Mephisto (1982) A stage actor in wartime Germany sells his soul to the Nazis. Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildiko Bansagi. Dir: Istvan Szabo. C-138 mins, TV-MA
Anchors Aweigh (1945) A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star. Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson. Dir: George Sidney. C-139 mins, TV-G
8:30am
Brigadoon (1954) Two American hunters in Scotland discover a mystical village that only materializes once every century. Cast: Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-108 mins, TV-G
Harvey Girls, The (1946) Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity. Cast: Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury. Dir: George Sidney. C-101 mins, TV-G
12:15pm
Band Wagon, The (1953) A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop. Cast: Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-112 mins, TV-G
2:15pm
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves. Cast: Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn. Dir: Stanley Donen. C-102 mins, TV-G
4:00pm
Gigi (1958) A Parisian girl is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage. Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-116 mins, TV-G
6:00pm
American in Paris, An (1951) An American artist finds love in Paris but almost loses it to conflicting loyalties. Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-114 mins, TV-PG
What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR:90'S
8:00pm
Sense and Sensibility (1995) Jane Austen's classic tale of two sisters with different romantic notions. Cast: Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet. Dir: Ang Lee. C-136 mins, TV-PG
10:30pm
Quiz Show (1994) A blue-blood academic gets swept up in the quiz show scandals of the '50s. Cast: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes. Dir: Robert Redford. C-133 mins, TV-MA
12:45am
Kundun (1997) The dalai lama fights Chinese oppression while trying to lead his flock. Cast: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin. Dir: Martin Scorsese. C-134 mins, TV-MA
This time last year I made a vow to try to catch up on classic movies, which I enjoy the most.
For instance I finally saw Casablanca this year and Citizen Cane...one I loved (Casablanca) and one I thought was just okay (Citizen Cane)....the cinematography was good...story line...not impressed, I've seen better. What did I miss ?
Each day for the 31 days of Oscar for Turner Class Movies, I will post movies and you can comment on which ones you have seen...which one did you like or dislike...and why.
Try to watch some new movies which have been recognized by the academy.
I must say I am partial to old black and white movies...and new independent films. I kinda don't dig the in-between genre.
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into 'the mad prophet of the airwaves.'
Cast: William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch.
Dir: Sidney Lumet.
BW-121 mins, TV-MA
2:30 AM
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
A classical pianist who's dropped out of society returns to the family he deserted.
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush.
Dir: Bob Rafelson.
C-98 mins, TV-MA
4:13 AM
Short Film: Stop, Look And Listen (1967)
An Academy nominated stop-motion live-action short about driving safety and dealing with road rage.
Cast: Len Janson, Chuck Menville
Dir: Len Janson, Chuck Menville
C-10 mins
4:27 AM
Short Film: Hitler Lives? (1945)
BW-17 mins
4:45 AM
Darling Lili (1970)
A World War I flyer falls for a beautiful enemy spy.
Cast: Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp.
Dir: Blake Edwards.
C-143 mins, TV-PG
7:15 AM
2010 (1984)
In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a U.S.-Soviet crew investigates a mysterious monolith orbiting Jupiter.
Cast: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Keir Dullea.
Dir: Peter Hyams.
C-116 mins, TV-14
9:15 AM
Forbidden Planet (1956)
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox.
C-99 mins, TV-PG
11:00 AM
Them! (1954)
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.
Cast: James Arness, James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn.
Dir: Gordon Douglas.
BW-93 mins, TV-PG
12:45 PM
The Time Machine (1960)
A turn-of-the-century inventor sends himself into the future to save humanity.
Cast: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Alan Young.
Dir: George Pal.
C-103 mins, TV-G
2:30 PM
The Black Hole (1979)
Researchers discover a lost space ship on the edge of a black hole.
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster.
Dir: Gary Nelson.
C-98 mins, TV-PG
4:15 PM
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
A renegade sea captain uses a pioneering submarine to force peace on the world.
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas.
Dir: Richard Fleischer.
C-127 mins, TV-G
6:30 PM
The War Of The Worlds (1953)
A scientist on vacation stumbles upon a Martian invasion.
Cast: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne.
Dir: George Pal.
C-85 mins, TV-PG
8:00 PM
Gandhi (1982)
The legendary Indian leader uses peaceful means to free his homeland from British rule. Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud.
Dir: Richard Attenborough.
C-191 mins, TV-PG, CC
11:15 PM
Atlantic City (1981)
An aging gangster's love for a gambling house waitress puts him in the middle of a heist gone bad.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid.
