TCM Schedule for Friday, April 26, 2024: Religious Influence / Dustin Hoffman

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Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker.

As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Hoffman has received numerous honors, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012.

He studied at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music before deciding to go into acting, and initially trained at the Pasadena Playhouse alongside future Academy Award–winner Gene Hackman. Hackman migrated to New York City, and Hoffman followed. Hoffman, Hackman, and Robert Duvall lived together in the 1960s while all three of them focused on finding acting jobs. Hackman recalled, "The idea that any of us would do well in films simply didn't occur to us. We just wanted to work."

Hoffman received two Academy Awards for Best Actor, for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979 -- airing tonight) and Rain Man (1988). His other Oscar-nominated roles are for The Graduate (1967), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Lenny (1975), Tootsie (1982), and Wag the Dog (1997).

Full bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman



Hoffman in "The Graduate"


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6:00 AM | Boys Town (1938)
True story of Father Flanagan's fight to build a home for orphaned boys.
Dir: Norman Taurog | Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull

7:45 AM | I Confess (1953)
A priest, accused of murder, can't defend himself because he has vowed to protect the confession of the criminal.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock | Cast: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden

9:45 AM | Black Narcissus (1947)
Nuns founding a convent in the Himalayas are tormented by the area's exotic beauty.
Dir: Michael Powel | Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar

11:45 AM | Stars in My Crown (1950)
A parson uses six-guns and the Bible to bring peace to a Tennessee town.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur | Cast: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell

1:30 PM | Angel Baby (1961)
Married promoters try to turn a faith healer into a gold mine.
Dir: Paul Wendkos | Cast: Salome Jens, George Hamilton, Mercedes McCambridge

3:30 PM | The Night of the Iguana (1964)
A defrocked minister turned Mexican tour guide is caught sleeping with a promiscuous teenage. Drama ensues.
Dir: John Huston | Cast: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr

5:45 PM | The Sandpiper (1965)
A single mother forms a connection with the married headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school.
Dir: Vincente Minnell | Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint

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8:00 PM | Tootsie (1982)
A struggling actor, disguising himself as a woman, lands a role on a TV soap opera.
Dir: Sydney Pollack | Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Terry Garr, Bill Murray

10:15 PM | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
An ad exec gets a crash course in parenting when his wife leaves him.
Dir: Robert Benton | Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander

12:15 AM | The Graduate (1967)
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Dir: Mike Nichols | Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross

2:15 AM | Lenny (1974)
Biography of controversial and legendary stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce.
Dir: Bob Fosse | Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner

4:15 AM | Agatha (1979)
Fictionalized account based on the 11-day disappearance of famed mystery writer Agatha Christie in 1926.
Dir: Michael Apted | Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Timothy Dalton, Timothy West