If it’s Halloween, you can always count on Turner Classic Movies showcasing a string of horror flicks. If it’s Christmas, you can rely on the cable network to air a bunch of Yuletide yarns. And if it’s Memorial Day, you can bank on a full slate of war tales.
TCM will again offer its Memorial Day 24-Hour Marathon, serving up a total of 11 World War II movies. Films begin at 6 a.m. Monday, May 28, and end – you guessed it – 24 hours later. One of the titles, the 1984 Oscar-nominated drama A Soldier’s Story, will be making its TCM premiere at 8 p.m. that evening. Other recommended picks are 1969’s Where Eagles Dare, a terrific actioner starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood (5:15 p.m.), and 1957’s The Bridge On the River Kwai, a multi-Oscar winner for (among others) Best Picture and Best Actor Alec Guinness (12:15 a.m.).
For a complete schedule, go to www.tcm.com.
Where Eagles Dare
Photo by Warner Bros.
This article appears in May 23-29, 2007.
