TCM Presents – The TCM Classic Film Festival: Special Home Edition!  

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This year TCM is presenting the TCM Classic Film Festival: Special Home Edition!

As a part of the Special Home Edition, TCM is proud to showcase films that have been a part of the TCM Classic Film Festival, both from years past and slated for this year’s event.

To provide additional context and insight, details are below that share when these films were screened at the Festival along with the special guests that attended these screenings. This special edition of the Fest begins April 16 at 8pm continuing until April 19 on TCM and will include TCM hosts, special guests and events to follow on-air and online.

Here’s what I am looking forward to seeing:

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

  • 11:00 PM Metropolis (1927)
    Closing Night Film at the 2010 TCM CFF, this was the North American premiere of a restored version of the film with footage found in 2008 in Argentina, with live score by the Alloy Orchestra.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

  • 8:30 AM She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
    Introduced by Keith Carradine, at the 2016 TCM CFF.
  • 12:30 PM A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
    This world premiere restoration was introduced by Alec Baldwin and Don Was at the 2014 TCM CFF.
  • 3:15 PM North by Northwest (1959)
    Presented at the 2010 TCM CFF with Eva Marie Saint and Martin Landau in attendance.
  • 10:00 PM Deliverance (1972)
    A cast reunion was presented at the 2013 TCM CFF, with Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jon Voight and director John Boorman in attendance.
  • 12:00 AM The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
    Presented in 3D at the 2018 TCM CFF, this was introduced by Dennis Miller.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

  • 6:00 AM The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
    Presented at the 2011 TCM CFF with Nancy and Tina Sinatra and Vicki Preminger in attendance.
  • 8:00 PM Casablanca (1942)
    A perennial favorite, this film has been presented three times at the TCM CFF, including a screening introduced by Peter Bogdanovich and Monika Henreid in 2010. Peter Bogdanovich will return to co-host this on-air screening.
  • 2:30 AM The Lady Vanishes (1938)
    Presented at the TCM CFF in 2013 with Norman Lloyd in attendance to talk about his friend, Alfred Hitchcock.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19

  • 7:45 AM The Set-Up (1949) )
    Introduced at the 2018 TCM CFF introduced by Noir Alley host Eddie Muller and actor/filmmaker Malcom Mays, who did a live reading of the poem the film is based on.
  • 10:00 AM Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    Screened as part of a tribute to Anne V. Coates, ACE, at the 2015 TCM CFF, with the Oscar-winning editor in attendance.

There are many other movies and interviews worth checking out, but these are my must-see events.  Check out the full schedule to find yours.