Film in History (Part 3)

Events 201 - 300 of 614

• 1963-06-24 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London

• 1964-08-11 "A Hard Days Night" a musical comedy film featuring the Beatles released in the US

• 1964-12-19 "Gertrud", Danish film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe and Ebbe Rode, is released in France

• 1965-05-22 "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious", from the film "Mary Poppin" hits #66
• 1965-06-07 Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995
• 1965-07-29 Beatles movie "Help" has Royal World Premiere at the London Pavilion Theatre in the West End of London; of Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon attend
• 1965-08-06 Beatles release their 5th UK album - "Help!", from the film soundtrack
• 1965-08-11 "Help!" a musical comedy film featuring the Beatles released in the US
• 1965-11-23 The Beatles film promotional video clips for 5 of their songs at Twickenham Film Studios to provide to television outlets (in lieu of live appearances)

• 1967-10-20 A purported bigfoot is filmed at Bluff Creek by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin in Northern California
• 1967-12-16 "Playtime", French film directed by Jacques Tati, starring himself, is released

• 1968-06-12 U.S. premiere of horror film "Rosemary's Baby", based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Ira Levin
• 1968-07-17 The Beatles' animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London

• 1968-11-06 Psychedelic feature film "Head" starring the Monkees premieres in New York City
• 1968-11-14 U.S. premiere of film version of Morris L. West's best seller "The Shoes of the Fisherman"

• 1969-01-02 The Beatles begin rehearsals, while being filmed, for the Let It Be project at Twickenham Film Studios, London

• 1969-03-26 "Marcus Welby, M.D.", starring Robert Young and James Brolin debuts as a TV movie on ABC-TV, prior to becoming a weekly series
• 1969-08-19 Film adaptation of Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant", directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Guthrie premieres

• 1969-12-12 Comedy film "The Magic Christian", starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in London, England
• 1969-12-18 "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", 6th James Bond Film starring George Lazenby and Diana Rigg, premieres in London

• 1970-01-27 Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG"
• 1970-05-03 World premiere of The Beatles' "Let it Be" documentary film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, in New York City
• 1970-05-08 Beatles release 12th, and final, studio album, "Let It Be", in conjunction with the film of the same name
• 1970-05-20 The Beatles' "Let it Be" documentary film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, premieres at the Liverpool Gaumont Cinema and the London Pavilion; none of the group attend
• 1970-06-24 "Catch 22" opens in movie theaters
• 1970-12-16 "Love Story" film based on the novel by Erich Segal, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw is released
• 1971-02-14 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television

• 1971-07-28 Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie"

• 1971-12-14 U.S. premiere of "Nicholas and Alexandra", film adaptation of Robert K. Massie's best selling novel

• 1972-02-14 CBS "Late Movie" premieres

• 1972-03-23 Geoge Harrison and Friends' "The Concert for Bangladesh" concert film, directed by Saul Swimmer released in the US

• 1972-11-01 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer"
• 1972-11-26 Bomb explosion at the Film Centre Cinema, in O’Connell Bridge House in Dublin, Ireland
• 1972-12-29 "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" film written and directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski premieres in West Germany
• 1973-02-22 "Turkish Delight" Holland's most successful film, directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Rutger Hauer is released

• 1974-10-30 "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" horror film premieres in Los Angeles

• 1975-03-07 "Mirror", Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, starring Margarita Terekhova and Ignat Daniltsev, is released
• 1975-05-14 Cult feminist film "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" written and directed by Chantal Ackerman and starring Delphine Seyrig premieres at Cannes
• 1975-06-07 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public
• 1975-08-15 Indian action-adventure film "Sholay" directed by Ramesh Sippy, starring Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan is released, highest-grossing Indian film ever

• 1976-06-24 1975 movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany

• 1976-11-14 "Network", directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch and William Holden, premieres in Los Angeles and New York City (Finch - Academy Awards Best Actor 1977)

• 1977-06-22 Walt Disney's "Rescuers" released, first Disney film to get a sequel

