It's Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, and Peter Boyle in Mel Brooks' hilarious Young Frankenstein,
next on FXM Movies from FOX.
Hollywood's first movie network brings you a piece of Hollywood never before seen on
the small screen.
FXM Movies from FOX presents Movietone Short Subjects.
Look to Hollywood's first movie network for more of Movietone Short Subjects, here on
FXM Movies from FOX.
Whatever you do, don't open that door.
It's Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, and Peter Boyle in Mel Brooks' hilarious Young Frankenstein,
next on FXM Movies from FOX.
When you see an FXM movie like this, there's a reason for it.
These black bands are called letterboxing.
They enable us to see cinemascope movies in their original perspective.
Cinemascope was invented in 1953.
Let's watch the FOX Movietone that announced 20th Century Fox's commitment to this new
technology.
At a laboratory in Nice, France, famed Sorbonne optical scientist Henri Chrétien demonstrates
the anamorphoscopic lens for the cinemascope system to Spiros P. Skouras, who acquires
the world rights to the invention for his company.
A revolutionary development, cinemascope throws realistic images on a screen two and a half
times larger than the present screen with a third dimensional illusion, audience participation
and greater enjoyment.
In acquiring it, 20th Century Fox this week changed its entire production technique for
all of its principal pictures and started the production of Lloyd C. Douglas' famed
story The Robe in Cinemascope.
Cinemascope says Mr. Skouras is destined to bring a new era in the motion picture theater
and provide greater service to mankind.
Immediately, people really love the realness and magnitude of cinemascope.
20th Century Fox introduced this process to regain the theater audiences that had started
staying at home and watching TV.
And it worked.
Within a year, every major studio was producing cinemascope movies.
Right.
It was a big thing.
Theaters had to be completely redesigned to accommodate the new screen size.
Now, using a scene from the Fox epic The Robe, this is what you saw with the old conventional
screen.
Now, look at what moviegoers saw with cinemascope.
Boy, who even knew there were people on the sidelines.
Exactly.
And the great thing about cinemascope was that directors shot these movies with this
perspective in mind.
Right, which is why here at FXM Movies from Fox, when we're airing a movie shot in cinemascope,
we give them the chance to see it that way letterboxed.
Look for the word letterbox next to the movie title in our schedule to see if that movie
is airing in letterbox format.
You know, my Aunt Blanche always thinks she's getting jit because the picture looks smaller
to her when she sees a movie letterboxed, but if those black bands weren't there, she'd
miss half of the scene's action because there wouldn't be room on the screen to see it.
And since 20th Century Fox developed cinemascope, we feel it's our duty to show you these
films as they were intended to be seen, and that's what makes us FXM Movies from Fox.
Exactly.
Plus, we always show our movies in their conventional format as well, so you can enjoy your favorite
movies the way you want to see them.
And that's good for your Aunt Blanche.
Well, she deserves it.
FXM Movies from Fox, movies direct from the source.
Whatever you do, don't open that door.
It's Gene Wilder, Madeleine Kahn, and Peter Boyle in Mel Brooks' hilarious Young Frankenstein,
next on FXM Movies from Fox.
FXM Short Films, uniformly excellent, chosen for more than 70 film festivals worldwide,
amazingly strong.
Winner of the New York Festival's coveted gold medal and entertaining anthology.
Only one network could top such a performance.
So FXM did it again.
Roll camera.
Action.
With a new wave of short films from FXM, Movies from Fox.
It was fabulous.
Extremely entertaining.
Adding to a growing roster of original short films by some of Hollywood's hottest young
directors.
Such a phenomenal idea.
Comedy.
Spectacular.
Drama.
Action.
Action.
Action.
Action.
20th Century Fox muscle.
FXM attitude.
It's a sick world, man.
Original short films shown every day between features, only on FXM Movies from Fox.
I just hope I can find a seat.
Pictures up.
Rolling.
Speed.
78.
78.
78.
Huh?
78.
It's about a kid jumping on a manhole cover and a guy who wants to know why the kid is
jumping on the manhole cover.
I adapted it from an old joke that I had heard in college.
I chose it because it's a visual story, you know, and it seemed like, and it's an unusually
visual story.
Are you hot?
Are you comfortable?
Is this the most fun thing you've ever done in your life?
It's kind of hurting my feet because jumping up all day.
This will be the martini shot.
Speed.
Action.
78.
78.
78.
78.
78.
Whatever you do, don't open that door.
It's Gene Wilder, Madeleine Kahn, and Peter Boyle in Mel Brooks' hilarious Young Frankenstein,
next on FXM Movies from Fox.
