markfp2
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Thank goodness, the wait is over. I thought some folks were going to have a nervous breakdown from the suspense.
Anyway, it looks like the waiting was worth it. Lot's of good stuff including three rarely shown films from master directors.
THE SOUND BARRIER (1952) A terrific David Lean film based on a true story of the jet plane's early days and the obsession to break the sound barrier. I have a region 2 copy of this from the UK and it's really a fine film.
A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS (1955) Carol Reed's charming fantasy about the power of childhood imagination.
THE RISING OF THE MOON (1957) Probably John Ford's least known and almost never shown "other" Irish film. Shot in Ireland (unfortunately in B/W) with an all Irish cast, except for an introduction by Tyrone Power, it consists of three stories about Irish life. Certainly not his biggest or best, but worth seeing if for no other reason than it's a John Ford film.
Thanks in advance TCM.
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I've always been leaning towards Millard Filmore myself.
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> {quote:title=MGMMayer wrote:}{quote} But if Warner Archive starts offering an Adam Sandler Value-Pak, don't say I didn't warn you!
If they do that, then we will rise in masses and storm Warner Bros. with torches and pitchforks.
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I think it happens to all of us. I remember the first time I saw Clint Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN, for whatever reason, I didn't like it at all. A couple of years later, I revisited it and have seen it many times since and it's on of my favorites list.
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It won't really matter much who's on the $50 bill. Between the debit card generation who don't carry cash and the folks who have no cash to carry, I don't think many people will actually see one.
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> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote}
> The first film is The Little Fugitive.
It was released on DVD by Kino Video and should be available through most online stores.
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I seem to recall reading, back when it first came out, that while there were certain liberties taken for dramatic purposes, that overall the film was very factual. I guess some people thought so. I recall that when the film opened here, a nearby American Legion post picketed the theater because they claimed it was "commie propaganda" and a plot to brainwash anyone that saw it.
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I must be one of the few people who's never had a Blockbuster membership. I never liked their company policies. I always preferred local video stores.
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Welcome to the boards.Just wanted to remind you that, while we all like to look ahead, all schedules are subject to change and you should double check the current schedule for changes as you get closer. There are a number of reasons TCM might have to change a schedule which they may have no control over .
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> {quote:title=looney4tcm wrote:}{quote} TCM is the best channel on television with excellent ratings and no commercials for a reason.
Just for the record, technically, TCM has no ratings. In an article, TCM's programmer said that since they don't sell commercials they don't subscribe to the ratings services so nobody counts how many viewers there are.That's what makes them so great, they can do all sorts of varied programming and never worry how it will affect ratings or sales. You are right though, TCM is the best channel on television.
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} It's a special gift that we get, a schedule three months out, so if they are busy, I understand.
No question about that.
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> {quote:title=JarrodMcDonald wrote:}{quote}> Maybe watching AMC now helps us appreciate TCM and FMC.
You give AMC far too much credit. It looks like every film on that list has been show (many of them numerous times) _UNCUT_ and _COMMERCIAL FREE_ on either TCM or FMC.
Hey, if you enjoy watching butchered, commercial-loaded films, that's your right and I hope you have fun, but please don't insult the intelligence of those of us who don't by trying to convince us that AMC is really doing us a favor.
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Sorry Holly, it looks like they're making us sweat it out. The last film on the February schedule is at 2:45 am and the first on the March schedule is 4:30 am eastern time. So either the computer is going to kick March over as the current month and add May at 4:30am or maybe wait until the start of TCM's "broadcast day" at 6am. Either way I'm not about to wait up for it.
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I haven't heard anything about a DVD release although that would be great. However, TCM seems to have a new arrangement with Universal for at least some of their films, so perhaps we'll seem those two in time.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> I'll bet those flicks looked so much better in 35mm.
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> But what's even better, nothing beats the experience of watching them in a crowded theater.
Well, I'm not sure that even pristine 35mm prints would have helped those two, but back then nobody seemed to care. Still it was great fun being at a Saturday matinee with my buddies and a couple of hundred other kids.
Oh, oh, here comes the memories again. Will somebody please past me some stale popcorn and a warm coke?
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For me,THE GIANT GILA MONSTER falls in the classification of "cheap '50's horror films that I loved as a kid". I make no apologies for still liking them. It bring backs memories of many Saturday afternoons spent (OK, some might say wasted) enjoying films like this and its companion film THE KILLER SHREWS at a run down theater, in my hometown, that specialized in films that the bigger ones avoided like the plague.
