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| James Caan, Shelley Fabares, Billy Dee Williams and Judy Pace in a scene from the 1971 film “Brian’s Song.” |
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) continues to add screen icons and panels to its star-studded festival lineup during the 7th Annual2016 TCM Classic Film Festival. The festal takes place on April 28 – May 1 in Hollywood, California. Oscar and Golden Globe winner Angela Lansbury will join the festival with a screening and conversation of The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Oscar winning actress and singer Rita Moreno will introduce a 60th anniversary screening of the cherished musical The King and I (1956). Emmy nominee Billy Dee Williams will present a screening of Brian’s Song (1971), the true story of friendship between Chicago Bears’ player Gale Sayers (Williams) and Brian Piccolo (James Caan). Investigative journalist Carl Bernstein, Oscar winning director/ screenwriter Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), along with Oscar Winning screenwriter Josh Singer (Spotlight), join the festivities for opening night’s 40th Anniversary screening of the political thriller All The President’s Men (1976).
Previously announced events and appearances for the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival include a handprint-footprint ceremony to honor acclaimed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. John Singleton for the 25th anniversary screening of his coming-of-age classic Boyz N The Hood (1991), Carl Reiner with an extended conversation and screening of Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) Elliott Gould with screenings of his Golden Globe nominated performance in M*A*S*H (1970), The Long Goodbye (1973) and Eva Marie Saint who will be on hand to introduce a screening of the political comedy The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming (1966). Actor Stacy Keach will be discussing John Huston’s gritty look at the world of small-time boxing in Fat City (1972) and French actress Anna Karina will be introducing g Band of Outsiders (1964), Jean-Luc Godard’s riff on gangster films.
For more information and tickets: www.filmfestival.tcm.com
