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TCM sets Heston movie marathon for Friday
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Turner Classic Movies will remember Charlton Heston in a big way on Friday and early Saturday with a 15-hour marathon of his movies.
The hour special “Private Screenings: Charlton Heston” will kick things off at 2:30 p.m. and will be followed by five of Heston’s classic films, including “Ben-Hur.”
Friday’s full schedule:
2:30 p.m. — “Private Screenings: Charlton Heston.”
3:30 p.m. — “The Buccaneer” (1958), co-starring Yul Brynner and Claire Bloom.
5:30 p.m. — “The Hawaiians” (1970, co-starring Geraldine Chaplin.
8 p.m. — “Private Screenings: Charlton Heston.”
9 p.m. — “Ben-Hur” (1959), co-starring Stephen Boyd.
1 a.m. — “Khartoum” (1966), co-starring Laurence Olivier.
3:30 .m. — “Major Dundee” (1965), co-starring Richard Harris and James Coburn.
Which Heston movie is your favorite? Will you watch any of these films?
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By Richard
April 7, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this
Mr.Heston was classic in every movie he did and displayed his versatility in a variety of movie types. My favorite movies of his were The Greatest Show on Earth , where he was a circus manager, The Ten Commandments, Moses, Soylent Green .NYC cop of the future, Ben Hur,chariot driver & Earthquake architect.
His history and longevity of marriage are an inspiration to us all!
By Mark
April 7, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
Wasn’t he the main actor in the movie “The Omega man”?
By Hellbent
April 7, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Touch of Evil!
By bob
April 7, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this
There were so many others. El Cid; The Agony & the Ecstasy; The Big Country (and his all day fistfight with Gregory Peck); a dual role in “Motherlode” with Kim Bassinger; the over the hill quarterback in “Number One”; The President’s Lady (as Andrew Jackson again); and of course, Planet of the Apes. A magnificent actor and a great man.
By RJones
April 7, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this
I like a lesser known film,”Secret of the Incas” a 1951 movie. Filmed in Peru and reportedly the inspiration for the Indiana Jones films. Check out his outfit, copied by Harrison Ford as Indiana.
By David
April 7, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
Though I enjoyed many of his works, there are 3 that stick out in my mind. The obvious “Ben Hur” but “The Wreck of the Mary Deare” w/ Gary Cooper gets my vote along w/ a lessor known work “Mother Lode” from 1982. He palys a dual role and does a very good job at it. Very hard to find and not out on DVD as of yet.
By Benton
April 7, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this
Bowling for Columbine.
By mp
April 7, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this
Hands down…Touch of Evil
By Ben Who
April 7, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this
He was an awesome actor !
Ben Hur, Major Dundee & Planet of the Apes are my favorites …
By Political Mongrel
April 7, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this
Ben-Hur and Planet of the Apes.
By James Byrne
April 18, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
I love SECRET OF THE INCAS so much I devoted a site to it:
http://incas.mysite.orange.co.uk
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