CPTV and CPTV Sports Now Showcasing Important Films from the History of Cinema with the Movie Classics Collection

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For Immediate Release Carol Sisco [email protected] (860)275-7212 cpbn.org, cptv.org, wnpr.org

HARTFORD, Conn. (March 17, 2015) – Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) and CPTV Sports are pleased to announce the introduction of the Movie Classics collection to their respective lineups. Viewers can now enjoy an array of noteworthy performances in important films, from West Side Story starring Natalie Wood, to Gone With the Wind starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, to Glory starring Denzel Washington and Matthew Broderick.

Movie Classics selections airing on CPTV and CPTV Sports this spring include:

Julie & Julia (2009) Airing on CPTV Saturday, March 28 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, March 29 at 2 p.m. A woman in Queens, N.Y., (Amy Adams) sets a deadline of one year to prepare all 524 recipes in the cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking by culinary legend Julia Child (Meryl Streep).

Barabbas (1961) Airing on CPTV Saturday, April 4 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 5 at 1 p.m. Airing on CPTV Sports Friday, April 3 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 4 at 5 p.m. The biblical thief (Anthony Quinn) toils, turns gladiator and seeks salvation after being pardoned in place of Christ.

Black Narcissus (1947) Airing on CPTV Saturday, April 11 at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m. Airing on CPTV Sports Friday, April 17 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 18 at 5 p.m. Anglican nuns, including Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), face a variety of pressures as they attempt to maintain a convent school and hospital in the Himalayas.

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Victor, Victoria (1982) Airing on CPTV Saturday, April 18 at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 19 at 2 p.m. Airing on CPTV Sports Friday, April 24 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 25 at 5 p.m. A Chicago mobster (James Garner) falls for a female impersonator who is actually a woman (Julie Andrews) in 1930s Paris.

Gone With the Wind (1939) Airing on CPTV Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 26 at 1 p.m. Airing on CPTV Sports Friday, April 10 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 11 at 3 p.m. A fiery Southern belle (Vivien Leigh) struggles to return her family’s estate to its original magnificence after the Civil War.

That’s Entertainment I (1974) Airing on CPTV Saturday, May 2 at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m. Airing on CPTV Sports Friday, May 29 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, May 30 at 5 p.m. This unforgettable collection of sequences from MGM’s great musicals features Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Bing Crosby, and includes segments from such classics as Anchors Aweigh, Babes in Arms, The Wizard of Oz and more.

Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) Airing on CPTV Saturday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 10 at 1 p.m. Airing on CPTV Sports Friday, May 1 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, May 2 at 5 p.m. Three single American women (Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters and Maggie McNamara) make wishes at Rome’s Fountain of Trevi in this romance that also stars Clifton Webb.

An Affair to Remember (1957) Airing on CPTV Saturday, May 9 at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 10 at 3 p.m. Airing on CPTV Sports Friday, May 8 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, May 9 at 5 p.m. Two cruise ship passengers (Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr) who are engaged to other people plan to reunite six months later atop the Empire State Building.

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Rain Man (1988) Airing on CPTV Saturday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 24 at 2 p.m. Airing on CPTV Sports Friday, May 15 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, May 16 at 5 p.m. A wheeler-dealer (Tom Cruise) meets his brother (Dustin Hoffman), an institutionalized autistic-savant and heir to $3 million.

The Graduate (1967) Airing on CPTV Saturday, May 23 at 10 p.m. and Sunday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. Airing on CPTV Sports Friday, May 22 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, May 23 at 5 p.m. An aimless college student (Dustin Hoffman) lets an older woman (Anne Bancroft) seduce him, then finds himself falling for her daughter (Katherine Ross).

Additional Movie Classics selections will be offered in the coming months. The complete list of films that will air now through 2017 on CPTV and CPTV Sports includes:

An Affair to Remember, After the Thin Man, Alien (Director’s Cut), Aliens, All the Right Moves, Amadeus, An American in Paris, Annie Hall, The Awful Truth, The Band Wagon, Barabbas, The Barefoot Contessa, The Big Sleep, Black Narcissus, Born Yesterday, Bridge on the River Kwai, Bullitt, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Caine Mutiny, Call Northside 777, Carousel, Chariots of Fire, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Dial M for Murder, Doctor Zhivago, Driving Miss Daisy, A Few Good Men, Four Weddings and a Funeral, From Here to Eternity, Funny Girl, Gandhi, Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Gilda, Glory, Gone With the Wind, The Graduate, The Great Escape, Hello, Dolly!, Holiday, How to Marry a Millionaire, It Happened One Night, Judgment at Nuremburg, Julie & Julia, Kramer vs. Kramer, Lady from Shanghai, The Last Picture Show, Laura, Lawrence of Arabia, Libeled Lady, Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, The Magnificent Seven, The Maltese Falcon, The Manchurian Candidate, Married to the Mob, Meet Me in St. Louis, Moonstruck, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Music Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, My Sweet Murder, Network, Nine to Five, On the Waterfront, Only Angels Have Wings, Patton, The Philadelphia Story, Picnic, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Presumed Innocent, Queen Christina, Rain Man, The Remains of the Day, The Right Stuff, Risky Business, Sense and Sensibility, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Seven Year Itch, Shadow of the Thin Man, The Shop Around the Corner, Show Boat, Sleepless in Seattle, Some Like it Hot, Speed, Steel Magnolias, That’s Entertainment I, That’s Entertainment II, That’s Entertainment III, The Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, Three Coins in the Fountain, Tootsie, Unforgiven, Victor, Victoria, Walk the Line, West Side Story, The Wild One

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