Whatever you do, don't open that door.
It's Gene Wilder, Madeleine Kahn, and Peter Boyle in Mel Brooks' hilarious Young Frankenstein,
next on FXM Movies from Fox.
Whatever you do, don't open that door.
It's Gene Wilder, Madeleine Kahn, and Peter Boyle in Mel Brooks' hilarious Young Frankenstein,
next on FXM Movies from Fox.
It was fabulous, extremely entertaining.
Adding to a growing roster of original short films by some of Hollywood's hottest young directors.
Such a phenomenal idea.
Comedy.
Spectacular.
Drama.
Action.
Action.
Action.
20th Century Fox Muscle.
FXM attitude.
It's a sick world, man.
FXM Shorts, original short films shown every day between features, only on FXM Movies from
from Fox. I just hope I can find a seat.
Pictures up. Rolling. Speed.
78. You waiting on the bus kid? 78. Huh? 78. It's about a kid jumping on a manhole
cover and a guy who wants to know why the kid is jumping on the manhole
cover. I adapted from an old joke that I had heard in college. I chose it because
it's a visual story, you know, and it seemed like it's an unusually visual
story. Are you hot? Are you comfortable? Is this the most fun thing you've ever
done in your life? Kind of hurting my feet because jumping up all day. This will be
the martini shot. Action. 78. Now playing only on FXM Movies from Fox. Pictures up.
Rolling. Speed. I'm gonna be directing my first feature at the beginning of 99 and
this is great preparation. I want you to practice that much for me, okay? I think the
movie is basically saying having a friend is being a friend. The script was
honest and truthful and simple and it called back to me my own innocence and
the innocence of childhood and how we lose that innocence. Whenever I write
anything it usually comes out of just one image or kind of a moment and I build
out around that. That was the original idea of the woman walking through the
park with Tupperware and just seeing this boy with a kite and it just really
rocked her world. Russell and I had a meeting and we were talking about, you
know, what his inspiration was for these two women and at a certain point in the
meeting he said to me this is my mom and her friend Becky. It's cool because I
called my mom and she was like I want to read the script and I said not yet mom.
He has memories of his mother helping her friend and the best friend being
around a lot so I thought that was pretty neat. If we can capture that I'll be really
happy.
Buddha, log on and tap into Hollywood's first movie network. Now FXM Movies from
Fox is on the web at www.fxnetworks.com. Get up to the minute information with
just a click. Browse the movie calendar for your favorite Fox films. Find your
favorite stars on FXM's weekly entertainment show FXM Dailys. Meet the
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FXM means big stars. FXM means big movies. Direct from the Source, 20th
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FXM presents Info Nuts, important stuff about our next movie. All About Eve, one
of the best movies ever. Written and directed by Joseph Mankiewicz who wanted
to make a movie about the theater. Starring Betty Davis, Ann Baxter, Gary
Merrill, George Sanders and Celeste Holm with a memorable appearance by Marilyn
Monroe. Who'd actually been dropped from her Fox contract two years before. You
know this movie won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay
and Best Supporting Actor but we're not over hyping it right? No way. All About
Eve, coming up next.
FXM Movies from Fox, Hollywood's first movie network brings you the first
moviemaking from the legendary studio 20th Century Fox. The best stories, the
brightest stars, the biggest blockbusters. From inside the 20th Century Fox studio
comes FXM's first on Fox. Helen Keeney here at 20th Century Fox studio
screening room with a legendary part of Hollywood that almost didn't happen. The
first pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the Western classic Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
It's dark drama when Jean Tierney is accused of a murder she may have
committed under hypnosis. Richard Cotty co-stars in Whirlpool next on FXM Movies
from Fox.
From the vault of FXM Movies from Fox, it's the original preview.
A savage nation was at war. Unscrupulous gun runners who lusted for gold were
supplying the threaded Apache with rifles that threatened to drench the
whole southwest in blood and flames. With new guns, Apache will kill, kill, kill.
