Thursday, April 20, 2017

Movies for the Day, Friday, April 21, 2017

Today's selections feature the classic Jane Eyre, ancient Rome, and John Muir, famous for Yosemite National Park.



Jane Eyre (2006) is a television miniseries based
on the classic novel by Charlotte Bronte, who was
born this date, April 21, in 1816.  This romance has
been filmed many times.  This four-episode miniseries
on PBS won Emmys for Art Direction, Costumes,
and Hairstyling.




Jane Eyre





Gladiator (2000) is set in
ancient Rome, the birthday of
which is April 21, 753 B.C.  This movie
won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor:
Russell Crowe as General Maximus Decimus
Meridus, Costume Design, Sound and
Visual Effects.  The General is on the American
Film Institute's Heroes List.  Crowe
was born in April 1964, on the 7th.


Gladiator





John Muir in the New World (2011) is
a biography of the famous wilderness
preservationist, born April 21, 1838.  This
PBS American Masters offering won an
Emmy for Music Composition, Original
Dramatic Score.  Muir is especially well
known today for his efforts in preserving
Yosemite, now a national park.





John Muir in the New World









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