Friday, April 23, 2010

Genre Films on TCM Tonight (04.23.10)

There are a small handful of genre films playing on Turner Classic Movies tonight:  two you've probably seen, and two you probably haven't (but what do I know?).  Check 'em out, hipsters!

8:00pm: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution.
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter Dir: Stanley Kubrick C-149 mins, TV-G

11:00pmClose Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
A blue-collar worker's encounter with a UFO leaves him a changed man.
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Terry Garr, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon Dir: Steven Spielberg C-135 mins, TV-MA

2:00amHell's Angels (1969)
Two brothers plot to use the Hell's Angels to provide a diversion while they rob a Vegas casino.
Cast: Jeremy Slate, Tom Stern, Conny Van Dyke. Dir: Ernst Schmidt Jr C-96 mins

3:45am: Rebel Rousers (1970)
A businessman fights to rescue his pregnant girlfriend from a motorcycle gang.
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd Dir: Martin B. Cohen C-77 mins, TV-14