TCM Schedule for Saturday, Feb. 21: Gone With the Wind, Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, Cleopatra, Bullitt (Wow!!)

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AT A GLANCE
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 8
- ON THE ROAD
Rain Man (1988)
Bullitt (1968)
Grand Prix (1966)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Saturday, February 21
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 9
- EPICS
Ben-Hur (1959) (7:30 am ET)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Cleopatra (1963)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 9
- EPICS
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Quo Vadis (1951)

FULL DAY SCHEDULE

10:00 PM Rain Man (1988)
The 1988 Best Picture Oscar-winner with Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man who is taken on an impromptu road trip by his brother (Tom Cruise).
Dir: Barry Levinson Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


12:30 AM Bullitt (1968)
A detective is sent by a politician to catch a big-time gangster so he can procure him before a Senate crime committee for selfish gain. When the gangster is killed before this can happen, the detective and the politico clash with each other.
Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:30 AM Grand Prix (1966)
Story follows the loves and lives of various auto racers as they make their way around the European racing circuit.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand
Runtime: 179 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


5:45 AM Wild Strawberries (1957)
On his way to an awards ceremony, a distinguished professor is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Victor Seastrom, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


7:30 AM Ben-Hur (1959)
While seeking revenge, a rebellious Israelite prince crosses paths with Jesus Christ.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet
Runtime: 212 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:30 AM Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Sweeping epic about the real life adventures of T.E. Lawrence, a British major who unified Arab tribes and led them in the fight for independence from the Ottoman Turks in the 1920s.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Peter O'toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
Runtime: 227 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


3:30 PM Cleopatra (1963)
The legendary Egyptian queen tries to use her beauty to conquer the Roman Empire.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
Runtime: 243 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM Gone with the Wind (1939)
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the outbreak of the Civil War and the end of slavery.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell
Runtime: 233 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:00 AM Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Sweeping epic about a Russian doctor pursuing the woman he loves during Russia's turbulent political changes of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism's rise to power.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay
Runtime: 197 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 AM Quo Vadis (1951)
A Roman commander falls for a Christian slave girl as Nero intensifies persecution of the new religion.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn
Runtime: 171 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y