
Apollo 13 (1995) – 20th Anniversary – World premiere restoration presented in collaboration with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Ron Howard's extraordinary film chronicles the mechanical
mishaps aboard the Apollo 13 lunar
spacecraft and the diligent efforts to bring the astronauts home safely. Tom
Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton star as the astronauts, with Gary Sinise and
Ed Harris as their counterparts in Mission Control and Kathleen Quinlan as
Hanks' wife. The screenplay is based on the book Lost Moon by astronaut Jim Lovell, played by Hanks in the film, and
Jeffrey Kluger. Apollo 13 earned
Oscars for its taut film editing and exceptional sound design.
Spartacus (1960) – 55th Anniversary – World premiere restoration
presented in collaboration with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Widely regarded as one of the best "sand and
sandal" epics that became a staple of Hollywood during the 1950s and '60s,
Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus tells the
engrossing tale of a slave who became a gladiator and went on to challenge the
might of the Roman Empire. Kirk Douglas plays the title role and served as producer
on the film, which also stars Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Laurence Olivier,
Charles Laughton, John Gavin and Peter Ustinov, in an Oscar®-winning
performance. This film helped bring about the end of the Hollywood blacklist
when Douglas publicly announced that Dalton Trumbo, one of the "Hollywood
Ten," would be adapting Howard Fast's bestselling historical novel. In
addition to Ustinov's win, Spartacus took
home Oscars for its art direction, costume design and cinematography.

Charles Laughton plays Quasimodo, Victor Hugo's tragic hero
in this lavish RKO production of the oft-told tale with Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda
under the direction of William Dieterle. The cast also includes Sir Cedric
Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell and Edmond O'Brien. The Paris set, which included a
remarkable replica of the famed Notre Dame cathedral, was one of the largest
built during the era.
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) – World premiere restoration presented in
collaboration with Cohen Film Collection
Buster Keaton stars as the son of a paddle-steamer captain
in love with the daughter of his father's business rival in this dazzling
silent comedy. Despite its box office failure, Steamboat Bill Jr. has since become one of the most cherished Buster
Keaton vehicles. Its hurricane sequence required numerous breakaway sets and
buildings, including the building façade that just missed crushing Keaton in
the movie's most famous sight gag. The TCM Classic Film Festival's screening of Steamboat Bill Jr. will feature a live
orchestra conducted by legendary silent film composer Carl Davis in a world
premiere performance of his new score.
Passes for the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival are set to go on sale to the public Thursday, Nov. 13, at noon (ET). Passes can be purchased exclusively through the official festival website: www.tcm.com/festival. A limited number of festival passes will also be available to Citi cardmembers via an exclusive online only presale at www.citiprivatepass.com. This exclusive presale begins at 10 a.m. (ET), Tuesday, Nov. 11, and ends at 10 a.m. (ET), Thursday, Nov. 13.
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