AMC Showcases Hollywood's Most Dazzling Duos in the ''Dream Teams'' Festival On Saturday, January 26.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.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2002 Undeniable chemistry. Mutual admiration. Instinctive comic timing. On Saturday, January 26, AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. presents the "Dream Teams" marathon, a line-up of three films and two documentaries featuring some of Hollywood's most famous duos. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn star in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, Paul Newman and Robert Redford in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in SILVER STREAK, and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in BACKSTORY back·sto·ry n. 1. The experiences of a character or the circumstances of an event that occur before the action or narrative of a literary, cinematic, or dramatic work: : CLEOPATRA. "Dream Teams" begins at 11:00 AM (ET) with GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967). The film about a young white woman who brings her African-American fiance home to meet her wealthy, seemingly liberal parents was the couples ninth movie together - and their last before Tracy's death in June Death In June is the musical brainchild of English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. Death In June was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of 1967. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards(R), including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, the film won two: Hepburn for Best Actress and William Rose for Best Screenplay. Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton co-star. (Also at 12:30 AM.) At 1:00 PM (ET), Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor forge a side-splitting bond in the comedy SILVER STREAK (1976). In their first of four films together, Wilder is a mild-mannered book editor and Pryor is a car thief who improbably pair up as amateur sleuths on a train ride from San Francisco to Chicago. Jill Clayburgh co-stars as Wilder's girlfriend. (Also at 8:00 PM.) Paul Newman and Robert Redford are remembered as one of the most memorable pairs of American outlaws in the Oscar(R)-winning film BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969), airing at 3:00 PM (ET). Newman as Butch and Redford as Sundance are simultaneously comic and tragic as the famed bank robbers pursued by a relentless posse in their first of two films together. Nominated for seven Academy Awards(R), including Best Picture, the film garnered four, including Best Screenplay and Best Music. Katharine Ross co-stars. (Also at 2:30 AM.) Next, at 5:00 PM (ET), director George Roy Hill, Newman and Redford offer a candid look behind the scenes at how this star pair came together in the one-hour documentary THE MAKING OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1970). For sheer glamour and sensational tabloid fodder there has never been another couple like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the on-again-off-again spouses who made 15 films together. BACKSTORY: CLEOPATRA, THE FILM THAT CHANGED HOLLYWOOD (2001), airing at 6:00 PM (ET), details how they met and struck up the affair that shocked the world in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of one of the most controversial film shoots of all time. A complete schedule of films and airtimes is below. AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS is the nation's premier movie network, bringing timeless favorites to a broad audience by placing them in a fresh and contemporary context. 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SCHEDULE FOR AMC'S "DREAM TEAMS" FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002
11:00 AM GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
1:00 PM SILVER STREAK
3:00 PM BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
5:00 PM THE MAKING OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE
SUNDANCE KID
6:00 PM BACKSTORY: CLEOPATRA, THE FILM THAT CHANGED
HOLLYWOOD
8:00 PM SILVER STREAK
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