TCM 24-Hour Clint Eastwood Marathon

On Monday, May 31, beginning at 6 a.m. (ET), TCM will celebrate Clint Eastwood's extraordinary career with a 24-hour marathon of some of his most popular films. In addition, TCM will air the world television premiere of The Eastwood Factor, an all-new, feature-length documentary narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and written and directed by critic and film historian Richard Schickel, who wrote for Time and Life magazines for more than 43 years.
TCM's May 31 celebration of Clint Eastwood will feature TCM premieres of Dirty Harry (1971) and its first sequel, Magnum Force (1973). Also included will be such enduring hits as the war epics Where Eagles Dare (1969) and Kelly's Heroes (1970); the American western Hang 'Em High (1968); and the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns A Fistful of Dollars (1965), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966).
The Eastwood [...]

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Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ernest Borgnine, Eli Wallach, and More To Appear At TCM Classic Film Festival

More news of special guests to appear at the first ever TCM Classic Film Festival, which takes place in April. Some great films have been added to the lineup as well. You can read all about it in the press release below and you can also find more information about the festival on the official website.
[Press Release - Released by TCM]

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TCM's Road to Hollywood Tour

TCM is taking some movies on the road to five cities nationwide with the Road to Hollywood tour, a slate of special free screenings building up to the launch of the first-ever TCM Classic Film Festival (which I wrote about here)
TCM will travel to Boston (March 18); New York (March 23); Chicago (March 30); Washington, D.C. (April 8); and San Francisco (April 21) for presentations of five films, each set in the city in which it will be screened.
Most of the films will be introduced by TCM host Robert Osborne or weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz. In addition, TCM is planning celebrity appearances for each screening. Actress Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront) is scheduled to appear in Chicago for the presentation of the Hitchcock classic North by Northwest (1959). Broadway legend Elaine Stritch (Company) will be on-hand for the screening of All About Eve (1950) in New [...]

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TCM Classic Film Festival in April 2010

Starting April 22 to the 25, TCM will hold its first ever TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood.
During the festival, classic film lovers will get a chance to watch great movies introduced by the people who made them, listen to behind-the-scenes stories, and enjoy newly restored films. The festival will show over 50 screenings of classic films.
I personally think this is a great opportunity to discover or re-discover old classic films on the big screen.
The opening film is A Star Is Born (1954) directed by George Cukor. Some of the other films to be screened at the festival include Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Graduate (1967), Singin' In The Rain (1952), Sunset Blvd (1950), Metropolis (1927), Breathless (1960), Casablanca (1942), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Pillow Talk (1959), The Producers (1968), and much more.
You can find a full list of films and more information about the event on the official website.

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TCM To Celebrate Akira Kurosawa in March 2010

Turner Classic Movies will celecbrate the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and his career in March 2010 with a month-long collection of more than 25 movies. The event will include a 24-hour marathon on Tuesday, March 23, the anniversary of Kurosawa's birth.
The lineup will include such popular samurai films as Seven Samurai (1954 – March 23), The Hidden Fortress (1958 – March 9), Yojimbo (1961 – March 23) and its sequel, Sanjuro (1962 – March 23); the groundbreaking classic Rashomon (1950 – March 23); literary adaptations such as Throne of Blood (1957 – March 9) and The Lower Depths (1957 – March 9); compelling domestic dramas like No Regrets for Our Youth (1946 – March 23), Ikiru (1952 – March 9), I Live in Fear (1955 – March 16) and Red Beard (1965 – March 16); crime dramas such as Stray Dog (1949 – [...]

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TCM Announces 15 Most Influential Film Soundtracks

[Press Release - Released by TCM]
Turner Classic Movies Announces the Network's Choices For 15 Most Influential Film Soundtracks
From King Kong (1933) and Star Wars (1977) to The Graduate (1967) and Saturday Night Fever (1977),
TCM Chooses Film Soundtracks that Broke New Ground
To celebrate the Jan. 31 Grammy Awards®, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today unveiled the network's list of 15 Most Influential Film Soundtracks. TCM's list includes examples of orchestral scores, jazz, rock compilations and even disco, with music from such films as King Kong (1933), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), The Graduate (1967), Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Star Wars (1977).
"It is nearly impossible to think of certain films without remembering their music scores. Casablanca, Laura, An Affair to Remember, The Magnificent Seven – the list is endless," said TCM host and film historian Robert Osborne. "Our list celebrates the most memorable and groundbreaking soundtracks, the [...]

