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No, the L.A. Times didn't really have more details but Amazon says this about The Searchers set: Disc One: Newly remastered and restored from original VistaVision film elements Introduction by Patrick Wayne Commentary by Director Peter Bogdanovich Theatrical Trailer Disc Two: The Searchers: An Appreciation A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and The Searchers Behind the Cameras: Meet Jeffrey Hunter, Monument Valley, Meet Natalie Wood, Setting Up Production

Foreign Correspondent?

I think I have it... Obsession. Genevieve Bujold in Anne of the Thousand Days Bujold in The Trojan Women Cliff Robertson in Charly John Lithgow in The World According to Garp

I completely agree. I have been recommending it since I first learned it was on the April calendar. A film that will be loved by people who love movies.

Yay, Lynn!

The L.A. Times had an article about upcoming DVD releases and it said the John Wayne-John Ford set will contain a 36-page pressbook on The Searchers and a reproduction of the Dell comic book for that title. So they will also probably be in the separately available The Searchers Ultimate edition, as well. Message was edited by: filmlover

Isn't it funny how two people can look at things differently? I see Boom Town and San Francisco as Clark Gable movies. Actually, the two films won't be out on DVD until June. They are part of the Clark Gable Signature Collection.

I totally agree with you, Nyoka1. It is the best. Casablanca will be around a lot longer than many other films and always loved.

1. What films did you include in order to create a balance? Good question. There were times in the creating each day?s schedule where I had to juggle films because some films would play better at night or would have more of a chance of drawing a bigger audience if played during Robert Osborne?s evening showings. A film with more adult themes, such as ?A Streetcar Named Desire,? I opted for later in the night. And then there were films like ?Sounder? that I thought should be shown on a Sunday afternoon because it could reach more of a family audience. ?Sounder,? to me, also just feels like a movie that should be played in the sunlight. Here?s another example that you can see what I mean: for those who have seen the great Danny Kaye film, ?The Court Jester,? where would you place it? In the evening? While it would be nice to have an Osborne intro and exit, it would not be a film that would draw new people in at night when there is so much competition from NBC, ABC, etc. It?s also been played a number of times, so it isn?t a premiere that would attract hardcore TCM viewers, either. They will likely figure it will be on again at some point. It?s also a light entertainment. I first saw it as a kid at a matinee several years after it came out. It?s is a perfect daytime fun movie. And a Saturday daytime showing with a host would be great. (Host-shown films seem, to me, to add a bit more significance to a film, like, ?Hey, we think this is a film you should see and here?s why?? 2. Did you impose restraints upon yourself trying to appease views and opinions that you have read on this message board? My answer to this has two points: a. The challenge was created because several regular posters were complaining about the schedule that the TCM programmer was doing. Path40a gave everyone, especially the naysayers, a chance to program a week of films that they wanted. Myself, I have been very happy with what has been scheduled, but I saw this as a fun exercise to create a week just the way I wanted (how many other networks can you do that with?). So, it being a limited opportunity, I plugged in films I like. b. I never limited what I wanted based on others? opinions because with all the conflicts of tastes here, I think I would never have been able to create a full, flowing schedule. Also, there is a line in the movie ?1776? (one of the films I included) which applies to this: it is a quote of a Member of the British Parliament, ??that a representative owes the people not only his industry, but his judgment. And he betrays them if he sacrifices it to their opinion.? 3. Do you feel that the films that you included would accomplish the outlined objective laid down by Path to bring new and younger viewers to TCM? As mentioned in answer to 1. above, I came to realize that the programming of the evening?s films was very important. 4. What do you think the goal, objective, and future growth of TCM should be? a. Keep playing great old films and adding in occasional recent films ones that fit into the category of classic (meaning: great). b. Keep adding rarely seen films at possible chance. Keep communicating with the audience (via forums like this). c. TCM staff, keep being film buffs yourself because the people can always tell when they have someone in charge who loves what he does. d. Keep doing scholarships but expand it to include people of all ages. TCM is doing their composers thing to a young level because it helps eager new talent and TCM knows that a foot in the door at an early age can lead to a great career. However, there are people beyond those age restrictions who have talent and have not been discovered. For someone like myself who is older, we may no longer see a chance for a full career in whatever our chosen field, but certainly we would like to have the chance to live out our dream and see it realized at least one time. That fifteen minutes of glory can last us a lot longer personally. Now, I have a question to ask of everyone who did a schedule: Did you create a schedule that you were 100% pleased with? Or, like me, do you feel many of your best ideas came after posting and you can?t wait to get another crack at it?

Kyle, to read such a wonderful, thoughtful observation of the whole challenge was terrific in itself, but then to find out that I was the one you voted for meant so much. Thank you. You have made my day. And what makes it even more special is the company I am keeping in here.

Then we'll get Abbott and Costello Meets the TCM Programming Challenge ... and then the Hammer versions. lol, with Peter Cushing as Path40a.

No, I think this is a bit different. I have respect for writers because I am one. And I am sure a lot of them have also read many of the scripts, not just based it on the final film. But, of course, the final film will have a choice in the decision. As to AFI, my respect for the AFI lists went way down when they started asking politicians, etc. their choices and included them in it. Ah, well, I am delighted with Casablanca being chosen the best, and it is my favorite film, so everything is okay with the world as far as I am concerned. : )

lol. Billy Wilder has two scripts in the top 10. Three in the top 15. That's more than anybody else in that area.

LOL! That means next up is Bride of the TCM Programming Challenge and theb Son of the TCM Programming Challenge.

lol!

lol, 'course if someone we know had their say, it would be The Third Man from #1 through #100.

A few more hours to midnight on the west coast. Still time for others to vote, isn't there, Path? Looking forward to seeing who gets it. Path, had an idea and thought I would run it by you. What do you feel about the winner of the current one pick the next theme or idea for a TCM Programming Challenge? As this is your baby, I bow to your judgement. This has been fun and I look forward to two things: 1. taking part in the next one, and 2. Seeing Path's contribution.

And there is one thing about this list, it was voted on only by screenwriters, so they should be considered experienced enough to choose well.

I agree with you, Fred, about everything just having worked in the film from casting to timing to music to everything, but the script is excellent in the way it was done. Proof of the script being terrific can also be seen in how many of the same cast were in Passage to Marseille but it just didn't have a great script.

sigh, never mind. Anyway, jknitty, WELCOME to the TCM message board.

Sorry, that was meant to go in the Casablanca thread about where Treasure of Sierra Madre is on the list. LOL, see Fred's what's Fred's observations do to me.

oops, #46

Uh...right, Fred...time for me to get back to the real Earth the rest of us are on, lol. As to Citizen Kane, I also find I always fall asleep in it, usually around the jigsaw scene. Great cure for insomnia. So's 2001.

Here's a link to the entire list: http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=1807 Treasure is #48, I think.

Fred, try these lines from Casablanca: Rick: I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Ilsa: No. Rick: Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life. Ilsa: But what about us? Rick: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have it, we'd lost it, until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night. Ilsa: And I said I would never leave you! Rick: And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Not now. Here's looking at you, kid.