markfp2
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Since TCM's schedules are out for June and July and August is probably finished and will be released shortly, unless there just happens to be another one already scheduled, it looks likes it will be at least September before it could be rescheduled. Doesn't mean it will, just that September would be the earliest.
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
>...and I recommended The David Lean Centenary Collection above the other, even though it costs a few dollars (er, pounds) more, because the films have been digitally remastered.
I agree completely. I have this set and every film is just beautiful. If for no other reason, it's worth getting a multi-region player just to have this set.
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I wasn't watching or recording it so I can't speak first hand, but since nobody else has complained about it or even commented, I think it was a localized issue with your cable company. If it was at TCM's end there would have been many complaints on the boards because it would affect everybody. While there has been occasional problems at TCM, when it comes to reception issues most of the time it's with the cable company.
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The film is available on DVD from TCM's shopping link to Movies Unlimited. You can get it either by itself or in a set with what I assume is a sequel called THEY STILL CALL ME TRINITY.
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What you need is a "multi-region" or sometimes called a "region-free" DVD player so you can play any DVD from anywhere in the world. You won't find them at your local store, but you can get them online for as little as $50. You can get them from amazon or a number of other sources. These are name brand and perfectly legal to own. There are many folks on the boards who have one.
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> {quote:title=InFlynn wrote:}{quote}
> What's really annoying to me is when a film I want to keep runs just slightly over 2 hours and I have to record it to DVD at LP (up to 4 hours) instead of the higher quality SP (up to 2 hours).
If you ever need another recorder, think about a Panasonic. Most have a feature called "Flexible Record" that allows you to set the recording rate for whatever you need to fill up the entire disc and get the best quality possible. For example, instead of having to record a 125 minute film in the 4-hour mode, you can record it at 125 minutes and you'll be hard pressed to see any difference from the 2-hour mode. Works great.
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TCM has made it clear that films showing on their HD channel are in the original ratios.There has been reports, both here and on other forum sites, of local cable companies either stretching or enlarging the picture to fully fill 16x9 screens because the same folks who use to complain about those "damn black bars" on the top and bottom of the screen are now complaining when they have them on the sides. I think you should call yours and complain.
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finance is correct. When you think about it, that's got to be at least a couple of hundred sets of intros to record in just a couple of days. That's a lot of work for anyone, let a alone a man, of his age and that doesn't include various extra promos and such that he appears in. I image he has multiple changes of wardrobe so it doesn't appear that he only has one suit to his name.
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> {quote:title=talkietime wrote:}{quote}
> It's likely that your service provider has implemented copy protection on TCM HD. Contact your provider concerning that.
Could also be his recorder. Certain brands are notorious for blocking recordings. SONY is one. I use Panasonic and Toshiba exclusively and have never had trouble. We had Magnavox where I use to work and that was fine too.
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> {quote:title=Olddirt wrote:}{quote}
> Has anyone seen this movie and where if anywhere I can get it?
Welcome to the boards. As someone mentioned, it's out of print, but you can still get it on DVD from [amazon.com]. It's kind of pricey though, starting about $45 new and $40 used. Now if you don't mind VHS those start as low as $1.88.
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> {quote:title=patful wrote:}{quote} Captain Fred was the bombardier. Remember him describing all the time he spent on his knees in the nose of the plane?
Sorry,I didn't make myself clear. I wasn't talking about Fred. I was referring to the comment I had made earlier about my Dad about being in a bomber crew in WWII. I sometimes forget that people read what I write and not what I'm thinking when I'm writing it.
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The man doesn't admit to having it and even if he does, from what I've read, it would take a lot more than petitions to get him and Warner Bros.to make a deal.
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> {quote:title=patful wrote:}{quote}
> *Air Force pilots were officers...* - markfp2
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> All pilots were officers, but bombardiers could be officers or NCO's.
I don't recall him ever mentioning the rank of the bombardier, I guess his point was just that at 23 he was oldest and that the pilots, both officers, were younger than him.
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> {quote:title=JimL wrote:}{quote}
> *Ninotchka* and *Grand Hotel* are two good Garbo films deserving a showing on TCM.
Both have been shown many times on TCM including during prime time.
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> I always found it interesting that Fred, who presumably had the roughest childhood, ended up outranking the middle-class Homer and upper-middle Al. Only in America.
Air Force pilots were officers and that resulted in quicker promotions for younger men than in other branches of the service. My dad was a gunner on a B-24 in WWII and at 23 was the oldest of the crew. He also told me that as the war went on and bombers were hitting cities in Germany, enlisted crew members were all made sergeants to assure better treatment if they were shot down and captured. I guess that explains why there were something like 700 sergeants in STALAG 17.
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I'm beginning to think, that after he finished his last film, poor Henry was abducted by aliens since he just seemed to have vanished from the face of the Earth.
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Well, I wish I could have gone too, but it wasn't in the cards with those prices and all the other costs involved. I hope it's a success for TCM and if they do another they'll consider holding that one on the east coast.
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Welcome to the boards. TCM last ran it on December 1, 2009. TCM has its schedules out through July and I don't recall seeing another showing scheduled, but I imagine it will turn up again someday. They have a lot of those "behind the scenes" promotional shorts made when the films were first released. Sometimes they run them in conjunction with an upcoming showing and sometimes they just use them as a "filler" between features.
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> {quote:title=CelluloidKid wrote:}{quote}
> *I watched it last night on AMC, and I was horrified at the "hack" editing and dubbing that AMC did with the film ... Thank G_D for TCM!!*
I can't imagine why anybody would want to even consider watching a film on AMC.
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I'm not sure what's "rare" about it. FMC has shown it numerous times. Maybe not three times back-to-back on the same night like they've been doing with some films, but enough that I wouldn't say that it's rarely shown.
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> {quote:title=Iris2 wrote:}{quote}
> Thank you for confirming my sanity (at least in this regard); maybe I should ask TCM to try.
Hey, it never hurts to suggest a film. I can't imagine there are other networks fighting over it, after all it was in black & white.
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You're not hallucinating, I recall the movie, but it's certainly not shown much. Now, I can't swear to it, but I seem to think that TCM ran it a number of years ago. If so and since they haven't run it lately, I'd guess that their contract for it expired.
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Finds like this are always great news. I hope that Keene State College will make it available to the public on DVD and not just lock it away like some archives do. Maybe they'll consider a screening on TCM.
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> {quote:title=faceinthecrowd wrote:}{quote} I'm always a little startled when I see Patrick Macnee as young Marley, long before he was lucky enough to be Mrs. Peel's partner.
To me, one of the joys of classic films is seeing now famous performersi n the early stages of their careers.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith snafu 5/18
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I didn't see it, but if it occurred as you described (and I'm not doubting you) it was very odd indeed. No doubt a computer error of some sort. Oh for the good old days when a real live person actually threaded reels of film on projectors and push the "start" button. Not to say mistakes didn't happen, they did, but at least you knew why.