Miyazaki on TCM!

[yendi]

TCM is having a Miyazaki month!

Tomorrow (Miyazaki's 65th birthday), they're showing Spirited Away (dubbed at 8PM, subtitled at 1AM) and Princess Mononoke (dubbed, but with a Neil Gaiman script, at 10:15PM, and subbed at 3:15AM).

On January 12, it's Nausicaa in the Valley of the Winds (dubbed at 8PM, subbed at 12:15) and Castle in the Sky (dubbed at 10PM, subbed at 2:15AM).

On January 19, it's My Neighbor Totoro (dubbed at 8PM, subbed at 11:15PM), Porco Rosso (dubbed at 9:30, subbed at 2:45AM), and Whisper of the Heart (dubbed at 11:15PM, subbed at 4:30AM).

Finally, on January 26, we get Only Yesterday (subbed at 8PM, dubbed at 12:30AM) and Pom Poko (dubbed at 12:30AM, subbed at 2:45AM).

There are a few surprises, both in terms of omissions (no Kiki's Delivery Service? Or one of my personal favorites, Castle of Cagliostro?) and inclusions (that final day is all Ghibli, but I don't think Miyazaki directed any of them). Still, some damned interesting stuff for young and old alike.

After that great October filled with Val Lewton flicks, and the November full of Hitchcock, I still manage to be surprised and impressed by this network.

And in related news, Howl's Moving Castle comes out in less than two months! Two-disc edition even! And since the release date is a week before Miss Kid's birthday, I think we know what we're getting her.

Comments

[jmspencer.livejournal.com]

Has she read Howl's Moving Castle? I recommend everyone do so AFTER seeing the movie because, in my experience and the experience of the people I went to see it with, having read the book limits your enjoyment of the movie.

[yendi]

She read the book first (it's a requirement if she wants to see a movie), but had no problem with the changes -- she understands that adaptations are adaptations.

[jmspencer.livejournal.com]

Well, she's smart, but I knew that. I didn't so much have a problem with the fact that things were changed, I just didn't care for the changes themselves.

[fiddledragon]

*boggle* they're showing Pom Poko?? Awesome!

[yendi]

Yeah, they picked some of the more unusual stuff. That's one of the things I love about TCM -- they don't just settle for the one or two obvious choices.

[fiddledragon]

Last I'd heard (now keep in mind this was before Mononoke was released in the theaters) was that Pom Poko wouldn't ever be released for public consumption (I consider TCM on that list) but that Disney had bought the rights to it as well.

So this is good happy news :)

[maida-mac.livejournal.com]

It was released on DVD in the US in August, though there's a longer lead time than normal to get it from Amazon (7-12 days).

Adam, did you also know that they're finally doing that two disc version of Totoro and (releasing Whisper of the Heart, as well on the same date?

[fiddledragon]

arggggh! *laugh* I don't have the money for all these things

more to save up for *luagh*

[maida-mac.livejournal.com]

That's me, as well!

[yendi]

I did (you'll notice I linked to the good edition of Totoro, not the crappy full-screen one that we bought assuming we'd never see the nice one)!

[maida-mac.livejournal.com]

::laugh:: I hadn't seen the link, but figured that you'd know. This makes me very happy. :)

[yendi]

Me too. It seems that every time there's a new Miyazaki movie, we also get more special editions of the back catalog. I figure he only needs a couple of new movies to get the rest of the stuff released. :-)

[amywon.livejournal.com]

As in Turner Classic Movies?

[yendi]

Yup!

[amywon.livejournal.com]

I should have let the Icon do the talking :) thanks for the info man! I'll have to set up the VCR.

[unquietsoul5.livejournal.com]

Sigh.... No TCM here... TCM is part of the premium cable packages in the Boston/Cambridge area (and with a nearly $75 cable bill a month now it's not a viable option to get any of them... all we have is the extended basic digital package).

[yendi]

:-( That stinks. TCM has long been a basic cable for us (although Fox Movie Channel remains on the upper tier that I can't afford).

[gardenfey.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thank you for this information. I must go squee somewhere now!

[curt-holman.livejournal.com]

FYI, you have the subbed 'Totoro' and the dubbed 'Whisper of the Heart' both showing at 11:15 p.m. the 19th. I only mention it to head off possible taping confusion (for those of us who don't have TiV0).

I heard a rumor (was it here?) that Studio Ghibli's next project was going to be based on Ursula LeGuin's 'Earthsea' books, and that Miyazaki's son was going to direct it.