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TCM to Pay Tribute to Oscar-Winning Actress Jennifer Jones

[Press Release - Released by TCM]
Turner Classic Movies to Pay Tribute to Oscar®-Winning Actress Jennifer Jones
Four-Film Commemoration to air Jan. 7, beginning at 8 p.m.
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will pay special tribute actress Jennifer Jones, who passed away Thursday at the age of 90. Jones, who won an Academy Award® for her performance in the 1943 film The Song of Bernadette, will be remembered with a four-film collection airing on TCM Thursday, Jan. 7, beginning at 8 p.m. (ET). Among the films presented will be the classic western Duel in the Sun (1946), for which she earned an Oscar® nomination, and Madame Bovary (1949), based on Gustave Flaubert's classic tragedy.
The following is a complete schedule for TCM's tribute to Jennifer Jones (all times shown are Eastern):
8 p.m. Duel in the Sun (1946) – David O. Selznick attempted to recapture the magic of Gone with the Wind with this [...]

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TCM Celebrates Elvis Presley on 75th Birthday

[Press Release - Released by TCM]
Priscilla Presley and Jerry Schilling to Join TCM Host Robert Osborne As Turner Classic Movies Celebrates "The King" on 75th Birthday
20-Hour Movie Marathon to Air Friday, Jan. 8
Seventy-five years ago this January, the future of popular music was changed forever with the birth of the one-and-only Elvis Presley. On Friday, Jan. 8, Priscilla Presley and longtime friend Jerry Schilling will join Robert Osborne as Turner Classic Movies (TCM) celebrates the 75th anniversary of the birth of "The King." Their introductions will be part of a 20-hour marathon of movies and concert documentaries.
"Priscilla Presley and Jerry Shilling knew Elvis Presley as well as or better than anyone who's still with us," Osborne said. "It's a treat to be able to talk with each of them and share their memories of both the man and the legend."
Priscilla Presley is an actress and business woman who [...]

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TCM's Annual 31 DAYS OF OSCAR To Have Special 360º Edition

[Press Release - Released by TCM]
Turner Classic Movies' Annual 31 DAYS OF OSCAR® To Go Full Circle with Special 360º Edition in February
Month-Long Festival Features 360 Nominated and Winning Movies,
Scheduled in Format Inspired by Popular “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” Game
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will go full circle with its annual 31 DAYS OF OSCAR® festival in February. The 2010 edition of the month-long event will feature 360 Academy Award®-nominated and winning movies, all presented uncut and commercial-free. The month's schedule is designed so that each movie is linked to the next movie in the lineup through a shared actor or actress.
31 DAYS OF OSCAR will begin Monday, Feb. 1, at 6 a.m. (ET) with Kevin Bacon and James Coco in Only When I Laugh (1981). Coco and Harry Andrews will then be featured in The Man of La Mancha (1972) at 8:15 a.m., followed by Andrews [...]

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TCM Celebrates 75th Anniversary of the New York Film Critics Circle

[Press Release - Released by TCM]
TCM to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of the New York Film Critics Circle With Marathon of Five Honored Classics Jan. 5
Collection of Top Choices Includes The Informer (1935), In Which We Serve (1942), Darling (1965), L.A. Confidential (1997) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is set to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the New York Film Critics Circle with a special marathon of five honored classics on Tuesday, Jan. 5, beginning at 8 p.m. (ET).
Each of the five films in TCM's marathon earned the group's top prize, Best Picture. But they are also among the Circle's choices that did not go on to receive Best Picture Oscars®. The night includes John Ford's potent tale The Informer (1935); Noel Coward and David Lean's World War II drama In Which We Serve (1942); John Schlesinger's Darling (1965); Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential [...]

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