sweetsmellofsuccess Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I don't know my history as well as I should, so I'm putting myself out here to possibly be slaughtered... but on June 24 and 25 TCM is airing a 24 hour festival commemorating the Korean War. In the Prime Time grid schedule, however, it says the 50th anniversary of the Korean Conflict. Shouldn't that say 60th or is my math wrong???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbaetz Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 The Korean War started in June of 1950 and the peace treaty was signed in July of 1953. So, your math is correct...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceSaliano Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Somebody at TCM loves war movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 What's really sad is we're acknowledging 65 years since the end of WW2. Do we ever learn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceSaliano Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 > {quote:title=redriver wrote:}{quote} > What's really sad is we're acknowledging 65 years since the end of WW2. Do we ever learn? No we don't. And when you have a bloated gargantuan defense budget, you pretty much have to show the taxpayers something for their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenetico Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 My husband spent 18 months in Korea during the conflict. It is hard for me to imagine 24 hours about the conflict, as I have not found that many movies depicting events in Korea. I can only think of two off hand???? Could someone enlighten me? Edited by: Jenetico on May 1, 2010 5:39 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbaetz Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 There are quite a few films on the Korean Conflict, now that was a war: "Pork Chop Hill" 1959- Gregory Peck "M.A.S.H." 1970- Donald Sutherland Elliot Gould Bridges at Toko Ri-1954- William Holden, Grace Kelly "Hill in Korea" 1956- British war film Stanley Baker "Men of the Fighting Lady" 1954- Van Johnson "The Hunters" 1958- Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner "Fixed Bayonets" 1951- Richard Basehart "All the Young Men" 1960- Sidney Poitier, Alan Ladd These are just some of the films covering the Korean War. If available there are quite a few more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Lol, 50 years later some idiot in North Korea forgot to rebuild the power station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 The Steel Helmet 1951 Retreat, Hell! 1952 Snioer's Ridge 1961 The Glory Brigade 1953 One Minute to Zero 1952 I Want You (1951) was Sam Goldwyn's attempt to Best-Years-Of-Our-Lives the Korean War. Even in 1951 it showed people questioning the war -- compare it to films made immediately after Pearl Harbor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiO Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Battle Circus Battle Hymn The Manchurian Candidate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsmellofsuccess Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 I saw The Rack listed on the schedule that day. Saw this one a few years back... I must have been in la la land because I had no idea that film was set during the Korean War. I thought it was WWII. I'll have to check this one out again if I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvel Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 To TCM Programmers, Thank you for scheduling the June 24-25 marathon of Korean War films. My father served in Korea from August 1950 to September 1951. He will be watching some of the films, many of which he has never seen. Thank you for spending the time seeking out lesser known titles. The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Pork Chop Hill and The Hunters are fine films, but it will be interesting to see these other ones. If you could somehow get the rights to show Hold Back the Night (1956) with John Payne, dad would be very pleased. I know that more than once, that by watching classic films, I have been motivated to seek out more information about historical events, that I knew little about or was unaware of. Hopefully, by airing these films, some viewers will want to learn more about the ?Forgotten War.? (P.S. Dad forgives you for the 50th Anniversary banner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I noticed that typo as well and had to laugh that they did it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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