MARK YOUR CALENDERS NOW!!!!! OR PRINT THIS OUT!!!!!
Every FRIDAY NIGHT in June starting June 7th, Turner Classic Movies
will have
Italian films from 8pm until dawn. All Times Eastern
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May 30 Thursday (Bonus)
8:00 AM Stromboli (1950) A refugee marries a Sicilian fisherman
but can't
cope with the harshness of her new life. Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale,
Renzo
Cesana. D: Roberto Rossellini. BW 107m.
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June 7 Friday
8:00 PM My Voyage to Italy (1999)
Director Martin Scorsese examines the glorious history of Italian cinema
in
this definitive film study.Martin Scorsese. BW & C 246m.
12:15 AM The Bicycle Thief (1948)
A working man's livelihood is threatened when someone steals his bicycle.
Lamberto
Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell. D: Vittorio De Sica. BW
89m.
2:00 AM Umberto D. (1952) A retiree copes with the realities of old
age.
Carlo Batista, Maria Pia Castillo, Lina Gennari. D: Vittorio de Sica.
BW 89m.
3:45 AM The Children are Watching Us (1942) A child's world collapses
when
his mother runs off with her lover. Emilio Cigoli, Luciano De Ambrosis,
Isa
Poli. D: Vittorio De Sica. BW 79m.
5:30AM The Wide Blue Road (1956) A fisherman and his young sons fight
the sea
off the Dalmation Coast. Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal.
D: Gillo
Pontecorvo. C 99m. LBX CC
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June 14 Friday
8:00 PM Open City (1946) Towards the end of WWII, Italian underground
workers
stand up to the Nazis. Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero.
D:
Roberto Rossellini BW 102m.
9:45 PM Paisan (1946) Short vignettes reveal personal effects of the
Allied
invasion of Italy. D. Johnson, Maria Michi, Harriet Medin. D: Roberto
Rosselini. 120m.
12:00 AM ( ) D: 0m.????
1:30 AM Stromboli (1950) A refugee marries a Sicilian fisherman but
can't
cope with the harshness of her new life. Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale,
Renzo
Cesana. D: Roberto Rossellini. BW 107m.
3:30 AM The Last Days of Pompeii (1913) A corrupt priest tries to steal
a
young innocent from her true love. Fernando Negri, Urbaldo Stefani,
Eugenio
Tettoni. D: Mario Caserini. 90m.
5:00 AM Cabiria (1914) A Roman spy tries to save a kidnapped girl from
a
bloodthirsty religious cult. Italia Almirante-Manzini, Lidia Quaranta,
Umberto Mozzato. D: Giovanni Pastrone. 123m.
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June 16 Sunday (A Bonus!!)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1913) A corrupt priest tries to steal a young
innocent from her true love. Fernando Negri, Urbaldo Stefani, Eugenio
Tettoni. D: Mario Caserini. 90m.
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June 21 Friday
8:00 PM Ossessione (1942) A restaurant owner's wife and her lover plot
to
kill her husband. Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani. D:
Luchino
Visconti. 142m.
10:30 PM La Terra Trema (1947) Poor Sicilian fishermen fight to escape
exploitation by the wholesalers who control the market. Luchino Visconti,
Antonio Pietrangeli, Antonio Arcidiacono. D: Luchino Visconti. 160m.
1:30 AM Senso (1954) As a war rages, an Italian countess leaves her
husband
for an Austrian officer. Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Massimo Girotti.
D:
Luchino Visconti. C 117m.
3:30 AM Rocco And His Brothers (1960) When a widow's family moves to
the big
city, two of her sons become romantic rivals, with deadly results.
Alain
Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Giradot. D: Luchino Visconti. 175m.
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23 Sunday (Bonus)
8:00 PM My Voyage to Italy (1999) Director Martin Scorsese examines
the
glorious history of Italian cinema in this definitive film study. Martin
Scorsese. BW & C 246m.
12:15 AM Cabiria (1914) A Roman spy tries to save a kidnapped
girl from a
bloodthirsty religious cult. Italia Almirante-Manzini, Lidia Quaranta,
Umberto Mozzato. D: Giovanni Pastrone. 123m.
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June 28 Friday
8:00 PM 8 1/2 (1963) A world-famous film director juggles his romantic
relationships while trying to come up with an idea for his next picture.
Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee. D: Federico Fellini.
BW
138m. LBX
10:30 PM La Strada (1954) A traveling strong man buys a peasant girl
to be
his wife and co-star. Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart.
D:
Federico Fellini. BW 107m.
12:30 AM The White Sheik (1952) Newlyweds are driven apart by the wife's
infatuation with a comic strip hero. Alberto Sordi, Brunella Bovo,
Giulietta
Masina. D: Federico Fellini. BW 84m.
2:00 AM The Iron Crown (1941) A corrupt medieval ruler courts disaster
when
he ignores the legends surrounding his crown. Massimo Girotti, Gino
Cervo,
Elisa Cegani. D: Alessandro Blassetti. BW 97m.
3:45 AM L'Avventura (1960) When an heiress vanishes on a remote island,
her
best friend and fiance search for her. Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti,
Lea
Massari. D: Michelangelo Antonioni. BW & C 144m.
6:15 AM La Notte (1961) A successful writer and his wife face the
meaninglessness of their relationship during a night of wild partying.
Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti. D: Michelangelo
Antonioni.
BW 115m.
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Additional info on these films may be found at the Internet Movie Data
Base
site:
<< http://www.imdb.com/ >>
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The Schedule is From Turner's site:
http://turnerclassicmovies.com/Schedule/Print_Month/1,4916,6-2002|0,00.html
[Note: URL is long (perhaps 2 lines in this email) and the entire URL
must be
entered in your browser]
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Turner also has a fair collection of Italian films with English subtitles
for
sale at the following URL.
http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/browse_page.asp?Section=fo&sRow=1
