Marlon Brandon
Gary Cooper
From left Ernest Bornine and Gene Hackman
The hangover 2009
Sunday, 8 p.m., TBS
Hilariously bad-taste story about a bachelor party in Vegas that goes terribly wrong. The “wrong” includes the groomsmen losing the groom, a terrible impromptu wedding involving a stripper, Siegfried & Roy’s tiger in the bathroom the morning after the night before and oh right, a crazed Asian killer dressed like a 1970s pimp. Starring: Zach Galafianakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms. Also with: Justin Bartha, Heather Graham and the always sidesplitting Ken Jeong.
A streetcar named desire 1951
Monday, 4 p.m., TCM
From the ridiculous to the sublime. Four Oscars, including acting statuettes for Karl Malden, Vivien Leigh and Kim Stanley, but none to the star, Marlon Brando,for his screen-searing performance. An aging Southern belle (Leigh) takes refuge with her pregnant sister and her ruffian husband in New Orleans after being run out of her hometown in Mississippi for seducing a student. Tragic, horrifying and unforgettable.
The
fountainhead 1949
Tuesday, 11 a.m., TCM
The once-again popular Ayn Rand story about an idealistic architect, Howard Roark (Gary Cooper), who seems completely unemployable broken man — until he hooks a job with a like-minded architect who drinks himself to death. When Roark’s plans for a public-housing project are radically altered, he decides he’s not going to stand for it. Also starring Patricia Neal (above, right), Raymond Massey and Kent Smith.
The poseidon Adventure 1972
Saturday, 10 p.m., ABC
Shelley Winters was robbed of her third Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her over-the-top, now-campy performance in a star-packed disaster movie about passengers on a luxury liner that capsizes after being hit by yes, a tidal wave. Winters’ best line? “Remember Manny, if I get stuck, push.” Also starring Ernest Borgnine and Gene Hackman. With Stella Stevens and Jack Albertson.