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_Untamed_ MGM, 1929
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*Eagels, Jeanne*
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The rebirth of Sinatra's career began with the eve-of-Pearl Harbor drama _From Here to Eternity_ (1953), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor directed by Fred Zinnemann!
*Celebri-links ........... Fred Zinnemann!!!*
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*Polanski, Roman* - A French-born and resident Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a critically acclaimed director of both art house and commercial films.
Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), made in Poland, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, and in 2002 received the Academy Award for Best Director for his film, The Pianist.
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Screen Rant - Paul Young - Feb 10, 2010
*I don?t know if horror writer/director icon John Carpenter should be flattered or upset because most of his classic cult films are being remade, some for the good (Assault on Precinct 13) and some for the bad (The Fog, Halloween). A look at his IMDB page shows a reference to a They Live remake due out in 2011 but there hasn?t been any news on that for a few months.*
A couple of days ago the news dropped that his cult classic Kurt Russell horror film The Thing was getting a prequel and now we find out that his other Russell movie Escape from New York is going to be remade.
That?s right; Mister Eye Patch himself, Snake Plissken, is getting the remake treatment by New Line Cinema. They hired Wall Street re-write scribe Allan Loeb to work his re-write skills on David Kajganich?s first script for Escape from New York and according to NY Mag he ?nailed the humor of Plissken without slipping into camp.? Well that?s good to hear because nothing would kill this remake quicker than a campy man wearing an eye patch. It would be like a futuristic pirate movie with bad one liners.
The first movie had New York City hit hard by destruction and turned over to the worst of the worst criminals. After a plane carrying the President of the United States crashed in the crime ridden metropolis, only one man is skilled enough to break in and rescue him from the place that no one breaks out ? my man Snake Plissken!
So what has the studio changed in the story? Well for one, there is far less destruction in this version to save money. NYC will still be recognizable by its buildings and surroundings but the city has been abandoned because of the radiation from a dirty bomb that was set off outside the city limits. Another thing that was changed was the gender of the person Snake is rescuing. Loeb thought this would allow for more witty banter between the two. Also, the police are no longer in control of the prison but rather a privately run corporation although they will still have their headquarters in The Statue of Liberty.
*_Says a source close to the project via NY Mag_:*
?It is not a disaster movie. It is an expos? of an ecosystem, if you put a huge wall around Manhattan and then dropped in the most effed-up, dangerous criminals on Earth.?
So what won?t change about the film? Everything having to do with Snake, that?s what! New Line signed a contract with Carpenter that stated that Plissken ?must be called Snake, must wear an eye patch and must always be a bad-****!? OK, so how cool is that? At least Carpenter made sure that one of his coolest characters ever will remain that way. No designer clothes wearing, tree hugging, drum circle playing, hemp wearing, girl friend feet rubbing, sissy man here folks. I promise you, that because of Carpenter?s smart thinking, we won?t see Plissken watching Sex in the City while eating a entire tub of Ben & Jerry?s ice cream. With a name like Snake, he has to be bad-****!
What do you think about the changes to the story for Escape from New York?
No release date for Escape from New York yet.
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popcorn .... _The Last Picture Show_ (1971)
*NEW WORD: Unemployment!*
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*_JFK_ (1991)*
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*_United States of Leland, The_ (2004)*
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Sonja Henie was in: _Iceland_ (1942) directed by H. Bruce Humberstone!
*NEW DIRETOR: H. Bruce Humberstone!*
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*British fashion designer Alexander McQueen found dead*
FEBRUARY 11, 2010
Wall Street Journal - Christina Passariello
*Alexander McQueen was one of the last designers who believed that fashion is an art?a master of the gothic and theatric who often bemoaned the constraints on his creativity, as he struggled to adapt to an industry that is becoming ever-more commercial amid pressure to make products that sell.*
The provocative British designer died at his apartment in London Thursday, his company said, shocking the fashion world which was gathering in New York for the beginning of the season's international fashion shows. The 40-year-old was due to present his collection in Paris in less than a month.
"Lee McQueen, the founder and designer of the Alexander McQueen brand, has been found dead at his home," the brand's parent company, Gucci Group, said in a statement, referring to the designer by his first name. He began using Alexander, his middle name, when he got into fashion in the 1990s. "We are devastated and are sharing a sense of shock and grief with Lee's family," the company said.
