Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Movies for the Day, Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Today's movies mark a Pan American Games anniversary and the birthdays of Goethe and Scott Hamilton.

Which of today's movies would you watch?









The Horse With the Flying Tail (1960) is
about a champion horse, Nautical, that won a team
gold medal at the 1959 Pan American Games
held August 28 to September 7, 1959.  This
movie won an Oscar for Best Feature Documentary.




The Horse With the Flying Tail












Bedazzled (1967) is a romantic comedy
about a man selling his soul to the devil
to win a woman's love.  It is based on
the Faust story, famously by Johann W.
Goethe, born August 28, 1749.  See also
Bedazzled (2000).





Bedazzled











Scott Hamilton:  Upside Down (1996)
is a TV movie about the famous figure
skater, pictured here in 2002.  Hamilton
was born August 28, 1958.  This movie
won an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography.




Scott Hamilton: Upside Down








































































































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