Sue Sue's TCM Film Festival Tidbit Travel Blog

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Hello.(clackety-clack) This is Carl Bernstein calling from The Washington Post.
(Clackety-clack) I am trying to find out a little more information concerning
the TCM Film Festival 2015. Yes. 'A' we know is Ann-Margret, 'J' we know is
Julie Andrews, and 'C' is for Christopher Plummer. But we don't know who 'R' is.
Is that for Robert Osborne or Robert Redford? (Clackety-clack)And 'S'.
Is that for Sally Field or Sean Connery? Any kind of help you could give us
would be most appreciated, sir, ....(CLICK).

YES!

HERE ARE MORE OFFICIAL UPDATES..... LIVE INTERVIEWS AT THE MONTALBAN THEATRE SATURDAY, MARCH 28


A CONVERSATION WITH NORMAN LLOYD
10:00AM – 11:30AM
Join TCM host Ben Mankiewicz as he sits down for an hour-long conversation with Norman Lloyd
to discuss Lloyd’s eight-decade-long career as an actor and director. Attendees are strongly
encouraged to arrive early because this event will be taped to air on TCM. NOTE: Passholders
under the age of 18 must be accompanied by guardian.



LIVE FROM THE TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL: SOPHIA LOREN
2:00PM – 4:00PM
Passholder exclusive event! Robert Osborne will interview Academy Award-winning actress
Sophia Loren about her legendary life and career. Attendees are strongly encouraged to arrive
early because this event will be taped to air on TCM. NOTE: Passholders under the age of
18 must be accompanied by guardian.

[Rita Hayworth]

I'm surprised that Sophia Loren is still with us. Checking her age - I did not know that she is 80. Robert Osborne is in a treat interviewing her. Fascinating Lady.

[Sue Sue Applegate]

And she does her own cooking!

[Sue Sue Applegate]

The 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon is winding up. My entry and heartfelt homage to Ernie Pyle, Robert Mitchum, Burgess Meredith, and William Wellman is THE STORY OF G.I. JOE: https://suesueapplegate.wordpress.com/2 ... f-g-i-joe/




TCM’s passion for classic movies has earned the respect of the world’s most admired directors, producers, writers and actors. Be sure to visit this site often for details about 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival special guests in the weeks ahead.

ANNOUNCED 2015 SPECIAL GUESTS:
Julie Andrews - Actress, Singer and Author
Ann-Margret - Actor and Entertainer
Alec Baldwin - Actor and Producer
Craig Barron - Visual-Effects Artist
Ben Burtt - Sound Designer
Anne V. Coates - Editor, ACE
William Daniels - Actor
Carl Davis - Composer, Conductor and Musician
Randy Haberkamp - Managing Director of Preservation and Foundation Programs for AMPAS
Dustin Hoffman - Actor and Director
Ken Howard - Actor
Peter H. Hunt - Director
David Ladd - Producer
James Layton - Historian and Archivist
Spike Lee - Director
Terry Leonard - Stuntman
Norman Lloyd - Actor, Producer and Director
Sophia Loren - Actress and Author
Captain James Lovell - Astronaut
David Pierce - Historian and Archivist
Christopher Plummer - Actor and Author
Rick Schmidlin - Film Scholar and Preservationist
Brane Živković - Composer

Who else do I think might be added?

Sally Field--as the new co-host of The Essentials with Robert Osborne, she might be in attendance. Drew Barrymore attended the festival shortly after she had been announced a few years ago.

WIlliam Wellman, Jr.--He has many familial and professional connections to historical films and classic Hollywood

June Lockhart--she was in Sergeant York, and the Gary Cooper film is definitely historical.

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Scott Feinberg announced new TCMFF 2015 addtions on his Hollywood Reporter column :

"To mark the 60th anniversary of her big screen debut, the legendary Shirley MacLaine — a best actress Oscar winner for Terms of Endearment (1983) — will be feted at screenings of her films The Apartment (1960) and The Children's Hour (1961) and will also participate in an in-depth conversation about her storied career with TCM's beloved on-air host Robert Osborne.

Peter Fonda, one of the three stars of the landmark 1969 film Easy Rider, will headline a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of his father, the Oscar-winning actor Henry Fonda, as part of which he will introduce screenings of the senior Fonda's Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and My Darling Clementine (1946) participate in a conversation with bestselling author Scott Eyman.

Sean Connery's successor as 007, George Lazenby, will introduce a screening of the one film in which he played the character, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

And Robert Morse, the Tony-winning stage-turned-film-turned-TV actor, who was recently nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of Bert Cooper on Mad Men, will introduce a screening of The Loved One, the 1965 comedic adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same title about Hollywood.

