TV Guide: Anne Bancroft

Listing: Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 12 03:00 AM MOMAXe

Listing: Home for the Holidays

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:45:00 -0500

Fri Dec 5 03:45 PM HBOe

Listing: How to Make an American Quilt

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Wed Dec 3 03:30 PM HBO2e

Video: Slender Thread, The -- (Movie Clip) Somebody to Talk To

TCM — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:32:57 -0500

In flashback, Mrs. Inga Dyson (Anne Bancroft) recalls one of the incidents leading up to her suicide attempt in The Slender Thread, 1965.

Video: Slender Thread, The -- (Movie Clip) Mr. Newell

TCM — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:32:55 -0500

Crisis center volunteer Alan Newell (Sidney Poitier) takes a call from the unseen Mrs. Dyson (Anne Bancroft) in this early scene from The Slender Thread, 1965.

Video: Naked Street, The -- (Movie Clip) Rosalie

TCM — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:06:10 -0500

Mobster Phil Regal (Anthony Quinn) confronts his sister Rosalie (Anne Bancroft) when he learns she's in a family way in The Naked Street, 1955.

Video: Naked Street, The -- (Movie Clip) Awful Good Kid

TCM — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:06:08 -0500

Nicky Bradna (Farley Granger) and wife Rosalie (Anne Bancroft) express their frustration with the way her gangster brother treats him in The Naked Street, 1955.

Video: The Pumpkin Eater - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:45:31 -0500

Anne Bancroft won best actress at the Cannes Film Festival as a wife having a nervous breakdown in Harold Pinter's The Pumpkin Eater (1964).

Video: The Miracle Worker - Behind the Scenes

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:45:08 -0500

A TCM Original featurette on the making of The Miracle Worker (1962) with commentary by Anne Bancroft.

Video: 84 Charing Cross Road - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:21:55 -0500

Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft star in the true story of a long-distance relationship inspired by books, 84 Charing Cross Road (1986).

Video: Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Runway

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:17:08 -0500

Marie (Anne Bancroft) is modeling when she spots her stalkers (including Brian Keith) then Jim (Aldo Ray) with whom she makes a hasty getaway in Nightfall, 1957.

Video: Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Five Dollars

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:17:07 -0500

In an apparent chance-meeting an an L.A. bar, Jim Vanning (Aldo Ray) helps out the stranded Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft) in Nightfall, 1957, adapted from the novel by David Goodis.

Video: Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Big Trouble

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:17:05 -0500

Marie (Anne Bancroft) and Jim (Aldo Ray) make friends over dinner in director Jacques Tourneur's Nightfall, 1957, adapted from the novel by David Goodis.

Video: Nightfall (1957) -- (Movie Clip) A Few Honest Words

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:17:04 -0500

Marie (Anne Bancroft) lets a banged-up Jim (Aldo Ray) into her apartment seeking answers, until he realizes they'd better run, in director Jacques Tourneur's Nightfall, 1957.

Video: The Prisoner of Second Avenue - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:07:28 -0500

Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft play a newly unemployed executive and his wife in Neil Simon's comedy The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975).

Video: In Search Of Peace

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:17:05 -0500

The difficult birth of the nation of Israel is the subject of this documentary feature, the first in a projected three-part series that explores how the nation came to be formed in the wake of World War II, and the frequent skirmishes between Arab and Israeli forces, leading up to the Six-Day War of 1967. Combining rare newsreel footage with interviews from a number of participants in Israel's struggle for peace, In Search of Peace Part One: 1948-1967 also features narration from actor Michael Douglas. Edward Asner, Richard Dreyfuss, Anne Bancroft, and Michael York also contribute readings of historical documents to the soundtrack. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Great Expectations

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:31:01 -0500

Alfonso Cuaron (The Little Princess) directed this Mitch Glazer screenplay, a modernization of the 1860-61 classic by Charles Dickens. Some situations in the film are presented as memories -- the way the central figure, Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) recalls events many years later. At a Florida fishing village, eight-year-old orphan Finn Bell (Jeremy James Kissner), talented at art, is left in the care of his sister and her husband, Joe (Chris Cooper). One day, Finn helps a chained, escaped convict who appears in the surf. On other days, he visits Paradiso Perduto, where he plays with young Estella (Raquel Beaudene), niece of the mansion's colorful, flamboyant, and extremely wealthy owner, Ms. Dinsmoor (Anne Bancroft), who parallels the novel's tragic Miss Havisham, a woman jilted at the altar and left emotionally scarred and mentally imbalanced. As Ms. Dinsmoor watches Finn draw a portrait of Estella, she plots to mold Estella into a hard woman capable of destroying men. In a flash forward to the '90s, Finn (H

