TCM Adds Film Stars Dustin Hoffman, Alec Baldwin and Acclaimed Filmmaker Spike Lee to the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival Lineup

Oscar® Winner Dustin Hoffman to Join Oscar-Nominated Actor Alec Baldwin for Screening of Bob Fosse's Lenny (1974)

Oscar®-Nominated Filmmaker Spike Lee to Present Malcolm X (1992)

Festival Will Also Offer Tributes to Acclaimed Film Editor Anne V. Coates

 and Celebrated Stunt Coordinator Terry Leonard  

TCM (Turner Classic Movies) will welcome several notable film luminaries to the already-exciting lineup for the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival. Oscar® winner Dustin Hoffman, Oscar nominee Alec Baldwin, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee are set to appear at the festival, taking place in Hollywood March 26-29.

• Dustin Hoffman will sit down for an extended discussion with Oscar® nominee and former co-host of TCM's The Essentials, Alec Baldwin following a screening of Bob Fosse's Lenny (1974). Hoffman earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as comedian Lenny Bruce.
• Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee will present a screening of his acclaimed biographical drama Malcolm X (1992), starring Denzel Washington in one of his most celebrated performances.

The 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival will also feature tributes to a pair of artists whose work behind the camera has helped shape the last half-century of movie-making:

• Film Editor Anne V. Coates, ACE will appear at screenings of her Oscar®-winning work in David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Steven Soderbergh's caper Out of Sight (1998).
• Stuntman and Stunt Coordinator Terry Leonard will introduce and discuss two of his best-loved films, Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and John Milius' The Wind and the Lion (1975).

In addition to the screenings of their films, Coates and Leonard will participate in detailed conversations about their careers at Club TCM.

Hoffman, Baldwin, Lee, Coates and Leonard join several previously announced events and appearances at the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival, including the 50th Anniversary opening night gala presentation of The Sound of Music (1965) with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in attendance; an extended interview conducted by Robert Osborne with Sophia Loren, Captain James Lovell for the 20th Anniversary world premiere restoration of Apollo 13 (1995) and legendary entertainer Ann-Margret for a screening of The Cincinnati Kid (1973).

Complete bios for each of the artists appearing at the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival can be found at the festival's website: filmfestival.tcm.com

Lenny (1974) - Featuring an extended conversation with Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman received an Oscar® nomination for his performance in the title role of director Bob Fosse's biopic of the groundbreaking and drug addicted standup comic, Lenny Bruce.

Malcolm X (1992) - Featuring an appearance by director Spike Lee
Directed and co-written for the screen by Spike Lee and based on the autobiography by Malcolm X and Alex Haley, this epic drama earned Denzel Washington an Oscar nomination for his riveting performance in the title role as the still influential 1960s freedom fighter.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Featuring an appearance by film editor Anne V. Coates, ACE
Peter O'Toole makes one of the greatest screen debuts starring in the title role of director David Lean's epic about a bold young WWI British officer who unites Arab tribesmen against the mighty Turkish empire.

Out of Sight (1998) - Featuring an appearance by film editor Anne V. Coates, ACE
Romantic sparks fly between an escaped bank robber (George Clooney) and a kidnapped U.S. Marshal (Jennifer Lopez) in this big screen adaption of the Elmore Leonard novel directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Featuring an appearance by stuntman Terry Leonard
Steven Spielberg directs and Harrison Ford stars in this thrilling adventure about an archeologist who must find the Lost Ark of the Covenant before it falls into the hands of the Nazis and Adolf Hitler.

The Wind and the Lion (1975) - Featuring an appearance by stuntman and stunt coordinator Terry Leonard

Loosely based on early 20th-century events, director John Milius' adventure film tells the exciting tale of an American woman and her children who are kidnapped in Morocco by Berber tribesmen and President Theodore Roosevelt's maneuvers to free them. Sean Connery, Candice Bergen and Brian Keith star.