The fest, this year's theme of which is "History According to Hollywood," has also announced that three people whose lives have been depicted on screen — Tony Mendez (Argo), Aron Ralston (127 Hours) and Mark Schultz (Foxcatcher) — will appear together on a panel, "A Surreal Life Existence: My Life as Portrayed in Life," and that Capt. James Lovell, whose story was told in Apollo 13, will attend a 20th anniversary screening of that film.

For the full article, visit here: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/t ... ine-777771

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Here's the link to the official update: http://248058275.r.cdn77.net/wp-content ... L-2.26.pdf

Christopher Plummer is scheduled for the Hand and Footprint ceremony on March 27, but it has not yet been formally announced. A couple of Hollywood websites have Pllummer announced, but the specific time is not designated. (10 a.m. has been the time normally scheduled for other celebrity ceremonies during the festival like Jane Fonda, Kim Novak, and Peter O'Toole.)

[Sue Sue Applegate]

TCM Film Festival passes have started arriving, so keep an eye out for a delivery!

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Just posted a short article about some of today's updates: http://www.examiner.com/article/new-fil ... tival-2015

WOW! Thank you, Charlie Tabesh and Dennis Millay!

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Christopher Plummer "Cements New Honor" at his Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the TCMFF 2015: http://deadline.com/2015/03/oscar-winne ... 201385687/

And........The Man Who Would Be King has been added to the films list!

Here's the Turner Pressroom Update: https://pressroom.turner.com/us/tcm/tcm ... PeAtoFOKrV

Well-deserved!

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Here's an article I just wrote about how delighted Christopher Plummer is concerning his Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the TCM Film Fesival this year: http://www.examiner.com/article/oscar-w ... ouncements

[Lzcutter]

In case Kingrat is around (we've been champions of this coming to the fest for some time)-

The Man Who Would Be King has been added to the schedule!!!!! It will be shown in 35mm with Christopher Plummer in attendance. Might Danny and/or Anjelica Huston join him to talk about the film? We can hope.......

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Sally Field's stint as the new Essentials Co-Host starts tonight!

[Sue Sue Applegate]

The festival schedule is up: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/fe ... eduleDay=1


Keith Carradine, Jane Withers, Ron and Allen Fields (W.C. Fields' grandsons), Diane Baker, Sherry Lansing, Leonard Maltin, Eddie Muller, Andrew Prine, Katherine Quinn (Anthony's widow)and many other special guests have been added!

[Sue Sue Applegate]

My latest article discusses the 9 Oscar-Winners coming to this year's TCM Film Festival and the cast of The Sound of Music:
http://www.examiner.com/article/nine-os ... tival-2015

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Tonight, Diane Sawyer gives us the "Untold story of The Sound of Music"on ABC in a special segment of 20/20: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ful ... e-29627717



Some of my picks for the TCM Film Festival that begins NEXT THURSDAY:

Some of my thoughts and picks for the festival include:

The #1 US find: THE GRIM GAME (A 1919 film starring Houdini)

The #1 UK surprise: THE WAR GAME

The #1 Noir--TOO LATE FOR TEARS

My top picks in no particular order as to prominence(and I hope I am able to see all of them as I have media credentials):

#1 A personal favorite--CALAMITY JANE, with Doris Day and Howard Keel

#2 Some say one of the best James Bond films ever made: ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE with
special guest, George Lazenby

#3 MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE with Sophia Loren

#4 THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE with Keith Carradine

#5 THE SOUND OF MUSIC with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer

#6 THE APARTMENT WITH SHIRLEY MACLAINE

#7 THE CINCINNATI KID WITH ANN-MARGRET

#8 MALCOM X with Spike Lee.

#9 THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING with Christopher Plummer

#10 LENNY with Dustin Hoffman

#11 Another personal fave--A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Paul Scofield made this one of his signature
roles on the stage, and won an Oscar for the film.

CLUB TCM INTERVIEWS: Shirley Maclaine, Anne Coates, Peter Fonda

EXTENDED CONVERSATIONS: Sophia Loren and Robert, Norman LLoyd and Ben

PRECODE: The Smiling Lieutenant with Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, and Maurice Chevalier


I am still changing my mind! So many fabulous choices this year.

Also some of my faves: Desk Set, The Wind and the Lion, My Man Godfrey, The French Connection (with William Friedkin), The Philadelphia Story, Queen Christina, Young Mr. Lincoln, My Darling Clementine,
and Norma Rae. And I'm wondering if Sally Field will be announced as the final guest, making it a total of 10 Oscar-winners to grace this year's TCM Film Festival.

I am hoping some of the films I have to miss will play on TBA Sunday....

Check out all the fabulous films here: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/