Memorial Day Weekend 2008 War Movie Schedule

Friday, May 23, 2008

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As is usually the case for a Memorial Day Weekend, several cable/satellite networks will be chock full of classic war movies this coming weekend. Namely Turner Classic Movies, Fox Movie Channel, and AMC. I'm sure there are many more but these are "The Big Three."

Here's what I've found out (all times US/Eastern). I've included links to reviews here at War Movie Blog for the movies I've seen.... Looks like a full weekend. Unfortunately it looks like (yet again) TNT will not be doing their 'Saving Private Ryan' showing.... Tsk. Click Through for the full list.

Turner Classic Movies

Saturday

6am - Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944) - Academy Award nominated training film which instructs soldiers how to handle the interrogation techniques practiced by the Nazis.
BW-66 mins, TV-PG
7:15am - 36 Hours (1965) - Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over. Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint. Dir: George Seaton. BW-115 mins, TV-PG
9:15am - Dirty Dozen, The (1967) - A renegade officer trains a group of misfits for a crucial mission behind enemy lines. Cast: Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Charles Bronson. Dir: Robert Aldrich. C-150 mins, TV-PG
11:46am - Short Film: From The Vaults: Operation Dirty Dozen (1967) C-9 mins
12:00pm - Kelly's Heroes (1970) - An American platoon tries to recover buried treasure behind enemy lines. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland. Dir: Brian G. Hutton. C-144 mins, TV-14
2:30pm - Where Eagles Dare (1969) - An Allied team sets out to free an American officer held by the Nazis in a mountaintop castle. Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure. Dir: Brian G. Hutton. C-155 mins, TV-14
5:09pm - Short Film: From The Vaults: Where Eagles Dare (1969) C-13 mins
5:30pm - Too Late The Hero (1970) - During World War II, a British platoon goes behind enemy lines in the Pacific. Cast: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda. Dir: Robert Aldrich. C-134 mins, TV-14
8:00pm - Paths Of Glory (1957) - A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. BW-88 mins, TV-PG
9:37pm - Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Safety Second (1950) C-7 mins
9:45pm - Red Badge Of Courage, The (1951) - A young Union soldier fights to atone for a moment of cowardice during the Civil War. Cast: Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Royal Dano. Dir: John Huston. BW-69 mins, TV-PG
11:00pm - Breaker Morant (1980) - When his commanding officers make a mistake, an Australian soldier faces court martial. Cast: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown. Dir: Bruce Beresford. C-107 mins, TV-M
1:00am - Apocalypse Now (1979) - An Army captain travels to Cambodia during the Vietnam War to terminate a renegade officer. Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola. C-153 mins, TV-MA
4:00am - Beach Red (1967) - American soldiers fight to take a Japanese-occupied island during World War II. Cast: Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr DeBenning. Dir: Cornel Wilde. C-104 mins, TV-MA

Sunday

5:45am - Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Beach Of Nazare (1957) BW-8 mins
6:00am - First Motion Picture Unit (1943) - The short documentary profiles the Army Air Corps' film production unit, which was put together to produce training films during WWII. BW-21 mins, TV-PG [Ed: This is a great little piece!]
6:25am - Winning Your Wings (1942) - James Stewart hosts this classic Air Force recruiting film. BW-18 mins, TV-G
6:45am - Guy Named Joe, A (1943) - A downed World War II pilot becomes the guardian angel for his successor in love and war. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-120 mins, TV-G
9:00am - Flight Command (1940) - A cocky cadet tries to prove himself during flight training. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-116 mins, TV-PG
11:00am - Action In The North Atlantic (1943) - A Merchant Marine crew fights off enemy attacks at the start of World War II. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-127 mins, TV-G
1:15pm - Objective, Burma! (1945) - An American platoon parachutes into Burma to take out a strategic Japanese outpost. Cast: Errol Flynn, George Tobias, Henry Hull. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-142 mins, TV-PG
3:45pm - Stalag 17 (1953) - A cynical serviceman in a World War II POW camp has to prove he's not an informer. Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-120 mins, TV-PG
6:00pm - Pork Chop Hill (1959) - Americans take a vital hill in Korea but have trouble holding it. Cast: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Woody Strode. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-98 mins, TV-PG