Four men stalking the Apache nation. The strangest characters Pate had ever
thrown together. Richard Boone as Lasseter. One moment a leader and the next a
renegade. A man who could laugh with Gusto and turn in an instant into a
vicious killer. Long about sundown they'll be picking us off one at a time
and we'll be sitting here waiting for orders. Stuart Whitman as Captain Haven
the West Pointer as wary of his companions as he was of the enemy. Where
did you get this? Captain that is none of your damn Yankee business. What kind of a
rebel butcher are you? Tony Franciosa as Rodriguez the double-dealing
double-crossing half-breed with a passion for women and wealth. Who would have
thought that night in the guardhouse we would be here like this? Rich man, eh? We
don't have the money yet. Jim Brown all-american all-pro football star in
his first motion picture with a heart as big as his gigantic stature. Edmund
O'Brien as Pardee Southerner who refused to accept defeat. The psychotic leader
of a private army. I shall dispatch at least 1,000 mounted men against the
enemy and they will be ruthless. And introducing Wendy Wagner torn between
loyalty to red man and white. Join their desperate deadly mission and share their
incredible action and adventures. The Bandit Ambush. Or Deal by Fire.
Frightful Indian tortures.
The Ride of Death.
See the movie. Uncut and uninterrupted. Today on FXM Movies from Fox. It's dark
drama when Jean Tierney is accused of a murder she may have committed under
hypnosis. Richard Cotty co-stars in Whirlpool. Next on FXM Movies from Fox.
FXM short films. Uniformly excellent. Chosen for more than 70 film festivals
worldwide. Amazingly strong. Winner of the New York Festival's coveted gold medal.
An entertaining anthology. Only one network could top such a performance. So
FXM did it again. Roll camera. Action. With a new wave of short films from FXM
Movies from Fox. It was fabulous. Extremely entertaining. Adding to a
growing roster of original short films by some of Hollywood's hottest young
directors. Such a phenomenal idea. Comedy. Drama. Action. 20th century Fox
muscle. FXM attitude. It's a sick world man. FXM shorts. Original short films shown
every day between features only on FXM Movies from Fox. I just hope I can find a
seat. I started thinking about what would happen if the left hand had a mind of
its own and decided to do away with the right hand. Right hand is mad. This story
really is a story told by the left hand. Hold out your hand. I've used my hands
before movies. I played the part of saying the disembodied hand in the two
Adam Selling movies. One hand left. Coming up next.
Don DeLuise is going on a diet to find the girl of his dreams in an extra large
comedy directed by Anne Bancroft. That's so next on FXM Movies from Fox. Boot up,
log on and tap into Hollywood's first movie network. Now FXM Movies from Fox
is on the web at www.fxnetworks.com. Get up to the minute information with just a
click. Browse the movie calendar for your favorite Fox films. Find your favorite
stars on FXM's weekly entertainment show, FXM Daily. Meet the up-and-coming young
directors behind FXM shorts and plan your movie watching around the FXM
monthly highlights. Then drop us an email with your comments and requests
www.fxnetworks.com. It's your direct link to Hollywood's first movie network.
FXM Movies from Fox. The first day of every month is the first time you'll get
the first look at a 1999 short film. From the first musical FXM short to the first
FXM short with clowns. On the first of each month you'll find the latest short
films by Hollywood's up-and-coming filmmakers. FXM shorts on the first
premiering on the first and all-month long only on FXM Movies from Fox.
My film is about this man who as a child believes that he's the center of the
universe. The whole world revolves around me. He actually is in fact right. The
world really does revolve around him. It's like a movie I get to play like seven
parts in. Isn't it spectacular and sensational? I hope it all comes out. Not
on the film. Someone's gonna die. Pam Flam in the center of the universe. Coming
up next.
See the movie. Uncut and uninterrupted. Tomorrow on FXM Movies from Fox.
A teacher takes ill and the students whose lives she touched show their love.
Jennifer Jones stars in Good Morning Miss Dub. Romance next on FXM Movies from Fox.
Coming up on FXM Daily's. We celebrate the release of Star Wars Episode 1 The
Phantom Menace with the fans who define the phenomenon. Fans in line. I grew up on
Star Wars. Fans online. Fox is being very smart about giving them previews and
teases and coming attractions all around the net. And fans in a frenzy. I think my
feet were off the floor for like, I don't know, a good 10 seconds.
Hi I'm Tracy Smith filling in for LeAnza Cornett and this is FXM Daily's Your
Backstage Pass to Hollywood. The most anticipated movie event ever has
finally arrived. But believe it or not there are other films and theaters.
Here's a look at two brave pictures opening in the shadow of the Phantom
Menace. What I can't get over is the fact that he's too cheap to slip a poor girl a
little Picasso. Hard to believe. I know. Maybe you could sell this and buy it. No I
couldn't. I want to keep this one thank you very much. But mark my words I'm
gonna have that damn painting if it's the last thing I do. And she will believe
me. Lily Tomlin is part of an all-star ensemble in Tea with Mussolini, a film
written and directed by renowned Italian filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli. The story Tea
with Mussolini is based on some of Franco Zeffirelli's memoirs and his
recollection and one of his fond memories is of these this colony of
English women who lived here who were nicknamed the Scorpioni and as one
character in the play asks why they're called that and I reply because they bite.