Though they didn't release Mr. McQueen's name, the police confirmed the death of a 40-year-old man on Green Street in the Mayfair area of central London, where Mr. McQueen lived, on Thursday. An ambulance service had been called to the address in the morning. The police are treating the death as nonsuspicious, but plan to carry out a post-mortem examination, a spokesman for Scotland Yard said, confirming that suicides can fall into that classification.
Mr. McQueen's death also leaves Gucci Group with a decision over how to continue with a fashion house that was so interlinked with its founder's name. Since Gucci bought a 51% of the brand in 2000, the company has struggled to make money, becoming profitable only as of 2007.
The brand is very small compared to the group's flagship Gucci brand. Still, thanks to Mr. McQueen's acclaim among the fashion world, the company was a small jewel of the Gucci holdings, which belong to French retail-to-luxury group PPR SA. Among Gucci's other holdings are fashion houses Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Stella McCartney, in addition to jeweler Boucheron. Gucci had no comment on the future of the fashion house.
Mr. McQueen was best known lately for his dramatic designs, such as reptilian dresses and hoof-like shoes that were met with critical acclaim among the glamorous runways of the fashion world. But the designer's roots were far from the milieu where he eventually became a star. Born in east London in 1969, Mr. McQueen was the youngest of six children whose father was a taxi driver. He quit school at age 16 to take up an apprenticeship across town on tony Savile Row, where he learned classic English tailoring at Gieves & Hawkes and Anderson & Sheppard.
Mr. McQueen's bold creativity became evident when he enrolled in London's prestigious fashion school Central St. Martin's in 1992. The entire collection he produced for his master's thesis was bought by English style icon Isabella Blow?a remarkable accomplishment for a young graduate.
At the young age of 27, Mr. McQueen was appointed as the designer of French fashion house Givenchy, whose muse Audrey Hepburn brought the house fame. The same year, in 1996, Mr. McQueen won the British Designer of the Year award?an accolade he received three more times.
"His ability to cut was parallel to someone like Christian Dior," said Mark Henderson, chief executive of Gieves & Hawkes. "He had the most amazing natural ability." A stint at theatrical costumiers Angels and Bermans planted the seed for dramatic fashion shows later in his career.
Mr. McQueen recently wrote on his Twitter feed that he had been traumatized by the death of his mother on Feb. 3. On the feed, where he revealed the news, he wrote, "but life must go on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" However, four days later he wrote, "been a f___ awful week but my friends have been great but now I have to some how [sic] pull myself together and finish with the," trailing off at the end.
In New York, the news of his death broke during the BCBG Max Azria fashion show. Anna Wintour, the influential editor-in-chief of Vogue and one of Mr. McQueen's supporters, rushed out of the show. She declined to comment.
Designer Richard Chai learned of the news as he was preparing for his 11 a.m. show at Bryant Park. "He was a genius. I really have no words," he said.
Paul Smith, the British designer known for his use of colorful stripes, mourned his young prot?g?'s death. Mr. Smith said he gave Mr. McQueen advice during the early part of his career. "He was a very talented and creative designer, especially in respect of his tailored clothing," said Mr. Smith.
?Rachel Dodes and Ray A. Smith contributed to this article.
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In these hard economic hard times the "TCM Classic Film Festival" is to expensive... would be cool tosee see the Joan Crawford film on the big screen!!.. I will stick with the Sedona film fest instead!
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Day took on dramatic roles, including her 1954 portrayal of singer Ruth Etting in _Love Me or Leave Me_. Day would later call it, in her autobiography, her best film.
_Love Me or Leave Me_ (1955) was directed by Charles Vidor!
*Celebri-links .... director Charles Vidor!!*
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*Disney, Walt -* American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
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*James Earl _Jones_*
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*_Fargo_ (1996)*
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_Forrest Gump_ (1994) won Best Picture!! WHY!?? I hated this film! Found it boring and way over-the-top! _Pulp Fiction_ should have won for Best Picture of 1994!
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February 10th, 2010
The Griswold's are coming back to the big screenIn a story from Variety, New Line is doing a reboot of Vacation. The studio has tapped Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley to write the script for the reboot.
The original Vacation was released in 1983. The series starred Chevy Chase and spawned three sequels
that followed Clark Griswold and his family on holiday.
This new incarnation will not be under the National Lampoon credit. There is talk that it will be "more of an update than a sequel."
In this new version, Rusty Griswold, now grown-up, decides to take his wife and kids on a road trip to Wally World before it is closed forever. Chase will most likely be coming back as Clark Griswold, now a grandfather.
David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) is producing.
