Turner Classic Movies Schedule for Saturday 3/12/22 - 31 Days of Oscar - Winners from five decades

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Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Schedule for Saturday 3/12/22
(All times Eastern and Pacific. Others should check local listings.)

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At the 1972 Oscars, Walter Matthau stumbles through the introduction to the Best Actress award. And the winner is ... .

12:00 AM Klute (1971)
1h 54m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-MA
Alan J. Pakula directed this thriller about a New York call girl involved with a small-town detective as he searches for a missing person.
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi
Awards: Best Actress (Jane Fonda). Also nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay.

2:15 AM Ryan's Daughter (1970)
3h 26m | Drama | TV-MA
A young woman living in a small Irish town in 1916 marries an older widower, but later enters into a passionate affair with a young military officer.
Director: David Lean
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Sarah Miles
Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor (John Mills).

6:00 AM Come and Get It (1936)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-G
A lumber tycoon's fortunes rise in 19th-century Wisconsin, but spurning a bawdy dance hall gal as his bride has repercussions for his lasting happiness.
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Edward Arnold, Joel Mccrea, Frances Farmer.
Awards: Walter Brennan won the first of his three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor.

8:00 AM Johnny Eager (1942)
1h 47m | Crime | TV-G
A college student falls in love with a ruthless racketeer, who uses her to blackmail the district attorney, her stepfather, in an effort to get him to allow the reopening of a mob-related dog-racing track.
Director: Mervyn Leroy
Cast: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold.
Awards: Van Heflin for Best Supporting Actor Oscar as the gangster's dedicated right-hand man.

10:00 AM The Subject Was Roses (1968)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-14
A young World War II veteran returns home to find his parents' marriage is on the rocks.
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen
Awards: Jack Albertson for Best Supporting Actor, Patricia Neal for Best Actress.
Trivia: Martin Sheen and Jack Albertson reprised their roles (Timothy Cleary and John Cleary) in this film after previously playing the characters in the stage version on Broadway.

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At the 1968 Oscars, perennial host Bob Hope introduces Patty Duke and the two indulge in a little comedy. Duke then names the nominees for Best Supporting Actor Oscar. And the winner is .....

12:00 PM Cool Hand Luke (1967)
2h 9m | Drama | TV-14
When petty criminal Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden (Strother Martin) or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline (George Kennedy), who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon
Awards: Paul Newman, Best Actor. George Kennedy, Best Supporting Actor. Nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and Best Music, Original Music Score.
Trivia: In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county.

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At the 1965 Academy Awards ceremony, Bob Hope introduces Angela Lansbury, who announces the nominees for Best Supporting Actor. But Peter Ustinov, the winner for "Topkapi," isn't in the house. Accepting for Ustinov is none other than Jonathan Winters. And his presentation is as good as you think it would be.

2:15 PM Topkapi (1964)
2h | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Film about a disreputable crew of thieves and their elaborate efforts to steal a priceless dagger from an Istanbul museum.
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell.
Awards: Peter Ustinov, Best Supporting Actor.
Trivia: Cited by Mission: Impossible (1966) series creator Bruce Geller as the inspiration for his series.

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Spartacus trailer.

4:30 PM Spartacus (1960)
3h 4m | Epic | TV-PG
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons.
Awards: Peter Ustinov, Best Supporting Actor. Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design. Also Best Picture, Golden Globes. Also nominated Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

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Johnny Carson introduces Loretta Young, who awards the Best Picture Oscar to "Chariots of Fire" in 1982.

8:00 PM Chariots of Fire (1981)
2h 1m | Drama | TV-PG
Two runners compete in the 1924 Paris Olympics. Both are British but come from very different backgrounds. Based on actual events.
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell
Awards: Best Picture, Best Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Best Costume Design,
Best Music, Original Score. Also nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ian Holm),
Best Director, Best Film Editing.

10:15 PM Arthur (1981)
1h 57m | Comedy | TV-MA
An alcoholic millionaire engaged to a wealthy socialite falls in love with a blue-collar girl, but his strict mother threatens to take away his fortune if he doesn't follow-through with the wedding.
Director: Steven Gordon
Cast: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud
Awards: John Gielgud, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Music, Original Song (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen for "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)." Also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Dudley Moore), and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

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