TCM Schedule Saturday June 8 - My Left Foot, Platoon, David Byrne, Sunday in New York, Battle Cry

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JUNE 8 - AT A GLANCE

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
In the Name of the Father (1993)
My Left Foot (1989)
(TCM Premiere) My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: COMEDY
Central Park (1932)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Sunday in New York (1963)
MGM Cartoons: Chump Champ, The (1950)
Dirt Track Racing (1957) (short)
In the Valley of the Rhine (1953) (short)
Alcatraz Island (1937)
Directors Playhouse: The Silent Partner (1955)
Popeye: I'm in the Army Now (1933)
Falcon Out West, The (1944)
Flag of Humanity, The (1940) (short)
In Caliente (1935) (Musical Matinee)
Tension at Table Rock (1956)
Angel Face (1953)
Battle Cry (1955)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE
- DAVID BYRNE
Matter of Life and Death, A (1946)
Wings of Desire (1987)
- NOIR ALLEY
(TCM Premiere) Never Open That Door (1952)
(TCM Premiere) If I Should Die Before I Wake (1952)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: VIETNAM WAR
Platoon (1986)

JUNE 8 - FULL DAY'S SCHEDULE

10:45 PM In the Name of the Father (1993)

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In the Name of the Father is a 1993 biographical crime drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan. It is based on the true story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings that killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian.[2] The screenplay was adapted by Terry George and Jim Sheridan from the 1990 autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon.

The film grossed $65 million at the box office and received overwhelmingly positive reviews. It was nominated for seven Oscars at the 66th Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Supporting Actor (Pete Postlethwaite), Best Supporting Actress (Emma Thompson), Best Director, and Best Picture.

In 1974, an Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
Dir: Jim Sheridan Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Oscar nominations (no wins):
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Daniel Day-Lewis {"Gerry Conlon"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Pete Postlethwaite {"Giuseppe Conlon"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Emma Thompson {"Gareth Peirce"}
DIRECTING -- Jim Sheridan
FILM EDITING -- Gerry Hambling
BEST PICTURE -- Jim Sheridan, Producer
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) -- Terry George, Jim Sheridan

Trivia: In preparation for his role, Daniel Day-Lewis lost thirty pounds and spent nights in the jail cell on the set as crew members threw water and verbal abuse at him.

1:15 AM My Left Foot (1989)

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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan (in his director debut) adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from the 1954 memoir of the same name by Christy Brown. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, it stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Brown, an Irish man born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot. Brown grew up in a poor working-class family, and became a writer and artist. Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Hugh O'Conor, Fiona Shaw, and Cyril Cusack are featured in supporting roles.

The film was theatrically released on 24 February 1989 to critical acclaim. Reviewers praised the film's screenplay and direction, its message, and especially the performances of Day-Lewis and Fricker. It was also a commercial success, grossing $14.7 million on a £600,000 budget. At the 62nd Academy Awards, the film received five nominations, including for the Best Picture, with Day-Lewis and Fricker winning Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. In 2018, the British Film Institute ranked it as the 53rd greatest British film of the 20th century.

Dir: Jim Sheridan Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-MA CC:

Oscar nominations (two wins):
(*WINNER*) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Daniel Day Lewis {"Christy Brown"}
(*WINNER*) ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Brenda Fricker {"Mrs. Brown"}
DIRECTING -- Jim Sheridan
BEST PICTURE -- Noel Pearson, Producer
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -- Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton

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Trivia: According to the "Making of My Left Foot" segment on the Special Edition DVD, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis broke two ribs during filming from assuming the hunched-over position in his wheelchair for weeks of filming. He also would refuse to come out of character. On visits to the set canteen, other people would have to help him with food. On one visit from his English agent, Day-Lewis again refused to come out of character as Christy Brown, and his frustrated agent took off.

Trivia: Many of the scenes were filmed through a mirror, as Sir Daniel Day-Lewis could only manipulate his right foot to perform the actions seen in the film.

3:15 AM My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

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An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Dir: Stephen Frears Cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Oscar nominations (no wins):
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -- Hanif Kureishi

Trivia: Gary Oldman was the first choice to play Johnny. After he turned it down, the part went to Daniel Day-Lewis. In 2020 director Stephen Frears said "There was a list of four actors for Daniel's part; Tim Roth who I'd just worked with, Kenneth Branagh who was desperate for the part and clearly wasn't right for it, and Gary Oldman who said he'd played it before, and the girls all said "Oh you want Dan", and of course they were absolutely right".

