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GREAT Movies on TCM today

Posted on 03/31/2022 10:34:37 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Check your local listing for times.

The Night of the Iguana. Richard Burton. Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr in a steamy drama set south of the border.

The Sandpiper. Vincent Minnelli directs Richard Burton and Liz Taylor. I've never seen it, but I assume it's good.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe? The BEST Burton/Taylor film ever. I've always wondered if it is really possible for someone to really drink as much as they did in one night.

Days of Wine and Roses. If you're still in the mood for booze soaked drama between married couples, then watch this move with Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick.

To Kill a Mockingbird. I think it's a little long and loses the message a time or two, but it is of course a classic. Bonus points for that guessing that nobody (at the time) who played Boo Radley.

A Patch of Blue. Meh. Can't really say. Am I the only one who's never been a big Sidney Poitier fan?

The Hustler. Can't get much better than Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. From 1961.


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1 posted on 03/31/2022 10:34:37 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Nice


2 posted on 03/31/2022 10:39:01 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Responsibility2nd
Am I the only one who's never been a big Sidney Poitier fan?

You have to see him in the right movie. Yes, he's as unbearable as Gregory Peck at his sanctimonious worst in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?", but he's fine in "Let's Do It Again" with Bill Cosby, John Amos and Jimmy "J.J." Walker. He was also properly cast in "Lilies of the Field".


3 posted on 03/31/2022 10:39:46 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m on lunch break. Some of us still have to keep a job ;^)


4 posted on 03/31/2022 10:41:24 AM PDT by waterhill (Resist)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Jack Klugman was basically the unsung hero, in terms of acting performances, in The Days of Wine and Roses.


5 posted on 03/31/2022 10:42:34 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Responsibility2nd
Am I the only one who's never been a big Sidney Poitier fan?

I did like Sidney Poitier in "The Bedford Incident" ...


6 posted on 03/31/2022 10:43:07 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Bluebonnet Spearman.


7 posted on 03/31/2022 10:43:40 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
The Hustler. Can't get much better than Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. From 1961.

Don't forget George C. Scott

"You owe me MONEY!"

8 posted on 03/31/2022 10:43:50 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just watched Fiddler on the Roof. Excellent movie!


9 posted on 03/31/2022 10:44:43 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness. )
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To: Dr. Sivana

Sidney Poitier was good in the Defiant Ones, but Tony Curtis really was the bomb.


10 posted on 03/31/2022 10:44:53 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I do miss TCM since I cut my cable. Cannot seem to find it as a reasonable add-on anywhere.


11 posted on 03/31/2022 10:45:30 AM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: Dr. Sivana
You forgot "The Defiant Ones" with Tony Curtis.
12 posted on 03/31/2022 10:46:25 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Instead of Build Back Better, how about put it back the way you found it?)
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To: Psalm 73

You beat me in posting speed.


13 posted on 03/31/2022 10:46:53 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Instead of Build Back Better, how about put it back the way you found it?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The Hustler. Newman’s finest performance in my book. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (when that meant something), but lost to Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry).

The Hustler is a great, great movie.


14 posted on 03/31/2022 10:47:08 AM PDT by Jack023
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To: BipolarBob

I didn’t forget it because I didn’t see it. I don’t care for Tony Curtis, and he could never babysit my children.


15 posted on 03/31/2022 10:48:45 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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To: BlueLancer; Responsibility2nd
Poitier's talents were fully displayed in Sneakers, a movie with an eclectic cast of notable characters.
16 posted on 03/31/2022 10:49:24 AM PDT by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: BipolarBob

Just rewatched the Defiant Ones a few months ago - what a great movie. They don’t make em’ like that anymore.


17 posted on 03/31/2022 10:49:33 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just saw Night of the Iguana for the first time a couple weeks ago.

The two native cabana boys are really over the top. Definitely if the film were made today their purpose to the plot line would have been much easier to slip into the film in a more natural way. Them just dancing close (to no music) is just... weird.


18 posted on 03/31/2022 10:49:35 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Boo Hadley....Robert Duvall


19 posted on 03/31/2022 10:49:50 AM PDT by dmzTahoe
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Bonus points for that guessing that nobody (at the time) who played Boo Radley.

…dunno…

…but he probably loves the smell of napalm in the morning…

20 posted on 03/31/2022 10:50:26 AM PDT by cyberaxe (....Uuuummpphhhh.....)
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