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Thanks everyone for getting me pointed in the right direction.
The search function gave this (incomplete I'm sure) alphabetical list of films featured on the "Essentials"
2001: A Space Odyssey
Adam's Rib
All About Eve
Annie Hall
Apartment, The
Arsenic and Old Lace
Bad and the Beautiful, The
Bonnie and Clyde
Casablanca
Champion
Citizen Kane
Doctor Zhivago
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Dr. Strangelove
Fear Strikes Out
Force of Evil
Fort Apache
Gaslight
Grand Illusion
Great Escape, The
Guys and Dolls
High Noon
His Girl Friday
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It Happened One Night
It Should Happen to You
Lion In Winter
Magnificent Seven, The
Mogambo
Mr Deeds Goes To Town
North by Northwest
Once Upon a Time in the West
Out of the Past
Papillon
Philadelphia Story, The
Pillow Talk
Quiet Man
Random Harvest
Rear Window
Red Badge Of Courage, The
Singin' In The Rain
Some Came Running
Some Like It Hot
Spellbound
Stagecoach
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
The Awful Truth
The Band Wagon
The Day Of The Jackal
The Lady Eve
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Merry Widow
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Shop Around the Corner
The Third Man
They Were Expendable
To Have and Have Not
To Kill A Mockingbird
Tootsie
Touch of Evil
Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Vertigo
White Heat
Wild One, The
Wuthering Heights
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I'm fairly new to the TCM universe lacking cable TV until about a year ago, so I haven't had much of a chance to watch TCM except when traveling. But the past year I've made it a point to try and watch "The Essentials" every week, because the greatest thrill I have watching this network is discovering great and wonderful movies that I'd never even heard of before (thanks TCM!).
I'd like to comment about the difference between last year's co-host, Rose McGowan, and Alec Baldwin this year. I really, really enjoyed listening to Baldwin discuss how differently actors behave on the set when they're truly invested in the movie and the director versus when they're just going through the motions. Plus, he involved Mr. Osbourne and the viewing audience by giving an example of what an actor would do for a movie he really believed in. Compare that to last year's co-host. Did we ever get that? Sorry, but no. Bland, milquetoast bather about how this or that affected her, and how the particular movie message or plot wouldn't fit into today's social / moral / political climate. Too boring for me.
So far, I'm getting a real kick out of Alec Baldwin. I'm sure I would've enjoyed Rob Reiner, Sydney Pollack and Peter Bogdanovich as well... I'd be interested in their perspective as director and actor from both sides of the camera.
On a side note, does anyone have a list of so-called "essential" films from previous years? I'd be very interested to know which other movies the hosts over the years considered worth my time to check out. Thanks.
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I'm fairly new to the TCM universe lacking cable TV until about a year ago, so I haven't had much of a chance to watch TCM except when traveling. But the past year I've made it a point to try and watch "The Essentials" every week, because the greatest thrill I have watching this network is discovering great and wonderful movies that I'd never even heard of before (thanks TCM!).
I'd like to comment about the difference between last year's co-host, Rose McGowan, and Alec Baldwin this year. I really, really enjoyed listening to Baldwin discuss how differently actors behave on the set when they're truly invested in the movie and the director versus when they're just going through the motions. Plus, he involved Mr. Osbourne and the viewing audience by giving an example of what an actor would do for a movie he really believed in. Compare that to last year's co-host. Did we ever get that? Sorry, but no. Bland, milquetoast bather about how this or that affected her, and how the particular movie message or plot wouldn't fit into today's social / moral / political climate. Too boring for me.
So far, I'm getting a real kick out of Alec Baldwin. I'm sure I would've enjoyed Rob Reiner, Sydney Pollack and Peter Bogdanovich as well... I'd be interested in their perspective as director and actor from both sides of the camera.
On a side note, does anyone have a list of so-called "essential" films from previous years? I'd be very interested to know which other movies the hosts over the years considered worth my time to check out. Thanks.
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The most glaring omission is "The Jazz Singer" (1927). It revolutionized the movie industry, and by almost any measure, is much more "influential" than "Breathless".
whats the one film your dying TCM to show..and it never does..
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