TCM's 31 Days of Oscar

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14 minutes ago, RPM said:

Holy shit, what a line up today: The Great Dictator, Paths of Glory, Twelve Angry Men, Sweet Smell of Success. That's 4 10's in a row.

? (in the queue), 10, 8.5, 10.

 

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1 minute ago, tantric superman said:

? (in the queue),

Charlie Chaplin's Hitler parody. Came out late 1940. Apparently the had quite the disdain for Herr Hitler.

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8 minutes ago, tantric superman said:

Birdman was directed by John Frankenheimer. 

Frankenheimer directed Ronin.

Ergo: Who gives a shit if Birdman is accurate?

 

 

I'm bored so I'll ask.  Do you not understand the difference between fictional story lines, and biographical movies ?  I know they're multisyllabic words , so.......

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7 minutes ago, RPM said:

Charlie Chaplin's Hitler parody. Came out late 1940. Apparently the had quite the disdain for Herr Hitler.

Yep, have not seen. 

[miguelito 11,263]

Definitely check out the Great Dictator.  It still seems, uh, relevant today.

But considering the world in 1940, it's very powerful. 

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3 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

I'm bored so I'll ask.  Do you not understand the difference between fictional story lines, and biographical movies ?  I know they're multisyllabic words , so.......

Absolutely no idea what the difference is.

I do know that Harvey Keitel played a wise guy in Last Temptation of Christ though I didn't think anyone from Brooklyn was in the Holy Land.

And the dude below in the coonskin cap?  They Mexicans found him hiding under a bed!  He never blew up half of Bracketville!

 

 

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Get a room you two.

[DougO 5,245]

THere are basically three types of biographical/historical movies:

A. Innacurate

B. Wildly innacurate

C. Totally made up bullshit

 

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2 hours ago, RPM said:

Holy shit, what a line up today: The Great Dictator, Paths of Glory, Twelve Angry Men, Sweet Smell of Success. That's 4 10's in a row.

My schedule is set. Cat's in the bag, bag's in the river.

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The "Hannah, can you hear me?" in The Great Dictator hits me hard every time.

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Forgot to mention Night of the Hunter. Robert Mitchum is creepy AF. 

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Peter Fonda tribute this Saturday night. Ulee's Gold at 7 followed by Easy Rider at 9. Wish they would have worked in a few more films like Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Race with the Devil and Cannonball Run.

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11 hours ago, RPM said:

Peter Fonda tribute this Saturday night. Ulee's Gold at 7 followed by Easy Rider at 9. Wish they would have worked in a few more films like Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Race with the Devil and Cannonball Run.

What???

No Outlaw Blues filmed in and around Austin including at Dobie Mall.

 

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Bogie Alert! A mini Bogey film fest this afternoon and tonight. To Have or Have Not, The Big Sleep and Key Largo. Big Sleep is the lesser of the 3, but the other 2 are excellent.

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Sidney Poitier mini film fest. Watched In The Heat of the Night, The Bedford Incident and Lilies of the Field. 2nd time watching Lilies of the Field in the last week. TCM must have it in high rotation, but I don't care if they do. I've loved this film from the first time I watched it on a grainy 13" B&W tv. Unfortunately it's on the list of films I compulsively have to watch if I see it. Kinda like Cartman and Come Sail Away

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4 hours ago, RPM said:

Sidney Poitier mini film fest. Watched In The Heat of the Night, The Bedford Incident and Lilies of the Field. 2nd time watching Lilies of the Field in the last week. TCM must have it in high rotation, but I don't care if they do. I've loved this film from the first time I watched it on a grainy 13" B&W tv. Unfortunately it's on the list of films I compulsively have to watch if I see it. Kinda like Cartman and Come Sail Away

Lilies of the Field is one of my favorite all time movies.

Great performances all of the way around and the song Amen is a classic.

Also love In The Heat of the Night. Rod Steiger is one of the greatest actors in history.

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Excellent W.C. Fields movie coming on @ 8:30, The Bank Dick. If this movie doesn't make you laugh, you probably subscribe to Stoops newsletter.

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Springsteen guest host Sat Nov 2nd.

Introducing 'The Searchers' and 'A Face in the Crowd.'

Don't know if this is a new thing where Mankiewicz goes to the celebs home to interview them vs bringing them into the studio or Bruce just telling them to come on by. 'A Face in the Crowd' is an excellent choice since it's one of the more overlooked masterpieces. 

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37 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Springsteen guest host Sat Nov 2nd.

Introducing 'The Searchers' and 'A Face in the Crowd.'

Don't know if this is a new thing where Mankiewicz goes to the celebs home to interview them vs bringing them into the studio or Bruce just telling them to come on by. 'A Face in the Crowd' is an excellent choice since it's one of the more overlooked masterpieces. 

Saw Elvis Costello last week. He sat at the piano, and started talking about the man from Riddle, Arkansas, talking about how he wanted to play the role, and then broke into a face in the crowd.  A Face In The Crowd is among my top 10 or 20 movies.

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So, starting tomorrow, Wednesday 11/6 at 7am:

Casablanca

On the Waterfront

North by Northwest

Bridge on the River Kwai

The Searchers

(Image makers: the Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers)

The Grapes of Wrath

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That is a strong day of programming right there. 

