One of my favorite channels, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has done it again! If you love classic films you are going to love! love! love! what TCM has in store for you from February 1, 2009 (tomorrow!) until March 3, 2009. It’s called “31 Days of Oscar“. Each day they are going to show Academy Award winning and/or nominated films. All the movies will be aired uncut and commercial free. The films are from the 20′s to the 90′s.
They will be airing 350 movies to “educate” viewers in 92 different academic courses. WOW!
The fun thing about this extra special showing of these classic movies is that TCM has grouped the films by order of “subject”. They set it up as if you were in school. The films are shown by academic subjects. For example. February 1, 2009 is showing films from the “Communications Department”. They will be shown by the various subjects that fall under that heading.
Television Production
- My Favorite Year (1982)
- The Sunshine Boys (1975)
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Introduction to Advertising
- It Should Happen to You (1954)
- Artists & Models (1937)
- Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
- It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)
Contemporary Issues in Mass Media
- Ace in the Hole (1951)
- The China Syndrome (1979)
- Network (1976)
- The Last Angry Man (1959)
- The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Each film shown in each category pertains to that subject matter.
Kudos to TCM for being able to separate all these films into all these different categories.
I have their schedule and I’m having so much fun picking out my favorite subjects.
Under “Aerodynamics” the movie “Bed Knobs and Broomsticks” will be shown (along with other great films).
“Principals of Animal Behavior” will feature “National Velvet“, “The Jungle Book“, and “Mighty Joe Young“.
“American Civil War” will feature “Gone With the Wind” along with other films.
This goes on all month long up until March 3, 2009. The movies will air pretty much 24 hours a day. For someone like me who suffers from insomnia a lot this is great news! There are only so many infomercials I can watch at 2 AM. Ha Ha.
You can find out more about the different “Academic Subjects” airing on TCM by visiting their web site (http://www.tcm.com/) or click HERE to go right to the daily schedule for the “academic classes”. If you go to the main site scroll down and look on the left side for the section that says “31 Days of Oscar”.
I have the schedule for the “31 Days of Oscar” conveniently put together in a marble composition book that looks like something you would use in school. The front and back inside covers has the entire schedule for the “31 Days of Oscar” divided up by academic subjects. The composition book also has some fun facts about some of the movies that will be shown. One of the bits of trivia found in the book is that it’s rumored that Clint Eastwood sang a song called “I Talk to Trees” in the film “Paint Your Wagon” airing on February 26th as part of the “Geology Department”. Now I have to be sure to watch it and find out for myself.
The remainder of the book is lined paper like you would find in a composition book that you can use to write your “notes” on when you are watching the films. Be sure to study them… there will be a test at the end of the day. Ha Ha.
I have an extra copy of this book. Would you like to win it? I’ll make it very easy on you. To enter just hop on over to the TCM web site (http://www.tcm.com/) and go to the “31 Days of Oscar” section. Click on one of the days on the calendar and tell me the name of a film shown on that day and what department it’s in. That’s it! you can’t get any easier then that. I’ll end the giveaway on February 14th at 11:59 PM. Since I’ll be doing the shipping I’ll ship anywhere.
Wow… I have always wanted to have a TIVO. Now is certainly time to have one so that I don’t miss any of my favorite films.
Don’t forget to watch the Oscars on February 22, 2009.
Television Production
- My Favorite Year (1982)
- The Sunshine Boys (1975)
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Introduction to Advertising
- It Should Happen to You (1954)
- Artists & Models (1937)
- Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
- It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)
Contemporary Issues in Mass Media
- Ace in the Hole (1951)
- The China Syndrome (1979)
- Network (1976)
- The Last Angry Man (1959)
- The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Each film shown in each category pertains to that subject matter.
Kudos to TCM for being able to separate all these films into all these different categories.
I have their schedule and I’m having so much fun picking out my favorite subjects.
Under “Aerodynamics” the movie “Bed Knobs and Broomsticks” will be shown (along with other great films).
“Principals of Animal Behavior” will feature “National Velvet“, “The Jungle Book“, and “Mighty Joe Young“.
“American Civil War” will feature “Gone With the Wind” along with other films.
This goes on all month long up until March 3, 2009. The movies will air pretty much 24 hours a day. For someone like me who suffers from insomnia a lot this is great news! There are only so many infomercials I can watch at 2 AM. Ha Ha.
You can find out more about the different “Academic Subjects” airing on TCM by visiting their web site (http://www.tcm.com/) or click HERE to go right to the daily schedule for the “academic classes”. If you go to the main site scroll down and look on the left side for the section that says “31 Days of Oscar”.
I have the schedule for the “31 Days of Oscar” conveniently put together in a marble composition book that looks like something you would use in school. The front and back inside covers has the entire schedule for the “31 Days of Oscar” divided up by academic subjects. The composition book also has some fun facts about some of the movies that will be shown. One of the bits of trivia found in the book is that it’s rumored that Clint Eastwood sang a song called “I Talk to Trees” in the film “Paint Your Wagon” airing on February 26th as part of the “Geology Department”. Now I have to be sure to watch it and find out for myself.
The remainder of the book is lined paper like you would find in a composition book that you can use to write your “notes” on when you are watching the films. Be sure to study them… there will be a test at the end of the day. Ha Ha.
I have an extra copy of this book. Would you like to win it? I’ll make it very easy on you. To enter just hop on over to the TCM web site (http://www.tcm.com/) and go to the “31 Days of Oscar” section. Click on one of the days on the calendar and tell me the name of a film shown on that day and what department it’s in. That’s it! you can’t get any easier then that. I’ll end the giveaway on February 14th at 11:59 PM. Since I’ll be doing the shipping I’ll ship anywhere.
Wow… I have always wanted to have a TIVO. Now is certainly time to have one so that I don’t miss any of my favorite films.
Don’t forget to watch the Oscars on February 22, 2009.
