Fading Fast Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Hi, does anyone know what happened to TCM's schedule as it was supposed to show "I Know Where I'm Going" on 9/2 at 6am ET? It was published in Now Playing (September issue) and was on the on-line schedule as of last Friday morning, but now "IKWIG" is no longer scheduled and, instead, "Hester Street" is scheduled. Also, I haven't noticed any other changes to the schedule - just this one film. Any one know what happened? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 TCM reserves the right to make changes in their schedule, it happens many times. Couple of questions I'm wondering about on Sept 2nd, why in the world is "Cinerama Adventure" (2002) rated *TV-14?* Is the 3 camera process too overwhelming for the young? "How The West Was Won" (1962) will be presented in Letterbox but *which?* Standard 2.35 widescreen or Smilebox? The last time TCM presented these 2 movies together, "This Is Cinerama" (1952) was included. Happy I own the DVD/Blu-ray combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fading Fast Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 Thank you for the color and, I agree, TCM does reserve the right, what is odd - or is piquing my curiosity - is why cancel this movie (which TCM has shown many times for years) at this relatively non-descript time? It just seems odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 It may be possible that the copy of the movie did not arrive or that they were informed that it was not truly available or that they discovered that the copy they received was not usable. I believe that the copies are now all digital but they are distributed on physical media which can fall prey to UPS losses, damage, dope-smoking stock boys or any number of other issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 SansFin wrote: << I believe that the copies are now all digital but they are distributed on physical media which can fall prey to UPS losses, damage, dope-smoking stock boys or any number of other issues. >> It's pink slip time. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/video-fedex-driver-filmed-throwing-packages-truck-article-1.1409509 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Just wanna say here that while I have no idea what might've caused this schedule change...I LOVE this movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 TCM apparently didn't know where it was going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Darn, I wish I would've thought of that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fading Fast Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 I always assumed TCM just had a big library of these movies (an assumption based on nothing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Not currently. It has to lease virtually everything it shows. Izcutter can explain this in more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonasEB Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I think they just meant a room with all of the masters they use everyday. Obviously, TCM isn't going to keep sending An American in Paris back and forth between Atlanta and wherever it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfp2 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 >mkahn22 said: I always assumed TCM just had a big library of these movies (an assumption based on nothing). When Ted Turner bought MGM, the sale included the film library which not only had MGM films but also older Warner Bros.and RKO films. Those films were the basis for the TCM film library. However in the mid-1990's Turner merged his company with Time-Warner which gave control of the library to Warner Bros. From that point on TCM had to lease every film it shows including what use to be in the TCM library. To complicate things even more, WB often leases those former TCM films to other networks which means TCM can't run them. So to make a long story short, Ted Turner no longer runs TCM and TCM doesn't have a film library anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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