filmlover

Hi, kubrick, you would post your fully completed schedule in this thread. Also, I forgot to mention in my instructions, everyone should include notes after they post their complete week about their choices.

Lynn and movieman, thanks for filling in for me while I have had to be away from the board.

All I now is that, The Diary of Anne Frank has to be on my schedule but I don't know what other movies to put it with and what genre to put it with because I have never been good at naming genres. Well, let's see, for The Diary of Anne Frank, one could create a theme of: Ordinary people affected by war, and other films could include Mrs. Miniver and Since You Went Away, just naming two. It is also a film with music composed by Alfred Newman. You could do a search under his name and come up other films by him, and call it A Tribute To Alfred Newman. Those are just two possibilities. There are many more ways to look at it.

Hi, Kubrick, Sorry, I haven't been able to post much because I am only able to sneak a look in here during working hours (can you imagine, just because they pay me they expect me to give them my undivided attention?). If you are still confused towards this evening (Pacific Time), I will try to work out a step-by-step kind of thing. I know it does look like quite a lot. With your questions, I put myself back to the first time I did and I am surprised that I wa able to. But, basically, the first step is to print out one of the schedules, then know you have to fit about ten to twelve or so movies during one day. And as far as themes go, you will notice while watching TCM, they will have an evening's salute to, say, boxing films, or Valentine's Day or some such. That is basically what you will be doing, too. Finding a common theme for movies you would like to see on TCM. Hope this helps. filmlover

Take a look at some of the links to previous Challenges and you will get a better idea of how it works. Hope you join in.

Thanks, Matt, glad to have you join in.

Uh uh. Clue #2: Collision.

