{"id":28099,"date":"2020-04-22T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T17:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/?p=28099"},"modified":"2020-04-22T10:16:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T17:16:15","slug":"tcmbradbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/classic-corner\/tcmbradbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar\u00ae-Winning Director Brad Bird to join TCM\u2019s The Essentials beginning May 2 &#038; airing Saturdays at 8pm ET\/5pm PT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turner Classic Movies (TCM)<\/strong>\u00a0today announced that two-time Oscar\u00ae-winning director, screenwriter, animator, producer and voice actor<strong>\u00a0Brad Bird<\/strong>\u00a0will join\u00a0<strong><em>The Essentials<\/em><\/strong>, TCM\u2019s popular franchise showcasing \u201cmust-see\u201d classic films. Bird, known for films such as\u00a0<em>The Incredibles, Ratatouille, The Iron Giant<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,<\/em>\u00a0joins TCM Primetime Host\u00a0<strong>Ben Mankiewicz<\/strong>\u00a0for the new season, where they will introduce a hand-picked film each Saturday and offer commentary on its cultural significance, its influence on other films, behind-the-scenes stories and their own personal reflections. The new season of\u00a0<em>The Essentials<\/em>, which airs every Saturday night, premieres\u00a0<strong>May 2 at 8 p.m. (ET<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p5RoQ7F66l0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love jabbering about movies almost as much as I enjoy watching them,\u201d said Brad Bird. \u201cIn fact, I first met Ben Mankiewicz while jabbering about movies. My wife and I were at a film festival walking briskly up a street when we wound up walking alongside Ben, who was heading to the same screening. Who knew that our casual movie-talk would morph into a wonderful TCM event? Ben is very knowledgeable about cinema, as well as being a sharp, funny person to hang around with, and a perfect host. Getting the opportunity to talk with him about indelible films on TCM was an absolute joy. My biggest challenge was figuring out which films to choose, because for each great film that I mentioned there were 10 I left out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following the return of\u00a0<em>The Essentials<\/em>\u00a0last season with Ava DuVernay, we feel so fortunate to be able to bring in another elite filmmaker this season as my co-host, Brad Bird,\u201d said Ben Mankiewicz. \u201cBrad\u2019s particular artistic sense works his way into every conversation we had together. He sees so many stories through the eyes of an animator, providing a rare perspective on movies we think we know well, like\u00a0<em>Casablanca<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Dr. Strangelove<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Searchers<\/em>. And his childlike enthusiasm for movies, animated and live action, is unparalleled and infectious. What a thrill it is to be able to bask in it this season on\u00a0<em>The Essentials<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28100\" src=\"http:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tcm-essentials-brad-bird.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tcm-essentials-brad-bird.jpg 800w, https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tcm-essentials-brad-bird-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tcm-essentials-brad-bird-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tcm-essentials-brad-bird-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nBird\u2019s selection of films for this season of\u00a0<em>The Essentials<\/em>\u00a0are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Singin\u2019 in the Rain<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1952) \u2013 Co-directors Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen\u2019s musical comedy about Hollywood stars adjusting to the coming of sound<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Ace in the Hole<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>(1951) \u2013 Kirk Douglas stars as a small-town reporter milking a local disaster to make it back into the big time<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The General<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1926<em>)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Buster Keaton writes, stars and co-directs this silent film where a Confederate engineer fights to save his train and his girlfriend from the Union army<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Casablanca<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1942) \u2013 this classic, in which an American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up, has the distinction of being the most played film on TCM<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Red Shoes<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1948) \u2013 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger\u2019s take on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of a young ballerina torn between her art and her romance with a young composer<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Lawrence of Arabia<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>(1962) \u2013 the sweeping, epic story of T.E. Lawrence who enlists the Arabs for desert warfare in World War I. Brad Bird gains the distinction of being the only guest on TCM to talk about this film who also directed Peter O\u2019Toole in a film (2007\u2019s\u00a0<em>Ratatouille<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Gunga Din<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(1939) \u2013 one of two Cary Grant films featured in the\u00a0<em>Essentials<\/em>, three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>A Matter of Life and Death<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1947) \u2013 Another film from Powell and Pressburger in which an injured aviator argues in celestial court for the chance to go on living<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>A Hard Day\u2019s Night<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1964) \u2013 a typical day in the life of The Beatles is turned into a musical comedy<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Music Man<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1962) \u2013 Robert Preston plays a con artist hawking musical instruments and band uniforms to small-town America<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(1964) \u2013Stanley Kubrick\u2019s black comedy, where Peter Sellers plays three roles, including a mad United States General who orders an air strike against Russia<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Maltese Falcon<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1941) \u2013 the first of two\u00a0<em>Essential<\/em>\u00a0films noir, hard-boiled detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1968) \u2013 Kubrick\u2019s classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Ball of Fire<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(1941) \u2013 Howard Hawks directs a group of professors (led by Gary Cooper) who takes in a nightclub singer (Barbara Stanwyck) hiding from the law to protect her gangster boyfriend<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>City Lights<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1931) \u2013 Charlie Chaplin writes, directs and stars in this silent film in which the Little Tramp tries to help a blind flower seller to see again<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>An American in Paris<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(1951) \u2013 Vincente Minnelli directs Gene Kelly as an American artist who finds love with Leslie Caron in Paris but almost loses it to conflicting loyalties<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Searchers<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(1956) \u2013 a John Ford and John Wayne Western in which a Native American-hating Civil War veteran tracks down the tribe that slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>North by Northwest<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(1959) \u2013 Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s final film with Cary Grant, who plays an advertising man mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Guys and Dolls<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(1955) \u2013 Frank Sinatra bets Marlon Brando that he can\u2019t seduce missionary Jean Simmons in this musical comedy<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Out of the Past<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(1947) \u2013 one of Robert Mitchum\u2019s many films noir, in which he portrays a private eye who becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information including a complete schedule, bios, images and film information, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tcm.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cfb223e265ad332b422ebe4a2&amp;id=b79331273b&amp;e=8032df19c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tcm.com\/essentials<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Turner Classic Movies (TCM)\u00a0today announced that two-time Oscar\u00ae-winning director, screenwriter, animator, producer and voice actor\u00a0Brad Bird\u00a0will join\u00a0The Essentials, TCM\u2019s popular franchise showcasing \u201cmust-see\u201d classic films. Bird, known for films such as\u00a0The Incredibles, Ratatouille, The Iron Giant, and\u00a0Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,\u00a0joins TCM Primetime Host\u00a0Ben Mankiewicz\u00a0for the new season, where they will introduce a hand-picked film [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[30,2461,350,8145],"class_list":["post-28099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-classic-corner","category-news","tag-ben-mankiewicz","tag-brad-bird","tag-tcm","tag-tcm-essentials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oscar\u00ae-Winning Director Brad Bird to join TCM\u2019s The Essentials beginning May 2 &amp; airing Saturdays at 8pm ET\/5pm PT - Behind The Lens Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker &amp; 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