Movies on TV: Week of Oct 5-11

Movies on TV: Oct. 5-11

'Raging Bull'
Sun., Oct. 5, 8:45PM on IFC

The violent nature of prizefighter Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) leads first to a boxing championship, then to a downward spiral of self-destruction.

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'Billy Elliot'
Mon., Oct. 6, 8PM on FlixE

A working-class youngster in 1984 England discovers a hidden talent for dance with the help of a hard-bitten teacher.

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'The Graduate'
Tue., Oct. 7, 8PM on TCM

An aimless college man (Dustin Hoffman) lets an older woman (Anne Bancroft) seduce him, then finds himself falling for her daughter (Katharine Ross).

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MGM

'Days of Thunder'
Wed., Oct. 8, 9PM on VS

An upstart stock-car driver (Tom Cruise) goes to the edge for his manager (Robert Duvall), his brain-surgeon girlfriend (Nicole Kidman) and himself.

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'Big'
Thu., Oct. 9, 10:30PM on WE

A wishing machine turns a boy into a 35-year-old man (Tom Hanks) with a fun job and a girlfriend (Elizabeth Perkins).

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'Parenthood'
Fri., Oct. 10, 9PM on HBO Family

A middle-class man (Steve Martin), his wife (Mary Steenburgen), his father and a divorcee (Dianne Wiest) try to be good parents.

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'Thelma & Louise'
Sat., Oct. 11, 3:30PM on WE

An Arkansas waitress (Susan Sarandon) and a housewife (Geena Davis) shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird.

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'Atonement'
Sat., Oct. 11, 8PM on HBO

A false accusation changes forever the lives of a young teen (Romola Garai), her older sister (Keira Knightley) and the latter's innocent lover (James McAvoy).

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'Hoop Dreams'
AOL TV

Filmmakers chronicle over four years in the lives of two urban Chicago youths in pursuit of pro basketball stardom.

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