Festival News: Festival Tributes, Hoffman, Lee, Baldwin added to 2015 Lineup

Tributes to Editor Anne V. Coates and Stuntman Terry Leonard Appearances by Dustin Hoffman, Alec Baldwin and Spike Lee TCM is pleased to announce additional film luminaries have been added to the already-exciting 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival lineup: Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman, Oscar-nominee Alec Baldwin, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee are set to appear. The festival will also feature tributes to a pair of artists whose work behind the camera has helped shape the last half-century of movie-making. Oscar-winning film editor Anne V. Coates will appear at screenings of David Lean's LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) and Steven Soderbergh's caper OUT OF SIGHT (1998). Stuntman and stunt coordinator Terry Leonard will introduce and discuss two of his best-loved films, Steven Spielberg's RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) and John Milius' THE WIND AND THE LION (1975). In addition to the screenings of their films, Coates and Leonard also will participate in detailed conversations about their careers at Club TCM. To see the complete Festival announcement, please click here. NEWLY ANNOUNCED FILMS AND SPECIAL GUESTS: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Peter O'Toole makes one of the greatest screen debuts starring in the title role of director David Lean's epic about a bold young WWI British officer who unites Arab tribesmen against the mighty Turkish Empire. In attendance: Anne V. Coates, ACE LENNY (1974) Dustin Hoffman gives a devastating, Oscar-nominated performance in the title role of director Bob Fosse's biopic of the groundbreaking and drug addicted standup comic, Lenny Bruce. In attendance: Dustin Hoffman featuring an extended conversation with Alec Baldwin MALCOLM X (1992) Directed and co-written for the screen by Spike Lee and based on the autobiography by Malcolm X and Alex Haley, this epic drama earned Denzel Washington an Oscar nomination for his riveting performance in the title role as the still influential 1960s freedom fighter. In attendance: Spike Lee OUT OF SIGHT (1998) Romantic sparks fly between an escaped bank robber (George Clooney) and a kidnapped U.S. Marshal (Jennifer Lopez) in this big screen adaption of the Elmore Leonard novel directed by Steven Soderbergh. In attendance: Anne V. Coates, ACE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) Steven Spielberg directs and Harrison Ford stars in this thrilling adventure about an archaeologist who must find the lost Ark of the Covenant before it falls into the hands of the Nazis and Adolf Hitler. In attendance: Terry Leonard THE WIND AND THE LION (1975) Loosely based on early 20th-century events, director John Milius' adventure film tells the exciting tale of an American woman and her children who are kidnapped in Morocco by Berber tribesmen and President Theodore Roosevelt's maneuvers to free them. Sean Connery, Candice Bergen and Brian Keith star. In attendance: Terry Leonard Passes for the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival are still available, but supplies are limited. To get complete information about 2015 pass prices and levels, please click here. Stay tuned for more exciting film and special guest announcements in the coming weeks! You have received this TCM Film Festival newsletter because you provided your email address at TCM's website, www.tcm.com. To unsubscribe, click here. To manage your TCM email subscriptions, click here. For all issues not related to this email, click here. TCM's use of your information will be consistent with its Privacy Policy. Email Administration, One CNN Center, Atlanta, GA 30303. TM & 2015 Turner Classic Movies. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.