• 1977-09-08 Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy
• 1978-01-20 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"
• 1978-02-10 U.S. premiere of "Blue Collar", Paul Schrader's first film direction
• 1978-04-30 British film "The Stud" starring Joan Collins, based on the book by her sister Jackie Collins premieres in UK

• 1978-08-19 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
• 1978-09-01 Horror film "Dawn of the Dead" written and directed by George A. Romero, starring David Emge, Ken Foree and Scott H. Reiniger premieres in Torino
• 1978-10-04 Film adaptation of Ira Levin's novel "The Boys from Brazil", starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier premieres
• 1978-10-06 "Midnight Express" film premieres directed by Alan Parker starring Brad Davis, Randy Quaid and John Hurt

• 1978-10-28 NBC's premiere of Kiss' acting debut, "Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park" TV film

• 1979-02-09 New York City premiere of Paul Schrader's allegedly fact based film "Hardcore"
• 1979-02-09 Walter Hill's drama film "The Warriors" is released in the United States, sparking gang violence at many theaters and a halt to the film's marketing campaign
• 1979-02-16 Los Angeles premiere of Paul Schrader's allegedly fact based film "Hardcore"

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Birthdays 201 - 264 of 264

• 1952-07-26 Jan Randall, American-Canadian film, stage and broadcast composer (The Irrelevant Show; Poetry In Motion), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1953-01-19 Michael Boddicker, American session synthesizer player (Michael Jackson; Lionel Richie; Chicago), and film composer (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• 1953-04-06 Patrick Doyle, Scottish film composer (Artemis Fowl; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Thor), born in Uddingston, Scotland
• 1953-06-30 Hal Lindes, American-English rock guitarist (Dire Straits, 1980-85), and film score composer (The Boys Are Back), born in Monterey, California
• 1953-09-11 Lenise Bent, American audio engineer in music (Blondie, The Knack) and film (L.A. Heat), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1953-12-17 Samuel Hadida, film distributor
• 1954-11-21 Thomas Rothman, American film executive
• 1954-11-24 Emir Kusturica, Serbian-French filmmaker (When Father Was Away on Business; Black Cat, White Cat), and punk rock bassist (No Smoking), born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• 1955-05-20 Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Indian poet and film and theater lyricist ("Vidhata Thalapuna"), born in Anakapalle, India (d. 2021)
• 1955-05-20 Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer (Three Colors film trilogy), born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland
• 1955-10-20 Thomas Newman, American film score composer (The Shawshank Redemption; Finding Nemo; Six Feet Under; WALL-E), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1956-02-26 Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese pop singer,songwriter and film score composer, born in Chigasaki, Japan
• 1956-02-29 Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer whose life portrayed in film "Monsters", born in Troy, Michigan (d. 2002)
• 1956-03-16 Vladimír Godár, Slovak contemporary classical music and film music composer, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
• 1956-05-07 Anne Dudley, British classical and film composer (The Full Monty), born in Beckenham, Kent
• 1956-08-17 Gail Berman, American film executive, born in Brooklyn, New York

• 1956-09-13 David Mansfield, American session and touring fiddler, guitarist, mandolin player (Bob Dylan; The Alpha Band; Buce Hornsby and The Range), and film score composer, born in Leonia, New Jersey
• 1957-02-04 Don Davis, American trombonist, arranger, and composer, mostly for film (The Matrix), and television (Beauty & The Beast), born in Anaheim, California
• 1957-03-09 Mark Mancina, American film score composer (Speed; Bad Boys; Moana), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1957-04-23 Kenji Kawai, Japanese film score composer, born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
• 1957-09-12 Hans Zimmer, German film score composer (The Lion King), born in Frankfurt
• 1958-04-04 Hrvoje Horvatic, video artist