Hi, everyone! Today is the start of the newest Challenge, the fifth one, appropriately entitled ?The TCM Programming Challenge: Take 5?. It will run from today, February 1st, until midnight PST on March 7th, 2007. I want to make this one of the best ever, so to encourage participatiion I will be awarding prizes to the schedules that receive the most votes. In doing the Challenge, you imagine yourself to be the Turner Classic Movies' programmer and come up with one week of TCM programming (following criteria listed further down in these instructions). The TCM Programming Challenge is a fun-only contest for fans of TCM that was started here by fellow Message Board poster, path40a, in early 2006 as a great exercise for fans of TCM on the Message Board and is not sponsored by TCM. However, the TCM programmer looks in on each contest and if he finds ideas he likes he will borrow them to use as part of his schedule. Many of us who have taken part in past Challenges have been fortunate enough to have our themes used on TCM. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS NEW CHALLENGE: As the name of this new Challenge is ?Take 5,? I am going to relax up a few rules, while also giving you more film scheduling options: RULE #1: Your week will contain films generally regarded as the ?TCM Library?: Warner Bros - pre 1950 MGM - all RKO - all PLUS since TCM has been expanding the number of studios they are presenting, you will be able to add films from these FIVE other studios: Monogram Pictures ? all Columbia Pictures ? all J. Arthur Rank ? all United Artists ? after 1950 only Walt Disney - live action films only You may also include films not included above if the films have previously scheduled on TCM. Please mark those as ?p/s? next to their title in your schedule. RULE #2: Though dates vary, the story goes that it was on February 1st, 1887 (120 years ago today) that Hollywoodland got its name. Since the title of this current Challenge is ?Take 5?, which is also a filmmaking expression, dedicate one evening of your schedule (5 films) to Hollywood. (If you don?t care for the Hollywood idea, then program instead one evening dedicated to the number ?Five?. For example, your theme could be ?Taking the Fifth? where you schedule five courtroom movies, or ?Downing a Fifth? where you program five movies about alcoholism or drinkers, or ?Fifth Columnists? where you will program about spies in America, or possibly ?Take Five? which could be 5 movies about vacationing. Or come up with one of your own using ?Five? or ?Fifth.?) RULE #3: A special new rule to give you a chance to be really creative: As we have seen, TCM will help promote a new DVD boxset by having one evening where TCM showcases two or three titles from the set. And we have also seen on these boards that one of the most popular threads is the one about movies that aren?t on DVD but should be. Your assignment: a) Create an imaginary new DVD boxset containing 5 actual movies from the WB-pre 1950, MGM-all, and RKO-all library only (not the other five studios). All titles must be new to DVD. This imaginary boxset can be a continuation of a previous series, such as the Humphrey Bogart Signature Collection, Controversial Classics, etc., or you can create a brand new theme. One of your week?s scheduled evenings will showcase two or three of the titles, but not all five so people will still be tempted to buy it. c) List your boxset idea and the five titles after the end of the week?s schedule. You may add cartoons and short titles to the set, if you like. Okay, now here is where I will loosen up on some requirements from previous Challenges. 1. You have your choice of five ?Premieres? (films that haven?t been aired on TCM before). You have free reign to choose from Universal, Paramount, etc. In other words, films which are not covered in Rule #1. Now, here are the standard items in each TCM schedule you must include: 1. Choose a Star of the Month - their films can consume one evening (usually 3-4 movies) 2. Have themes for each of the seven days (e.g., link at least two, or preferably four or five films). Check this link for an example: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7797121#7797121 (please note: it is not necessary to include shorts or cartoons in your schedule - except for Cartoon Alley). 3. Program in The Essentials at 8PM ET Saturday night (you do not have to do another one for Sunday), Cartoon Alley on Saturday at 11:30 AM ET, TCM Underground (two films starting at 2 AM ET on Friday night/Saturday AM), Silent Sunday Night at approximately midnight, and TCM Imports immediately following Silent Sunday Night. 4. The first day of your schedule will be Sunday morning, starting at 6AM ET, and the last day of your schedule will be Saturday night/Sunday AM ending at 5:59:59. Each day starts at 6AM ET, with each evening?s program begins at 8 PM ET. 5. Use tcmdb.com or imdb.com to get running times so that you don't exceed 24 hours per day of programming. You can fill in the "blanks" with Private Screenings and/or other short features, which you don't have to list if you don't want to, but try not to exceed 10-20 minutes between films (lest you lose your audience) 6. Recognize actor's birthdays and/or do other unannounced tributes and film linkages during some of the days 7. Include some well-known classics like Oscar winners (or nominees) and/or movies that have been added to the National Film Registry (e.g. to draw new viewers to the channel) Also, it is very interesting for the rest of us to know why you made certain theme choices. So, please include some notes after you have posted your complete schedule. Here are links to previous Challenges. This will give you the idea of how to format your Week?s schedule. Also, in viewing this, you will see ideas that previous Challenge takers have chosen. Look at them to make sure your ideas have not been done in the past. 1st Challenge: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=78996&start=90#7788525 2nd Challenge: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=81972&start=45#7802360 3rd Challenge: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=89014&start=60#7840406 4th Challenge: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=92573&start=30#7859318 Here are several links to help you select films from the following companies: RKO: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0041421/ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0020206/ Warner Bros./First National: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0026840/ Rank: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0027356/ United Artists (after 1950): http://www.imdb.com/company/co0026841/ Columbia: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0071509/ Walt Disney (live-action only): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_live_action_films Monogram Pictures: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0025996/ PRIZES: There will be prizes for those receiving the most votes (voting is done by you, the members of this board). 1. Turner Classic Movies is generously donating TCM t-shirts, hats, etc. (Thank you, TCM Programmer!) 2. I am also going to provide DVDs (some are full-length movie serials) and other movie-related merchandise. Specific details of prizes will be provided at the conclusion of the contest. In addition, the winner of this Challenge will be the moderator of the next one on the Message Boards. VOTING: On March 8th, 2007, a special thread for voting will be listed after the contest ends at midnight PST, March 7, 2007. You will be eligible to vote at that time if you are a message board member registered before February 1st, 2007 (in other words, January 31, 2007 or earlier). If you register after January 31, 2007 and enter a full week?s schedule before the contest closes on March 7th, you will be entitled to vote. Have fun, everyone! Message was edited by: filmlover

Filmlover: One of our favorite and hard working students is now a teaching assistant. This semester he will be in charge of our TCM Programming Class. Please note, this class does begin tomorrow and there are a few seats left. To Dean Cutter: Thank you for the reminder of my class. Due to popular demand, the classroom is being expanded and there will be plenty of seats available for everyone to join in on the fun. Teaching Assistant Filmlover

OHMSS isn't yet listed on Amazon as available by itself (except through private sellers breaking up the Ultimate box sets).

Yeah I know, I accidently said January 7. I am still having a hard time getting used to the new year, it still feels like December, 2006 to me. So I will correct myself, the movie airs Febuary 7 at 10:30 PM only on Tuner Classic Movies. lol, out of the pot and into the fire. Tuner Classic Movies? A channel featuring only musicals, or movies for piano tuners, maybe?

The first 1/2 hr. seemed to have so much talking and not much action. I'll tune in to this film again - and try to stay awake this time. There is a chance you may zone out again, movielover11. As mentioned way near the beginning of the thread, Shane is not an action western, it is more of an adult western, meaning more to do with characterizations and grownup feelings of life. Shane is definitely not a John Wayne movie. It is more along the lines of The Gunfighter and High Noon. I first saw Shane as a youngster and thought it was okay. However, as an adult, I now understand all the underlying emotions in it, and I truly think this is a GREAT movie.

