This thread will be dedicated to posting info about Disney movies being shown on Turner Classic Movies (both U.S. and Canadian schedules). This is designed to help forum members see more lesser known Disney live-action films. I will try to update this list once a month.
Upcoming Movies for January 2008 (yes I realized I missed like two weeks and I apologize but there wasn't exactly allot of Disney content last moth)
The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) will be shown for the first time on TCM on January 19th at 12:30 pm.
There are no scheduled Disney movies for the Canadian station at this time. (I might as well not bother anymore checking)
Disney Films on TCM
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I guess one of these days, TCM will have the following Disney films to air in the future including the original "Parent Trap" and "Pollyanna" , both starring Hayley Mills along with a few others like "Swiss Family Robinson", "The Happiest Millionaire" and many other Disney live-action films that are coming to TCM soon.
Yes, it's nice that TCM is doing what the Disney Channel SHOULD be doing by keeping some of Walt's live action films alive on TV and thus in the general public's consciousness...
Also, Hallmark Channel also usually shows live action Disney films every Saturday morning (usually a double feature of Disney films) This Saturday they have Freaky Friday at 9 AM ET followed by the remake at 11.
The screenings on TCM are of course commercial-free and thus a better presentation. Hallmark has interuptions, but the weekly double-feature is still a nice way for people to see movies they may not have seen, some of which are out-of-print or unavailable on DVD, like Big Red, which they showed a few weeks ago, and is one of my favorites.
Also, Hallmark Channel also usually shows live action Disney films every Saturday morning (usually a double feature of Disney films) This Saturday they have Freaky Friday at 9 AM ET followed by the remake at 11.
The screenings on TCM are of course commercial-free and thus a better presentation. Hallmark has interuptions, but the weekly double-feature is still a nice way for people to see movies they may not have seen, some of which are out-of-print or unavailable on DVD, like Big Red, which they showed a few weeks ago, and is one of my favorites.
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this is great news good thing i still have a VCR so i can tape them and watch them over and over thanks for the great news 
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The question is, since Disney has its own cable channel, which used to show these films, why aren't they running them on their own cable channel? When they did, The Disney Channel had more value than it has now. Perhaps Time-Warner gave them a "lucrative deal." It may also have something to do with a "trade-off" to acquire the rights to the HARRY POTTER films for ABC airing? I wonder if I am "hot" on this guess.
After a recent meeting with Buena Vista Home Video, there seemed to be a disappointment in the sales of the WALT DISNEY TRESURES line. Part of it may have had to do with the lack of advertsing saturation. Instead of releasing their backlog of films to a limited Home Video audience, they
should have been running them on their own cable channel. Some of these films were. But there is so much more that they have in terms of
live action feature films as well as animated features and television shows that are in their library that are not being totally utilized. In particular, there were a number of costume epics produced in England during the 1950s that come to mind. There were also a number of biographical
episodes aired on WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR.
A two part program on the life of BEETHOVEN also comes to mind.
Another was JOHNNY TREMAINE. Accordingly, there is an entire generation that has not been exposed to these treasures.
The ZORRO series was certainly entertaining, and has production value.
While there was an attempt to capture modern viewers by "colorizing" it,
there is an audience that would appreciate it in its original black and white state. The entire Disney anthology programs beginning with the original DISNEYLAND, which became WALT DISNEY PRESENTS THE WODERFUL WORLD OF COLOR, and later THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY would
be another long list of episodes to feed the channel.
While some items such as THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB may be dated, with some amount of vision and selection, I believe this classic could be made relevant for today's audiences, especially since there were two later attempts at revising it. Being an outsider, I am not privy to the reasoning that steers the programming decisions at The Disney Channel.
But what I do know from having read just about everything about Walt Disney, he would have seen the value of their assets, and implemented
a more imaginative vision with a bolder schedule that might reach beyond the current level that seems geared only to girls 12 to 14 years old.
