For Release: Monday, April 7
Turner Classic Movies to Pay Tribute To Legendary Actor Charlton Heston Friday, April 11
15-Hour Marathon Features Oscar®-winning Performance in Ben-Hur, Plus In-Depth Conversation with Heston in Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will honor the life and career of legendary actor Charlton Heston, who died Sunday at the age of 84. This Friday, April 11, the network will present a 15-hour marathon of memorable Heston performances, including his Oscar®-winning role in Ben-Hur (1959). Also featured will be two opportunities to watch an in-depth conversation between Heston and TCM host Robert Osborne in the TCM original special Private Screenings: Charlton Heston. “Charlton Heston was a towering man both in person and on screen,” said Osborne. “He was also one of the nicest, most courteous gentlemen I ever met. He will forever stand tall among those rare few we know as genuine Movie Stars.” The following is a complete schedule of TCM’s April 11 tribute to Charlton Heston:
2:30 p.m. Private Screenings: Charlton Heston 3:30 p.m. The Buccaneer (1958) – co-starring Yul Brynner and Claire Bloom. 5:30 p.m. The Hawaiians (1970) – co-starring Geraldine Chaplin and John Philip Law. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Private Screenings: Charlton Heston Ben-Hur (1959) – co-starring Jack Hawkins and Stephen Boyd. Khartoum (1966) – co-starring Lawrence Olivier and Richard Johnson.
3:30 a.m. Major Dundee (1965) – co-starring Richard Harris, Jim Hutton and James Coburn. Turner Classic Movies, currently seen in more than 75 million homes, is a 24hour cable network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company. TCM presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from the largest film library in the world, the combined Time Warner and Turner film libraries, from the 1920s through the 1990s, uncut and commercial-free. The network also offers critically acclaimed original documentaries and specials, including the Martin Scorsese Presents: Val Lewton—The Man in the Shadows, the Emmy®-winning Stardust: The Bette Davis Story and the Emmy-nominated Brando. More information is available at tcm.com.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world. -30-