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*Joan Crawford TCM Febuary 2010!! All Times Eastern. Check Local Schedules!*
*Fri, Feb 12, 10:30 AM _Our Dancing Daughters_ (1928)*
*Dorothy Sebastian, Joan Crawford and Anita Page in "Our Dancing Daughters"*
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*Very Interesting!*
February 10, 2010
Anaheim Pop Culture Examiner
*Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron up for Best Filmmaker of the Decade*
February 10, 2010 - The Green Globe Film Awards have announced their nominees for Best Film Awards not only of the year, but also for the past decade. In a press release yesterday, the Green Globe Film Awards organized by the Academia Foundation and Anaheim University based out of Anaheim, California, announced that directors James Cameron, Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese were among the nominees for Best Filmmaker of the Decade (2000-2009).
Other award categories for "Best of the Decade" include Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Environmental Film of the Decade and Humanitarian Film of the Decade. The Green Globe Film Awards allow 100 Viewer's Choice Awards to be selected by film lovers, critics and movie viewers from around the world with online voting at http://www.movie-voters.com/.
The Green Globe Film Awards and Emperor's Dreams Dinner Gala will be held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on March 23, 2010. Awards will be presented to leading major motion picture, environmental, humanitarian, animated and international filmmakers, movies and actors.
A highlight of the Green Globe Film Awards will be a celebrity tribute to the late award-winning Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Kurosawa had a tremendous impact on such directors as Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and Martin Scorsese. (See video tributes by Spielberg, Lucas and Scorsese here)
Clint Eastwood has attributed Akira Kurosawa to making him what he is today as Clint's breakthrough performance came with "A Fistful of Dollars," a Sergio Leone remake of the Akira Kurosawa classic "Yojimbo."
The Green Globe Film Awards has a special category of "International Film Awards Theme: Asia" recognizing the best in the Asian motion picture industry. The Anaheim University, a sponsor of the Green Globe Film Awards, runs the Akira Kurosawa School of Film, an online state-of-the-art digital film school. The School is planning to launch various online programs in Digital Film Making including a Master of Fine Arts and a number of certificate programs this year in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Akira Kurosawa's birth.
While the Academy Awards are voted on by Academy members, at the Green Globe Film Awards, the public finally has their say. You can cast your vote for the best films of the year and the decade here.
For more information, visit http://www.greenglobefilmawards.com.
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*Mulligan to play Eliza Dolittle*
Straits Times - Feb 8, 2010
Mulligan to play Eliza Dolittle
*LONDON - OSCAR-NOMINATED actress Carey Mulligan has reportedly signed on to play Eliza Dolittle in a remake of the classic film, My Fair Lady.*
According to the UK's Daily Mail, the 24-year-old is in talks with the producers of the musical. Fellow British actress Keira Knightley backed out of the part last month.
'The actress has not been formally offered the part yet - and won't be until Columbia Pictures agrees the film's budget,' said Daily Mail columnist Baz Bamigboye.
'Carey and the My Fair Lady filmmakers will keep talking until a deal can be struck.' -- REUTERS
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*TCM Classic Film Festival to Welcome Luise Rainer, Jerry Lewis and Norman Lloyd*
PR Newswire
ATLANTA, Feb. 10
ATLANTA, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ ? Actress Luise Rainer, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, is scheduled to make a rare public appearance in what is certain to be one of the most eagerly anticipated events at the TCM Classic Festival in April. Rainer will introduce the 1937 drama _The Good Earth_, which earned her the second of two consecutive Academy Awards?. Also attending will be legendary actor, filmmaker and humanitarian Jerry Lewis, who is scheduled to introduce a new print of Martin Scorsese's acclaimed comedy-drama _The King of Comedy_ (1983), and veteran actor, director and producer Norman Lloyd, who will introduce a screening of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Saboteur (1942). Rainer, Lewis and Lloyd join an extensive roster of celebrities scheduled to appear at the festival, including Mel Brooks, Tony Curtis, Jon Voight, Martin Landau, Buck Henry, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Kohner Weitz and Juanita Moore.
In addition, director Richard Rush has agreed to be on-hand for the presentation of his 1980 film The Stunt Man; film critic and historian Leonard Maltin will curate and present a special program of notable shorts; and author Donald Bogle will introduce and discuss a collection of cartoons removed from circulation because of negative racial stereotypes.
