TCM kicks off summer with a mix of the silly and the sublime. Bad sci-fi and a Rock Hudson - Doris Day festival stand along side such heavyweights as Night and Fog and Kieslowski's Colors trilogy. Truly something for everyone this month. My picks below. All times Eastern. Full schedule HERE
6/2
8:00 PM
A typical day in the life of the Beatles.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison .
BW-87 mins, Letterbox Format
9:45 PM
This film looks at the British pop music scene in 1964, featuring performances by The Beatles, The Animals, and more.
Dir: Frederic Goode Cast: The Beatles , The Animals , Matt Monro .
C-70 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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| The DC5 are Having a Wild Weekend |
11:15 PM
Advertising executives turn a model's romance with a stunt man into a publicity stunt.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Dave Clark , Barbara Ferris , Lenny Davidson .
BW-92 mins,
1:00 AM
Rocket scientists consider naming a space ship after Herman's Hermits.
Dir: Arthur Lubin Cast: Peter Noone , Karl Green , Keith Hopwood .
C-86 mins, Letterbox Format
2:45 AM
Herman's Hermits travel to England for a high-stakes greyhound race.
Dir: Saul Swimmer Cast: Peter Noone , Karl Green , Keith Hopwood .
C-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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| Night and Fog. A tough watch but everyone should see it. |
6/3
6:45 AM
Documentary cameras contrast the horrors of Auschwitz with the peaceful countryside surrounding it.
Dir: Alain Resnais
C-31 mins, CC,
7:15 AM
A college professor uses the crises in three lives to illustrate his theories about human behavior.
Dir: Alain Resnais Cast: Gerard Depardieu , Nicole Garcia , Roger Pierre .
C-127 mins, Letterbox Format
6:15 PM
A swimming-pool salesman gets mixed up with beauty queens and bodybuilders when he falls in love.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Tony Curtis , Claudia Cardinale , Sharon Tate .
C-97 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Keir Dullea , Gary Lockwood , William Sylvester .
C-149 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:45 PM
The crew of a broken down space ship accidentally picks up a deadly alien life form.
Dir: Ridley Scott Cast: Sigourney Weaver , Tom Skerritt , Ian Holm .
C-116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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| Destination Moon was quite the deal in its day. |
1:00 AM
A crusading scientist defies the government to launch an expedition to the moon.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: John Archer , Warner Anderson , Tom Powers .
C-90 mins,
2:30 AM
Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when their rockets fail during a space voyage.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Gregory Peck , Richard Crenna , David Janssen .
C-129 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:45 AM
A space mission to Venus discovers a society of Amazons.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Zsa Zsa Gabor , Eric Fleming , Lisa Davis .
C-80 mins, Letterbox Format
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| An early, silent version of Wizard of Oz |
6/8
12:30 AM
In this silent film, a farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
Dir: Larry Semon Cast: Larry Semon , Bryant Washburn , Dorothy Dwan .
BW-72 mins,
2:00 AM
A streetcar conductor loses his true love during Brazil's carnival season.
Dir: Marcel Camus Cast: Breno Mello , Marpessa Dawn , Adhemar Dasilva .
C-108 mins,
4:00 AM
A poet follows his dead wife into the underworld, only to fall in love with Death.
Dir: Jean Cocteau Cast: Jean Marais , Edouard Dermit , Marie Déa .
BW-96 mins,
6/9
10:00 AM
A group of zanies tries to save a pretty girl's sanitarium.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Groucho [Marx] , Chico [Marx] , Harpo [Marx] .
BW-109 mins, CC,
6/14
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| Marilyn at her best in The Misfits |
A sensitive divorcee gets mixed up with modern cowboys roping mustangs in the desert.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Clark Gable , Marilyn Monroe , Montgomery Clift .
BW-125 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6/19
8:00 PM
A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Rock Hudson , Doris Day , Tony Randall .
C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM
An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Rock Hudson , Doris Day , Tony Randall .
C-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 AM
When he mistakenly thinks he's dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife's next husband.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Rock Hudson , Doris Day , Tony Randall .
C-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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| Come September with fun in the Italian sun. |
1:45 AM
A womanizing tycoon ends up chaperoning a group of American girls who have rented his Italian villa.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Rock Hudson , Gina Lollobrigida , Sandra Dee .
C-113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:45 AM
A sporting goods salesman who knows nothing about fishing must enter an angling contest.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Rock Hudson , Paula Prentiss , Maria Perschy .
C-120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6/20
5:30 AM
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell.
C-29 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6/21
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| Alan Bates and Charlotte Rampling in Georgy Girl |
10:00 PM
A misfit fights for happiness in the world of swinging London.
Dir: Silvio Narizzano Cast: James Mason , Alan Bates , Lynn Redgrave .
BW-99 mins, CC,
12:00 AM
A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Vanessa Redgrave , Sarah Miles , David Hemmings .
C-111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6/22
2:00 AM
2:00 AM
A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.
Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: Juliette Binoche , Benoit Regent , Florence Pernel .
C-98 mins,
3:45 AM
A Polish immigrant wants to get even with his former wife.
Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: Zbigniew Zamachowski , Julie Delpy , Janusz Gajos .
C-90 mins,
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| Jacob and Trintignant in Red |
5:30 AM
An accident creates a relationship between a model and a retired judge who spies on his neighbors.
Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: Irene Jacob , Jean-Louis Trintignant , Federique Feder .
C-99 mins, Letterbox Format
6/24
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
An adulterous couple discovers that their children are sexually involved.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Richard Egan , Dorothy McGuire , Sandra Dee .
C-130 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:30 PM
A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.
C-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6/26
6:15 AM
6:15 AM
The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Peter Lorre , Otto Wernicke , Gustav Grundgens .
BW-111 mins,
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| Rock and Angie get friendly in Pretty Maids all in a Row |
12:30 AM
A young man's first sexual explorations are threatened by a string of murders.
Dir: Roger Vadim Cast: Rock Hudson , Angie Dickinson , Telly Savalas .
C-91 mins,
2:15 AM
A bored rich man buys a new life from a secret organization.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Rock Hudson , Salome Jens , John Randolph .
BW-106 mins, Letterbox Format
6/29
2:00 AM
A lonely widow turns to prostitution to make ends meet.
Dir: Chantal Akerman Cast: Delphine Seyrig , Jan Decorte , Henri Storck .
C-202 mins, Letterbox Format
1 comment:
Thanks for this list. I'm gonna see A Hard Day's Night at a big screen at the Piazza Maggiore of this year's Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna. Can't wait.
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