31 Days of Oscar on TCM
This post is a bit late in arriving to you all, mostly because I only got word of it a few days ago. In reality, it’s now the 25 Days of Oscar on TCM.
Basically, TCM or Turner Classic Movies, is having their big 31 days of Oscar, where they are showing all previous Academy Awards films that were either nominated or won an Oscar throughout the years.
Uncut and commercial free. Not bad.
Each day seems to showcase a different span of years in history. For example, today (the 7th of February), it’s the 1960’s. The highlight for me is the 8pm EST showing of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
You can see the entire schedule right here at TCM.com.
Some upcoming ones that I might check out if time permits:
9th - Dead Poets Society
10th - Return of the King, Seven, Silence of the Lambs
17th - Jerry Maguire, Amistad
21st - The Great Escape
31st - Unforgiven
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What a great list of movies!
Captain, this might help you with your list of 100 Best Movies to get through. Fill up that DVR!
TCM has been doing this for years now. I remember being in film school and staying up all night watching old movies (and missing my eight o’clock class). I’ve probably got dozens of videotapes of movies I recorded when I was in class or working so I could watch them later.
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What are these “videotapes” you speak of?
Mike, you know them as Betamax…those are the things you keep next to the HD DVDs…
Ouch! Touche!
The sad thing is, I may be buying more!
I can give you my paypal account if you just want to throw your money away.
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Thanks Jina!!! Great idea, I will need to check the list and let the recording begin….
I still am baffled by you guys and the supposed uselessness of these HD-DVDs…
Right now, Amazon has a $14.95 sale on all of their HD-DVDs and considering a combo drive down the road will play them forever, why wait to spend $26 on the Blu-Ray version down the road?
Flashback to the early ’80s and substitute a few words:
Must have been a lot of conversations like this one once…
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Yeah, but VHS and Beta looked a lot different right? It’s not like a VCR with VHS could play both.
Are you saying that my chances of finding an HD-DVD/Blu-Ray combo are slim?
Someone might make one, but for the price you’ll have to pay for it you’d probably be able to replace all your HD DVDs with blu-rays…if you stop buying them…
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Mo, why would any company put in multiple laser readers to play obsolete HD-DVD’s (1 for Blu-ray, 1 for reg. DVD’s, and one for HD-DVD)? Eventually, even regular ole DVD lasers wont be installed in players anymore (aka floppy drives or 3.5 drives not installed on pc’s anymore), you can reduce cost by not providing for it, especially for a very brief time frame HD-DVD technology were on the market, hence you have coasters, ya know, frisbies for Riley and Charlie, shiny stuff you can marvel at on a sunny day…
So I guess I need to make a trip to Ebay…
Well, you dont have to off any of your replaceable gear yet, but I wouldnt invest in more coasters.
@Mike - hey, they are cheap, not because it is a sale, they are dumping stock…
Feb 7th, 2008 at 8:15 am
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