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American Movie Classics (Television Station)
13 articles
Friday, July 18, 2008
The TV hits that no one watches
Entertainment |
July 18, 2008
Most television viewers know AMC, if they know it at all, as a repository of old Hollywood movies. Read more
Saturday, November 15, 2003
AMC Channel Sues Time Warner Cable
Business |
November 15, 2003
AMC, the classic movie channel, said it sued Time Warner Inc.’s cable
unit for $250 million for trying to terminate its contract. Read more
Thursday, March 13, 2003
AMC Program to Do Close-Up on Hollywood
Business |
March 13, 2003
The AMC cable network will examine the inner workings of Hollywood in
a weekly series with hosts Peter Guber, a producer, and Variety
Editor Peter Bart. Read more
Sunday, July 21, 2002
No Looking at You, Kid
Entertainment |
July 21, 2002
American Movie Classics observed its 10th anniversary by issuing a
colorful poster to celebrate “Ten Years of Dedication to the Classics.” Read more
Sunday, December 2, 2001
Top-Secret Productions
Entertainment |
December 2, 2001
As Hollywood finds itself in the midst of framing a wartime
relationship with the government in a post-Sept. Read more
Tuesday, January 2, 2001
Behind the Glamour of 1930s Hollywood in ‘The Lot’
Entertainment |
January 2, 2001
American Movie Classics’ first series, “Remember WENN,” was a
sweet, affectionateportrait of the golden age of radio. Read more
Friday, June 16, 2000
Gaining Ground in Film’s Reel War
Entertainment |
June 16, 2000
The statistics are still sobering–half the movies made before 1950
no longer exist, having been lost, destroyed or having deteriorated
beyond repair. Read more
Monday, October 25, 1999
A Horror Movie, Dismembered
Entertainment |
October 25, 1999
Good horror is like good sex, says Roger Corman, producer and
occasional director of such cult classics as “The Pit and the Pendulum”
(1956) and the original “The Little Shop of Horrors” (1960). Read more
Friday, August 6, 1999
John Ford’s ‘Valley’ Is Green Again
Entertainment |
August 6, 1999
In the years since John Ford’s 1941 classic “How Green Was My
Valley” first swept up audiences with its sentimental story of a Welsh
mining family, decay and age had settled in. Read more
Monday, April 26, 1999
Taking Full Measure of Hollywood Glamour
Entertainment |
April 26, 1999
What do you get when you ask the brash production team behind VH1’s
“The RuPaul Show” and HBO’s envelope-pushing 1995 documentary “Shock
Video” to create an original series about fashion for American Movie
Classics, the 24-hour cable network devoted to Hollywood’s “Golden Age”
of filmmaking? Read more
Monday, November 17, 1997
Rummaging Through Fox’s Vaults
Entertainment |
November 17, 1997
For decades, discarded musical numbers and outtakes starring such
legends as Alice Faye, Betty Grable and Shirley Temple have been
languishing in the vaults at 20th Century Fox. Read more
Thursday, October 2, 1997
Classic Film Festival Schedule
Entertainment |
October 2, 1997
Schedule for the American Movie Classics Film Preservation
Festival: Today and Friday: Film Noir–Tough Guys “The Killers”–9 p.m. Read more
Save That Movie! - After a slow start, AMC’s Film Preservation Festival has raised $1.3 million. The fifth gala begins tonight with “The Killers.”
Entertainment |
October 2, 1997
It was a bit of a risk four years ago when American Movie Classics
decided to launch an annual movie festival to raise funds for film preservation. Read more
