Mr. Gorman Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 How about the 1967 Tv movie "HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION" (Color/100m.)? Starring Robert Wagner, Lola Albright, Peter Lawford, Walter Pidgeon and Jill St. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 How about the 1967 Tv movie "HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION" (Color/100m.)? Starring Robert Wagner, Lola Albright, Peter Lawford, Walter Pidgeon and Jill St. John. Saw this as a wee laddie in the '70s -- ain't seen hide nor hair of it since (I can say that about quite a few Universals of this period) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Great Expectations (1974) with Michael York as Pip, James Mason as Magwitch, Sarah Miles as Estella and Margaret Leighton as Miss Havisham. This was actually shot as a musical, but had all the songs deleted. I can think of two other films like this: The Elusive Pimpernel with David Niven That James L. Brooks movie with Nick Nolte -- Everyone Says I Love You? Or something like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 This was actually shot as a musical, but had all the songs deleted. I can think of two other films like this: The Elusive Pimpernel with David Niven That James L. Brooks movie with Nick Nolte -- Everyone Says I Love You? Or something like that... I didn't know that about Great Expectations. The Brooks fiasco was I'll Do Anything. Everyone Says was Woody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LsDoorMat Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 "Coffee Tea or Me" from 1973 with Karen Valentine of Room 222 fame. It is such a time capsule, and I'd love to see it again. It's not on youtube as far as I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenBaby2 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 A few made for TV movies/Mini Series I would like to see on TCM. The Girl Most Likely to... (1973) with Stockard Channing and Ed Asner. Same Time, Next Year (1978) with Ellen Burstyn Alan Alda. Chiefs (1983) with Charlton Heston, based on the book by Stuart Woods. Sybil (1976) with Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. The Naked Civil Servant (1975) with John Hurt. And the sequel An Englishman In New York (2009). Best wishes Metairie Road I'm pretty sure Same Time, Next Year has been on TCM more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMJLeo2036 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 There was a 1981 TV mini-Series with Peter O'Toole called 'MASADA'. I'm sure this is one that's been seldom seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 It's Good to be Alive (1974) with Paul Winfield as Roy Campanella. Ruby Dee is special in this one too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 The Missiles of October (1974) with William Devane and Martin Sheen as the Kennedy brothers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Bogie56: Have you ever run across the Astral Video release of "The Missiles of October"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Bogie56: Have you ever run across the Astral Video release of "The Missiles of October"? No I haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 This one was quite good as I recall ... Reflections of Murder (1974) with Joan Hackett, Tuesday Weld and Sam Waterston. It's a remake of Cluzot's Les Diaboliques (1955). Joan Hackett, a quite underrated actress was very good in this Relections. Some may recall her from The Last of Sheila and Will Penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Tribes (1970) starring Jan-Michael Vincent, Darren McGavin, and Earl Holliman. Perfect timing for the hippie joins the Marines, troubles ensue, plot. Very popular at the time, likely because of that perfect timing. I think I saw this when it first aired, but haven't seen it since. Really fun one, that. I love the scene where Vincent goes into a Zen trip while holding up pails of cement and McGavin gives him hell. Boy, that Vincent was ripped. Too bad about turning into such a drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaGirl Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 "Mourning Becomes Electra" (1978) with Joan Hackett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 The Death of Adolf Hitler (1975) with Frank Finlay and Caroline Mortimer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metairie Road Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Knucklehead, your mention of Frank Finlay reminds me of another TV movie I'd like to see on TCM - Eroica (BBC 2003) The one where Beethoven was an arrogant a$$hole and the music was glorious. Finlay was Joseph Haydn. Best wishesMetairie Road 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 ANGELS IN AMERICA (HBO two-part movie) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989) Played by Alfre Woodard, mother of 10, one of whom is Isiah Thomas, NBA star. She is wonderful in this, trying to keep her children on the straight path within a tough neighborhood.. There is a particular emphasis on Isiah who is famous and undergoes a certain angst in his struggle for freedom from the perils that surround him and who succeeds in his rise to stardom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Knucklehead, your mention of Frank Finlay reminds me of another TV movie I'd like to see on TCM - Eroica (BBC 2003) The one where Beethoven was an arrogant a$$hole and the music was glorious. Finlay was Joseph Haydn. Best wishes Metairie Road I love this movie. I wrote a long post on this several years ago. An interesting factoid: More than half the movie is devoted to the complete performance of the Third Symphony of Beethoven (the Eroica), which lasts about 45 minutes. But wait, it doesn't mean it's boring, honest. During the music we see happenings in the story, highlights and perhaps lowlights in the life of Ludwig. It doesn't come across like documentary, rather it's a uniquely done movie. Tim Piggot-Smith plays a stuffy old aristocrat who espouses more traditional stuff (like the Great Haydn) and tries to uphold his prejudices throughout the playing of the music, but fails miserably when he is stopped cold during a particularly arresting passage from the second movement and is seen responding favorably despite his obvious prejudices to the contrary. The acting he does with his face during this passage is extraordinary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 There was a 1981 TV mini-Series with Peter O'Toole called 'MASADA'. I'm sure this is one that's been seldom seen. I remember it for Barbara Carrera. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 ANGELS IN AMERICA (HBO two-part movie) Brilliant 2 parter. What a cast! What performances from that cast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 I thought this was a very good Viet Nam movie - A Rumor of War (1980) by Richard T. Heffron. Starring Brad Davis, Michael O'Keefe, Keith Carradine, Brian Dennehy, Perry King, Christopher Mitchum, Steve Forrest, Stacey Keach and Jeff Daniels. Personally, I don't buy into the theory that today's mainstream media is controlled by liberals. Politically controversial films that America was once so good at seem to have disappeared. But I guess we should steer clear of discussing this one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Even if TCM should air 'ANGELS IN AMERICA' some time it ought not to be advertised as a 'Tv Movie'. It's a made-for-HBO cable mini-series and is not the same thing as a TVM. If Turner Classic opted to air an AIDS-themed Tv movie like 'An Early Frost' from '85 I'd give it a watch; I've never seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Personally, I don't buy into the theory that today's mainstream media is controlled by liberals. Reminds me of the stupid opinion I read somewhere around here that "Liberal messaging" is the same thing as how Conservative morality-mongers ruled the movie industry for 30 years. As if we're supposed to believe that the cops will seize property, close theatres, jail people, for showing something too Conservative nowadays. There's no comparison about the amount of control that was forced upon society back then to the freedom to be as truthful with one's art as one wishes to be from 1970 to the present. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Personally, I don't buy into the theory that today's mainstream media is controlled by liberals. Politically controversial films that America was once so good at seem to have disappeared. It's a myth that for some reason seems to be continually touted as truth by some people. The only thing controlling today's mainstream media is the bottom line. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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