TCM's 31 DAYS OF OSCAR(R) Survey Offers Glimpse at Movie Fans' Oscar Favorites

    ATLANTA, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ --

    What:  Turner Classic Movies (TCM) conducted a survey in January to
           measure opinions about the films included in this year's edition of
           the network's annual 31 DAYS OF OSCAR movie festival, airing
           throughout February.

    Participants:  More than 750 classic movie fans participated in the online
                   survey in January.

    31 DAYS OF OSCAR:  Taking its annual 31 DAYS OF OSCAR film festival to an
                       entirely new level, TCM will showcase the depth of its
                       movie library by devoting each night in February to a
                       decade of Oscar(R)-winning and nominated films.
                       Mondays in primetime will be devoted to films of the
                       1920s and 1930s, Tuesdays to the 1940s, Wednesdays to
                       the 1950s and so forth throughout each week, with
                       Sundays showcasing movies from the 1990s to the
                       present.  In addition, the daytime line-up will feature
                       themed mini-festivals, such as adventure films (Feb.
                       1), science-fiction movies (Feb. 2), coming-of-age
                       movies (Feb. 5), mysteries (Feb. 10), romances (Feb.
                       14), John Wayne films (Feb. 17), war movies (Feb. 21),
                       Alfred Hitchcock films (Feb. 23) and epics (March 2).

                                   Results

    Favorite quotes:
    1.  "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."  Rhett Butler in Gone with the
        Wind (55%)
    2.  "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks
        into mine."  Rick Blaine in Casablanca (15%)
    3.  "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."  Colonel Kilgore in
        Apocalypse Now (14%)
    4.  "How does a girl like you get to be a girl like you?"  Roger Thornhill
        in North by Northwest (10%)
    5.  "So give me a stage where this bull can rage."  Jake La Motta in
        Raging Bull (7%)

    Scariest creature in an Oscar-winning movie:
    1.  The shark in Jaws (45%)
    2.  The creature in Alien (42%)
    3.  The giant squid in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (7%)
    4.  The martians in The War of the Worlds (6%)

    Prettiest man as a woman:
    1.  Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot (39%)
    2.  Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie (39%)
    3.  Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game (22%)

    The most influential decade in movie history:
    1.  1960s (19%)
    2.  1950s (16%)
    3.  1970s (14%)
    4.  1990s (12%)
    5.  1930s (11%)
    6.  1940s (11%)
    7.  1980s (10%)
    8.  2000s (6%)

    Source:  TCM Research/Synovate Online Omnibus

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