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True. We could probably come up with a list of movies, whether we like them all ourselves or not, of movies they could have added to the list. They've got their reasons for picking the movies they did and leaving others off.
The original list that was being compiled was just as the quote says, come up with a list of movies that TCM could have added. Whether we like the movies ourselves or not. And if you look the very first list we started with was just three movies, we slowly built it up. The Original TCM list was
Michael F. Blake wrote:
Turner Classic Movie cable channel will honor the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with movies shown on Monday & Wednesday throughout the month of April.
The list of films include:
Gone With the Wind, Raintree County, Friendly Pursuasion, Band of Angels, Of Human Hearts, Little Women (1949 version), Birth of a Nation (1915; silent), The Coward (1915; silent), The General (1927; silent), Grandma's Boy (1922; silent), Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927; silent), A Southern Yankee, The Littlest Rebel, Adavance to the Rear, Golden Girl, General Spanky (Our Gang short), Outlaw Josey Wales, Major Dundee, The Horse Soldiers, Escape from Fort Bravo, A Time for Killing, Alvarez Kelly, Virginia City, The Seige at Red River, Great Day in the Morning, Hangman's Knot, Glory, Gettysburg, Red Badge of Courage (Audie Murphy version), Abraham Lincoln (1931), Tenessee Johnson, Durango, Romance of Rosy Ridge, Count Three & Pray.
All silent films will have a musical score. Some of the films do not deal with the Civil War per se, but take place during the time. Am kinda disappointe dthat they did not schedule THE TALL TARGET (about Lincoln's attempted assination going to Washington.
The only movie I argued against adding to the list was The Conspirator. My reasoning at the time was:
Hellcat wrote:
I think The Conspirator is an absolute can not add to the list for two reasons. First, it hasn't been released in theaters yet. According to IMDb it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last September and was first aired here at the Savannah Film and Video Festival in November. But it's US theatrical release isn't until the 15th of next month. And second, it seems more likely that TCM would play movies after their no longer in theaters and likely up for sale. Or could be for sale whether they actually are or not.
Not trying to put the Redford movie down, just saying I don't think we can add it to the list of movies we'd like to see added to the list of what TCM is playing next month.
That said the movie has now been out for nearly a year and it's been on DVD for a while now as well. If TCM were to again run another Civil War movie fest this April I can now see The Conspirator as it no longer fits both of the reasons I said to leave it off.
If we're looking at adding on to the list then here's the updated version