A film for every day of the year

[SpookyFrank]

Bridge of Spies - Francis Gary Powers exchanged for Rudolf Abel in Berlin: February 10th

 

[SpookyFrank]

Men in Black 3 - Will Smith travels back in time to July 15th 1969.

 

[scifisam]

4th February. Leicester University announce that the bones disinterred from a car park in Leicester are in fact the mortal remains of King Richard III.

Finding Richard.

That's a good one, but I think the film version's called the Lost King, unless it was also called Finding Richard in some places maybe.

 

[belboid]

January 3 JRR Tolkien is born.

I’m presuming this moment exists in Tolkien, but have obviously never watched it.

 

[DaveCinzano]

That's a good one, but I think the film version's called the Lost King, unless it was also called Finding Richard in some places maybe.

IMDb indicates not, so I've updated to The Lost King

The Lost King (2022) - Release info - IMDb

The Lost King (2022) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...

www.imdb.com

 

[A380]

That's a good one, but I think the film version's called the Lost King, unless it was also called Finding Richard in some places maybe.

Correct. It was the lost King here, where I watched it (Twice) but it was Finding Richard on the aeroplane, where I didn’t watch it…

The Lost King (2022) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama

1h 48m | 12A

www.imdb.com

 

[A380]

Could you re post a link to the spreadsheet please?

 

[A380]

February 20. Tunes of Glory.

The date of the regimental cocktail party that colonel Barrow insists the officers practice their Scottish Dancing for. The order that pushes Major Sinclair over the edge.

 

[A380]

7th May. Dien Bien Phu or you could have The Battle of Dien Bien Phu an earlier film. The first is fiction the second ( made first) docudrama so I think the first fits better.


The Vietnamese start their assault in their victorious eponymous battle against the French.

 

[Spandex]

4th December - disaster movie Meteor (1979) takes place between 1st and 7th December. This scene (with Russians and Americans bickering) is obviously on 4/12:

 

[DaveCinzano]

Doing some strategic bombing on November:

03/11

Mischief Night

Darren ‘The One-Eyed Imam’ Haq tries to take over the mosque

 

[imposs1904]

30/08 Everybody Wants Some!!!

Underrated Richard Linklater film which takes place over three days and, in Linklater fashion, is datestamped on the screen. 28/08 and 29/08 were already taken on the spreadsheet, so it will have to be 30/08.

 

[Santino]

January 3 JRR Tolkien is born.

I’m presuming this moment exists in Tolkien, but have obviously never watched it.

The action must take place on screen. Otherwise it's pointless, every fucking day of the year can be inferred from the existence of any character over the age of 1.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Could you re post a link to the spreadsheet please?

A YEAR of FILMS spreadsheet

 

[DaveCinzano]

Today's closing scores on the doors:

January - 14 done, 17 to go
February - 19 done, 10 to go
March - 7 done, 24 to go
April - 19 done, 11 to go
May - 22 done, 9 to go
June - 19 done, 11 to go
July - 14 done, 17 to go
August - 18 done, 13 to go
September - 12 done, 18 to go
October - 11 done, 20 to go
November - 14 done, 16 to go
December - 13 done, 18 to go

ETA:

Almost halfway there! 182 down and 184 left

 

[SpookyFrank]

17th September - Frida Kahlo injured in bus crash - Frida

 

[CNT36]

5th September 1962 Telstar gets to number one. Telstar.
23rd December 1944 Hellboy found. Hellboy

 

[CNT36]

12 October 1969 Frank dies/survives a fire. Frequency.

 

[Spandex]

3rd February - Frank Serpico is shot in Serpico.

24th February - Carol adopts Hiroshi in Testament.

6th March - the Mexican's final assault in The Alamo.

14th March - the premier of The Mikado in Topsy Turvy.

19th March - Annie meets Chief Sitting Bull in Annie Get Your Gun.

28th March - Frost interviews Nixon in Frost\Nixon.

23rd April - Jean-Dominique celebrates his birthday in The Diving Bell & the Butterfly.

3rd June - Valerie Solanas shoots Andy Warhol in I Shot Andy Warhol.

9th June - David Mann's troublesome Road trip in Duel.

29th July - bad day for Goose in Top Gun.

