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2 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
I did not watch the Oscars this year, but I was glad PARASITE was named Best Picture. I hope more foreign films take the prize in years to come. Our American films win awards in other countries. It's only fair that some of their efforts win awards in our country too!
Are you planning to see it?
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On 2/16/2020 at 9:47 AM, TopBilled said:
Sunday February 16, 2020
Universal classics on TCM
THREE SMART GIRLS with Deanna Durbin
THE UNINVITED with Ray Milland
Finally was able to see all of THE UNINVITED (***1/2out of four( & bio blood & guts either like todays horror films I know I sound like some old man, but it's the truth you know it) A rarely ever got scared at a Only about 10, my favorite thriller isn't really scary NIGHT OF THE HUNTER & THE SUPERB PREMIERE MAGZINE CHOSE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN AS BEST EVER
Jaws scared me more then any picture
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To Top, as I wrote before to you, this is perhaps easily among the top if not thee top running topic pal
(P.S. did you happen to watch an of the Oscars)
Can you believe I've yet to see SW 9 Hope to March 1st, never been one of those Star wars fanatics, I like them ok, especially Empire Strikes Back=-(ironically it made the least of them all too)
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On 2/4/2020 at 9:36 AM, TopBilled said:
Tuesday February 4, 2020
Ethel Barrymore on TCM
RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS with John & Lionel Barrymore
NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART with Cary Grant
He as very strong in this very sad & heavy wartime drama, but always felt-(alt Oscars again) though he outright deserved Best Actor for his brilliant comedic role in Capra's ARSENIC AND OLD LACE-(that town sq is still intact at WB;s too) He was u for this instead Billy Wilder was correct the Academy had a prejudice against out and out comedies, comedy dramas they loved
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On 2/17/2020 at 2:00 AM, TopBilled said:
Monday February 17, 2020
Leslie Caron on TCM
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS with Gene Kelly
GIGI with Maurice Chevalier
not singin in the rain, but still must rank among hollywoods top ten musicals people told Kelly it was risky ending with that long ballet, obviously worked with huge box office numbers and 6 academy awards
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11 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Tuesday February 18, 2020
Celia Johnson in a Noel Coward story on TCM
IN WHICH WE SERVE with John Mills
BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Trevor Howard
still have not had the chance to see it new York film critics went for this though
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On 2/15/2020 at 9:37 AM, TopBilled said:
Saturday February 15, 2020
Rock Hudson on TCM
WRITTEN ON THE WIND with Dorothy Malone
ICE STATION ZEBRA with Ernest Borgnine
when the s. actor Oscar was awarded a 2nd time to anthony quinn for lust for life, co-nominees mickey rooney up for bold and the brave nudged Robert stack up for this one and told him we was robbed unquote
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Think this is part, well, pts of it are of basic cable, it covers a slew of other cable channels TCM is just one of them & it rotates almost daily
Movies that have somewhat recently aired on this network then go to Demand & it's doozy of a list & as I said it rotates so if you miss a movie on TCM you can catch it as many times as you like on TCM Demand
In the last few weeks I saw & often rewatced
That's Entertainment, The Great Race, White Heat, Blackboard Jungle, Adam's Rib, Singin In the Rain, Robin & the 7 Hoods, Marty, Bonnie and Clyde, The Third Man, The Harder they Fall, Westworld, Thunder Below, To Be or Not to Be, Magnificent 7 , Lawrence of Arabia, Mean Streets, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Apartment, The China Syndrome, Bonnie and Clyde, an American in Paris, Network & a ton more!
