TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 15: 31 Days of Oscar: Animal Stories
Today's themes are Politics (daytime) and Animal Stories (nighttime). But we're all political animals here, so it's all good.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
12:15 AM Cries and Whispers (1972)
A woman's impending death leads to painful memories and confrontations for herself and her two sisters.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N
2:00 AM All About My Mother (1999)
A Greek saying states that only women who have washed their eyes with tears can see clearly. This saying does not hold true for Manuela. The night a car ran over her son Esteban, Manuela cried until her eyes ran completely dry. Far from seeing clearly, the present and the future become mixed up in darkness.
Dir: Pedro Almodóvar Cast: Fernando-Fernan Gomez, Lola Garcia, Juan Jose Otegui
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: N
4:00 AM Red (1994)
An accident creates a relationship between a model and a retired judge who spies on his neighbors.
Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N
6:00 AM Rashomon (1950)
In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder.
Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
7:30 AM The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:15 AM Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
In the summer of 1921, unsuccessful vice presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt is vacationing with his family at their estate on Campobello Island on the Maine/New Brunswick border. During their stay, the 39-year-old Roosevelt comes down with a fever and sudden paralysis that is eventually diagnosed as polio.
Dir: Vincent J. Donehue Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Zina Bethune, Tim Considine, Alan Bunce
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:45 AM Z (1969)
A political assassination uncovers a hotbed of corruption.
Dir: Costa-Gavras Cast: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: N
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2:00 PM Seven Days in May (1964)
In the near future, the president of the United States discovers a military coup is being plotted by one of his Joint Chiefs and must find a way to dismantle it.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
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4:00 PM The Candidate (1972)
Without a candidate to run for the senate seat against admired Republican Crocker Jarmon, campaign manager Marvin Lucas recruits leftist lawyer Bill McKay. McKay's appearance piques the public's interest, and gradually Lucas pushes McKay toward a more centrist message.
Dir: Michael Ritchie Cast: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
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6:00 PM All the King's Men (1949)
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Dir: Robert Rossen Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: ANIMAL STORIES
8:00 PM The Black Stallion (1979)
While traveling with his father, a young boy named Alec Ramsey becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board the ship on which he is sailing. When the ship tragically sinks, Alec and the stallion are the sole survivors, and he is left stranded on a deserted island.
Dir: Carroll Ballard Cast: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 PM Born Free (1965)
A game warden and his wife face a wrenching decision when the lion cub they've raised becomes too big to keep.
Dir: James Hill Cast: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:00 AM Lassie Come Home (1943)
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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1:45 AM National Velvet (1944)
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 AM Sounder (1972)
In 1933 Louisiana, a family of African American sharecroppers endure racism and injustice when their father is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
