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2014 TCM Classic Film Festival Adds Tribute to Mickey Rooney With Screening Of NATIONAL VELVET Sunday, April 13 – We Are Movie Geeks

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2014 TCM Classic Film Festival Adds Tribute to Mickey Rooney With Screening Of NATIONAL VELVET Sunday, April 13

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For the fifth consecutive year, thousands of movie lovers (and Geeks) from around the globe will descend upon Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival beginning this Thursday, April 10 and running through Sunday, April 13.

Coinciding with TCM’s 20th anniversary as a leading authority in classic film, attendees will be treated to an extensive lineup of great movies, appearances by legendary stars and filmmakers, fascinating presentations and panel discussions, special events and more.

TCM recently announced the tribute to Mickey Rooney, who passed away last weekend, will be Sunday, April 13 at 9am with a screening of NATIONAL VELVET at the TCL Chinese Multiplex 4. Eddie Muller will speak with Margaret O’Brien and read a poem written by Mickey Rooney, titled “Flesh and Bones” to close the tribute.

Fans of Rooney can watch a full day of his films this Sunday on TCM beginning at 6AM with BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD. The full schedule can be seen HERE.

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The 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival will open with the world premiere of a brand new restoration of the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1955). TCM’s own Robert Osborne, who serves as official host for the festival, will introduce Oklahoma!, with the film’s star, Academy Award-winner Shirley Jones, in attendance.

The lineup includes restored versions of Gone with the Wind (1939), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Double Indemnity (1944), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), a screening of Fiddler on the Roof (1971) with director Norman Jewison, composer John Williams and casting director Lynn Stalmaster; an American Graffiti (1973) reunion with Bo Hopkins, Candy Clark and Paul Le Mat; a presentation of Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), with an appearance by comedy legend Tim Conway; and a screening of Godzilla: The Japanese Original (1954) with the director of this summer’s upcoming remake, Gareth Edwards.

Also appearing will be Allison Anders, Charles Busch, Joe Dante, Dana Gould, Bill Hader, Anna Kendrick, Patton Oswalt, Greg Proops, Alex Trebek, Jeffrey Vance and Don Was.

For more on the official schedule of events, screenings, appearances and the TCM Classic Film Festival, visit the website: www.tcm.com/festival.

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The theme for the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival will be Family in the Movies: The Ties that Bind. Throughout the four-day lineup, the festival will showcase on-screen clans of all types – big and small, happy and imperfect, musical and dramatic. In addition, the festival will spotlight the first families of Hollywood and the filmmaking dynasties that have entertained generations. And it will explore the kinship that connects close-knit groups of professionals behind the camera, such as the stock companies of classic Hollywood.

The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, which has a longstanding role in movie history and was the site of the first Academy Awards ceremony, is set to serve as the official hotel and central gathering point for the TCM Classic Film Festival for the fifth consecutive year. Festival screenings and events will be held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX, the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, the Egyptian Theatre, El Capitan, The Hollywood Museum and The Ricardo Montalbán Theatre.

Website: tcm.com/festival
Twitter: twitter.com/tcmfilmfest

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