Hibi Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Pretty mediocre Easter line up this year. Why should I be surprised? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Ben-Hur (1959) was on late Tuesday evening as part of a "Stuntmen in the Movies" theme, so it was likely too soon to schedule it again on Sunday. Unfortunately it was not included for streaming on WatchTCM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Ya know, I'm not really sure what happens to the guy after he gives Jesus that cup of water and his mother and sister's leprosy are cured by the falling rain. (...and 'cause Wyler ends the movie right there as I recall) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dargo said: (...and 'cause Wyler ends the movie right there as I recall) No, Juda soon feels the sword taken from his hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, Allhallowsday said: No, Juda soon feels the sword taken from his hand... Aaah! But NOT from his, ahem, "cold DEAD hand", I would assume, right?! And so then AFTER that, what happens to the guy? (...wait, lemme guess...he ends up time traveling to the year 2022 and only to discover people are eating processed other people, right?!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, Dargo said: Aaah! But NOT from his, ahem, "cold DEAD hand", I would assume, right?! Nobody said no nothin' 'bout no AK47... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 20 minutes ago, Dargo said: And so then AFTER that, what happens to the guy? Y'know that scene in Ben Hur is played with HAYA HARAREET so the sword taken from his hand must have been the sword of his desire... ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 2 hours ago, cmovieviewer said: Ben-Hur (1959) was on late Tuesday evening as part of a "Stuntmen in the Movies" theme, so it was likely too soon to schedule it again on Sunday. Unfortunately it was not included for streaming on WatchTCM. Oh, that's not kept TCM from repeating a movie before. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 TCM aired GODSPELL a few years ago on Easter. That was a treat I wish they would repeat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 4 hours ago, cmovieviewer said: Ben-Hur (1959) was on late Tuesday evening as part of a "Stuntmen in the Movies" theme, so it was likely too soon to schedule it again on Sunday. Unfortunately it was not included for streaming on WatchTCM. And I'm pretty sure it was on within the previous week or two... I actually saw some of the recent wee hour showing... BEN HUR is repeated often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 4/15/2022 at 4:28 PM, slaytonf said: Oh, that's not kept TCM from repeating a movie before. That's for sure!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 4/15/2022 at 2:09 PM, cmovieviewer said: Ben-Hur (1959) was on late Tuesday evening as part of a "Stuntmen in the Movies" theme, so it was likely too soon to schedule it again on Sunday. Unfortunately it was not included for streaming on WatchTCM. What about the silent version then? TCM often repeats films in the same week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Hibi said: What about the silent version then? TCM often repeats films in the same week. More than you wanted to know, here is 12 years of Ben-Hur on TCM: - The 1959 version 2011 (4) - 2-24, 9-24, 10-4, 12-18 (no Easter 4-24) 2012 (2) - 2-20, 11-24 (no Easter 4-8) 2013 (4) - 2-16, 3-31 (Easter), 8-5, 12-25 2014 (3) - 2-18, 4-18 (Good Friday), 12-23 2015 (4) - 2-17, 4-5 (Easter), 4-24, 12-23 2016 (4) - 2-1, 3-20, 6-27, 12-25 (no Easter 3-27) 2017 (4) - 2-3, 4-16 (Easter), 12-14, 12-23 2018 (3) - 2-3, 4-1 (Easter), 12-22 2019 (3) - 1-3, 2-18, 12-2 (no Easter 4-21) 2020 (3) - 4-12 (Easter), 8-30, 12-26 2021 (2) - 4-2 (Good Friday), 12-19 2022 (2) so far - 3-9, 4-13 (no Easter 4-17) 38 showings - the 1925 silent version Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 2011 (1) - 12-19 2012 (0) 2013 (2) - 8-8, 12-23 2014 (2) - 4-17, 11-10 2015 (1) - 12-20 2016 (1) - 12-18 2017 (3) - 4-16 (Easter), 6-2, 10-2 2018 (1) - 12-9 2019 (2) - 12-2, 12-22 2020 (0) 2021 (2) - 8-12, 10-4 2022 (0) so far 15 showings Based on history, it is very likely that Ben-Hur (1959) will be shown again in December. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 4/15/2022 at 3:04 PM, Allhallowsday said: Y'know that scene in Ben Hur is played with HAYA HARAREET so the sword taken from his hand must have been the sword of his desire... ? So, was that "sword of his desire" supposed to be some kind of Fellini-like subtext? Like the train charging into the tunnel in NORTH BY NORTHWEST? Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 27 minutes ago, cmovieviewer said: More than you wanted to know, here is 12 years of Ben-Hur on TCM: - The 1959 version 2011 (4) - 2-24, 9-24, 10-4, 12-18 (no Easter 4-24) 2012 (2) - 2-20, 11-24 (no Easter 4-8) 2013 (4) - 2-16, 3-31 (Easter), 8-5, 12-25 2014 (3) - 2-18, 4-18 (Good Friday), 12-23 2015 (4) - 2-17, 4-5 (Easter), 4-24, 12-23 2016 (4) - 2-1, 3-20, 6-27, 12-25 (no Easter 3-27) 2017 (4) - 2-3, 4-16 (Easter), 12-14, 12-23 2018 (3) - 2-3, 4-1 (Easter), 12-22 2019 (3) - 1-3, 2-18, 12-2 (no Easter 4-21) 2020 (3) - 4-12 (Easter), 8-30, 12-26 2021 (2) - 4-2 (Good Friday), 12-19 2022 (2) so far - 3-9, 4-13 (no Easter 4-17) 38 showings - the 1925 silent version Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 2011 (1) - 12-19 2012 (0) 2013 (2) - 8-8, 12-23 2014 (2) - 4-17, 11-10 2015 (1) - 12-20 2016 (1) - 12-18 2017 (3) - 4-16 (Easter), 6-2, 10-2 2018 (1) - 12-9 2019 (2) - 12-2, 12-22 2020 (0) 2021 (2) - 8-12, 10-4 2022 (0) so far 15 showings Based on history, it is very likely that Ben-Hur (1959) will be shown again in December. Somebody has too little to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 I like Ben Hur well enough but it is way too long. If they had cut Messala's death scene in half they could have saved at least an hour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Sepiatone said: So, was that "sword of his desire" supposed to be some kind of Fellini-like subtext? Like the train charging into the tunnel in NORTH BY NORTHWEST? Sepiatone Don't know, but sometime I heard on TCM supposedly STEPHEN BOYD was advised to play his reunion scene with CHARLTON HESTON... as a love scene...! (Charley didn't know that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 17 hours ago, Allhallowsday said: Don't know, but sometime I heard on TCM supposedly STEPHEN BOYD was advised to play his reunion scene with CHARLTON HESTON... as a love scene...! (Charley didn't know that.) I think it more goes to the insistence by some that Messala and Ben's relationship was a homosexual one based on the movie's lines.... Mesala:"Friends forever." Ben-Hur:"In every way." Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 35 minutes ago, Sepiatone said: I think it more goes to the insistence by some that Messala and Ben's relationship was a homosexual one based on the movie's lines.... Mesala:"Friends forever." Ben-Hur:"In every way." And maybe GORE VIDAL's involvement... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 2:00 PM, TomJH said: If they had cut Messala's death scene in half they could have saved at least an hour. You're going to give Sydney Pollack the heebie-jeebies re-editing the movie like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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