Friday, December 15, 2017

Movies for the Day, Saturday, December 16, 2017

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Beethoven, science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and author Jane Austen.





Beethoven's Great Love (1936) is a story
of the great classical composer, Beethoven,
who was born December 16, 1770.







Beethoven's Great Love










2001:  A Space Odyssey (1968) is a masterpiece of
science fiction about an expedition to Jupiter, aliens, and
artificial intelligence.  This inspiring film
features an American Film Institute Villain,
the HAL 9000 computer.  It is on the National
Film Registry and won an Oscar for Special
Visual Effects.  It is based on a story by
Arthur C. Clarke, born December 16, 1917.  It
also features an AFI Quote, "Open the pod bay doors,
please, HAL."


2001: A Space Odyssey








Sense and Sensibility (1995) is a period
piece about a widow and her three
daughters.  It is based on the classic novel by
Jane Austen, born December 16, 1775.  This
passionate movie, set in the early
19th century, won an Oscar for Writing.




Sense and Sensibility





































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