skipd55 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 With less than a week to go, the primetime lineup for Tuesday, December 15 still hasn't been posted. I understand the theme is supposed to be the National Film Registry. But at this late date, it's hard to imagine they haven't finalized the schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 TCM has done something similar in the past. They wait to see the list of films that are announced to be added to the National Film Registry, and then try to program what they can from their available library. Last year the Registry additions were announced on December 11th, so if form holds TCM can announce their lineup shortly thereafter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Probably the good folks at TCM know what they're going to run but are waiting for the Library of Congress to announce the 2020 class for the Registry. It should get announced--tomorrow maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Well with less than 41 hours to go, TCM still has nothing for primetime on the 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I went to the registry website, and as of Sunday afternoon, it didn't appear the new films on the registry had been announced yet. So, I'm not alarmed, but I would like some advance warning what's going to air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 The National Film Registry has been announced. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/movies/the-dark-knight-the-blues-brothers-national-film-registry.html I would imagine some of those silent public domain films will air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Are they kidding?????? Sweet Sweetback???? Awful film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbogacz Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I can't seem to find 2 of them on IMDb: The Ground (1993-2001), and With Car and Camera Around the World, whose director, Aloha Wanderwell, showed up in similar stories, but her IMDb page shows only one different entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 My prediction is TCM will definitely show Cabin in the Sky and The Man with the Golden Arm and maybe A Clockwork Orange late at night. Also Outrage was an RKO release, so it's a possibility. I think The Hurt Locker was part of their women directors series, so maybe they still have access to that. They were very recently promoting The Blues Brothers in theaters jointly with Fathom Events, but securing rights for these must be an entirely different animal from showing them on TV because some of these TCM/Fathom Events movies never air on TCM. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said: My prediction is TCM will definitely show Cabin in the Sky and The Man with the Golden Arm and maybe A Clockwork Orange late at night. Also Outrage was an RKO release, so it's a possibility. I think The Hurt Locker was part of their women directors series, so maybe they still have access to that. They were very recently promoting The Blues Brothers in theaters jointly with Fathom Events, but securing rights for these must be an entirely different animal from showing them on TV because some of these TCM/Fathom Events movies never air on TCM. "Kid Auto Races at Venice" is free, surely they'll run that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txfilmfan Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said: They were very recently promoting The Blues Brothers in theaters jointly with Fathom Events, but securing rights for these must be an entirely different animal from showing them on TV because some of these TCM/Fathom Events movies never air on TCM. Definitely a different process altogether and different financial arrangement. As I understand it, the terms can even vary with respect to the media used in a theater exhibition (digital vs. film). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 They ran Fathom Events promos for "The Godfather" and I don't think TCM has ever run that movie. Paramount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Odd. I just checked ahead on my cable server's guide for tomorrow and it just said(starting at 8pm) "Movie to be announced". It's done that before a few months ago. I just thought it was some issue with my cable server. Now I wonder what gives? Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LsDoorMat Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 The Dark Knight belongs to Warner Brothers, but that would be really big game for TCM. I think Outrage is in the public domain. I've never seen Sweet Sweetback, but Losing Ground is incomprehensible. I can't imagine why it belongs in the registry. I know somebody else provided a link, but here is the list going into the registry: 1. “Suspense” (1913) 2. “Kid Auto Races at Venice” (1914) 3. “Bread" (1918) 4. “The Battle of the Century” (1927) 5. “With Car and Camera Around the World” (1929) 6. “Cabin in the Sky” (1943) 7. “Outrage” (1950) 8. “The Man With the Golden Arm” (1955) 9. “Lilies of the Field” (1963) 10. “A Clockwork Orange” (1971) 11. “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” (1971) 12. “Wattstax” (1973) 13. “Grease” (1978) 14. “The Blues Brothers” (1980) 15. “Losing Ground” (1982) 16. “Illusions” (1982) 17. “The Joy Luck Club” (1993) 18. “The Devil Never Sleeps” (1994) 19. “Buena Vista Social Club” (1999) 20. “The Ground” (1993-2001) 21. “Shrek” (2001) 22. “Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege” (2006) 23. “The Hurt Locker” (2008) 24. “The Dark Knight” (2008) 25. “Freedom Riders” (2010) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 28 minutes ago, Vidor said: They ran Fathom Events promos for "The Godfather" and I don't think TCM has ever run that movie. Paramount. TCM did show The Godfather and The Godfather Part II back to back in August, 2008. I know. I was watching! The story's been told on here several times before. There was literally a one-day window where the rights were being transferred from one entity to another, and TCM got the opportunity for these once-only airings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 26 minutes ago, Sepiatone said: Odd. I just checked ahead on my cable server's guide for tomorrow and it just said(starting at 8pm) "Movie to be announced". It's done that before a few months ago. I just thought it was some issue with my cable server. Now I wonder what gives? It's the night TCM is going to show some of the films being placed on the National Film Registry. Is that not clear on this thread? These films weren't announced by the Registry until this morning, and I assume TCM now has to scramble and figure how many of these 25 films they have access to and can get on the air by tomorrow night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said: I assume TCM now has to scramble and figure how many of these 25 films they have access to and can get on the air by tomorrow night. More likely they've known for some time but wanted to let the NFR break the news of the inductees first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Vidor said: They ran Fathom Events promos for "The Godfather" and I don't think TCM has ever run that movie. Paramount. TCM did run it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Most of these turn up often on TCM. No big deal for me. I'll probably skip it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I just read that "The Battle of the Century" is a Laurel and Hardy short. They have to show that, right? L&H, stars of the month already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Vidor said: I just read that "The Battle of the Century" is a Laurel and Hardy short. They have to show that, right? L&H, stars of the month already? It appears you are correct! Here is the current schedule (times are ET): 8:00 pm comedy Battle of the Century (1927) (A TCM premiere) 8:30 pm drama Lilies of the Field (1963) 10:15 pm drama Illusions (1982) (A TCM premiere) 11:00 pm romance The Joy Luck Club (1993) 1:30 am drama Cabin in the Sky (1943) 3:15 am drama The Man with the Golden Arm (1956) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Thanks to everyone for keeping on top of this thread. By and large, an unimpressive group of films selected for the National Registry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMO1982 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 No feature films from the 1920s! Badly amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LsDoorMat Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 57 minutes ago, UMO1982 said: No feature films from the 1920s! Badly amazing! Here are the 1920s feature films already in the registry. Heroes All 1920 Humoresque 1920 The Last of the Mohicans 1920 The Mark of Zorro 1920 Within Our Gates 1920 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921 The Kid 1921 Tol'able David 1921 Foolish Wives 1922 Miss Lulu Bett 1922 Nanook of the North 1922 Sky High 1922 Safety Last! 1923 Salomé 1923 The Chechahcos 1924 Greed 1924 He Who Gets Slapped 1924 The Iron Horse 1924 The Navigator 1924 Peter Pan 1924 Sherlock Jr. 1924 The Thief of Bagdad 1924 Ben-Hur 1925 The Big Parade 1925 Body and Soul 1925 The Clash of the Wolves 1925 The Freshman 1925 The Gold Rush 1925 Grass 1925 Lady Windermere's Fan 1925 The Lost World 1925 The Phantom of the Opera 1925 The Black Pirate 1926 Ella Cinders 1926 The General 1926 Hands Up! 1926 So's Your Old Man 1926 The Son of the Sheik 1926 The Strong Man 1926 Flesh and the Devil 1927 It 1927 The Jazz Singer 1927 Seventh Heaven 1927 Stark Love 1927 Sunrise 1927 Wings 1927 The Cameraman 1928 The Crowd 1928 The Docks of New York 1928 The Last Command 1928 Lonesome 1928 The Power of the Press 1928 Show People 1928 Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 The Wedding March 1928 The Wind 1928 Applause 1929 Hallelujah 1929 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 "The Circus" and "The Kid Brother" need to go on there. "Seven Chances", maybe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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