TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 1: New Year's Music

[CBHagman]

Happy New Year, DUers!

TCM has something for just about everyone this New Year's Day.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

6:15 AM Monterey Pop (1969)
Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis ...
Dir: D. A. Pennebaker Cast: Lou Adler, Sam Andrew, Marty Balin
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

7:45 AM Don't Look Back (1967)
Bob Dylan is followed as he tours England in 1965. He plays the sphinx to an endless stream of reporters, stonewalls an awe-struck Donovan, and flashes lyric emblazoned cue cards to the camera, with Joan Baez and Alan Price also in tow.
Dir: D. A. Pennebaker Cast: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Alan Price
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

9:30 AM A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A rock and roll mockumentary that follows "a day in the life" of those four lads from Liverpool who would go on to make music history as the Beatles.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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11:30 AM The Song Remains the Same (1976)
Members of Led Zeppelin share their fantasies while preparing for a big concert.
Dir: Peter Clifton Cast: John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:00 PM Jimi Hendrix (1973)
Jimi Hendrix's life and career is explored through interviews and concert footage.
Dir: Gary Weiss Cast: Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Townshend
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

3:45 PM Tommy (1975)
A seemingly handicapped boy becomes a Pinball Wizard.
Dir: Ken Russell Cast: Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed, Jack Nicholson
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

5:45 PM Shine a Light (2008)
In the autumn of 2006, the Rolling Stones gave two concerts at the 2,800-seat Beacon Theatre in New York. In this documentary, director Martin Scorsese captures the performances of legendary band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts in this unusual setting.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Mick Jagger, Keith Richard, Charlie Watts
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC:

8:00 PM That's Entertainment! (1974)
An all-star cast, including Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, introduces clips from MGM's greatest musicals.
Dir: Jack Haley Jr. Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:30 PM That's Entertainment! II (1976)
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly dance together again for the first time in more than 30 years as they introduce classic musical numbers and comedy bits.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Saul Bass
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:45 AM That's Entertainment! III (1994)
This third installment in the series features previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage, musical outtakes, and three-strip color negative restorations.
Dir: Bud Friedgen Cast: Carmen Miranda, Ray Bolger, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:15 AM Soundies: A Musical History (2007)
An exhibition of Soundies, short black and white musical films that featured many prominent artists of the time.
Dir: Chris Lamson Cast: Michael Feinstein, Dorothy Dandridge, Doris Day
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:30 AM Divine Madness (1980)
Bette Midler performs her songs and raucous comedy at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
Dir: Michael Ritchie Cast: Bette Midler, Jocelyn Brown, Ula Hedwig
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Music Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

[ificandream]

1. So many great music movies playing on this morning.

"A Hard Day's Night" is my favorite, but I adore just about all of them .... saw most of them when they came out ... also love "Monterey Pop" ... got to see Ravi Shanker perform live shortly thereafter and got to meet him and Alla Rahka. Two very nice gentlemen.