Movies for the Day, Thursday, November 8, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthday of Bram Stoker and anniversaries of a euthanasia act and Montana's admission date.  Which of today's movies would you watch?

Dracula (1931) is the famed vampire movie starring
Bela Lugosi.  This thrilling horror movie features an
American Film Institute Villain, Count Dracula, and an
AFI Quote, "Listen to them.  Children of the night.  What
music they make." Bram Stoker, born November 8, 1847, wrote Dracula in the 1800s. This movie is on the National Film Registry.  See also a Spanish version released in 1931, Dracula, a 1974 television movie, Dracula (1979), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), and Dracula (1992), etc.  The last listed won Oscars for Costume Design,
Sound Effect Editing, and Makeup.


Dracula








Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) is
about a paralyzed man's argument for the
right to die.  The anniversary of Oregon's
landmark Euthanasia Act is November
8, 1994.





Whose Life Is It Anyway?











The Horse Whisperer (1998) is about a horse
trainer who is enlisted to heal an injured horse
at a Montana ranch.  Today is the anniversary of
Montana's admission to the Union on November
8, 1889.  This well-regarded movie stars Robert
Redford, born August 18, 1937.






The Horse Whisperer