TCM also unveiled part of its plans for Club TCM, the central gathering point for the TCM Classic Film Festival community. This area, which is open exclusively to festival passholders, will be abuzz with activity during the entire festival, providing fans with unique, once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Among the events slated for Club TCM are a book signing and display of original art by Tony Curtis; a special screening of Joan Crawford's home movies, hosted by her grandson, Casey LaLonde; a presentation by special effects artist Douglas Trumbull; and numerous scheduled conversations with festival guests. Club TCM will also feature several panel discussions, including Casting Secrets: The Knack of Finding the Right Actor; Sequels and Remakes; Film Continuity: When Details Count; and TCM: Meet the People Behind the Network.
Club TCM will be headquartered in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. This lavish room is steeped in Hollywood history as the site of the original Academy Awards banquet.
In other news, TCM continues to work with the world's pre-eminent film archives to bring rare screenings and special presentations to the TCM Classic Film Festival. The latest additions to the slate are the restored films Sunnyside Up (1929), The Big Trail (1930) and The Story of Temple Drake (1933). The festival is also scheduled to include a screening of an archival print of Casablanca (1942); a presentation of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), paired with the Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit Hood (1949); rare theatrical screenings of the Joan Crawford drama A Woman's Face (1940) and the gangster drama No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948); the classic Harold Lloyd comedies An Eastern Westerner (1920) and Safety Last (1923); and screenings of such crowd pleasers as Top Hat (1935), Laura (1944), Some Like It Hot (1959), Pillow Talk (1959) and Saturday Night Fever (1977).
The TCM Classic Film Festival is also slated to include Fragments, a compilation of footage from lost films presented by the archives of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and UCLA.
The following are the latest highlights announced for the TCM Classic Film Festival:
The Good Earth (1937) ? Introduced by Luise Rainer
Austrian-born actress Luise Rainer earned the second of two Oscars? for her extraordinary performance as a Chinese woman whose life and family are nearly destroyed by greed. Paul Muni is equally powerful as her loving husband in this adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's classic novel. Karl Freund's outstanding cinematography also earned an Oscar. Rainer, who recently turned 100, will be making a rare appearance to introduce the film.
The King of Comedy (1983) ? Screening of new print introduced by Jerry Lewis
Martin Scorsese's acerbic comedy stars Jerry Lewis as television's top host and Robert De Niro as the man determined to get on his show. Diahnne Abbot, Sandra Bernhard, Shelley Hack, Tony Randall and Ed Herlihy co-star.
Saboteur (1942) ? Introduced by Norman Lloyd
Alfred Hitchcock's wartime thriller stars Robert Cummings as a fugitive munitions worker falsely accused of sabotage. Priscilla Lane co-stars as the woman who helps him clear his name, and Norman Lloyd provides the perfect touch as the villainous Fry. The climax atop the Statue of Liberty is one of Hitchcock's most memorable sequences.
Sunnyside Up (1929) ? World premiere of The Museum of Modern Art restoration, preserved with support from The Film Foundation and the Franco American Cultural Fund
This pre-Code musical stars one of the most popular screen teams of early Hollywood ? Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell ? in their first sound film together. The result is a wildly entertaining, completely charming film, with some of the most spectacular musical numbers ever filmed. Hot off of becoming the first-ever Best Actress Oscar winner, Gaynor plays a young tenement girl who falls in love with the rich Farrell. The songs include the title tune, "If I Had a Talking Picture of You," "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?" and "Turn on the Heat," the latter featuring a truly eye-popping production number.
The Story of Temple Drake (1933) ? Premiere of the work-in-progress restoration by The Museum of Modern Art, preserved with support from TCM
One of the most daring pre-Code films ever produced, this audacious film has been credited with being the primary catalyst for the creation of the Roman Catholic Church's Legion of Decency. Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue star in the story of a rebellious Southern girl who falls into a life of debauchery. Adapted from William Faulkner's controversial novel Sanctuary, which is full of so many unsavory elements, the Hays Office openly discouraged attempts to adapt it.
The Big Trail (1930) ? Premiere of the restoration by The Museum of Modern Art, preserved with support from the Bartos Preservation Fund and The Film Foundation
Celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, this Raoul Walsh western about early pioneers stars John Wayne in his first lead role. The film was shot in Grandeur, a very early widescreen process. In addition to the sweeping vistas captured by Lucien Andriot and Arthur Edelson's stunning cinematography, the film broke ground in the use of natural sound.
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) ? Rare screening of cult classic
This unique gangster film from England has garnered a cult following over the years. It stars Jack La Rue as a gangster who kills a man and kidnaps his rich girlfriend, played by Linden Travers. Scandalous at the time for its frank depiction of sex and violence, the film features an entirely British cast as New Yorkers.
