Movies for the Day, Thursday, April 13, 2017

Today's selections include a Western, a 1960s comedy series, and a movie about Thomas Jefferson.



Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) is
a Western about two "buddy" outlaws on the
run.  This movie won Oscars for Writing,
Cinematography, Original Song:  "Raindrops
Keep Fallin' On My Head" by Burt Bacharach
(also on the American Film Institute Songs list),
and Original Score.  This thrilling movie features
two heroes listed on the American Film Institute
Heroes list.  Butch Cassidy was born this date,
April 13, in 1866.


Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Get Smart (1965 to 1970) is a
television comedy series, spoofing
James Bond.  Don Adams, born this
date in 1923, stars as Maxwell Smart,
Agent 86 for CONTROL, against the evil
KAOS.  Adams won Emmys for his continuing
role in 1967 and 1968.  The series also
won Emmys for writing in 1967 (episode
"Ship of Spies") and directing in 1968
(episode "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye").


Get Smart

Today, April 13, is President Thomas
Jefferson's birthday (born in 1743).
Jefferson in Paris (1995) is a movie about
his years in Paris in the 1780s before he
became President.






Jefferson in Paris