Turner Classic Movies HD

Turner Classic Movies HD propone una biblioteca di film tratti prevalentemente dall’epoca precedente agli anni Ottanta, con una forte attenzione alle produzioni hollywoodiane degli anni Trenta, Quaranta, Cinquanta e Sessanta. La programmazione negli Stati Uniti punta a presentare i film senza tagli e senza interruzioni pubblicitarie, rispettando il più possibile il formato originale. Tra i generi ricorrenti si trovano noir, musical, western, commedie sofisticate e drammi firmati da registi e attori che hanno segnato il sistema degli studi. Talvolta, tra un film e l’altro, vengono trasmessi documentari sulla storia del cinema e brevi approfondimenti, ma il palinsesto resta incentrato sui film stessi.

Il canale è accessibile via cavo e satellite in tutto il paese, mentre il servizio di streaming separato Max, di Warner Bros. Discovery, include una selezione di titoli provenienti dalla library di Turner Classic Movies. La guida elettronica elenca i film in onda con brevi note su regista, cast e anno di uscita. Nessuna serie originale o segmento condotto interrompe la programmazione, e la giornata televisiva scorre senza pause dedicate a notizie o event

Programma TV

31 Mag 1 Giu 2 Giu 3 Giu 4 Giu

07:30 - 09:30

House of Numbers

Movie, Drama

San Quentin convict Arnie Judlow (Jack Palance) has devised an almost foolproof plan to break out of prison. The scheme involves Arnie's wife, Ruth (Barbara Lang), and his twin brother, Bill (also Palance), posing as husband and wife on a visit to the prison, at which point the brothers will switch places. But Ruth threatens to put the kibosh on the entire operation when her allegiance to her cell-bound husband is tested by a budding romance with Bill.

09:30 - 11:15

Monterey Pop

Movie, Documentary, Music, Rock

Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.

11:15 - 13:00

Jimi Hendrix

Movie, Documentary

Made shortly after his death, this documentary explores the brief life and remarkable legacy of guitarist Jimi Hendrix. After finding fame in the U.K., Hendrix brought his act to the U.S., where his influential playing style left a blazing imprint on a whole generation of musicians. Employing interviews with family and contemporaries, such as Eric Clapton, as well as scorching live performances from Woodstock and Isle of Wight, the film paints an indelible portrait of a rock 'n' roll legend.

13:00 - 15:15

Madame Satan

Movie, Musical comedy

A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

15:15 - 17:00

Flying Down to Rio

Movie, Musical

In this 1933 musical romance, choreographer and musician Fred Ayers (Fred Astaire) labors to help his friend and band leader Roger Bond (Gene Raymond) romance gorgeous Brazilian Belinha De Rezende (Dolores del Río), who is the fiancée of Julio (Raul Roulien). Along the way, Ayers and singer Honey Hale (Ginger Rogers) stage marvelous dance numbers and conspire to make sure the shows go on, including a breathtaking dance number on the exterior of a formation of airplanes flying over the audience.

17:00 - 18:45

House of Numbers

Movie, Drama

18:45 - 20:30

Watership Down

Movie, Animated, Children, Adventure

When a young rabbit named Fiver has a prophetic vision that the end of his warren is near, he persuades seven other rabbits to leave with him in search of a new home. Several obstacles impede their progress, including predators, a rat-filled cemetery and a speeding river. Upon arriving at their final destination, a hill dubbed Watership Down, the rabbits find that their journey is still far from over. Realistically drawn, this British animated film carries an emotional weight.

20:30 - 22:00

The Seventh Victim

Movie, Horror

After young Mary Gibson (Kim Hunter) discovers that her older sister Jacqueline (Jean Brooks) has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. Arriving at Jacqueline's apartment, Mary finds ominous signs of trouble, with her sister nowhere in sight. Aided by psychiatrist Dr. Louis Judd (Tom Conway) and others, Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery, and evidence begins to point to the involvement of a sinister cult.

22:00 - 23:45

The Breaking Point

Movie, Drama

A charter-boat captain winds up in the middle of a syndicate shootout after transporting illegal immigrants.

23:45 - 01:00

Detour

Movie, Crime drama

In New York, piano player Al Roberts (Tom Neal) laments when his singer girlfriend, Sue Harvey (Claudia Drake), leaves for Hollywood, Calif. When Al gets some money, he decides to hitchhike to California to join Sue. In Arizona, Al accepts a ride with Charles Haskell (Edmund MacDonald), but during a storm in a freak accident, Haskell is killed. Frightened, Al assumes Haskell's identity and car, but soon comes upon the mysterious Vera (Ann Savage), who seems to know all about his true identity.