On Friday, look for Turner Classic Movies to air The Great White Hope, the moving story of the bias that faces a victorious black boxer and his white mistress. Depressing but excellent with James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander.
Saturday, there's a jackpot of good stuff, with Burt Lancaster as a no-account drifter turned faux preacher in Elmer Gantry; the rollicking British film Tom Jones, with Albert Finney and Susannah York (a surprise Best Picture winner in 1963), and A Man for All Seasons, with Paul Scofield's acclaimed performance as Sir Thomas More
TiVo alert for early Sunday (4:45 a.m. Eastern) when They Shoot Horses, Don't They? airs, a gritty look at the dance marathon craze of the Depression era with Jane Fonda. Brighten things up later Sunday with the original Parent Trap, with Hayley Mills playing a dual role in one of her Disney outings; and polish it off with Member of the Wedding, a fine adapation of the Carson McCullers novel.
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