"No more rhymes and I mean it!" #MovieHistory#OTD 1987, THE PRINCESS BRIDE was released. The film is based upon the 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman titled "The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version”.
#MovieHistory On this day, 1991, the great Terry Gilliam's masterpiece, THE FISHER KING was released. This was the 1st film directed by Gilliam to not feature any other members of Monty Python. At one point the project was "promised" to James Cameron to direct (he opted for Terminator 2 instead).
20.9.1972 Berlin, leicht bewölkt, 17°C, Alexanderplatz, Promotion für den Science-Fiction Film "Eolomea" (DDR/UdSSR/Bulgarien) #OTD#OnThisDay#Geschichte#DDR#Moviehistory
#MovieHistory On this day 1997, the American neo-noir crime film LA CONFIDENTIAL was released. It gave early Hollywood career boosts to Australian actors Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce, made an A-list director out of the late Curtis Hanson, and won an Oscar for Kim Basinger. An American classic!
#MovieHistory#OTD#QuentinTarantino#InglouriousBasterds. Tarantino considered abandoning the film during the casting for Colonel Hans Landa, afraid he'd written an unplayable character. After auditioning Christoph Waltz, Tarantino stated he found the perfect actor!
#MovieHistory On this day, 1981, the classic horror film, An American Werewolf in London, directed by John Landis, was released. It was a critical & commercial success, winning the 1981 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film & the 1st ever Academy Award for Best Makeup created that same year.
#MovieHistory#BruceLee was released. The film grossed over $400M worldwide (equal to an estimated $2 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2022) against a budget of $850,000. It was Lee's final film.
#MovieHistory On this day 1979, Director Francis Ford Coppola's legendary Vietnam War epic APOCALYPSE NOW was released. Coppola went to UCLA film school with all of the members of The Doors, including Jim Morrison, who agreed to let Coppola use the master recordings of their music for the film.
#MovieHistory On this day, 1991, the musical comedy-drama film The Commitments was released wide in the United States. The film is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Irish novelist Roddy Doyle. It was directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay written by Doyle.