Please reply even if you don't get this station & I thank you
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Raise any hands if you though, or even if you dis't think 05's boxing bio CINDERELLA MAN by Ron Howard-(got to hang out with him & a few members of the cast during filming during the god awful august heat of COCOON about 8hrs one day It was-(or some of it) was actually shot right next door to my apt complex in st. pete,fl Even walked him to his limo at the end of this day. And typical of people ruining things, went the next day with a pal o'mine & everything was ok again then came in a family or 2 in their beach clothes, s the chucke'd the lot and all had to leave! Did get Ron's autograoh n the fmr day, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, M. Stapleton, Guttenberg, Tahnee welch-(so tiny compared to her famous mom)
Anyway, I've seen C. MAN many times since going to it that year & still find it perfecto anyone agree & only garnered airy 3 Oscar shots<P, Giamatti, Make-Up & Art-Direction? And it grossed $62m
Not that it's RAGING BULL, but something was off in my own opinion again in the nominating system of the Academy that year> matter or fact the media kept asking Crowe about the Oscars at it's release
THANX
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On 2/16/2020 at 6:13 PM, CinemaInternational said:
I saw Pippi when I was very young. I liked the opening credit theme song....but I have no desire to see the film again. Did not see Caddyshack II, and from all accounts probably fortunate about that. Working Girl is kind of an inverse of All About Eve, the only difference being that the Margo Channing character steals the Eve character's idea and bungles her chances of a better life, or so as it was supposed to go. That said, I always liked Working Girl, and Joan Cusack's supporting turn is a great joy. It's also the first R rated movie I ever saw. It's kind of embarassing how young I was when I saw it: 4 years old.
But 1988 is, despite cruelity in films, rather a fascinating year looking back. I really miss years like it (While dealing with some recent films, the ones I'm not big on at least, I find myself longing for the 80s and 90s, both of which I love.). They had a lot of good films that year, and there was a true variety to what was being put out that year.
As I sad your 100 right in HEATHERS being a '89m a fun story about Slater as JD in it, since he did such a dead on NICHOLSON for the terrific flick, he was with a girl one night & told he he knew JACK & went even further to impress her by calling NICHOLSON up at his MULHOLLAND DR mansion-(still lives there by the way) Well, JACK actually picked up the phone & slater went into his own JACK impersonation from HEATHERS & all he recalls is JACK cracking up on the other end
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1 hour ago, Hibi said:
WHY do they have to remake this movie? It was great the first time. UGH.
THE MICK could do anything!
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Personally prefer KING'S ROW though to PEYTON PLACE myself Think the latter went 0 fir 10 that yr come Oscar time
And most say Reagan came closest to getting an Oscar nod for KR
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Ouspenska died a horrific death burning to death, same as Linda Darnell & Butterfly McQueen
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3 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
besides their being very very brief- OUSPENSKAYA'S roles in DODSWORTH and LOVE AFFAIR have next to nothing in common. it took me a while to understand just why she got nominated for DODSWORTH, but once I saw more of her film work- it made sense. she was also a DRAMA TEACHER to a lot of up-and-comers.
she has a MARVELOUS role in the otherwise very boring CONQUEST where she berates CHARLES BOYER AS NAPOLEON for cheating at cards. and she is MAGIC in the two WOLF MAN movies she made.
she also strikes me as the type to not remove the cigarette from betwixt her lips before telling The Border Patrol Official to kiss her ***, and I love her for it.
What did toy think of the l994 Beatty-Bening remake of LOVE AFFAIR & with KATE HEPBURN in her very last role at age 87 in that role?)
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Many of these all-Americana l950's type flix are why DAVID LYNCH made the l986 masterpiece BLUE VELVET
My rational is he grew up on these movies & wanted to show them-(notice ow '50's both BV & Twin Peaks appear) & then by his own admission wanted to show the seamy underbelly of the towns
With BV he created one of the movies all-time greatest villians in Dennis Hopper's maniacal Frank Booth & then it carried on with his villians
(TRIVIA: Woody Allen attempted to withdraw his own HANNAH AND HER SISTERS from the Oscars because e thought BV was superior, but the academy doesn't do that type of thing)
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On 5/13/2018 at 4:27 PM, chameleon said:
Also, Ben Mankiewicz's father was campaign press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy during his run at the Presidency. There were many luminaries who visited the Mankiewicz home. Ben most definitely has the pedigree + the intelligence to qualify him to host TCM (as opposed to someone like DB).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mankiewicz_familyBen Mankiewicz' father:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mankiewiczyou can see the resemblence
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On 11/7/2019 at 3:41 PM, yanceycravat said:
One of the great gifts we received for being a guest programmer was a personalized autographed copy of Robert Osborne's book. It will always be one of my prized possessions.
