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1 minute ago, TopBilled said:
Thanks. Yes, I figured I was missing some. If you locate any more, please let me know and I will add them to my earlier post.
I'm just happy to see so many turn up there! I already caught up with The Happy Ending and The hospital and I was after those for years......
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Just now, TopBilled said:
Yes, I thought about your earlier thread when I put this list together. There are many good titles from UA that were produced in the 60s and 70s.
Indeed. Their later glory years, then they were much curtailed after Heaven's Gate. Just for the record, one of their 80s films, Betrayed (1988) is also on Prime as well, so that can be added to the list. I think that 1984's Pope of Greenwich Village is also up as well.
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This reminds me. I stopped months ago after 1961 on the UA project. I'll pick it up again, take it all the way.....
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11 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
It still puzzles me that JOHN HUSTON did not get a supporting nomination for CHINATOWN. The supporting actor nominations for 74 were kind of a mess, three guys from GODFATHER II, Jeff Bridges and a sentimental nod for Fred Astaire.
Perhaps it was the nature of the character. After all, that big reveal of Dunaway's was notorious at the time.
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5 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
THE HOURS didn't work for me either.
TCM's idea of including Paramount films in its Oscar scheduling is to show HOLD BACK THE DAWN, THE LOST WEEKEND, sometimes THE HEIRESS, sometimes STALAG 17 and then one or two more recent offerings like those you've mentioned.
They never show anything directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and he had a big Oscar winning picture at Paramount-- THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952).
Paramount controls the Republic film library (there were almost 1000 feature films produced by Republic Pictures from 1935 to 1959, not counting serials). So it would certainly behoove TCM to partner up with Paramount more.
That's true. Paramount has a rich history, and so much is undereen. Not just De Mille, but many 30s/40s films not seen for years, the Hal Wallis productions, even titles from the 70s and 80s that are very rare occurrences on TV
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1917, I guess. Alternate:Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Joaquin Phoenix
Renee Zellweger
Brad Pitt
Laura Dern
Bong Joon-Ho/Parasite
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
parasite
joker (blah) Hope that 1917 wins here.
"I 'm Going to Love Myself Again"/Rocketman Alternate:" Into the Unknown "/Frozen II
Ford V Ferrari
once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Little Women
The Lion King
bombshell
1917
1917
Toy Story 4
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15 hours ago, Mr. Gorman said:
I just finished watching THE CHEAP DETECTIVE (1978) on tape. I was going to watch it a few night ago, but got too tired to concentrate. So I ended up stuffing the videocassette into the unit this evening. I've seen it several times, but not lately. And I've always wondered what was c/u/t at the last minute before its release. On the opening credits 'CAROLE WELLS' is billed, but does not appear in the movie. She gets a credit at the end as the 'Hat Check Girl'. And then there are numerous credits at the end as well for a number of characters who do not appear in the released film. → I'm guessing somebody with power at Columbia thought there was a sequence or two that slowed down the pacing of the picture so they were excised.
They might have been cut thanks to the pan and scan.
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1 minute ago, TopBilled said:
They don't seem to be showing as many post-2000 films as they used to for Oscar month. They're mostly relying on all the MGM/UA Oscar pictures in the Turner library (1925 to 1986). Plus a few choice selections from Sony (Columbia), Paramount and Fox that highlight their favorite Oscar caliber directors, like Elia Kazan, Billy Wilder and Stanley Kramer.
So I can see why people complain about how predictable it's become and how they're not really bringing in as many premieres in February as they could. For instance, there are several dozen films from Republic Pictures that had Oscar nominations. And there are many films from Universal that had Oscar nominations they are overlooking each year.
Plus many Paramount titles haven't shown in a long time. But Paramount is bringing The Firm and The Hours this year. I liked the former in spite of a confusing ending, but The Hours was too dry for me outside of the performances.
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27 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
I always thought December was TCM's most watched month, since people are home from work and school during the holiday season.
I thought it was Oscar month. With more recent films to act as hooks for younger audiences, plus many well known classics.