5:00 AM Central Park (1932)




Small-town kids out to make it in the big city inadvertently get mixed up with gangsters.
Dir: John G. Adolfi Cast: Joan Blondell, Wallace Ford, Guy Kibbee
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: The flock of sheep seen in the film were kept in the Sheepfold building until 1934 when they were relocated and the building was converted to The Tavern on the Green restaurant.

6:00 AM Sunday in New York (1963)

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A prim 22-year-old virgin, Eileen Tyler, considers premarital sex when she travels from Albany to visit her womanizing brother in New York City, and although engaged to another man, flirts with a stranger she meets on a bus.
Dir: Peter Tewksbury Cast: Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Jane Fonda has been quoted as stating that this film was the first time she enjoyed making a movie or thought she was any good at acting.

8:00 AM Cartoon: The Chump Champ (1950)
Droopy competes against the cheating Gorgeous Gorillawitz in a series of athletic events for a kiss from the queen of sports.
Dir: Tex Avery (fred) Cast: William H. Thompson, Billy Bletcher
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:08 AM Short: Dirt Track Racing (1957)
A short film about Viennese dirt bike racing, following a young racer from technical training to learning how to ride to his first race in Vienna.
Dir: Heinz Scheiderbauer Cast: Peter Roberts, Jack Davis, Herman Fuchs
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:17 AM Short: In the Valley of the Rhine (1953)
This short film tours the Rhine River in Western Europe, stopping at various cities and attractions.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:26 AM Alcatraz Island (1937)

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A prison inmate is framed for killing a con who once tried to kidnap his daughter.
Dir: William McGann Cast: Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Mary Maguire
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: This was the first film set in the prison on Alcatraz Island, which had opened in 1934. The Attorney General of the U.S., Homer S. Cummings (1870-1956) had opposed the release of this film, saying it created a "romantic image of Alcatraz as a Gangster Hall of Fame". The film was banned by censors in Sweden, Finland, and Trinidad upon its initial release.

Trivia: As the film was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions, headed by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, much was made in the press at the time about the Production Code Office's numerous objections to many aspects of this film - so much so that it was speculated that Hearst greatly exaggerated the controversy so as to stir up interest in the picture.

9:30 AM Short: The Silent Partner (1955)
A once-famous comedy star drowns his sorrows in a bar, in this episode of the Screen Directors Playhouse television series.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Buster Keaton, Zasu Pitts, Joe E. Brown
Runtime: 26 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:00 AM Cartoon: I'm in the Army Now (1933)



After seeing Olive Oyl gaze spellbound at an Army poster picturing a handsome uniformed soldier, both Popeye and Bluto try to enlist. There turns out to be only one vacancy and the two arch enemies try to prove who is the better man for the army.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Dave Tendlar Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: One of a number of Popeye shorts which were sent off to Asia in the 80's to undergo the infamous redraw and colorization process.

10:08 AM The Falcon Out West (1944)



A society sleuth turns cowboy to investigate a Texas murder.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: When Bates turns off the recording of Tex using a remote control, what is shown is a Philco "Mystery Control" with the Philco brand name covered up with "Hills". It was the first wireless remote control unit, introduced in 1939 using radio frequency waves to operate Philco radios by tuning preset stations or raising or lowering the volume.

11:30 AM Short: The Flag of Humanity (1940)
This focuses on how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Carlyle Moore Jr., Jack Rice, Robert Strange
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM In Caliente (1935)

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At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Pat O'Brien, Leo Carrillo
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Film debut of Judy Canova.

Trivia: Filmed at the Agua Caliente Casino and Hotel in Tijuana, Mexico, which opened in 1928. Since gambling was illegal in California at the time, and Las Vegas would not start to develop until after WWII, this resort was a magnet for Hollywood celebrities. In addition to the casino, it had an 18-hole golf course, horse racing track, tennis courts, a spa (the entrance of which can be seen several times in this film), and even its own airport. A few months after filming wrapped there in 1935, the president of Mexico outlawed gambling and the resort closed. The only remaining part of the complex is the racetrack, but its original opulent grandstand burned down in 1971 and was replaced by a more modest structure. It converted to greyhound dog racing in 1992.

1:45 PM Tension at Table Rock (1956)

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When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.
Dir: Charles Marquis Warren Cast: Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: James Anderson (as Lerner) broke an ankle during a fight scene and spent the rest of the shoot in a foot cast.

3:30 PM Angel Face (1953)

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A woman murders her family for their money.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: After Robert Mitchum got fed up with repeated re-takes in which director Otto Preminger ordered him to slap Jean Simmons across the face, he turned around and slapped Preminger, asking whether it was this way he wanted it. Preminger immediately demanded of producer Howard Hughes that Mitchum be replaced. Hughes refused. (Mitchum starred in Preminger's "River of No Return" two years later.)