A Woman's Face (1941) ? Introduced by Casey LaLonde, Joan Crawford's grandson
Joan Crawford gives one of her best performances in this film, which rarely receives a theatrical screening. She plays a scarred woman whose life is changed when she undergoes plastic surgery. Melvyn Douglas stars as the doctor who helps her, and Conrad Veidt is the schemer who uses her for his own selfish aims. George Cukor directed this exciting remake of a 1938 Swedish film.
Harold Lloyd in An Eastern Westerner (1920) and Safety Last (1923) ? Featuring music composed and conducted by Robert Israel; introduced by Suzanne Lloyd Hayes, Harold Lloyd's granddaughter
TCM presents two silent Harold Lloyd classics, beginning with the Hal Roach-directed An Eastern Westerner, a two-reel short in which Lloyd plays a boy from the East Coast who is sent to the Wild West by his father. Then comes one of Lloyd's funniest feature films, Safety Last, in which Lloyd plays a department store clerk whose idea for a contest backfires. Safety Last features Lloyd perilously dangling from a clock at the top of a tall building.
The Stunt Man (1980) ? Introduced by director Richard Rush
This unique black comedy stars Peter O'Toole as a dictatorial director and Steve Railsback as a fugitive hired to work as a stunt man. Barbara Hershey co-stars in this film directed by Richard Rush and featuring an appropriate, intentionally cheesy score by Dominic Frontiere.
Festival Shorts ? Introduced by film critic and historian Leonard Maltin
Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin, who is an expert on Hollywood's long tradition of short films, curates and presents this collection of funny and entertaining shorts. Some of the titles included are Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934), How to Sleep (1935) and Movie Pests (1944).
Removed from Circulation: A Cartoon Collection ? Presented by author Donald Bogle
Donald Bogle, author of Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: A History of Black Hollywood, will present cartoons that have been kept from the public eye because of negative racial or cultural stereotypes. The collection includes several classic Warner Bros. cartoons. Bogle will provide insight into the racial attitudes of the times in which the cartoons were created. Titles include Clean Pastures (1937), Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarves (1943), Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944), Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931), The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938), Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936), Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943) and Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937).
Fragments
This compilation features surviving pieces from lost films from two of the world's top film archives, the Academy Film Archive and the UCLA Film Archive. Titles will be announced later.
Casablanca (1942) ? Archival print from the Warner Bros. vault
Regarded by many as one of the screen's greatest romances of all time, this wartime drama stars Humphrey Bogart as a nightclub owner who gets involved in smuggling refugees out of Vichy-controlled Casablanca. Ingrid Bergman portrays the woman he once lost and who is now seeking to escape the Nazis with her husband, played by Paul Henreid. Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre provide outstanding support in this Best Picture Oscar winner.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) ? Preceded by the Bugs Bunny classic Rabbit Hood (1949)
A few weeks before Ridley Scott's Robin Hood comes to theaters with Russell Crowe in the title role, TCM will present the colorful 1938 version of the oft-told tale. Errol Flynn stars as the legendary rogue Robin Hood and Olivia de Havilland as his love, Maid Marian. Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone co-star. Eric Wolfgang Korngold's triumphant score set the style for many swashbucklers to follow.
Top Hat (1935)
One of the great Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers pairings of the 1930s, this bright musical about mistaken identity features such Irving Berlin songs as "Cheek to Cheek," "Isn't This a Lovely Day to be Caught in the Rain" and "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails." It also includes a lavish production number called "The Piccolino." The outstanding supporting cast includes Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick and Eric Blore, as well as Lucille Ball in a bit part.
Laura (1944)
Director Otto Preminger delved into the film noir genre when he took over (from Rouben Mamoulian) directing this striking mystery about a beautiful woman at the center of a complex murder plot. Gene Tierney plays the target, while Dana Andrews is the detective on the case. Clifton Webb and Vincent Price are outstanding as a cynical reporter and a Southern gigolo, respectively. David Raskin's music is immediately recognizable. Joseph La
Shelle's cinematography won an Oscar.
Some Like It Hot (1959) ? Introduced by Tony Curtis
Billy Wilder's hilarious comedy follows two down-and-out musicians as they try to escape the mob by heading to Florida with an all-girl orchestra. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis play the musicians, while Marilyn Monroe, in one of her best performances, is a fellow bandmate determined to land a millionaire. Joe E. Brown and George Raft co-star.
