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Last updated: 02/21/11 at 10:04 AM
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Director Norman Jewison recounts meeting Robert F. Kennedy before filming IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
Peter Yates (1929 - 2011) discusses the value of movies.
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Blake Edwards (1922 - 2010) discusses his love of slapstick, and his ability to always spot it in real life.
Producer Robert Lantos discusses the process of adapting Mordecai Richler's novel "Barney's Version" to film
Bill Pullman discusses how having played a president in INDEPENDENCE DAY affected him on 9/11
Wil Wheaton discusses being a geek.
gopublic.org New host Thom Ernst takes us behind the scenes of SNAM and a tribute to former host Elwy Yost.
Tony Curtis (1925 - 2010) discusses watching himself in his own films.
Saturday Night at the Movies is back for its 37th season with a brand new host!!! Thom Ernst is the new face of SNAM, but don't be fooled, he might be a fresh face on TV, but he has a long history in Hollywood!
Saturday Night at the Movies is back for its 37th season with a brand new host!!! Thom Ernst is the new face of SNAM, but don't be fooled, he might be a fresh face on TV, but he has a long history in Hollywood!
Actor/Writer/Director recounts casting Jackie Burroughs in "John and the Missus" (1987)
Deftones playing the song " Digital Bath " from the album " White Pony " at the TV show called " Much Music ", Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 13th 2000. Enjoy.
Dr. Tongue drops by SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES and the result is golden. Heroes and gentlemen, both!
Author Michael Connelly talks about the popularity of his book and the character LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch.
Dede Allen (1925 - 2010) discusses starting her career as a sound editor and how it helped her learn the tools to eventually move on to become an award winning film editor.
Elwy Yost kicks off another Saturday night by reading to us about Marlene Dietrich.
Actor Henry Fonda talks about director John Ford's cinematography in "Irish Luck".
Cybill Shepherd discusses getting started in film and meeting director Peter Bogdanovich.
Canadian director David Cronenberg discusses how violence and film are a perfect match
Charlton Heston discusses training for the "Ben-Hur" chariot race with renowned stuntman Yakima Canutt.
Alberta Watson discusses working with John Cameron Mitchell on the set of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch".
Great Elwy Yost interview with Greer Garson from TVO's "Saturday Night at the Movies" circa 1985
In this 2003 interview Gary Busey talks about being cast as Buddy Holly.
In this 2004 interview actor Harry Shearer talks about being banned from The Truman Show premiere.
Thom Ernst, producer of Saturday Night at the Movies, on intelligent and informative television for the people.
Hollywood came north to Canada in 1941 (prior to America's entry in the war) to shoot a war movie about the Royal Canadian Air Force in technicolor. The plot of the movie was about a group of bush pilots who decide to join the RCAF as pilots. The film had some great historic scenes at places like RCAF stations Uplands, Trenton, and Jarvis as well as what looks like the CNE grounds in Toronto. The film, Captains of the Clouds, starred James Cagney, Alan Hale, and George Tobias (Abner Kravitz on TV's Bewitched. The film is a tribute to the men of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan pilots and had a wing ceremony conducted by Air Marshall Billy Bishop (The WW1 Ace). I first saw this film many years ago on Elwy Yost's Saturday Night at the Movies on TV Ontario, with interviews & background info. I'm pleased that it is available on DVD, if you'd also like to see the entire movie. "Per Ardu Ad Astra".
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES editor Lisa Churgin discusses how Miramax harassed Tobey Maguire to act more, and how Lasse Hallstrom directs his actors.
This documentary program aired on TV Ontario under the title of Too Good to be True. It's the story of Avro Canada's Jetliner, the Avro Arrow supersonic fighter, and the designer Jim Floyd. The narrator of the introduction is Elwy Yost, a fixture for many years as host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, and besides being a movie buff, he also worked at Avro for several years in Human Resources. He was one of the last employees after "Black Friday" in 1959 when the Arrow project was cancelled, and the company went under.
This documentary program aired on TV Ontario under the title of Too Good to be True. It's the story of Avro Canada's Jetliner, the Avro Arrow supersonic fighter, and the designer Jim Floyd. The narrator of the introduction is Elwy Yost, a fixture for many years as host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, and besides being a movie buff, he also worked at Avro for several years in Human Resources. He was one of the last employees after "Black Friday" in 1959 when the Arrow project was cancelled, and the company went under.
This documentary program aired on TV Ontario under the title of Too Good to be True. It's the story of Avro Canada's Jetliner, the Avro Arrow supersonic fighter, and the designer Jim Floyd. The narrator of the introduction is Elwy Yost, a fixture for many years at TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, and besides being a movie buff, he also worked at Avro for several years in Human Resources. He was one of the last employees after "Black Friday" in 1959 when the Arrow project was cancelled, and the company went under.
Screenwriter Mike Gray talks about the production origins of "The China Syndrome" and how Michael Douglas and Jane Fonda became involved with the film.
Producer Mike Farrell discusses the public appreciation of "Dominick & Eugene" and its failure at the box office.
So much greatness here - the older opening of SNATM, Elwy warning of "out of date" references (including the name change for ROUGH CUTS), talk of TVO's 10th Anniversary (its their 40th this Fall, btw), and coolest of all, the showcasing of the rare-as-hen's-teeth SNATM magazine!
Joseph Wambaugh, author of The New Centurions, talks about his nervousness with appearing on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
Allen Daviau talks about working on Falcon and the Snowman - his fascination with kids' situation and how film just tells the story without judgment.
John Irving talks about growing up not knowing who his father was and how it has effected his work as a writer.
Screenwriter Callie Khouri talks about the writing process and creation of "Thelma & Louise."
"Monster" director Patty Jenkins talks about befriending serial killer Aileen Wuornos.
William Goldman talks about the business of Hollywood and what it takes to become a star.
Wil Wheaton talks about the life and death of his friend and co-star River Phoenix.
Jack Lemmon talks about why it was difficult playing a tough guy in the movie "Save The Tiger."
Oliver Stone talks about the inspiration for his movie "Salvador."
Tufts University's Daniel Drezner explains why a recent Saturday Night Live skit does such a good job at explaining the current China-US relationship.
a few minutes from a 1979 TVO broadcast of "Saturday Night at the Movies", including popular host Elwy Yost interviewing veteran director Henry King.
Elwy Yost trails the theme of a mid-1983 installment of SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES.
One of my favorite intros, sorry for the quality...
John DeLazzer on the vox
The "starfield" intro, fitting that it followed Dr. Who on TVO Saturday Nights...
TV Ontario's 'Saturday Night at the Movies' featurette on Orson Welles.