Trivia: This was also the final film of Jean Simmons under her contract with Howard Hughes -- he'd bought it without her knowledge from the J. Arthur Rank Organization in England. Her displeasure led her to cut her hair off, knowing that Hughes preferred long-haired leading ladies and thinking it might prevent him from utilizing her before the contract's end date. Instead, he put her in the film, and she was given a wig to wear throughout.

Trivia: Otto Preminger initially refused to direct this movie because he hated the script. The normally reclusive Howard Hughes personally picked up Preminger in his car to persuade him to make the movie. He allowed Preminger to rewrite the script and promised Preminger a bonus if he finished shooting before Simmons' contract expired in 18 days. He did.

5:15 PM Battle Cry (1955)

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A group of Marines eagerly await deployment during World War II.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman
Runtime: 149 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations (no wins):
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Max Steiner

Trivia: During the scene where the Marines are resting during the march back to camp they are passed by the 1st Marines returning in trucks. There is waving and jeering as the trucks go by. One of the Marines sitting on the ground can be seen "flipping the bird".

8:00 PM A Matter of Life and Death (1947)

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An injured aviator argues in celestial court for the chance to go on living.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: According to Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies, this movie's production was delayed nine months due to the scarcity of Technicolor film and equipment at the time. That makes Conductor 71's remark upon leaving black-and-white heaven somewhat of an inside joke.

10:00 PM Wings of Desire (1987)

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The people of Berlin are visited by angels who can hear their thoughts.
Dir: Wim Wenders Cast: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N

Trivia: One day during the production of Wings of Desire (1987), Peter Falk went missing. He had never visited Berlin before and took long walks through the city, taking in the sights and meeting people. The producers finally tracked him down in a small café. Falk was so enchanted with the experience of making this film he stayed in Berlin an extra week after his role was finished, at his own expense, hoping he would get additional scenes to play.


12:15 AM Never Open That Door (1952) (TCM Premiere)

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Two separate tales that have in common the door which divides good from evil, in this film from Argentina.
Dir: Carlos Hugo Christensen Cast: Ángel Magaña, Renée Dumas, Nicolás Fregues
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC:

Trivia: This film is an Argentine adaptation of two short stories by American crime and suspense fiction writer Cornell Woolrich, who is credited under frequent pen name William Irish. Unlike most omnibus films, it does not feature a frame story. "If I Should Die Before I Wake," which follows, was originally a third segment of the film before it was removed and released by itself.

2:00 AM If I Should Die Before I Wake (1952) (TCM Premiere)
The son of a detective makes a discovery which may help solve the case of a serial killer of local children, in this film from Argentina.
Dir: Carlos Hugo Christensen Cast: Néstor Zavarce, Blanca del Prado, Floren Delbene
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC:

Trivia: This film was originally produced as the third segment of Never Open That Door (1952). When production was completed and the initial cut proved to be far too long, it was shortened to two segments and this film was turned into a stand-alone release.

3:45 AM Platoon (1986)

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Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth (1993). The film, based on Stone's experience from the war, follows a new U.S. Army volunteer (Sheen) serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his Squad Leader (Berenger and Dafoe) argue over the morality in the platoon and of the war itself.

Stone wrote the screenplay based upon his experiences as a U.S. infantryman in Vietnam, to counter the vision of the war portrayed in John Wayne's The Green Berets. Although he wrote scripts for films such as Midnight Express and Scarface, Stone struggled to get the film developed until Hemdale Film Corporation acquired the project along with Salvador. Filming took place in the Philippines in February 1986 and lasted 54 days. Platoon was the first Hollywood film to be written and directed by a veteran of the Vietnam War.

Upon its release, Platoon received critical acclaim for Stone's directing and screenplay, the cinematography, battle sequences' realism, and the performances of Sheen, Dafoe, and Berenger. The film was a box office success upon its release, grossing $138.5 million domestically against its $6 million budget, becoming the third highest-grossing domestic film of 1986. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards at the 59th Academy Awards, and won four including Best Picture, Best Director for Stone, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing.

In 1998, the American Film Institute placed Platoon at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies" poll. In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

A neophyte recruit in Vietnam finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil.
Dir: Oliver Stone Cast: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Oscar nominations (four wins):
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Tom Berenger {"Sgt. Barnes"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Willem Dafoe {"Sgt. Elias"}
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Robert Richardson
(*WINNER*) DIRECTING -- Oliver Stone
(*WINNER*) FILM EDITING -- Claire Simpson
(*WINNER*) BEST PICTURE -- Arnold Kopelson, Producer
(*WINNER*) SOUND -- John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -- Oliver Stone

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