atcmviewer Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 As many of you know, TCM shows mostly films that are at least 10 to 20 years old. But in 2006, it made an exception and showed a 4-year-old movie, the 2002 Japanese animated film "Spirited Away". Is that a record of the youngest film ever shown by TCM? Excluding new programs (e.g. new interviews, new documentaries "Moguls and Movie Stars"), has there been a film shown on TCM that was even less than 4 years old? Edited by: atcmviewer on May 22, 2013 2:47 PM Link to post Share on other sites
whistlingypsy Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I can recall seeing *The Clay Bird* (2002) on TCM, and I believe the airing coincided with a tribute to the Cannes Film Festival. I cannot, however, recall the year, perhaps another commenter remembers (2005, 2006?). Link to post Share on other sites
hlywdkjk Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 In 2011 TCM presented thje Israeli film *The Band's Visit* during the "Race And Hollywood - Arab Images on Film" event that summer. While it was made and released in Israel in 2007, that film was given a "general release" in the U.S. in 2008. I think there are about a dozen films that have shown up on TCM within ten years of the film's release date. The first one I remember is *The Player* which was made in the 1990s and was shown in (I believe) 1999. Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The best classic era of films was the 1930s and 40s. That's 2 decades. With a few classic silent film. The 1950s is 1/2 and 1/2, with some classics, and some worthless moderns. Then we have the era from 1960 - 2013, which is more than 5 decades. So, we've got 2-1/2 decades of mostly classic films, and 5-1/2 decades of mostly modern blah films, like a lot of the ones on today. Look at the BEST PICTURE Academy Awards for 1940 films: Best Picture WINNER Rebecca: (Selznick International Pictures) NOMINEES All This, and Heaven Too: (Warner Bros.) Foreign Correspondent: (Walter Wanger) The Grapes of Wrath: (20th Century Fox) The Great Dictator: (Charles Chaplin Productions) Kitty Foyle: (RKO Radio) The Letter: (Warner Bros.) The Long Voyage Home: (Argosy, Walter Wanger) Our Town: (Sol Lesser) The Philadelphia Story: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (M-G-M) Compare that to the BEST PICTURES made in 2000: Best Picture WINNER Gladiator: Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig NOMINEES Chocolat: David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: William Kong, Li-Kong Hsu, Ang Lee Erin Brockovich: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher Traffic: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I fail to see how what you posted is related to the topic of the thread. Link to post Share on other sites
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