Film

'ALLO 'ALLO

The highly successful BBC comedy series 'Allo 'Allo returns exclusively to M-Net for a fifth hilarious season on October 27 at 20h00 for 13 weeks.

Set in a small cafe in occupied Europe, it deals with a reluctant Resistance fighter and his chaotic life.

With a regular British audience of over 11 million, 'Allo 'Allo has achieved outstanding success around the world and is now showing in 42 countries.

KZN-2-NITE ARTS

Every Friday, the regional television station KZN-2-Nite is given over to entertainment. Producer of this slot is Clive Read who uses D'ARTS as a guideline for its content. So make sure you get featured in D'ARTS!

OPEN AUDITIONS

Open auditions will be held for The Long Walk to Freedom, the film version of the best-selling book of the same title dealing with the life of President Nelson Mandela.

These will take place at Troubadour Productions, 292 Jan Smuts Highway, Mayville, on October 3 bet-ween 09h00 and 18h00.

There are some 187 speaking parts up for casting. While no previous acting, film or television experience is required, auditionees must have a reasonable command of English.

Please phone 29-2818 to book an audition time. A recent photograph and a brief CV are a necessary requirement and a contact telephone number is imperative. Without this, auditionees will be turned away.

SILENT WITNESS

Silent Witness is a tough contemporary series from the BBC that starts on M-Net on October 3 at 22h00 to run for eight weeks. Shot in London, Cambridge and the surrounding fells, it stars Amanda Burton (Peak Practice) as a Belfast-born forensic pathologist.

LUNCH-HOUR FILMS

The Durban Municipal Library offers free lunch-hour films every Tuesday in the Museum Theatre on the first floor of the City Hall (entrance in Smith Street):

Oct 6 (13h00): West Side Story (Part 1). This popular musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet amid gang warfare in New York slums of the 50's.

Oct 13 (13h00): West Side Story (Part 2).

Oct 20 (13h10): Winelands of the Cape.

Oct 27 (12h45): The Churchills (Part 1) offers an insight into the personalities, politics, scandals, triumphs and misfor-tunes surrounding this remarkable family.

THE LAST DON

Mario Puzo's The Last Don starts on M-Net on October 15 at 20h00 and con-cludes on October 29 at the same time. Featuring Danny Aiello in the lead role, this new mini series is adapted from Mario Puzo's best-selling novel.

M-NET PREMIERES IN OCTOBER

As always, there's something for every-one on M-Net's line-up of premieres this month:

Daniel Day-Lewis and Joan Allen

appear in "The Crucible"

For those who enjoy thrillers, there's Sweet Angel Mine starring Oliver Milburn, Margaret Langrick and Anna Massey, about a young man's search for his long-lost father which takes him to the remote Canadian outpost.

The Devil's Own stars Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin and Treat Williams directed by Alan J Pakula. New York cop Tom O'Meara takes a young Irishman into his home, only to discover that his charming new boarder has a chilling past.

Mel Gibson received the Blockbuster Entertainment Award and a Gold Globe nomination for his performance in Ransom about a maverick tycoon who handles his son's kidnapped with a daring plan.

On the drama scene, there's The Crucible starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield and Joan Allen. This is the acclaimed film version of Arthur Miller's powerful play about a Massachusetts village caught up in the turmoil of witch hunts and devil worship.

Lone Star with Kris Kristofferson and Chris Cooper sees a skeleton unearthed in a small Texas border town and the sheriff suspects his own legendary father was involved in the foul deed.

Mirjana Jokovic and Boris Isakovic star in Vukovar Poste Restante (English sub-titles), a tale of love, death and hope set in war-ravaged Yugoslavia. The film won awards at the Jerusalem Festival and the Worldfest Houston Festival.

The Precious Blood stars Amanda Burton and Kevin McNally. When a mother's teenage son joins a gym owned by a respected family man, she begins to doubt whether husband's death twelve years previously was caused by the IRA.

Meryl Streep received Emmy and Golden Globe best actress nominations for First Do No Harm, a drama about a mother's brave struggle to find a cure for her critically ill child.

For action drama lovers, Family of Cops stars Charles Bronson, Daniel Baldwin and Lesley-Anne Down. When a police commander's youngest daughter is accused of murder, he enlists the help of his children, who are all cops, to prove her innocence.

On the comedy side, there's Canadian Bacon starring John Candy, Rhea Perlman, Rip Torn and Alan Alda. When the US president decides to wage war on neighbouring Canada to boost his sagging popularity ratings, two bumbling law enforcement officers jump in to save the day.

Starring Whoopi Goldberg and Gérard Depardieu, Bogus is the hilarious account of seven year old Albert. After his mother is killed, he is sent to live with his aunt Harriet, a career woman with no time for anything. Then Albert brings home a friend only he can see ...