I think this only applies to readers in the UK but Sky Movies Indie is showing a “season” of Coen brothers movies building up to their premiere of No Country For Old Men showing on Sky Movies Premiere in HD. They’ve dubbed the season “Scream with the Coen brothers” and have put together this frankly ACE trailer which is a compedium of one of the Coens’ recurring themes- people screaming. It starts on 30th March and end on 12th April.
Information on the Sky site is not very well organised but I’ve been able to root this out;
The Hudsucker Proxy is showing on Monday 30th March at 20:00,
O Brother, Where Art Thou? on Monday 30th at 22:00 and Tuesday 31st at 20:00,
Blood Simple on Tuesday 31st at 22:00,
The Big Lebowski is showing on Wednesday 1st April at 22:00,
Raising Arizona is showing on Wednesday 1st April at 20:00 and Thursday 2nd April at 2:00
Beyond that, scrabbled together information I’m not sure if they’re showing more of their movies or not, certainly there are clips from both Barton Fink and Fargo in the trailer but they have no listings on the site. Perhaps those with a Sky subscription could clarify?
Thanks to Will for the info.
March 28th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Do they edit movies for content (language, violence, sex) on Sky? Or is Sky like an HBO here in America?
March 29th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
A bit of an update, O Brother and Big Lebowski are now on Sky Anytime and Anytime HD. Nice for those with HD to check out Deakins cinematography, as Sky Movies Indie is one of the few Sky Movie channels which aren’t broadcast in HD. May be worth checking out later this week to see if any others are added.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Hi Brent,
No they don’t edit the movies shown on Sky. In fact, I don’t think any broadcaster in the UK does- not even the Beeb!
Paul.