A film for every day of the year

[imposs1904]

8/31/97 Death of Diana (The Queen - Helen Mirren)

 

[DaveCinzano]

3/17 St Patrick's Day (Opening scene in that shite film, The Boondock Saints, takes place on St Patrick's Day.)

I'm terribly sorry, we don't accept foreign currency here

 

[CNT36]

13th July Bohemian Rhapsody. Live Aid.
2nd August Jarhead. Operation desert storm begins.
9th August The Wolverine. Nagasaki bombed.
31st August The Queen. People's princess croaks.ĺ
28th November The Iron Lady resigns.

 

[imposs1904]

8/10/74 The Damned United (Charity Cup match between Leeds and Liverpool, when Keegan and Bremner decide to get sent off.)

 

[imposs1904]

I'm terribly sorry, we don't accept foreign currency here

"3/17"?

My excuse is that I live in the States. It's second nature at this point.

 

[DaveCinzano]

"3/17"?

My excuse is that I live in the States. It's second nature at this point.

It's 11/9 all over again

 

[imposs1904]

10/12/84 Pride (‘Pits and Perverts’ Benefit Concert featured in the film.)

 

[Santino]

I'm terribly sorry, we don't accept foreign currency here

Use The Fugitive instead, when Harrison Ford evades capture during a St Patrick's Day parade.

 

[JimW]

The massacre on the Odessa Steps seems to have started about midnight on June 15th but presume ran on into the early hours of the 16th, Battleship Potemkin obviously.

 

[Santino]

In the book, Dracula arrives in Whitby on 8th August. Do any of the films show this scene as it is in the book?

 

[Raheem]

October 9. Che Part Two (Che Guevara is executed).

December 20. Psycho (Norman Bates is arrested).

 

[Santino]

A Man for All Seasons - Thomas More is executed on 6th July.

 

[Santino]

I feel like someone should be able to pinpoint the exact day in 1962 that American Graffiti takes place.

 

[scifisam]

Ferris Bueller's day off wasn't on June 5th because the German parade is in September. I thought of that too, but although some online sites list it as June 5th, it's wrong.

 

[Spandex]

I feel like someone should be able to pinpoint the exact day in 1962 that American Graffiti takes place.

American Graffiti is described as being set "on the last day of summer vacation in 1962". The new school year in California started on 20th August in 1962, which would make it set on 19th August.

 

[Santino]

Lawrence of Arabia - on 13th May Lawrence is involved in the motorcycle accident that leads to his death a few days later.

 

[Santino]

American Graffiti is described as being set "on the last day of summer vacation in 1962". The new school year in California started on 20th August in 1962, which would make it set on 19th August.

But is the last day of summer vacation on a Sunday? Or is the previous Friday?

 

[Spandex]

But is the last day of summer vacation on a Sunday? Or is the previous Friday?

Good question. Town does looks kinda busy for a Sunday night. Any clue what day of the week it's set? Could be Fri 17th or Sat 18th August...

 

[Raheem]

I would expect, just as in the UK, individual schools may vary their term dates from the official school board dates.

 

[Yossarian]

Ferris Bueller's day off wasn't on June 5th because the German parade is in September. I thought of that too, but although some online sites list it as June 5th, it's wrong.

That parade only happens on Saturdays - the June 5 comes from the Chicago Cubs' schedule

 

[Spandex]

Ferris Bueller's day off wasn't on June 5th because the German parade is in September. I thought of that too, but although some online sites list it as June 5th, it's wrong.

The June 5th date comes from the baseball match they go to - the Cubs vs the Braves, Cubs pitcher Lee Smith (No. 46) pitching against the Braves, right fielder Claudell Washington hitting a foul ball (caught by Ferris).

 

[Raheem]

The June 5th date comes from the baseball match they go to - the Cubs vs the Braves, Cubs pitcher Lee Smith (No. 46) pitching against the Braves, right fielder Claudell Washington hitting a foul ball (caught by Ferris).

So it's set some day in Junetember.

 

[Yossarian]

The characters also discuss their impending graduation, IIRC, which they wouldn't be doing in September - maybe the German parade happening in June is a quirk of the Buellerverse

 

[maomao]

Platoon - Tet offensive January 31st

 

[maomao]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - November 24th as it starts two days before Thanksgiving 1987.

 

[maomao]

Down and Out in Beverly Hills - November 27th (Thanksgiving 1986)

 

[maomao]

You've Got Mail - November 26th (Thanksgiving 1998)

 

[maomao]

Rocky - November 25th (Thanksgiving 1976)

 

[Yossarian]

Donnie Darko - tangent universe is created on October 2

 

[Spandex]

But is the last day of summer vacation on a Sunday? Or is the previous Friday?

When Curt goes to see the Wolfman and asks him to put out a message he's told "it won't go out until tomorrow or Tuesday", implying today is Sunday. So... Sunday 19th August 1962.