Monday

6:00am - Wings (1927) - In this silent film, romantic rivals fly against the enemy in World War I. Cast: Richard Arlen, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Clara Bow. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-139 mins, TV-PG
8:30am - Lost Patrol, The (1934) - A British army troop fights off Arab snipers while holed up in an oasis. Cast: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford. Dir: John Ford. BW-66 mins, TV-PG
9:45am - They Were Expendable (1945) - A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II. Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed. Dir: John Ford. BW-135 mins, TV-PG
12:15pm - Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) - A scarred veteran presumed dead returns home to find his wife remarried. Cast: Orson Welles, Claudette Colbert, George Brent. Dir: Irving Pichel. BW-104 mins, TV-PG
2:00pm - Since You Went Away (1944) - A mother and wife struggle to cope while her husband is off serving in World War II. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-177 mins, TV-G
5:00pm - Best Years Of Our Lives, The (1946) - Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II. Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy. Dir: William Wyler. BW-170 mins, TV-PG
8:00pm - Bridges At Toko-Ri, The (1954) - Two jet pilots forge a lasting friendship while fighting the Korean War. Cast: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney. Dir: Mark Robson. C-103 mins, TV-PG
10:00pm - Eagle Has Landed, The (1976) - German paratroopers land covertly in England during World War II. Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall. Dir: John Sturges. C-136 mins, TV-PG
12:15am - Glory (1989) - A green officer is assigned to lead an all-black unit in the Civil War. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington. Dir: Edward Zwick. C-122 mins, TV-MA
2:30am - Men Of The Fighting Lady (1954) - Men on a U.S. aircraft carrier fight to survive the Korean War. Cast: Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern Dir: Andrew Marton. C-80 mins, TV-PG
4:00am - Stand By for Action (1942) - A Harvard graduate serving on a battleship is faced with the realities of war. Cast: Robert Taylor, Charles Laughton, Brian Donlevy. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-109 mins, TV-G

Fox Movie Channel

Monday

6:00am - The Purple Heart (1944)
8:00am - Halls of Montezuma (1951)
10:00am - The Enemy Below (1957)
12:00pm - Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
2:30pm - Something For The Boys (1944)
4:00pm - Three Came Home (1950)
6:00pm - Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
8:00pm - With a Song in My Heart (1952)
10:00pm - For The Boys (1991)
12:45am - Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

American Movie Classics

Sunday

7:30 AM - The Guns of Navarone (1961) Starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn.
11:00 AM - Force 10 From Navarone (1978) Starring: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach.
1:30 PM - Missing in Action (1984) Starring: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, Lenore Kasdorf.
3:45 PM - Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)Starring: Chuck Norris, Soon-Teck Oh, Professor Tanaka.
5:45 PM - Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988) Starring: Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III
8:00 PM - M*A*S*H (1970) Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman.
10:30 PM - The Great Escape (1963) Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough.

Monday

2:15 AM - Von Ryan's Express (1965) Starring: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Brad Dexter.
4:45 AM - Paratroop Command (1958) Starring: Richard Bakalyan, Ken Lynch, Jack Hogan
6:15 AM - Tank Commandos (1959) Starring: Robert Barron, Maggie Lawrence, Wally Campo.
8:00 AM - Guadalcanal Diary (1943) Starring: Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix.
10:00 AM - Bataan (1943) Starring: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell.
12:30 PM - Fixed Bayonets (1951) Starring: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea.
2:30 PM - Hamburger Hill (1987) Starring: Anthony Barrile, Michael Patrick Boatman, Don Cheadle.
5:00 PM - The Great Raid (2005) Starring: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen.
8:00 PM - The Longest Day (1962) Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda

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June 11, 2008 at 1:46 pm

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