for this distinctly New York-style love story. On Monday, March 14 at 8 p.m. ET, New York City continues to shine in If Lucy Fell (1996), a romantic comedy about a couple of Yankees with a mutual agreement: If neither one of them is in a serious relationship by their 30th birthday, they will commit suicide by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge – together. With death looming, Joe (Eric Schaeffer) and his friend Lucy (Sarah Jessica Parker) give a long-term commitment one last shot, but to no avail. After another series of failed relationships, the two realize that they might just make a good couple themselves. Cher and Nicolas Cage star in Moonstruck (1987), a sophisticated romantic comedy about the loves, jealousies and wacky superstitions of an Italian-American family living in Brooklyn. Olympia Dukakis and Danny Aiello also star in the film, airing on Tuesday, March 15 at 8 p.m. ET. When Charlie (Nicolas Cage), doesn't have enough money to tip his waitress Yvonne (Bridget Fonda) in It Could Happen to You (1994), he jokingly promises that if he wins the lottery, he'll give Yvonne half of his winnings. When Charlie wins $4 million, his wife, Muriel (Rosie Perez) is ecstatic. Muriel, however, doesn't want Yvonne to get a single cent. This Bronx-centric romantic comedy airs on Wednesday, March 16 at 8 p.m. ET. In Working Girl (1988), Tess – still stuck in the secretarial pool at age 30 – longs to unleash her smoldering stock sense. She discovers that her overbearing boss Katherine has been stealing her ideas. When Katherine breaks her leg, Tess takes over in the Wall Street office. Directed by Mike Nichols. Starring Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver and Harrison Ford, this film airs Friday, March 18 at 8 p.m. ET. The Mad About Manhattan Festival ends in style with 54 (1998), the story of Shane O’Shea (Ryan Phillippe), a naïve and ambitious man from working-class New Jersey. Shane rises through the hierarchy of famous New York nightclub Studio 54 to become one of its most popular bartenders. Airing on Saturday, March 19 at 8 p.m. ET, the film also stars Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell and Mike Myers. Summary of Mad About Manhattan Festival March 13 to March 19 The Mirror Has Two Faces Sunday, March 13 at 8 p.m. ET If Lucy Fell Monday March 14 at 8 p.m. ET Moonstruck Tuesday, March 15 at 8 p.m. ET It Could Happen to You Wednesday, March 16 at 8 p.m. ET Working Girl Friday March 18 at 8 p.m. ET 54 Saturday, March 19 at 8 p.m. ET Showcase – Television Without Borders – is the number one destination for the best uncut, daring movies and provocative series. For more information, please visit www.Showcase.ca [1]. |
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