TCM Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary with TCM at 20: Inspired by the Classics

As part of the festivities to celebrate TCM’s 20th Anniversary as the leading authority in classic film, Club TCM features a unique exhibit exclusively on display now and throughout the Festival, TCM at 20: Inspired by the Classics. This exhibit features 10 pieces of artwork commissioned by TCM by well-known personalities and fans of the network who were asked to create a visual work illustrating their classic movie inspiration. The roster of artists with artwork in the collection includes Tony Bennett, Manolo Blahnik, Charles Busch, Jules Feiffer, Joel Grey, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Kim Novak, Todd Oldham, Jane Seymour and Burt Young. Novak, Seymour and Busch will appear at Club TCM to discuss their inspirations. Photos of the featured art now on display can be seen below, and will also be featured on TCM.com and will be broadcast on the channel.

About the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival

For the fifth consecutive year, thousands of movie lovers from around the globe will descend upon Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival. The 2014 festival is set to take place Thursday, April 10 – Sunday, April 13, coinciding with TCM’s 20th anniversary as a leading authority in classic film. Over four packed days and nights, attendees will be treated to an extensive lineup of great movies, appearances by legendary stars and filmmakers, fascinating presentations and panel discussions, special events and more.

The theme for the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival will be Family in the Movies: The Ties that Bind. Throughout the four-day lineup, the festival will showcase on-screen clans of all types – big and small, happy and imperfect, musical and dramatic. In addition, the festival will spotlight the first families of Hollywood and the filmmaking dynasties that have entertained generations. And it will explore the kinship that connects close-knit groups of professionals behind the camera, such as the stock companies of classic Hollywood.

Passes for the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival can be purchased through the festival website.