9th September - Frank Abignale pretends to be a Pan-Am pilot in Catch Me If You Can.

8th October - Alvin has tractor trouble on a hill and almost crashes in The Straight Story.

12th October - the island of Guanahaní is sighted in 1492: Conquest of Paradise.

14th October - first day at sea in Das Boot.

17th October - an antitoxin is found that is hoped to stop Scott shrinking in The Incredible Shrinking Man.

28th October- the Andrea Gail overturns in The Perfect Storm.

29th October - Chiyo tries to run away in Memoirs of a Geisha.

7th November - Steiner’s men exposed after the water wheel accident in The Eagle Has Landed.

 

[JimW]

1911 with Jackie Chan toes the official line on the Wuchang Uprising, which was October 10th

 

[A380]

4 March, A Fish called Wanda

The diamond theft takes place.

 

[A380]

7 March Selma

The attack on marchers by police on the

Edmund Pettus Bridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[A380]

15 October Joker

Arthur Fleck gets beaten up on an advertising gig. Pushing him closer to the edge.

 

[Spandex]

The name's Bond...

5th January - Bond arrives in Jamaica in Dr No (according to the newspaper Felix Leiter is holding, assuming it's today's paper)

25th May - Q arrives in Nassau and equips Bond in Thunderball (1965 version)

9th July - Bond follows Dimitrios to Miami in Casino Royale (2006 version)

3rd August - Bond goes to meet Kalba, Kalba is killed by Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me

16th August - Bond delivers the captured Mr. White to M in Quantum of Solace.

18th October - Bond hooks up with Maghda in Octopussy.

11th November - Bond visits a clinic in Cuba in Die Another Day

15th November - Bond is in Bilbao to retrieve stolen money in The World is Not Enough

 

[Spandex]

The name's Bourne...

27th February - Bourne arrives in Naples in The Bourne Supremacy

24th August - Bourne pulled from the Sea in The Bourne Identity (according to the book).

18th November - Pamela Landy is brought in to track Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum

 

[DaveCinzano]

6th March - the Mexican's final assault in The Alamo.

One guy did all that?!

No wonder Texans have issues

 

[SpookyFrank]

3rd February - Frank Serpico is shot in Serpico.

24th February - Carol adopts Hiroshi in Testament.

6th March - the Mexican's final assault in The Alamo.

14th March - the premier of The Mikado in Topsy Turvy.

19th March - Annie meets Chief Sitting Bull in Annie Get Your Gun.

28th March - Frost interviews Nixon in Frost\Nixon.

23rd April - Jean-Dominique celebrates his birthday in The Diving Bell & the Butterfly.

3rd June - Valerie Solanas shoots Andy Warhol in I Shot Andy Warhol.

9th June - David Mann's troublesome Road trip in Duel.

29th July - bad day for Goose in Top Gun.

9th September - Frank Abignale pretends to be a Pan-Am pilot in Catch Me If You Can.

8th October - Alvin has tractor trouble on a hill and almost crashes in The Straight Story.

12th October - the island of Guanahaní is sighted in 1492: Conquest of Paradise.

14th October - first day at sea in Das Boot.

17th October - an antitoxin is found that is hoped to stop Scott shrinking in The Incredible Shrinking Man.

28th October- the Andrea Gail overturns in The Perfect Storm.

29th October - Chiyo tries to run away in Memoirs of a Geisha.

7th November - Steiner’s men exposed after the water wheel accident in The Eagle Has Landed.

You see I think this is too many to drop at once. Give the rest of us a chance.

 

[Spandex]

One guy did all that?!

No wonder Texans have issues

That José was one bad motherfucker

 

[DaveCinzano]

That José was one bad motherfucker

Whereas his friend was Juan, good hombre

 

[DaveCinzano]

Updated with closest and furthest to completion:

January - 14 done, 17 to go
February - 22 done, 7 to go
March - 13 done, 18 to go
April - 20 done, 10 to go
May - 22 done, 9 to go
June - 21 done, 9 to go
July - 16 done, 15 to go
August - 21 done, 10 to go
September - 15 done, 15 to go
October - 20 done, 11 to go
November - 17 18 done, 13 12 to go
December - 14 done, 17 to go