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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/13 3:29pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder - Date Edited: 6/13 3:29pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	TCM's take on Billy Wilder 3:00am [Comedy] Irma La Douce (1963) A Parisian policeman gives up everything for the love of a free-living prostitute. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell Dir: Billy Wilder BW-143 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me] 5:30am [Comedy] Apartment, The (1960) An aspiring executive lets his bosses use his apartment for assignations, only to fall for the big chief's mistress. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston Dir: Billy Wilder BW-125 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me] 7:45am [Suspense/Mystery] Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970) The legendary sleuth becomes involved with a mysterious French woman while investigating the Loch Ness monster. Cast: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Irene Handl, Stanley Holloway Dir: Billy Wilder C-125 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Email Remind Me] 10:00am [Drama] Spirit of St. Louis, The (1957) Charles Lindbergh risks his life to complete his historic flight from New York to Paris. Cast: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson Dir: Billy Wilder C-135 mins, TV-G [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me] 12:30pm [Comedy] Some Like It Hot (1959) Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft Dir: Billy Wilder BW-121 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me] 2:40pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Penelope Featurette (1966) C-4 mins [Email Remind Me] 2:45pm [Comedy] Kiss Me, Stupid (1965) A small-town songwriter tries to sell his work to a stranded singing star. Cast: Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, Felicia Farr Dir: Billy Wilder BW-125 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me] What's On Tonight: GREAT DIRECTORS: BILLY WILDER 5:00pm [Comedy] Fortune Cookie, The (1966) A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond Dir: Billy Wilder BW-126 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me] 7:15pm [Crime] Double Indemnity (1944) An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client's death. Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall Dir: Billy Wilder BW-108 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me] 9:15pm [Drama] Sunset Boulevard (1950) A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star. Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson Dir: Billy Wilder BW-110 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me] 11:15pm [Documentary] Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) TCM original documentary on prolific director, writer and producer Billy Wilder. BW-71 mins, TV-MA [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me] 12:30am [Comedy] Avanti! (1972) A man falls in love with the daughter of his fathers longtime mistress. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews Dir: Billy Wilder C-144 mins, TV-MA
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/14 5:29pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	"Billy Wilder Speaks" was very good, indeed.
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goraq Registered: May '08	Date Posted: 6/16 5:04am Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	I nver watched any of his movies. He wasnt particulary upset about the commie wich hunts. -----signature----- ,,Power is tearing human minds apart and putting them back together in new shapes of your own choosing. ,,
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/16 9:59am Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	Which means that his movies are no good? Does not compute.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 6/16 2:08pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	He had some great ones. Some Like It Hot, Sunset Blvd, Sabrina; The Apartment to a slightly lesser degree. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 6/16 7:07pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder - Date Edited: 6/16 7:09pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JohnWesleyDowney
	I wish I'd seen Billy Wilder Speaks. For me, his three best are Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard and Stalag 17. Interestingly, they were all in the same time period, early 50s. Though I'm also pretty fond of Witness for the Prosecution.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 6/16 7:43pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	I don't know that I'll call "Witness for the Prosecution" a great movie, but it is tons of fun, and the best adaptation of Christie ever (and it does change the story's ending considerably).
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Jabbadabbado Title: Senate Floor Manager Registered: Mar '99	Date Posted: 6/16 8:43pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	Never seen Ace in the Hole, but love Sunset Boulevard and Stalag 17. -----signature----- "As a Chicago sports fan you get used to disappointment."
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 6/16 8:59pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder - Date Edited: 6/16 9:02pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JohnWesleyDowney
	I once got to spend about 15 minutes with Kirk Douglas (I was very fortunate, I was in the right time and the right place luckily) and I asked him what were some of his favorite movies he starred in. He mentioned "Ace in the Hole" and I asked him why? He said "because Billy Wilder let me play such a bastard." By the way, I once read that Billy Wilder in his later years lived in an apartment and thought well, gee, I guess he didn't invest his money well from his successful years and didn't end up in a good place financially, despite all his success. Boy, was I wrong. Very wrong. Billy Wilder had one of the largest private art collections in the United States. At one point in the 1980s, he sold a PORTION of his art collection for almost 33 MILLION dollars. Must have been a very nice apartment! I guess he did okay for himself. BTW, his IMDB biography and trivia section are amazing. Billy Wilder
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DAR Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 6/16 9:49pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	I keep needing to remind myself to pickup Sunset Blvd and Stalag 17 one of these days. Spending a few grand to remodel my kitchen might put that on hold. Those movies greatness have one thing in common besides Wilder, William Holden. Perhaps the most underrated actor in history. -----signature----- Currently Reading: Wolverine:Old Man Logan Packers prediction 12-4 Actual 4-3
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 6/17 12:45pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	Agreed about Holden. One of the greats. He's terrific in Picnic, my favorite film from the 50s (though not a Wilder film, so let me get back on-topic!) Wilder's Some Like it Hot is the funniest movie of the 50s, and one of the all-time great movies, period! -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/19 12:51pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	A very interesting discussion of "Double Indemnity"
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Ambassador Cara Jade Registered: Oct '99	Date Posted: 8/19 11:06pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	I remember watching Double Indemnity in Film School. It was one of few films that I didn't find heavy-handed and pretentious. Some Like it Hot is one of my favorite movies of all time. And how can you not love Sunset Boulevard. -----signature----- Yeah, I have my own icon. Visit the Callista Fans Thread http://boards.theforce.net/eu_community/b10194/23653771/p1
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/20 1:44pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	"The Lost Weekend" is also very good.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 8/20 2:10pm Subject: The Films of Billy Wilder
	Yeah, it is. Milland's performance is better than you'd expect. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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