TCM Schedule for Saturday, February 23

[lavenderdiva]

23 Saturday





7:04 AM Short Film: Seeing Hands (1943)
BW-11 mins,

7:30 AM Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:30 AM Notorious (1946)
A U.S. agent recruits a German expatriate to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Brazil. Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:15 AM The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
International spies kidnap a doctor's son when he stumbles on their assassination plot. Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-120 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

1:21 PM Short Film: Johann Mouse (1953)
C-8 mins,

1:30 PM North By Northwest (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

4:00 PM Psycho (1960)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM The Birds (1963)
In a California coastal area, flocks of birds unaccountably make deadly attacks on humans. Cast: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-119 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: 80'S

8:00 PM Poltergeist (1982)
Evil spirits abduct a suburban family's daughter causing chaos and havoc. Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne. Dir: Tobe Hooper. C-115 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM Ordinary People (1980)
When a young man drowns, his family fights to recover from the trauma. Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton. Dir: Robert Redford. C-124 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM Raging Bull (1980)
Hard-hitting biography of middle-weight champ Jake La Motta, whose life was haunted by violence inside and outside the ring. Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci. Dir: Martin Scorsese. BW-129 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM Breaker Morant (1980)
When his commanding officers make a mistake, an Australian soldier faces court martial. Cast: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown. Dir: Bruce Beresford. C-107 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM Yes, Giorgio (1982)
An opera star touring America courts a beautiful doctor. Cast: Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert. Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner. C-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

[lavenderdiva]

1. well, I'm on Hitchcock movie number 4!!!

I started with 'Notorious' this morning, and I'm now just starting 'Psycho'! I had forgotten how wonderful Cary Grant is in 'North by Northwest'. I'm so glad I saw it again! The only thing better would be if they would include 'Rebecca' next!!!!

[Longhorn]

2. I saw the first three

but then it was time to switch over to the Texas-OU basketball game (Hook 'em, Horns!)

We watched Michael Clayton tonight on Movies on Demand. Great movie and I think I swoon over George Clooney almost as much as Cary Grant. :D

[lavenderdiva]

3. I'll have to look for 'Michael Clayton' On Demand...

we missed it at the movie theaters, and still want to see it-- its gotten several Oscar nods, so it must be good. Did you enjoy it? Are you going to watch the Oscars tomorrow night? Are you rooting for anyone?

[Longhorn]

4. We really liked it!

It's very intense but it's due to the outstanding performances. Tom Wilkinson is also nominated for best supporting actor. It reminded me a little bit of The Firm but at a higher level -- a little less action, a lot more emotion, but still a satisfying ending.

That's the only nominated movie I've seen so I guess I'll be rooting for Michael Clayton and its nominees. I've read Atonement but I haven't seen the movie. There may be others I've seen that received a nomination or two. Besides classic movies, we've been watching a lot of British television crime series -- Prime Suspect and Wire in the Blood -- so we often see last year's movies this year or next year. :) But I'll definitely be watching!

How about you? Any favorites?

[lavenderdiva]

5. Of the best picture nominees, we've seen 3 of the 5:

we've seen 'Atonement', 'There Will Be Blood', and 'No Country For Old Men'. Both 'There Will Be Blood' AND 'No Country For Old Men' were filmed in Marfa, TX. All 3 were really good, and we enjoyed them. I'm not sure who I want to win, as I enjoyed them that much! However, I think 'No Country For Old Men' will win Best Picture, as the Academy (and me!) really like the Coen Brothers. I thought for sure, that Josh Brolin would be nominated for Best Actor for his performance in NCFOM. I really think that he was slighted.

Mr. lavenderdiva really loves going to the movies, so we've seen a lot of the movies with nominations. I think the biggest movies that we HAVEN'T seen are 'Juno', 'Michael Clayton', 'Eastern Promises', 'Away From Her', and 'La Vie En Rose'; those are the ones that I remember at least... there's others we haven't seen I'm sure.

Every year, I don't get to see as many of the wonderful 'oldies' that TCM offers in the 30 Days of Oscar offerings. I always want to, but time just doesn't allow it. That's why I was so excited yesterday, when I could actually enjoy some of them, uninterrupted!

We'll be glued to the TV set watching the ceremonies later today!! :hi: