SCIFI MOVIE MARATHON - TCM: SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 2 AND SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
Friday, March 2
10:45 AM Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
David Niven is the punctual Phileas Fogg of the famous Jules Verne novel, who makes a bet with his fellow club members in London that he can encircle the globe within 80 days--this in 1872, when travel proceeded at a snail's pace. Fogg is accompanied by his bumbling valet (the great Mexican mimic Cantinflas) and along the way picks up a wandering princess (Shirley MacLaine), while being pursued by a London detective (Robert Newton) who believes the globetrotter has somehow robbed the Bank of England. Around these leads an army of 46 famous personalities of the day appear in bit parts.
Cast includes Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Noel Coward, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, David Niven, Charles Boyer, José Greco, Gilbert Roland, Cesar Romero, Robert Newton, Cedric Hardwicke, Ronald Colman, Shirley MacLaine, Peter Lorre, George Raft, Red Skelton, Marlene Dietrich, John Carradine, Frank Sinatra, Buster Keaton, Andy Devine and Victor McLaglen.
08:00 PM The Right Stuff
Director Philip Kaufman piloted Tom Wolfe's bestseller to four Oscars for its epic account of the U.S. space program, from 1947 to 1963.
Cast includes Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey, Kim Stanley, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed, Scott Paulin, Charles Frank, Jeff Goldblum and Lance Henriksen.
11:30 PM 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick's vivid tableau of space travel in the 21st century. Oscar-winning effects.
Cast includes Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Sean Sullivan, Bill Weston, Ed Bishop and Glenn Beck.
Saturday, March 3
02:15 AM 2010
A joint American-Soviet space expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery.
Cast includes Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Madolyn Smith Osborne, MacGyver's Dana Elcar, Taliesin Jaffe, James McEachin, Mary Jo Deschanel and Elya Baskin.
04:15 AM Forbidden Planet
In the year 2257, a distant star has three inhabitants. Professor Morbius, his bewitching daughter, and Robby the Robot. When a space cruiser from Earth lands on the planet, the story develops into an adventure fantasy with elements of romance.
Cast includes Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Maverick's Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, Robby the Robot and The Virginian's James Drury.
06:00 AM Island of Lost Souls
The H.G. Wells tale of a doctor (Charles Laughton) conducting experiments with man and beast.
Cast includes Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Fields, Paul Hurst, Hans Steinke, Tetsu Komai and George Irving.
07:30 AM One Million Years B.C.
Stone-age melodrama with Raquel Welch and John Richardson vs. nature.
Cast includes Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick, Jean Wladon, Lisa Thomas and Malya Nappi.
05:30 PM The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Robert Wise directed this thriller about an alien microorganism that decimates a town and threatens the world.
Cast includes Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Peter Hobbs and Kermit Murdock.
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