• 1958-09-03 Kevin Kiner, American TV and film composer (CSI: Miami; Star Wars: The Clone Wars), born in San Bernardino, California
• 1959-01-28 Burkhard Dallwitz, German-Australian film and television score composer (The Truman Show), born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
• 1959-03-19 Anthony Marinelli, American session keyboardist and synthesizer player (Michael Jackson; Sigue Sigue Sputnik), film, television, and advertising composer, born in Burbank, California
• 1959-04-29 Roger Eno, British multi-instrumentalist, and ambient and film music composer, born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
• 1959-10-17 Richard Roeper, American columnist and film critic, born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1959-10-22 Marc Shaiman, American film and Broadway composer (When Harry Met Sally; Hairspray), born in Newark, New Jersey
• 1960-01-03 Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
• 1960-04-10 Ruth E. Cater, American film and TV costume designer (Black Panther), 1st black woman to win multiple Oscars), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
• 1960-08-29 William Susman, American pianist and contemporary classical and documentary film score composer (Pentateuch; Snow Lion of Peace; Native New Yorker), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1960-11-10 Neil Gaiman, English writer of graphic novels, films and fiction (American Gods, The Graveyard Book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane), born in Portchester, Hampshire, England
• 1960-12-11 Rachel Portman, British Academy and Emmy Award-winning film score composer (Emma; Chocolat; Cider House Rules), born in Haslemere, England
• 1961-08-23 Alexandre Desplat, French film composer (The Grand Budapest Hotel), born in Paris, France
• 1962-03-13 Terence Blanchard, American jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers), film score composer (When The Levees Broke; Harriet), and educator, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• 1962-06-23 Kevin Yagher, TV/film special effects technician
• 1963-07-02 Mark Kermode, British film critic
• 1963-09-18 John Powell, British film score composer, based in America (Happy Feet; Bourne films), born in London
• 1964-02-25 Steve Nevius, film editor (Eden, Fall Time, Damascus)

• 1966-10-07 Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer (3:10 To Yuma; The Hurt Locker; Logan), born in Long Island, New York
• 1967-07-15 Adam Savage, American film special effects designer and television personality (MythBusters0, born in New York City
• 1967-09-27 Isidora Žebeljan, Serbian classical, opera, and film composer, born in Belgrade (d. 2020)
• 1969-05-12 Kevin Nalty, American viral video maker and YouTuber, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• 1969-09-19 Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic theatre, dance, and film score composer (The Theory of Everything), born in Reykjavík, Iceland (d. 2018)
• 1970-08-18 Greg Dean Schmitz, American online film journalist, born in Falmouth, Massachusetts
• 1970-10-08 Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer (Final Fantasy), born in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
• 1971-11-05 Jonny Greenwood, British guitarist, keyboard player (Radiohead), and film score composer (There Will Be Blood), born in Oxford, England
• 1972-11-30 Christophe Beck, Canadian pianist, conductor, and television and film score composer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Hangover; Frozen; Ant-Man), born in Montreal, Quebec
• 1974-04-10 Helen Jane Long, British pianist and contemporary classical and film score composer (Embers; Vessel of Light), born in Hampshire, England
• 1974-07-22 Viktoria Tolstoy [Louise Viktoria Kjellberg], Swedish jazz singer ("Meet Me at the Movies"), born in Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
• 1975-03-09 Jane Antonia Cornish, British composer of contemporary classical music (Seascapes), and film scores (Five Children And It), born in London, England
• 1975-06-14 Bob Nanna, American musician (Braid, Hey Mercedes, The City on Film)
• 1976-03-27 Tia Fuller, American jazz saxophonist (Soul (film); Beyoncé backing band), composer, and educator (Berklee School), born in Aurora, Colorado
• 1979-04-13 Tony Lundon, Irish pop singer (Liberty X - "Thinking It Over"), TV presenter (Toast), and filmmaker, born in Galway, Ireland
• 1979-06-27 Benjamin Speed, Australian musician and film composer (52 Tuesdays), born in Adelaide, Australia
• 1982-04-29 Kamran Jawaid, Pakistani film critic
• 1985-01-22 Justin Hurwitz, American film composer (La La Land, Babylon), born in Los Angeles County, California

• 1987-03-15 Taiwan Brown, video jockey
• 1991-01-29 Amberley Snyder, American barrel racer (subject of Netflix film "Walk, Ride. Rodeo), born in California
• 1995-11-07 Bethany Mota, American video blogger, born in Merced County, California
• 1997-02-09 Bella Poarch, Filipina-American singer and TikToker (most liked video on TikTok), born in the Philippines

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