Actor and singer Kris Kristofferson died last September at the age of 88. TCM is finally getting around to doing a programming salute to him, which is a bit surprising since I'd have thought he'd be the sort of person to get one movie in December; some of the people who did only get that treatment were bigger stars than Kristofferson. At any rate, TCM's salute to Kristofferson is tonight in prime time, with five of his films:
8:00 PM Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, starring Ellen Burstyn as the New Mexico mom whose husband dies, prompting her to pick up and move west;
10:00 PM A Star Is Born, the 1970s version of the story where a singer (Barbra Streisand) rises up the ladder of success while her formerly at the top lover (Kristofferson) sinks into alcoholism;
12:30 AM Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, where Kristofferson plays Billy the Kid opposite James Coburn's Pat Garrett;
2:30 AM Blume in Love, in which Kristofferson is the new boyfriend of the ex-wife (Susan Anspach) of George Segal; and
4:15 AM Rollover, with Kristofferson investigating a bank where there's a lot going on underneath the surface.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid actually ran over the weekend, but I didn't record it and didn't really have the time to watch it and do a post on it before putting up this short post on TCM's programming salute. It was also directed by Sam Peckinpah, who is not one of my favorite directors. I'll record tonight's showing and get around to doing a post on it sometime, however.
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