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On 1/29/2020 at 10:45 AM, Sepiatone said:
Ain't it the truth. And doesn't it seem that movies which "beat you over the head with the social issue du jour" mostly attract people who are in line with the film maker's point of view that the movie winds up simply preaching to the choir? And having a major movie made that supports their POV makes them feel somehow superior to the rest of the heartless rabble. Causing "roundtable" discussions by people in the "biz" and on shows like THE VIEW to proclaim them "important" movies. But of course, they're only "important" to particular and exclusive groups of people.
There have always been message films, but it is true that some films these days force-feed it too hard. I saw a title on HBO yesterday from 2018 called The Hate U Give. It was like being hit on the back of the head repeatedly with a frying pan for over two hours. I got the picture within 5 minutes about what we were supposed to think, but then it went on endlessly. Sincere performances could only help so much.
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The thing is though that many of the films that are showing are wonderful films. But, yes many repeat too much. In the whole month of February, there are only 65 films I have not seen. But it is TCM's most watched month....
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On 1/31/2020 at 10:40 AM, Hibi said:
Was Patricia Neal nude? LOL.
Not as far as I know
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It is interesting that Sylvia Miles was the one person who received Oscar attention for this (as Jessie Riordan) but until this post, no mention of her was made.
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Somewhere out there in the world is the alarming double feature of Cats and Dolittle.... Alarming enough to make you make a face like this before the end.....
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On 1/29/2020 at 2:42 PM, Hibi said:
Was there much difference?
Nudity (of both genders), rape, murder, language. Up until now, it was aired in an edited cut with a TV-PG rating. The film was originally rated R, so that's some indication.
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7 minutes ago, Hibi said:
LOL! DITTO.
The one thing I'm curious about with the new version of West Side Story is if Rita Moreno, who is back in a small (if also reportedly beefed up role) gets another nomination for being in a new version of the film that brought her a win in early 1962.
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it's worth noting that he made ABC into a giant in the late 70s. Up until that time, it had been the puny younger sibling of CBS and NBC and lagged in the ratings, but Silverman turned it for a time into the biggest network on TV.
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1 minute ago, LawrenceA said:
That's one I can't wait to never see. Almost as unanticipated as Spielberg's West Side Story retread.
my anticipation for it is low as well. I'm beginning to wonder if its a new trend to promote one of next year's award contenders at this year's Oscars. Last year Netflix advertised for The Irishman during a commercial break. [tangent note: netflix films The Irishman, Atlantics, American Factory, and Marriage Story are all getting Criterion Collection DVD/Blu releases later this year]
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Coming in April on DVD/Blu-Ray, a rare Bette Davis title.
Also in April, one of the most polarizing titles of the late 60s on DVD/Blu
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1 minute ago, LawrenceA said:
Zack Gottsagen was in the well-reviewed The Peanut Butter Falcon.
Anthony Ramos was in A Star is Born in 2018, but I'm not certain why he's one of the presenters this year.
it seems Ramos is in the highly anticipated 2020 film In the Heights, based on the Tony Award winning musical, already pegged as a contender for next year. Call it early promoting.
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7 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
Who are Anthony Ramos, Zack Gottsagen, and George Mackay? (As yes, I know I can Google them)
Don't know who two of them are. I know Mackay. He's the young lead of 1917. Also appeared in the 2003 Peter Pan, The boys are Back (2009), and Captain Fantastic (2016). I'm just happy to see Keaton and Weaver and Cruz and Reeves and Martin here. people i have seen in many films.
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On 1/29/2020 at 2:17 PM, jakeem said:
More presenters announced. Including several very familiar faces.
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February Blu-rays:
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She was such a wonderful writer. Plenty of cinematic memories in her filmography.
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I haven't seen the film.... but I was just looking at a bio about Bob Fosse within the last few weeks and the section about the making of Star 80 was fascinating, if also disturbing. It was pretty clear that everyone involved was more than a bit uncomfortable with it all. Fosse was really in a dark place moodwise at the time and was really afraid of hurting the actors, who he truly liked while filming such sordid scenes. Eric Roberts hated playing his role (he got it though over the original pick, Richard Gere). The whole crew were dreading the filming of the ending, since the film was shot in sequence. It also remarked how unlike most crime films, almost every single moment of the film was meticulously planned, almost choreographed before filming.