After a three-year absence Cher returns to the big screen as the spunky misfit
Elsa. She doesn't really fit in but she kind of comes in and out and leaves a
trail. Are all American women as exciting as you? Alas no.
Ten thousand meters men. Endurance follows in the footsteps of last year's
Without Limits in telling a true story about long-distance running. Writer
director Leslie Woodhead was able to craft a compelling drama from the
seemingly monotonous content. Fundamentally it's the story of how one
remarkable athlete became the athlete that he is. It's a it's a story that
starts out here in the country and ends it with an Olympic gold medal of
Atlanta. Although legendary distance runner
Haile Gebrselasi had never acted before he almost had to play himself in the
film due to the physical demands of the training scenes. When it was all done he
was pleased with the movie's many positive images of Ethiopia. This film
is very important for you know people now they will see not only the athletics
also they will see all our culture. Tell them thank you for a wonderful day's work.
Endurance was executive produced by a Hollywood player better known for his
directing recent Academy Award nominee Terrence Malick. This is it the week of
what looks to be the biggest event in movie history the release of Star Wars
Episode 1 The Phantom Menace. We've waited 16 years for this movie but for
fans on the internet the official Star Wars website has been doling out
advanced information for months. We asked Ed Margulies the webmaster of movie line
magazine online for a tour of Star Wars comm. Anakin Skywalker meet Obi-Wan
Kenobi. With the recent re-releases of the three movies that stirred up interest
that people of all ages who would kind of put it aside they're now dying to see
the new Star Wars movie. You said people gonna die? Fox is being very smart about
giving them previews and teases and coming attractions all of on the net.
They have this great site www.starwars.com which is just about the most
exhaustive information you can find anywhere and you can see trailers from
the moving and coming attractions to whet their interest until they race to
see the movie on opening day. The Star Wars site is comprehensive but as with
everything George Lucas touches it's also very careful about what information
it gives and what secrets it keeps. Lucas controlled everything not just the
release date of the movie but also the introduction of the slew of Star Wars
merchandise. If you have kids you probably already know that Toys R Us
stores across the country anticipated the frenzy opening at one minute after
midnight the morning of the merchandising release. We rigged up our
producer Jimmy Rhodes with a miniature camera to capture a fans-eye view from
the merchandising stampede. You refer to the prophecy of the one who will bring
balance to the force. You believe it's this boy? Jimmy was on a mission to find
an action figure of Darth Maul, a character whose runaway popularity grew
out of a striking look and a single line from the film's trailer. At last we will
reveal ourselves to the Jedi. I got my inflatable Darth Maul chair because it's
the most comfortable chair I've ever sat in. I have a bunch of useless pieces of
plastic. I don't even know this one I just grabbed one because it wasn't the
frenzy of it all and you know the pod racers and oh Darth Maul doll. My fiance
doesn't have him he's mad he wants him. I said you're not getting him you can fight
and kill me whatever you're still not gonna get him. And it would be worth
getting killed over. It's so way down because he's really cool-looking. That
little Mace Windu, little Santa Poppeteen who is gonna become the
Emperor and that whole thing. We just tested him out in Denver and it's like this
huge inflatable chair it's so comfortable you just sit and rock in. Why Denver? Well
they had the Star Wars celebration up there. And you went for that event? Yeah
we were up there for three days. And you came to this opening? Yeah we just got
off the plane and came straight here. Have you been planning your life lately
around Phantom Menace event? Hasn't everybody? C-3PO got the Queen, Natalie
Portman. June 8th she'll be 18. Had a big party for her. Are you sure about this? How does the
trade go down? It's cool you know someone just comes up and then they just say oh I
need a battle droid what do you got? And then most people want Darth Maul though
or a battle droid. Assuming you had the Force, which maybe you do, would you have
the dark side of the Force or would you be the light side of the Force? Actually I like to say
I'm by force so I'll not go both sides of the force. It can mean only one thing, invasion. Good or bad
whatever it takes I'll go for it. Thank you for that honesty. Kegon Jam, Dusted is
bad guy. What's a bad guy? You seem to know all the characters how do you know them all?