After a recent meeting with Buena Vista Home Video, there seemed to be a disappointment in the sales of the WALT DISNEY TRESURES line. Part of it may have had to do with the lack of advertsing saturation. Instead of releasing their backlog of films to a limited Home Video audience, they
should have been running them on their own cable channel. Some of these films were. But there is so much more that they have in terms of
live action feature films as well as animated features and television shows that are in their library that are not being totally utilized. In particular, there were a number of costume epics produced in England during the 1950s that come to mind. There were also a number of biographical
episodes aired on WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR.
A two part program on the life of BEETHOVEN also comes to mind.
Another was JOHNNY TREMAINE. Accordingly, there is an entire generation that has not been exposed to these treasures.
The ZORRO series was certainly entertaining, and has production value.
While there was an attempt to capture modern viewers by "colorizing" it,
there is an audience that would appreciate it in its original black and white state. The entire Disney anthology programs beginning with the original DISNEYLAND, which became WALT DISNEY PRESENTS THE WODERFUL WORLD OF COLOR, and later THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY would
be another long list of episodes to feed the channel.
While some items such as THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB may be dated, with some amount of vision and selection, I believe this classic could be made relevant for today's audiences, especially since there were two later attempts at revising it. Being an outsider, I am not privy to the reasoning that steers the programming decisions at The Disney Channel.
But what I do know from having read just about everything about Walt Disney, he would have seen the value of their assets, and implemented
a more imaginative vision with a bolder schedule that might reach beyond the current level that seems geared only to girls 12 to 14 years old.
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Roy Pointer: The answer is kids of the present. Very few of them are exposed to old disney movies like the ORIGINAL Parent Trap, Pollyanna, The Shaggy Dog, etc, etc. I remember once when years ago, they aired Heidi (the one with Jane Seymour) over two nights. I now own that on DVD.
I'm going to buy Pollyanna soon and my niece will watch it with me and discover a new film.
Disney should just create a "Classic Disney" channel and air none of the junk that's currently on the regular disney channel. I'm talking Dumbo's Circus, the animated Winnie the Pooh, classic minnie and mickey cartoons, old movies like Flight of the Navigator, Swiss Family Robinson, etc.
Its great that TCM is airing these old Disney movies (the ones the OP posted) because DISNEY channel sure doesn't care!
I'm going to buy Pollyanna soon and my niece will watch it with me and discover a new film.
Disney should just create a "Classic Disney" channel and air none of the junk that's currently on the regular disney channel. I'm talking Dumbo's Circus, the animated Winnie the Pooh, classic minnie and mickey cartoons, old movies like Flight of the Navigator, Swiss Family Robinson, etc.
Its great that TCM is airing these old Disney movies (the ones the OP posted) because DISNEY channel sure doesn't care!
Disney Channel died when they stopped airing movies with Haley mills (Parent Trap and Pollyanna) and fun adventure movies like Swiss Family Robinson. R.I.P. the REAL Disney Channel. Date of Death: When the shows became teenie bopperish.
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In case no one has posted it yet, keep an eye on the Hallmark Channel as well. Saturday morning, I was flipping channels and noticed they were airing "Return to Witch Mountain." Wow, what a horrible red outfit they made Kim Richards wear throughout that flick! I must admit, though I liked her when I was a kid, I was never too into the Witch Mountain Movies. I hardly remember the second one at all, and I didn't watch it today because there was a new Batman animated movie on WB.
Yeah, Hallmark even aired "The Journey of Natty Gann". Anyone remember that movie?
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Just recently bought that one on DVD. Terrible release, but an outstanding movie.jediliz wrote:Yeah, Hallmark even aired "The Journey of Natty Gann". Anyone remember that movie?
I think I MIGHT appreciate them more today, but I'll have to wait till I buy them and sit and watch them attentively (unless I catch 'em on one of these channels). I do want to get the DVDs, being a Disney completist, but I want the individual releases because the double features usually lose something, like audio commentary or something. Will have to shop for them on Ebay, or at least the first film.UmbrellaFish wrote:I watched Return and Escape to Witch Mountain. It was interesting. Just not my cup of tea.
