The searchers 1956 50th anniversary tour
“ THE BIRDS is coming!” to the TCM Classic Film Festival next April, along with star Tippi Hedren, Turner Classic Movies announced today. The still-gorgeous, 82-year-old actress and animal activist will be in person at the fourth annual TCMFF in Hollywood April 25-28 for a screening honoring the 50th anniversary of one of Hitchcock’s creepiest classics. Hedren also appeared at the 2012 Festival, and the interview she recorded with host Robert Osborne was featured in national, one-night-only screenings of THE BIRDS in September from TCM and Fathom Events. TCM also announced that acclaimed documentarian and cinematographer Albert Maysles will be on hand, along with rare theatrical screenings of two of his most-respected films: SALESMAN (1968 a “direct cinema” portrait of four Bible salesmen traveling across New England and Florida; and GIMME SHELTER (1970 a harrowing look at the Rolling Stones’ 1969 tour and the concert at the Altamont Speedway in which an 18-year-old was murdered by a member of the Hell’s Angels. I hope that TCM will also add a screening of GREY GARDENS (1975 the touching and hilarious documentary about mother and daughter socialites living in a decaying mansion in the Hamptons. The TCM Classic Film Festival will also present the world premiere of a new restoration of King Vidor’s THE BIG PARADE (1925 a World War I drama starring John Gilbert as an American soldier and Renée Adorée as the French farm girl he falls in love with. ( For the record, the ending of this films is a killer tear jerker. Bring tissues if you go.) The screening will feature a pre-recorded original score by acclaimed silent film composer Carl Davis and further emphasizes the TCMFF’s commitment to silent cinema. ( Some of my most memorable moviegoing experiences of all time have been silent film screenings at the TCM FIlm Fest, such as the closing night presentation of.
Spring 2016 Bob Woodward and Alexander Butterfield DISCUSSION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 6 P. M. LBJ LIBRARY AUDITORIUM Bob Woodward and Alexander Butterfield, deputy to White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, discuss Woodward's new book The Last of the President's Men and Butterfield's experiences in the Nixon White House. Mark Updegrove, Director of the LBJ Presidential Library, moderates the conversation. The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate papers reside at the Ransom Center. This event is a collaboration with the LBJ Presidential Library, and reservations are required. The Ransom Center has been allocated 200 seats for this program. Follow this link to reserve one of these seats while supplies last. Reservations are limited to one seat per guest. A reservation holds your seat until 5:50 p.m. on the day of the program; seats that remain unclaimed at that time will be released to the stand-by line. A stand-by line will form in the upper lobby outside the LBJ Auditorium on the day of the program for patrons who were unable to reserve a seat. Just before the program begins at 6 p.m., any seats that remain empty will be offered to the stand-by line on a first-come, first-served basis. A Conversation with Ed Ruscha DISCUSSION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 6 P. M. BLANTON MUSEUM AUDITORIUM To celebrate the opening of the Edward Ruscha papers and art collection at the Harry Ransom Center, Ed Ruscha discusses his life and work with writer and critic Dave Hickey. One of the most acclaimed artists working today, Ruscha has been deeply influenced by his love of books and language. Ruscha's work is in the collections of museums worldwide, and in 2013, he was honored by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People. A reception follows. Co-presented by the Blanton Museum of Art and supported in part by the Amon G. Carter Lectureship. Members of the Ransom Center and Blanton.
Audio Commentary: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich Documentaries: Behind the Cameras (4-parts Meet Jeffrey Hunter, Monument Valley, Meet Natalie Wood, Setting Up Production Documentary: The Searchers: An Appreciation Featurette: A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Searchers Introduction: Intro by Patrick Wayne Theatrical Trailer: Theatrical Trailer The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Audio Commentary: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich Documentaries: Behind the Cameras (4-parts Meet Jeffrey Hunter, Monument Valley, Meet Natalie Wood, Setting Up Production Documentary: The Searchers: An Appreciation Featurette: A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Searchers Introduction: Intro by Patrick Wayne Theatrical Trailer: Theatrical Trailer The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Audio Commentary: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich Documentaries: Behind the Cameras (4-parts Meet Jeffrey Hunter, Monument Valley, Meet Natalie Wood, Setting Up Production Documentary: The Searchers: An Appreciation Featurette: A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Searchers Introduction: Intro by Patrick Wayne Theatrical Trailer: Theatrical Trailer The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Audio Commentary: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich Documentaries: Behind the Cameras (4-parts Meet Jeffrey Hunter, Monument Valley, Meet Natalie Wood, Setting Up Production Documentary: The Searchers: An Appreciation Featurette: A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Searchers Introduction: Intro by Patrick Wayne Theatrical Trailer: Theatrical Trailer The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Audio Commentary: Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich Documentaries: Behind the Cameras (4-parts Meet Jeffrey Hunter, Monument Valley, Meet Natalie Wood, Setting Up Production.