I would hope, perhaps Dave Karger will continue in RO's footsteps. "In 2012 and 2013, Dave was the Academy's official red-carpet greeter on Oscar night, only the third person ever to hold that post." A post RO himself once held!
you were a gp guest programmer, there is an entire page that shows all of them on here somewhere & I logged them all in my files-(which still come first over the net ever since I fell in love with the movies in 1979 at barely age 15)
Donald Trump was even one I believe around 07 & chose GWTW, African Queen & Kane
If Mr. 0sborne had just 4 to select that probably be> A Place in the Sun, Singin In the Rain, Sunset Blvd & ??? I used to think I knew the 4th, but forget it right now I do recall when he had Stanley Donen on he told him right off the 7 of his pictures were in his top ten of all-time
& his favorite actor ever was>William Holden & Actress>Gene Tierney You'd think it woulda been either Bette Davis or the true lady at almost l03 & he spoke to her he spoke to every Sunday from Paris where she still resides>Olivia De Havilland though?
Also among his favs is strange for him but a marvelous comedy Spinal Tap *& he loved Libeled Lady
My own dream Guest Programmer top 4 are>Kane-(only because for some reason the network still doesn't have the rights to The Godfather, I & II?), Captains Courageous-(barely over Bad Day at Black Rock), Some Came Running & Inside Daisy Clover-(though Natalie's own fav & best was Splendor in the grass)
we pt ways in regard to Karger though, I've long read him in EW magazine & he was among main reasons it went down hill. I've almost begged for yrs to hire either Leonard Maltin or P. Bogdanovich, both walking and talking cinematic libraries
THANK YOU
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& won B & W Cinematography gold
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On 2/11/2020 at 9:48 AM, LornaHansonForbes said:
https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/oscar-2020-ratings-all-time-low.html
(pretty brutal rundown of the numbers)
thanks for the reality check Iknew it the very night, but it still seems many are in denial
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to JAMES STEWART FAN??? By the way are you also one of these types that violently attack trump supporters?
& by the way I voted not for Trump on that note but last time & last time only for Sanders
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7 minutes ago, JamesStewartFan95 said:
You know what, Spence? Middle America is not what it used to be! Conservatives can’t just hide behind the mask of “Middle America” anymore. America’s demographic are changing and you’re just gonna have to go along for the ride. Diversity is important! It’s why the United States is referred to as a melting pot, and Canada a mosaic. Parasite winning the Best Picture is just the beginning for The Oscars.
the Oscars & I know this fir a fact (JAMES SEWART FAN???) are scrambling to even try have a next year now after a 23 share
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1 minute ago, JamesStewartFan95 said:
You know what, Spence? Middle America is not what it used to be! Conservatives can’t just hide behind the mask of “Middle America” anymore. America’s demographic are changing and you’re just gonna have to go along for the ride. Diversity is important! It’s why the United States is referred to as a melting pot, and Canada a mosaic. Parasite winning the Best Picture is just the beginning for The Oscars.
what are you a liberal & or millennial, why don't you tell that to the ACADEMY not me Ten I reckon' TCM is rascist & stuck in the past then according to you & should only broadcast the type of stuff you enjoy vs Hollywoods golden age, huh What do you d turn off the channel of tv everytime a JOHN WAYNE, MITCHUM, K. HEPBURN, CAGNEY, TRACY, GARBO, A, HEPBURN, STEVE McQUEEN, NEWMAN COME ON EACH & EVERYDAY PAL
You should try & join the Academy to try & help them figure a way out of this massive mess
I didn't create it & obviously am not alone
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& JAKEEM, forgot to ask you also, after the TOP GUN 2 question, have you seen SW 9 & if so what did you personally think?
Knew it wouldn't win 1 Oscar, none of the newer branch has, not even Lucas' other trilogy starting in '99
I've yet to catch it, March 1st I hope, not a huge SW fanatic, I like them, like Star Trek more though, but stopped going to them when capt. kirk died in Generations (l994)
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3 hours ago, jakeem said:
Over the long Presidents Day weekend, 'Sonic the Hedgehog' zoomed past expectations to a $70 million debut — Paramount's biggest domestic opening since 'Mission: Impossible — Fallout'have you seen the trailer yet for TOP GUN 2 & whats your opinion & do you think it will be a hit as well?
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Cinema Paradiso (Italy) (l989) is my personal favorite one