EPISODE 83 - “TCM FILM FESTIVAL 2025 PREVIEW” - 4/14/2025

It’s that time of year again. Time for the 2025 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, which takes place April 24-27 in Hollywood California. This year, the theme is “Grand Illusions: Fantastic Worlds on Film.” This week, Steve and Nan offer a fun preview of the highlights of the upcoming festival and they discuss the films they are most excited to see, including great titles such as BEN HUR, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, GUNFI*GHT AT THE OKAY CORRAL and A GUY NAMED JOE. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Wikipedia.com;

TCM.com;

IMDBPro.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

The Empire Strikes Back (1980), starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, & Harrison Ford;

The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), starring Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, & Beau Brides;

Cooley High (1975), starring Lawrence Hilton Jacobs & Glenn Turman;

Car Wash (1976), starring Richard Pryor, Bill Duke, & George Carlin;

Greased Lightning (1977), starring Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, & Beau Bridges;

Which Way is Up (1977), starring Richard Pryor & Lonette McKee;

Bustin’ Loose (1981), starring Richard Pryor & Cicely Tyson;

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), starring Peter Frampton & The Bee Gees;

The Last Dragon (1985), starring Taimak & Vanity;

Krush Groove (1985), starring Russell Simmons & LL Cool J;

Beau Geste (1926), starring Ronald Colman;

The Freshman (1925), starring Harold Lloyd;

Misery (1990), starring Kathy Bates & James Caan;

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, & Barry Bostwick;

Babe (1995), starring James Cromwell;

The Enchanted Cottage (1945), starring Robert Young & Dorothy McGuire;

Jaws (1975), starring Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, & Roy Scheider;

Blue Velvet (1986),starring Kyle McLaughlin, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, & Isabella Rossellini;

We’re No Angels (1955), starring Humphrey Bogart & Joan Bennett;

Gunfight At The Okay Corral (1957), starring Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas;

Cape Fear (1962), starring Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck and Polly Bergen;

The Ritz (1976), starring Rita Moreno & Treat Williams;

Gunman’s Walk (1958), starring Van Heflin, James Darren, & Tab Hunter;

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), starring Robert Mitchum & Deborah Kerr;

The Divorcée (1930), starring Norma Shearer & Robert Montgomery;

Talk of The Town (1942), starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, & Ronald Colman;

Moonlight & Pretzels (1933), starring Leo Carrillo & Mary Brian;

A Guy Named Joe (1943) starring Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, & Van Johnson;

Ben Hur (1959), starring Charlton Heston & Stephen Boyd;

Suddenly Last Summer (1959), starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, & Montgomery Cliff;

Brigadoon (1954), starring Gene Kelly & Syd Charisse;

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