tilden72 Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I'm a new member to TCM and wondered what is the best way to get your favorite film aired on TCM? I placed on suggest a movie. How does that really work? Is there any other way to get your movie on the air. Sorry It's all GREEK TO ME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonasEB Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 The official "Suggest A Movie" Page - http://www.tcm.com/suggest-a-movie/index.html - is authentic. I've had a great number of successes with it over the past couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilden72 Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Thanks Jonas, Should I only suggest it one time like I did, or can I send more than once? How does it work do they pick a movie that gets a certain amount of hits or something that they would let to put on the air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonasEB Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I restrict myself to five different film suggestions every time I post over there - right now only about once each week. There's the occasional person who will post twenty or so everyday, which is is a bit obnoxious (the posts don't disappear, they're all collected, but that amount still drowns out other people's requests.) I wouldn't repeat-post a single title several times each day - once a day is good enough. TCM is just looking for good ideas. Popularity would probably help but I know that a few of the films I've suggested and have subsequently seen on TCM were only requested by myself. Also, the Suggest A Movie page is quite buggy. If you go through each page you'll notice it jumps from date to date - like today, page 1 will have the most recent requests but page 2 will suddenly jump back to December 1st. Those missing dates in between weren't deleted, they're still getting them at their end, it's just a slight bug that still hasn't been resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Rather than get all esoteric, I'll restrict myself to a few fairly mainstream films that aren't particularly hard to find on DVD or Netflix, but for some reason haven't been on TCM in the past 2 or 3 years, either due to copyright issues of simple oversight on the part of the programmers: Double Indemnity Criss Cross The Killing (not to be confused with The Killers, which shows here a lot) Sudden Fear Easy Living (the Jean Arthur / Edward Arnold movie from 1937, not the Victor Mature / Lizabeth Scott 1949 film that played last week) Sullivan’s Travels The Great McGinty Body and Soul Dracula (the Lugosi version) The Color of Money Glengarry Glen Ross The Godfather (all three) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 You can abandon hope on the GODFATHER films as AMC has them until 12/31/19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I'd be happy to see any Angelopoulos movies, but I'd especially like to see Voyage to Cytharea, The Hunters, The Suspended Step of the Stork and The Beekeeper. We should do an Eric Rohmer blitz, and a post Weeked Godard blitz. And if that's too late, we could do a pre Sansho the Baliff Mizoguchi blitz. Edited by: skimpole on Dec 8, 2011 3:24 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Hey clore Might I ask where this info about AMC or for that matter any movie title comes from? I would like to look up a lot of titles I am waiting for and find why TCM skips over them for so many years. For instance. One Eyed Jacks (1961) is on DVD but evidently has been blackballed by theTCM Programmers. Thanks Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb607 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Lil Abner is never presented..... AND. Lackawana Blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Guercio Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 I would like to see Dean Martin In The Matt Helm franchise again. All of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies and if these could maybe be included with them? The AFI Life Achievement Award A Tribute To Alfred Hitchcock 1979 and the documentary Dial H For Hitchcock. Charlton Heston In Secerts Of The Incas and The Great Muppet Caper 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 19 hours ago, reb607 said: Lil Abner is never presented..... AND. Lackawana Blues There are two movie versions of Li'l Abner, one B&W one made by RKO in 1940 and the color Paramount musical made in 1959. As for Lackawanna Blues: This is a T.V. movie and TCM doesn't show those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Looks like one could buy LACKAWANNA BLUES on DVD on the cheap if one is desperate to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Guercio Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I would also like to see Carey Grant in Father Goose and Houseboat and Tom Thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Guercio Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Detective Story and Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Guercio Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Million Dollar Mermaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria T. Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I would love to see, “Rage to live”with Suzanne Pleshette, “ Hurry Sundown” with Jane Fonda, and “ The Glass Menagerie” with Jane Wyman and Kirk Douglas. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaya bat woof woof Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 The Solid Gold Cadillac The Chalk Garden The Chosen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Is this still a thing? I clicked on the link above and just got sent to the new revamped TCM.com homepage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbogast Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 On 3/6/2020 at 4:40 PM, Mr. Gorman said: Looks like one could buy LACKAWANNA BLUES on DVD on the cheap if one is desperate to see it. I wish they'd make an exception for the TV version of "Marty" with Rod Steiger. Can't say I've ever seen that screened on any channel. Suprising...and disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txfilmfan Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Arbogast said: I wish they'd make an exception for the TV version of "Marty" with Rod Steiger. Can't say I've ever seen that screened on any channel. Suprising...and disappointing. You can watch it on YouTube: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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