TCM and Oscar movies

4 years ago

I've been catching up on Oscar winners I haven't seen before or in a long, long time. TCM shows oscar winners for the whole month of March. Yesterday I watched Dr. Zhivago which I haven't seen in about 55 years. What amazed me was how little I remembered of the scenes... but how much I remembered the music. Man, Julie Christie was a stunner, and Omar was pretty easy on the eye too. I've never read the book but would like to at some point.

And I watched Written On the Wind. I'd not seen it before. A really good soap opera type tale. Afterward I looked it up on line and found it was based loosely on an unsolved mystery involving the Reynolds family of tobacco fame. In the movie, they switched it to a wealthy oil family instead.

Anyone else watching?

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Elizabeth
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
TCM is my favorite channel. I am watching and recording a few favorites.

I never liked Dr.Zhivago. I felt badly for his wife and child who were waiting for him, not knowing he was off on an adventure with another woman. I did not think their love affair was beautiful. The photography, in Finland, was spectacular and the music was nice.
Bookwoman
4 years ago
Being a movie junkie, TCM is my favorite channel. I've seen Dr. Zhivago a million times, but of course watched part of it yesterday. In addition to the leads, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, and Tom Courtney are all a pleasure to watch. After that Tootsie was on, which I've also seen quite often, but I watched the first hour again because it's so funny.
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Annie Deighnaugh
Original Author
4 years ago
I ended up watching Tootsie too...only saw it once before and was again amazed at how well Hoffman did!
schoolhouse_gwagain
4 years ago
They've been airing a lot of repeats lately on TCM, that is short times in between when the same ones are shown. I always tune in to see what's being offered.

Dr. Zhivago is a long movie, beautiful, but I do NOT like the ending. It's too sad. I think I've only sat through the entire film maybe four times in my life.
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
4 years ago
TCM is about the only thing I miss about cable TV.

I remember 'Written On The Wind' - the melodrama, and the lush Technicolor too!

It's one of a genre of movies that I do so enjoy - and all because of TCM. 'The Cobweb' and 'Leave Her To Heaven' are a couple more I likely never would have discovered anywhere else.

Happy viewing ☺
Elizabeth
4 years ago
There was no happily ever after for Zhivago and Lara. He went home to his wife and son and she was left behind and had a baby girl who we see in the opening scene of the movie. If I recall, she is in an orphanage? The political drama was interesting though.
Bookwoman
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
He doesn't reunite with Tonya. In the movie he gets a letter from her saying that they're being deported and that's the last you hear of her. He's a doctor, living alone, helped by his half-brother, when he dies on the street after seeing Lara. (In the novel he remarries.)

We see Yuri and Lara's daughter (played by the amazing Rita Tushingham) at both the beginning and end of the film. She works in a factory and, crucially, plays the balalaika, which of course belonged to her father.
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
FWIW, another thing I greatly miss about TCM is their short pieces with behind the scenes/backstories from the actors, directors, etc.

I remember one about Dr. Zhivago - with Omar Sharif, perhaps?

And I just looked - they do have clips, trailers, photos and other extras on the TCM website:

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/129/doctor-zhivago#overview

If your cable provider carries the channel, you can watch movies @ TCM.com online.
stacey_mb
4 years ago
I love TCM. Not sure if this was the channel or not - I watched Cabaret and Network in the last couple of days. Both excellent movies and both Academy Award winners. They are timeless in the way they reflect our current situations.
Elizabeth
4 years ago
I guess my memory of Zhivago is fuzzy. 🙄

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