BEYOND THE STARS & CADENCE

Martin Sheen stars in two movies to be screened on MNet Stars Channel.

Martin Sheen stars in two movies (one of which he directs) to be screened on MNet Stars Channel (channel 105).

Directed by David Saperstein in 1989 and starring Martin Sheen and Christian Slater, Beyond The Stars will be screened on the MNet Stars Channel on December 29 at 19h30

A teenage boy and an ageing astronaut form an unlikely bond over the course of one summer in this charming character drama starring a young Christian Slater and veteran actor Martin Sheen. Slater plays a misunderstood boy who is suspended after an incident at school and sent to stay with his father until it all blows over. But instead of spending time with his dad, a former Nasa scientist, Eric spends time with his hero, an astronaut turned recluse who will eventually let him into a secret involving his time with the space agency.

Martin Sheen directed and also appears in Cadence along with Charlie Sheen in a story that deals with a rebellious young white soldier who learns valuable lessons after being thrown into a military stockade with five black soldiers. The movie will be screened on the MNet Stars Channel on December 30 at 19h30.

A US army base in West Germany in 1965 is the setting of this drama where Martin Sheen plays a tough officer who locks horns with a rebellious young soldier when the latter gets drunk and disorderly after a funeral. Thinking he’ll break the maverick’s spirit, McKinney throws Bean into a military stockade with five other soldiers, all black. But instead of the expected racial friction, something surprising happens: Bean bonds with his fellow captors.