I think she had more than a crush. I think it was love. Even Starrett himself saw that and said basically if anything happened to him, she would be taken care of. You have to remember here comes this knight, looking handsome and clean, and you compare it to her working farmer husband whose appearance is that of the land.

Okay, let's try a new one: Clue #1: Announcer

Somebody once alluded to that Shane was a kind of angel, the way he rode down from the hill (Heaven) at the beginning and rode back up at the end. If that is the case, I think Alan Ladd was good casting. He looked like an angel (more than McCrea would), opposed to Palance's devil.

Part of it was in "the Cathedral Town of Ashton" and bells were playing everywhere. Another scene takes part at a racetrack where Bogart flirts with Alexis Smith.

Shane was filmed at the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/gteton.htm lol, Fred, looking at the pictures of the mountains, I can see why Paramount made this movie.

As much as I have loved Shane before now, I don't think I ever got so much out of it as I did tonight. The characterizations are just wonderful. And it was amazing to notice that even though Shane was the hero of the piece, or I should say Alan Ladd was the star of the film, director George Stevens didn't have him front and center in many scenes. I was noticing times when he wouldn't even be seen at first because he was off to the sides in the background and someone else was standing in the camera range, blocking him. Plus, the performance by Ladd, which was truly wonderful, was low-key, almost shy, not like John Wayne would have done it (and I really like Wayne). Up to the time of the making of this movie, I don't really recall any western where I would see someone actually navigating their way across wet mud like that scene with Wilson and Torrey. Even the fight scene between Starrett and Shane, where the animals are panicking and breaking loose, was unlike any I had seen before. The first part of the fight we never really got any clear view, just bare glances through a window, as we played off of Jean Arthur's reactions as she went back and forth between the windows in fright. I admit I was completely emotionally thrilled by the total production that is Shane. A sidenote: on the DVD commentary by George Stevens, Jr, he said that in the scene where the cattleman and Wilson come out to the Starrett home, the scene where Palance gets back on his horse was actually the shot where he got off the horse in reverse because they wanted him to have a cat-like movement. Also, I don't think anyone else has mentioned Victor Young's score. It was so moving that you just couldn't separate it from the film.

Thanks, filmlover. I didn't get to see the report from MGMWBRKO. It was very interesting. I guess it doesn't hurt to spread the word, though. Are you kidding, the more people that get to know about this the better. As far as I am concerned, it is a great event. Now, let's pray that DISH doesn't mess up around that time.

The Robe?

Hi, Mongo, MGMWBRKO included some info last week about the restoration in the Hot Topics forum. It's definitely worth reading: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7874595#7874595 One thing he said in that link that I find terrific news: "'A Man To Remember' has not been seen since it's original theatrical release in 1938." That means we are the first people in 70 years to see this film.

The Two Mrs. Carrolls?

I consider "Shane" one of the great westerns. It's a western much more in the adult sensibility, even though one of the main focuses of the film is that from a young boy. It is along the lines of "The Gunfighter", "High Noon", and "The Shootist". There is a symbolic feel to the film, from the time that Alan Ladd comes riding slowly down from the hills at the beginning of the film. It has been mentioned here that the film was directed by George Stevens, and he was an artist with the camera. You may know him from films like "Gunga Din", but he was also a director who liked to compose his shots carefully. Look at "Giant" and "A Place in the Sun". The sky with its clouds was very important to him in this film. One of my very favorite moments is near the start of the film when Shane comes riding to the farm. In the pond is a deer. Shane is riding in the background. At the sound of a noise, the deer raises its head and its antlers perfectly frame Shane riding slowly by. Watch for this moment. This was either a sign of providence that it would happen just that way or of Stevens' great artistry. Besides the wonderful subtle performances of Ladd and Arthur, Van Heflin gives a stoic performance as the husband. Even the bad guys have three-dimensional characters, especially Ben Johnson. The only down and out evil person is the gunfighter played by Jack Palance. It is a film that grows on you. So if it doesn't get to you the first time, see it again later on. You'll be saying, "Shane, come back. Come back, Shane."

It looks like the titles in the James Bond Ultimate Editions will now be available individually. Amazon is offering Thunderball and Goldfinger as available on Feb. 6th. Others will surely follow.

Well, in watching Twist Around the Clock a bit before going to work this AM, I noticed that the story was the same basically as Don't Knock the Twist. And so if Rock Around the Clock is the same as Twist Around the Clock, then all three are the same. I won't be able to see Don't Knock the Rock until I get in tonight but it would be funny if they are all the same film. But only Don't Knock the Twist has Georgine Darcy (better known as Miss Torso in Rear Window). Wow!