Wow I'm a geek. I got it baby. At last we will have revenge. Websites and toys are great but
fans agree it ultimately comes down to the movie itself. We visited a landmark theater
near Hollywood to see what motivates the fans at the front of what could be the longest lines
in movie history. It began April 7th at the Mann's Village Theater in Westwood. Yeah I
grew up on Star Wars. A group of fans ranging in age from 15 to 45 set up camp for a 41-day
premiere vigil. It gives me the ultimate way to pay homage to George Lucas and his creation. I'm
17 I want to be a filmmaker. You still have much to learn my young apprentice. That explains why
they do it but how do they hold a spot in line for over a month and how do they fill all that
time? We just try to work out shifts. Some people are here from like 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Others are
here like 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. whatever. We got a we have a small TV here we have power and certain
nights I bring out a larger 27 inch we watch movies we play hundreds of video games that our
friends have supplied. Seeing such tenacious squatters begs the question what is it about the
Star Wars films that breeds such loyalty? There's commonality is we love this we grew up with it
and and if you think about it where can you say there are three generations involved in something
like this? What's so impressive about Star Wars is that it transcends that every generation every
race every gender every class every religion and at the same time it is modern American mythology.
They will never get me onto one of those dreadful starships. With such voracious fans out there I
think we'd better wrap up and get in line. Don't forget to look us up on the web at www.fxnetworks.com
log on and find out about FXM the showtimes of your favorite Fox movies and more. As we sign off
take a look at our super fans weighing in on our loaded question what's the best movie of the
original Star Wars trilogy? Opinion runs deep. Thanks for watching Hollywood's first movie
network FXM movies from Fox. Sitting in for LeAnza Cornett I'm Tracy Smith for FXM Daily's.
Unquestionably Empire Strikes Back and anyone who says different is an idiot. Return of the
Jedi had the best space battle ever. Okay yeah when Nadril Piet dies and all those ships are
getting blown up and all that and Wedge becomes like the top commander he helps blow up the
Death Star he does blow up the Death Star I don't care what Lander did Wedge is the man. I was not
one of the people who clapped when the Ewok died I thought those people were sick when they had the
re-release they clapped when the Ewok died. Come on it's a cute little furry animal have some respect.
A teacher takes ill and the students whose lives she touched show their love. Jennifer
Jones stars in Good Morning Miss Dub romance next on FXM movies from Fox.
FXM presents Info Nuts important stuff about our next movie. Good Morning Miss Dub starring
Jennifer Jones. This drama about a teacher allowed Jones to age 28 years in classic Hollywood style.
Right here's Miss Dub at 28 a smiling young woman with long hair. Here she is at 35 smile
less and with her hair pulled back into a bun. And here she is at 56 she's smile less her hair
is in a bun but now the bun is streaked with gray. Oh yeah she's 56 no question about it. Oh yeah.
Good Morning Miss Dub coming up next.
Don DeLuise is going on a diet to find the girl of his dreams in an extra large
comedy directed by Anne Bancroft. That's so next on FXM movies from Fox.
FXM presents Info Nuts important stuff about our next movie. Fatso starring Dom DeLuise and Anne
Bancroft. Who by the way was born Anna Maria Luisa Italiano and chose the name Anne Bancroft from a
list given to her by Fox chief Daryl Zanuck. Well what do you know? I know that this was the first
movie Bancroft ever wrote and directed. Okay and I know that much of the food in this comedy was
made from old family recipes gathered together from the film's cast and crew. Yum looks delish.
Yeah pass the salt would you. Fatso coming up next.
It's dark drama when Jean Tierney is accused of a murder she may have committed under hypnosis.
Richard Cotty co-stars in Whirlpool next on FXM movies from Fox.
There may not be much of it left but I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry
me? Everybody ready? Well the film is called Better Late. The type of story it is it's just
to sort of capture a true moment that turns out to be a little more than than you think is going
on. It's a very tender story. Now my job is not to create the performance here but just not to
ruin it. Jessica's got this beautiful script that just brought this fellow out and he fell in love.
It's a gorgeous love story I think. Better Late now playing only on FXM movies from Fox. Up next
a Confederate musical with Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson and Dennis Day singing the songs of
the South in Golden Girl on FXM movies from Fox.
FXM presents Info Nuts, important stuff about our next movie. Golden Girl starring Mitzi Gaynor,
Dale Robertson and Dennis Day directed by Lloyd Bacon. This biopic recounts the legend of the
most popular actress of the mid-1800s, Lotta Crabtree. A household name. Well maybe if your
house was in California during the gold rush she was known as the Queen of Fun. Well no wonder she
was so popular. Director Bacon called Mitzi Gaynor undoubtedly the greatest and most versatile
discovery Hollywood has unearthed in 25 years. Whoa, was he trying to borrow money or something?
Golden Girl coming up next.