AMC Saddles up for the ``Wild, Wild Best'' Festival Airing Saturday and Sunday, September 7-8.Entertainment Editors JERICHO Jericho, city, West Bank Jericho (jĕr`ĭkō) [Heb.,=fragrant, or city of the moon god], Arab. Ariha, town (2003 est. pop. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 On Saturday, September 7, and Sunday, September 8, AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. presents the "Wild, Wild Best" festival, a weekend-long marathon of 12 western movies. The movie line-up encompasses comedies, dramas and documentaries. The festival begins on Saturday, September 7 at 12:45 PM (ET) with THE RARE BREED (1966). James Stewart, as cattleman Sam "Bulldog" Burnett, agrees to help Martha Evans (Maureen O'Hara) and her daughter Hilary (Juliet Mills) bring the first Hereford cattle to the American West. But even this old pro doubts that the sole bull can survive the dangers of the trail. (Also on Sunday, September 8 at 7:45 AM.) Next, at 2:30 PM, James Stewart is Charlie Anderson, a Virginia farmer who refuses to get involved in the Civil War until one of his sons is taken prisoner in SHENANDOAH (1965). Katharine Ross co-stars. (Also at 1:45 AM.) In Otto Preminger's allegorical Western RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954), airing at 4:30 PM (ET), Robert Mitchum portrays a farmer, just out of prison, who reunites with his young son. When their horse is stolen, they're forced to fight their way downriver down·riv·er adv. & adj. Toward or near the mouth of a river; in the direction of the current: swam downriver; a downriver canoe race. Adv. 1. , along with a troubled saloon singer (Marilyn Monroe). All three must face their own internal problems as well as the raging river. (Also at 10:15 PM and on Sunday, September 8 at 11:25 AM.) TRUE GRIT (1969), airing at 8:00 PM (ET) on Saturday, stars John Wayne as a stubborn, retired U.S. Marshall recruited by a young tomboy tomboy Psychology A popular term for a girl whose developmental gender-identity/role is discordant with her genotype. Cf Sissy. (Kim Darby) to track down her father's killers. Glen Campbell co-stars as a greedy Texas bounty hunter Name for a category of persons who are offered a promised gratuity in return for "hunting" down and capturing or killing a designated target, usually a person or animal. . Wayne garnered the Oscar(R) for Best Actor. (Also on Sunday, September 8 at 5:45 PM.) Other highlights on Saturday, September 7, include LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959), FORT TI (1953), and THE MAKING OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1970). The festival continues on Sunday, September 8. Airing at 1:05 PM (ET) is Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1969). Henry Fonda portrays a notorious villain who partners with a stranger known only as "Harmonica harmonica. 1 The simplest of the musical instruments employing free reeds, known also as the mouth organ or French harp. It was probably invented in 1829 by Friedrich Buschmann of Berlin, who called his instrument the Mundäoline. " (Charles Bronson) to protect the land of widow Jill McBain (Claudia Cardinale). Jason Robards co-stars. (Also at 11:45 PM.) Following, at 4:00 PM (ET), Gregory Peck stars as Jim Douglass, a widow so desperate to avenge his wife's murder that he nearly becomes as sadistic sa·dism n. 1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. 2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty. as the killers themselves, in THE BRAVADOS (1958). Joan Collins co-stars. (Also at 10:00 PM.) At 8:00 PM (ET), James Stewart is Mace Bishop, who poses as a hangman HANGMAN. The name usually given to a man employed by the sheriff to put a man to death, according to law, in pursuance of a judgment of a competent court, and lawful warrant. The same as executioner. (q.v.) so he can free his brother (Dean Martin) and a gang of outlaws before they're hung in BANDOLERO! (1968). When they flee to Mexico the elder Bishop convinces the younger to give up his life of crime, but a cruel fate befalls them. Raquel Welch and George Kennedy co-star. (Also at 2:45 AM.) Other highlights on Sunday, September 8, include the comic Western ALIAS JESSE JAMES (1959) and STRANGER WORE A GUN (1953). A complete schedule of films and airtimes follows. AMC is a premiere 24-hour movie network dedicated to the world of American film. With one of the finest, most comprehensive libraries of popular films, and a diverse blend of original series, documentaries and interstitials, AMC offers an elegant and contemporary entertainment destination. 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SCHEDULE FOR AMC'S "WILD, WILD BEST" FESTIVAL
Saturday, September 7 - Sunday, September 8, 2002
Saturday, September 7
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12:45 PM THE RARE BREED (1966)
2:30 PM SHENANDOAH (1965)
4:30 PM RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954)
6:15 PM LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959)
8:00 PM TRUE GRIT (1969)
10:15 PM RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954)
12:15 AM LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959)
1:45 AM SHENANDOAH (1965)
3:45 AM FORT TI (1953)
5:10 AM THE MAKING OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1970)
Sunday, September 8
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6:00 AM ALIAS JESSE JAMES (1959)
7:45 AM THE RARE BREED (1966)
9:30 AM WHEN THE LEGENDS DIE (1972)
11:25 AM RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954)
1:05 PM ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1969)
4:00 PM THE BRAVADOS (1958)
5:45 PM TRUE GRIT (1969)
8:00 PM BANDOLERO! (1968)
10:00 PM THE BRAVADOS (1958)
11:45 PM ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1969)
2:45 AM BANDOLERO! (1968)
4:45 AM THE STRANGER WORE A GUN (1953)
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