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This is my very point. There is an entire generation that not only has not been exposed to these treasures, but most importantly, have no idea of who Walt Disney was. We can agree that the Disney Company with its own outlets is failing to use its assets to enhance its product and recreate its audience as it had done in the past. So it should come as no surprise that they have lost their position to new products like DORA THE EXPLORER, and it should also come as no surprise that the sales of The Walt Disney Treasures were disappointing when the company did not market them effectively, and made a bad decision to release them on DVD when they really belong on The Disney Channel.jediliz wrote:Roy Pointer: The answer is kids of the present. Very few of them are exposed to old disney movies like the ORIGINAL Parent Trap, Pollyanna, The Shaggy Dog, etc, etc. I remember once when years ago, they aired Heidi (the one with Jane Seymour) over two nights. I now own that on DVD.I'm going to buy Pollyanna soon and my niece will watch it with me and discover a new film.
Disney should just create a "Classic Disney" channel and air none of the junk that's currently on the regular disney channel. I'm talking Dumbo's Circus, the animated Winnie the Pooh, classic minnie and mickey cartoons, old movies like Flight of the Navigator, Swiss Family Robinson, etc. Its great that TCM is airing these old Disney movies (the ones the OP posted) because DISNEY channel sure doesn't care!
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I just started getting TCM so I could see some of these classic Disney movies. Tonight I sat down to watch Freaky Friday, and I was surprised to see it presented in full screen form. I thought TCM showed films in their original aspect ratio. Even the TCM website says Freaky Friday is 1.75:1, yet it's being shown in fullscreen tonight. Is this what I should expect from them on all their Disney movies? How about other studios' movies? Am I wrong in thinking they showed movies in their correct form?
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Hallmark Channel is showing a BUNCH of classic Disney live action films this month as part of their "Fun Fall Film Festival".
Tonight (Tuesday) at 9 PM ET (8CT) is Pollyana.
Wednesday, same time: Swiss Family Robinson
Thursday, same time: Parent Trap
And a marathon all day Saturday starting at 9 AM and including Tom and Huck, Flight Of the Navigator, Swiss Family Robinson, White Fang, Iron Will, and The Rocketeer.
More details from their website:
http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/publish/ ... /home.html
http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/publish/ ... .week.html
Tonight (Tuesday) at 9 PM ET (8CT) is Pollyana.
Wednesday, same time: Swiss Family Robinson
Thursday, same time: Parent Trap
And a marathon all day Saturday starting at 9 AM and including Tom and Huck, Flight Of the Navigator, Swiss Family Robinson, White Fang, Iron Will, and The Rocketeer.
More details from their website:
http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/publish/ ... /home.html
http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/publish/ ... .week.html
The Rocketeer is premiering tonight on Hallmark. I hope to record it onto a DVD-R disc cause the reviews I read of the official release were "good movie, terrible dvd transfer".
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While I highly recommend watching The Rocketeer, I'd still recommend the DVD purchase. It is one of the few early 90s DVDs that has been released in widescreen. It is 2.35:1 widescreen too! Hallmark, while excellent in content, does not deliver in the quality of film being shown. Unlike TCM (which will air The Black Hole in Widescreen without commercials), Hallmark airs all of the Disney movies in pan and scan VHS quality transfers.
It is a good movie, and of course DVD+R is free, but you can find The Rocketeer in bargain bins for $6, and it has the original theatrical trailer (as if we'll ever see those again
). The print isn't terrible on the DVD it could just be so much better on the DVD format.
I'm sure you'll enjoy the movie either way you see it. I'm kind of getting on the band wagon of why in the heck Disney doesn't start a Vault Disney channel? Or at least restart that programming on the Disney Channel...
It is a good movie, and of course DVD+R is free, but you can find The Rocketeer in bargain bins for $6, and it has the original theatrical trailer (as if we'll ever see those again
). The print isn't terrible on the DVD it could just be so much better on the DVD format. I'm sure you'll enjoy the movie either way you see it. I'm kind of getting on the band wagon of why in the heck Disney doesn't start a Vault Disney channel? Or at least restart that programming on the Disney Channel...
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