Movies for the Day, Friday, July 6, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthdays of Geoffrey Rush, Heinrich Harrer, and Ned Beatty.

Shine (1996) is about a piano
prodigy growing up and a later
romance.  This movie won
an Oscar for Best Actor, to Geoffrey
Rush, born July 6, 1951.  A very
good biopic.




Shine









Seven Years in Tibet (1997) is set
in the 1940s and chronicles the
adventures of explorer Heinrich
Harrer, born July 6, 1912.







Seven Years in Tibet










Spring Forward (2000) is about the
friendship that grows between a
Connecticut parks maintenance man
and his new helper, a hothead ex-con.
This fine move stars Ned Beatty, born
July 6, 1937.





Spring Forward