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

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

Survey Conducted in Conjunction with TCM's Annual 31 DAYS OF OSCAR(R) Festival

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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