Video: Torch Song Trilogy

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:46:02 -0500

Harvey Fierstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway hit was adapted for the screen by Fierstein himself. The playwright also repeats his stage role of female impersonator Arnold Beckoff, aka nightclub entertainer Virginia Hamm. The three-part plotline, whittled down to accommodate the film's 117-minute running time, concerns Arnold's seriocomic efforts to find a lasting relationship. We first meet Arnold in 1971, when his heart is broken by his bisexual lover (Brian Kerwin). Next we find Arnold in 1973, enjoying short-lived happiness with his true love (Matthew Broderick). The final act takes place in 1980: Arnold, still grieving over Broderick's sudden death and struggling to raise the young boy that the couple had adopted, has a long-anticipated showdown with his uncompromising mother, superbly played by Anne Bancroft. A witty film that is by turns touching and outrageous, Torch Song Trilogy works well despite its somewhat soft-pedaled approach to the material. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Up At The Villa

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:44:23 -0500

A woman left alone by the death of her husband finds her love life has become suddenly and dangerously complicated in this drama. Mary Panton (Kristin Scott Thomas) is a British woman living in Italy in 1938 who has been financially ruined by the death of her husband. Edgar (James Fox), an aging diplomat, asks Mary for her hand in marriage, and while she doesn't love him, she longs for the security of a husband and asks for a few days to consider the proposal. The next evening, Mary is invited to a party by an American socialite known as the Princess (Anne Bancroft); there, Mary meets Rowley Flint (Sean Penn), a rough-hewn and cocky American who is intrigued by her. Mary also feels drawn to Rowley, but their personalities clash, and they end the evening in an argument. Mary impulsively spends the night with Karl (Jeremy Davies), a young musician who played at the party. In the cold light of day, Mary decides that her fling with Karl is best left as a one-night stand, but Karl insists that he's fallen in love

Video: How To Make An American Quilt

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:16:10 -0500

A young woman at a crossroads in her life finds herself receiving plenty of advice from her older and wiser counterparts in this drama. Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder) is a graduate student trying to finish up her doctoral thesis on women's folk art while deciding if she should marry her fianc Sam (Dermot Mulroney); she's not sure if she's ready to settle down, and suspects that Sam is unfaithful to her. Needing time to sort things out, Finn chooses to spend the summer with her grandmother Hy (Ellen Burstyn) and great aunt Gladys Jo (Anne Bancroft). Hy and Gladys Jo are avid quilters, and with a group of their friends, they work on a special quilt for Finn's wedding; as the women work together, they share stories of their lives, and Finn finds herself learning as much from hearing them talk as she does from her schoolwork. Finn also receives a visit from her free-spirited mom Sally (Kate Capshaw) and finds herself infatuated with a good looking young man who lives nearby. Maya Angelou plays one of the quilters, as

Video: Agnes Of God

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:12:59 -0500

Agnes of God is an opened up adaptation of the minimalist stage play by John Pielmeier. Meg Tilly plays a young nun who secretly gives birth to a baby; the child's body is later found strangled to death. Court-appointed psychiatrist Jane Fonda is sent to the convent to investigate, a task made difficult by the weathervane behavior of mother superior Anne Bancroft. To draw out Tilly, who remembers nothing of the birth, Fonda suggests that hypnosis is called for. Playwright Pielmeier poses many questions--is Tilly a pure-and-simple murderess, or was there something divine in her act?--but offers frustratingly few answers. The evocative photography is by longtime Ingmar Bergman associate Sven Nykvist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: 84 Charing Cross Road

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:06:50 -0500

Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Road had previously been a TV program and a stage play before it was converted into this 1986 film. The scene is New York, 1949: Anne Bancroft plays a struggling writer and passionate bibliophile, who answers an advertisement from a rare-volumes bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road in London. Thus begins a two-decade romance by correspondence between Bancroft and Briton Anthony Hopkins, the man in charge of the overseas department of Marks and Company. Though several meetings are arranged, Bancroft and Hopkins never come face to face thanks to mitigating circumstances. But Anne finally makes it to London, and finds that much has changed. 84 Charing Cross Road was produced by Mel Brooks, the husband of star Anne Bancroft. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Miracle Worker, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:33:55 -0500

Based on William Gibson's Broadway play and retaining its acclaimed cast, Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker tells the true story of Helen Keller (Patty Duke), an Alabama girl struck blind and deaf as a baby after an elevated fever. Enter Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), a partially-blind woman assigned the task of teaching Helen sign language. After first separating Helen from her over-protective parents (Victor Jory and Inga Swenson), Annie begins the arduous process of teaching the girl. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide.

Photo: Ken Marshall of Marco Polo

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Photo: Anne Bancroft -"The Producers" opening night, May 2003