Dir: Louis Malle.
C-104 mins, TV-MA
It's kinda like this....you switch around channels and certain movies catch your eye...have you seen this scene before, or this movie in it's entirety ?
This is the case with the following:
Them!, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea & The War of the Worlds. And believe it or not, I have never seen Network...
However !! Don't give up hope on me...this past year I did watch Gandhi. It was an A-MAZING film and so educational. I know I blogged about the film after viewing it, how could I not.
Did you know Gandhi was married ? Did you know he was a lawyer ?
I just thought (prior to watching the movie) that he was this holy man living on a mountain professing peace....uh, no....couldn't be more wrong.
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The Oscars 2008
It's that time of year again....
The Oscars are coming, the Oscars are coming !
This time last year I made a vow to try to catch up on classic movies, which I enjoy the most.
For instance I finally saw Casablanca this year and Citizen Cane...one I loved (Casablanca) and one I thought was just okay (Citizen Cane)....the cinematography was good...story line...not impressed, I've seen better. What did I miss ?
Each day for the 31 days of Oscar for Turner Class Movies, I will post movies and you can comment on which ones you have seen...which one did you like or dislike...and why.
Try to watch some new movies which have been recognized by the academy.
I must say I am partial to old black and white movies...and new independent films. I kinda don't dig the in-between genre.
The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John.
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone.
Dir: William Keighley, Michael Curtiz.
C-102 mins, TV-G
7:45 AM
Mogambo (1953)
In this remake of Red Dust, an African hunter is torn between a lusty showgirl and a married woman.
Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly.
Dir: John Ford.
C-116 mins, TV-PG
9:45 AM
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
A spirited widow hires a daredevil jungle scout to find a lost treasure in diamonds.
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson.
Dir: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton.
C-103 mins, TV-PG
11:30 AM
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Three prospectors fight off bandits and each other after striking-it-rich in the Mexican mountains.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt.
Dir: John Huston.
BW-126 mins, TV-PG
1:45 PM
Krakatoa, East Of Java (1969)
A salvage boat's captain gets mixed up with island convicts during a volcanic eruption.
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith.
Dir: Bernard L. Kowalski.
C-131 mins, TV-G, CC
4:00 PM
The Naked Prey (1966)
A captive hunter in Africa has one chance to survive, if he can outrun a native tribe.
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Gert Van Den Berg, Ken Gampu.
Dir: Cornel Wilde.
C-91 mins, TV-14
5:45 PM
Northwest Passage (1940)
True story of Rogers' Rangers and their fight to open up new frontiers for Colonial America.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan.
Dir: King Vidor.
C-127 mins, TV-G
8:00 PM
Jaws (1975)
The sheriff of an island town takes to the seas when a bloodthirsty shark invades the local waters.
Cast: Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss.
Dir: Steven Spielberg.
C-124 mins, TV-MA
10:15 PM
The Hospital (1971)
A harried hospital administrator copes with rising costs, a seductive young woman and a serial killer.
Cast: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes.
Dir: Arthur Hiller.
C-103 mins, TV-MA
12:02 AM
Short Film: Romance Of Radium (1937)
BW-10 mins
12:15 AM
Network (1976)
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into 'the mad prophet of the airwaves.'
Cast: William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch.
Dir: Sidney Lumet.
BW-121 mins, TV-MA
2:30 AM
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
A classical pianist who's dropped out of society returns to the family he deserted.
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush.
Dir: Bob Rafelson.
C-98 mins, TV-MA
4:13 AM
Short Film: Stop, Look And Listen (1967)
An Academy nominated stop-motion live-action short about driving safety and dealing with road rage.
Cast: Len Janson, Chuck Menville
Dir: Len Janson, Chuck Menville
4:27 AM
Short Film: Hitler Lives? (1945)
BW-17 mins
4:45 AM
Darling Lili (1970)
A World War I flyer falls for a beautiful enemy spy.
Cast: Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp.
Dir: Blake Edwards.
C-143 mins, TV-PG
Personally, I think I may have seen this Robin Hood film but probably not in it's entirety.
And Jaws...of course I've seen. When the movie came out I was just 10 years old and vacationing with my family down the Jersey shore. The movie came out in the summer and theoretically took place in Long Island....not far from where we stayed. My parents and their friends went to see it and needless to say none of them went into the ocean the next day !
What movies have you seen from the above list and what is your opinion ?
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