[dogbreath 434]

Add Magnificent Ambersons prior to Casablanca. 

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8 hours ago, miguelito said:

So, starting tomorrow, Wednesday 11/6 at 7am:

Casablanca

On the Waterfront

North by Northwest

Bridge on the River Kwai

The Searchers

(Image makers: the Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers)

The Grapes of Wrath

 

That's 5 of my Top 10 (or so) films. Impressive. The Grapes of Wrath is definitely in my Top 3 (maybe #1).

 

Edited November 6, 2019 by RPM

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Errol Flynn day does not suck 

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Neither does John Ford day. I missed most of it, but watching his documentary The Battle of Midway now. It made Eleanor Roosevelt cry and FDR wanted "every Mother in America to see it."

There's a new documentary next John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (this was excellent!), then The Grapes of Wrath followed by Cheyenne Autumn. Gonna be a long night.

Don't know if they ran it, but one of my favorite Ford films (and highly underrated) is The Long Voyage Home. Greatness on so many levels.

Edited November 22, 2019 by RPM

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Watching Ben-Hur again for the whatever dozen time. I'm not a fan of religious epics, but damned if this one isn't great. It's premium Chuck Heston with a good script, good crew, good supporting cast and great director (William Wyler). I like the original silent film starring Ramon Novarro, too. It just doesn't get much better than the chariot race for action sequences.

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Monterey Pop (1969) just started. Must see.

[SimonBolivar 10,958]

How can I convince the wife that we need to just stay home with the TV on during NYD?

 

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2020-01-01

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On 11/2/2019 at 5:46 PM, RPM said:

 

Great film, but often painful.  I've always adored Patricia Neal and of course Lee Remmick stopped me in my tracks.

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54 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

How can I convince the wife that we need to just stay home with the TV on during NYD?

 

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2020-01-01

A well timed finger down your throat should do the trick, make sure you ate spaghetti.

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On 11/5/2019 at 8:58 PM, RPM said:

That's 5 of my Top 10 (or so) films. Impressive. The Grapes of Wrath is definitely in my Top 3 (maybe #1).

Ford is that great.  Grapes isn't even in my top 5 of Ford's flicks.

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How can I convince the wife that we need to just stay home with the TV on during NYD?
 
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2020-01-01

The Roaring 20s goes way underrated.

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Logan's Run / Public Enemy = In. 

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Thin Man marathon today, (NYE).

Unfortunately Comcast dropped TCM from the regular lineup, (but fortunately I have them all recorded).

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Any random day TCM provides more quality filmed entertainment than theaters or streaming or any other medium.  Thank you, you gap-toothed Jane Fonda fucker, you.  I'll DVR Key Largo just to hear Lauren Bacall answer the phone in that whiskey and smokes breathy voice, "Hhhhotell Lahgeau."  Shoot me now.  

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Pound for pound, it's the best network on television. 29 days to 31 Days.

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Planet Of the Apes coming on at 7pm.

My Friday night is saved.

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In fact, they are playing the first three in a row.

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56 minutes ago, DougO said:

Planet Of the Apes coming on at 7pm.

My Friday night is saved.

Nova. 

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The Big Sleep starting now.  I've seen it a dozen times but that's not going to stop me from watching it again.  Martha Vickers was a fox.

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1 hour ago, Continental Op said:

The Big Sleep starting now.  I've seen it a dozen times but that's not going to stop me from watching it again.  Martha Vickers was a fox.

Dorothy Malone was pretty slutty as the book store clerk. Guy walks in, says he's got rye and she locks the door DTF.

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Yeah.  Pretty much every woman in the movie except Agnes, who is too busy being Arthur Gwynn Geiger's fag hag, is focused on Bogart's sexuality.  It's like a proto-Eyes Wide Shut.  

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Was interesting to hear Mankiewicz say Malone's part was shoehorned in as a demo for  her, then they went in a completely different direction with her until she broke contract and got slutty again. 

Not TCM, but just watched a great movie on FXM which is quickly becoming a formidable opponent.

Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)

Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Gene Lockhart

Director: Henry Hathaway

It's very Captains Courageous-ish, but a different tale of a seagoing lad. If you're a "Greenpeace Save the Whales type", this might not be for you.

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It's time gentlemen.  Clear off the DVR.  

http://31days.tcm.com/

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Interesting format they are using this year. Each film has an actor, not necessarily the lead actor, connected to the next film.

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They did that 4 or 5 years ago.  I'm a fan.  

[miguelito 11,263]

That would be a fun job.  "Here, figure out what order to show these 300 movies."

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One of my all-time favorites about to start on TCM, Hud. Everyone in this cast is just awesome. Grew up on a ranch just like the one in the movie. The old man always reminded me of my Granddad and Hud was a pretty good imitation of my Dad. Everything about this film just clicks.

Holy shit, seen this movie 100 times and just realized the couch in Hud's bedroom was the same exact couch my grandparents had with the longhorn stitched into the back. Those must have been popular in Texas in the late 50's/early 60's.

Edited January 22, 2020 by RPM