Tuesday, March 6, 2012

DVR Alert for Thursday: "The Big Sleep"

Fire up your DVR's (or take a day off work) for this coming Thursday, March 8 at 11:00 AM (Eastern). Turner Classic Movies will be showing "The Big Sleep" (1946) directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. This is based on the Raymond Chandler novel with Bogey playing private eye Phillip Marlowe.

Don't wrack your brain trying to figure out who did what to whom in this one. When Hawks and the screenwriters consulted with Chandler as they were making this movie, even he, Chandler, couldn't unravel all twists in the storyline. The real fun is in the journey here with the colorful characters and rich dialog as this one plays out.

A classic and a really fun movie to watch.

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