SYDNEY Pollack's delightfully scenic hit Out of Africa (World, 9.30pm. Original Running Time 162 mins) makes its way to our small screens tonight in a splash of colour and romance.
Based on Karen Blixen's written account of her life, the film tells of the love that develops between the Danish coffee bean farmer (Meryl Streep) and maverick British pioneer Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford, yuck) during the gradual collapse of her marriage to Swede, Baron Bror Blixen (Klaus Maria Brandauer).
The romance and emotional turmoil supplies the perfect contrast to the fabulous scenery of the Kenyan hills and wildlife and Streep is in her element as the sweet Danish love-bird as she once again shows her skills in mimicking foreign accents.
Worth staying home for. ONE of Michael (Jurassic Park) Crichton's earlier writing and directional efforts can be seen on Pearl tonight in The Great Train Robbery (9.30pm. ORT 111 mins).
It is mid-19th century and the Crimean War rages far away from the mints of London where the troops' wages are being loaded on to a train bound for Russia.
The ever-reliable Sean Connery plays Edward Pierce, a man determined to become the first Brit to rob a moving train and keep the loot.
He employs the criminal skills of others, namely his lovely mistress (Lesley-Anne Down) and a nimble pick-pocket, Agar (Donald Sutherland).