I guess I should really bring back those memories by not only watching it again, but to get the true effect I'll sit in a chair with a broken spring poking through and will eat a bag of very stale popcorn. Ah, those were the days.
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Thanks for posting this great article. I Found it fascinating that the small town where he lives is only a few miles from where my dad lived out his final years and that was news to me.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> Actually, a lot of TCM viewers feel that if anything, TCM has been showing more Fox movies in the last few months - I've noticed a big change from a year or so ago.
No question about that. I don't have a count either, but it's pretty obvious that more Fox films have been showing up on TCM than in the past. Certainly not as any as those from other studios and TCM seems to have some of them for a shorter period of time, but still it's a good start. I think the problem lies with Fox not TCM. As we've discussed before, for whatever reason, Fox loves to keep many of their classic films in the vault instead of letting them be shown, even on their own channel.
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Getting back to our earlier discussion of Mickey Rooney's miscasting in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, I just finished reading the book.
The character of Mr. Yunioshi only appeared briefly in the book. It's the scene at the very beginning where he's complaining to Holly about always forgetting her key and ringing his bell. It ends with her telling him that she might let him take some photos of her sometime. While it might be seen as slightly amusing, it wasn't written as comedy. Unlike the movie, Mr.Yunioshi is referred to a couple of times, but he never appears again. So obviously everything else was added to the movie for Mickey Rooney.
While I don't want to spoil it for anyone else wants to read the book, I will point out some major changes. The time frame was World War II, not the 1960's, and it's written in the first person from the viewpoint of Paul the writer (George Peppard). His "patron" played in the film by Patricia Neal doesn't exist in the book and there is a character Joe Bell, a bartender friend of Paul and Holly, who was cut and doesn't appear in the movie. There were some other changes too, but I will leave those to the next reader to discover.
As for Holly, I think Audrey Hepburn's portrayal stays pretty true to the book although, in the movie, they did have to remove any suggestion that she might be a call girl and some other references to her sex life in order to keep the censors happy.
I think anybody who loves the film, would find the book interesting, if for no other reason then to see where it came from.
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> {quote:title=rubyslippers wrote:}{quote}
> those 3-D tickets can get awfully expensive, can't they?
You sure can say that again. The last time I took my grandson to see a 3-D film there was a $2.50 " 3-D surcharge" and there were no children's tickets, everybody paid full shot.
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> I know this is probably an unpopular opinion but shouldn't we just cut them some slack and be glad when they are able to post the schedule?
I go along with you. I like to see the schedules way in advance too, but some folks are acting like spoiled children. As I've said before TCM is the only channel that releases it's schedule so far in advance. That would be true two months in advance, but three months is unheard of.
I just checked FMC's site and they have March up, but that's it. There are times when their online schedule only goes two weeks out. Most channels just hold schedules until they reach the deadlines (3-4 weeks ahead) for the schedule services that distribute the information to newspapers and magazines like TV Guide.
TCM has no real reason to release schedules so far in advance. They only do it to please us. Some people don't seem to appreciate TCM's efforts. Perhaps, TCM will decide to save themselves the grief and not bother releasing the third month early anymore. If so, who's fault will that be?
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> {quote:title=Web wrote:}{quote} The Hasty Heart has already been released on DVD as part of The Ronald Reagan Signature collection.
People looking for that or other titles which were only released in sets should check the independent sellers at amazon. Many times there are folks who break up sets and sell the titles as singles. I've picked up both THE HASTY HEART and SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (from a John Ford set) that way.
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Yeah, looks like I'm going to break down and take out a second mortgage on the house so I can treat my wife and our two grandkids to see it in 3-D. Let's see, $13.00 each for tickets, 8 bucks each for popcorn and... Well. just to be safe I better hock my watch too.
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote} Yes, but in way too many cases they don't have viewing prints available.
Very true. On several occasions, I've talk to LofC archivists at film conventions and they all say the say thing. Much of the collection is in poor shape and the government barely provides them with enough money to preserve what they have, as is, let alone do any restoration. The funds they get to restore films almost always comes from outside sources and with the bad economy many of those have dried up.
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I didn't record it today (already have it) so I can't check, but I happened to watched about the first 35-40 minutes from DirecTV and it was OK. I could have missed a few seconds, but anything longer than that I would have noticed. It might have been an issue with your cable system.
At least, it's not a film that's rarely shown on TCM. Seems like it makes the schedule at least a couple of times a year.