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Monday, April 7, 2008
The small screen plays Heston’s big screen films
Just in case you missed it, here’s my Charlton Heston tribute I penned over the weekend (typed just doesn’t have the same ring to it, ya know?)
Meanwhile, after putting “Charlton Heston” into the TV Guide database, I discovered these films are already on the schedule:
10 p.m. Tuedsay - Major Dundee on TCM: This is apparently something of a rarity, as it’s the extended cut of the Sam Peckinpah Western also starring Richard Harris and James Coburn.
5 p.m. Saturday/1 p.m. Sunday: Any Given Sunday on FX: Heston appears briefly in Oliver Stone’s flawed but intriguing football movie, which, as I recall, showed the Ben-Hur chariot race in one scene.
Multiple airings: Tombstone: Heston appeared as Henry Hooker in this take on the Wyatt Earp story that’s become well-liked over the years.
True to form, TCM has very quickly put together their Heston movie night. Starting this Friday, channel 64 on most local cable lineups will play the following:
2:30 PM Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
3:30 PM The Buccaneer (‘58)
5:30 PM The Hawaiians
8:00 PM Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
9:00 PM Ben-Hur
1:00 AM Khartoum
3:30 AM Major Dundee
Hm. No Touch of Evil. Shame.
So what movies would make the ideal Heston film festival?