Pillow Talk (1959)
Rock Hudson and Doris Day enjoyed their first and most memorable outing with this sparkling romantic comedy about two people who share the same phone line. Tony Randall and Thelma Ritter co-star in this film that earned top numbers at the box office and an Oscar for its story and screenplay.
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Disco went to the movies with this enormously popular movie about a young Brooklynite who finds his calling on the dance floor. John Travolta became an instant sensation with his Oscar-nominated performance, while the soundtrack catapulted such hits as "Night Fever," "How Deep is Your Love?" and "Stayin' Alive" to the top of the charts.
*About the TCM Classic Film Festival*
The first-ever TCM Classic Film Festival will take place April 22-25, 2010, in the heart of Hollywood. The network is inviting fans from around the country to join this new festival and share their passion for great movies. This landmark celebration of the history of Hollywood and its movies will be presented in a way that only TCM can, with major events, celebrity appearances, panel discussions and more. The four-day festival will also provide movie fans a rare opportunity to experience some of cinema's greatest works as they were meant to be seen ? on the big screen.
The festival will involve several venues in a central area of Hollywood, including screenings at Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre. The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, which has a longstanding role in movie history and was the site of the first Oscar ceremony, will be the official hotel for the festival as well as a key venue for festival passholders.
The TCM Classic Film Festival is being produced by TCM. Serving as festival consultants are Bill and Stella Pence, who are well-known in industry circles as co-founders of the Telluride Film Festival.
The TCM Classic Film Festival is sponsored by Vanity Fair, the official festival partner and host of the opening night gala; Buick?, the official automotive sponsor; Delta Air Lines, the official travel partner; and Fekkai, official luxury hair care sponsor of the Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywoo
d program.
*Festival passes and additional information are available at www.tcm.com/festival*.
A complete list of all previously announced programming for the TCM Classic Film Festival is available at http://news.turner.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=173.
Turner Classic Movies is a Peabody Award-winning network that presents great films, uncut and commercial-free, from the largest film libraries in the world. Currently seen in more than 80 million homes, TCM features the insights of veteran primetime host Robert Osborne and weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz, plus interviews with a wide range of special guests. As the foremost authority in classic films, TCM offers critically acclaimed original documentaries and specials, along with regular programming events that include The Essentials, 31 Days of Oscar and Summer Under the Stars. TCM also stages special events and screenings, such as the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood; produces a wide range of media about classic film, including books and DVDs; and hosts a wealth of materials at its Web site, www.tcm.com. TCM is part of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
SOURCE TCM Classic Film Festival
Contact
Sarah Schmitz, Atlanta, 1-404-575-6313, sarah.schmitz@turner.com, or Samantha Graham, New York, 1-212-275-6821, samantha.graham@turner.com, Cassie Bryan, Los Angeles, +1-818-977-4567, cassie.bryan@turner.com, or Visit our press site at news.turner.com, or Follow TCM public relations on Twitter at twitter.com/TCMPR
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*I do the Denver film fest every year ... I just get a couple of tickets! Also helps when U are a memeber too! I would like to see: _Leave Her to Heaven_ (1945)!*
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I found in a used book store for $1.00 the other day, the book: _Lady Sings the Blues_ by Billie Holiday herself. Now I grew up with the film, wich stars Miss. Ross, and Lady Day's music as a kid (My mother was a huge fan!) ....but I never read the book ...until now!!
Good find ...it's paperback, has not only pictures of the "realy" Lady Day, but of Miss. ross in the film too> I got the book for only $1.00 but very good condition.
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*Sedona Film Festival: TCM host Robert Osborne will screen and discuss three classic films during the Festival:*
*?The Adventures of Robin Hood? (1938) starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland (Wed 24 Feb, 2010!); ?A Place in the Sun? (1951) with Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters; and ?Leave Her to Heaven? (1945) with Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde and Vincent Price.*
Advance-sale packages can be purchased online at www.sedonafilmfestival.com or by calling (928) 282-1177. Advanced-sale packages begin at $95 for members for a 10-ticket package; $190 for members for a 20-ticket package; $300 for members? Gold Priority Pass and $520 for Platinum All Access Priority Pass. Group discounts also are available. Non-member passes are $100 for 10-ticket packages, $200 for 20-ticket packages, and $375 for Gold Priority Pass and $650 for Platinum.
For additional information, visit www.sedonafilmfestival.com or call (928) 282-1177.
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Charles McGraw was in: _The Birds_ (1963) with Cinematography by Robert Burks!
*Cinematographer: Robert Burks!*