Video: 'Downfall' trailer
(Wednesday, September 8, 2004) — Downfall, a German war film depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler’s reign over Nazi Germany in 1945, premiered today in Munich, Germany.
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, the film starred Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Corinna Harfouch, Juliane Köhler and Thomas Kretschmann.
Video: 'Blood Simple' trailer
(Friday, September 7, 1984) — Blood Simple, a period drama film about a rich but jealous man who hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man, premiered today at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, the film starred John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams and M. Emmet Walsh.
Video: 'Amadeus' trailer
(Thursday, September 6, 1984) — Amadeus, a period drama film about the 18th century composer Salieri who confesses to a deadly rivalry with Mozart, premiered today in Los Angeles.
Directed by Miloš Forman, the film starred F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce and Elizabeth Berridge.
Video: 'La Strada' trailer
(Monday, September 6, 1954) — La Strada, an Italian drama film about a traveling strongman buys a peasant girl to be his wife and co-star, premiered today at the Venice Film Festival.
Directed by Federico Fellini, the film starred Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina and Richard Basehart.
Video: 'Double Indemnity' (trailer)
(Wednesday, September 6, 1944) — Double Indemnity, a film noir about an insurance salesman who gets seduced into plotting a client’s death, opened today at the Paramount Theatre in New York City.
Directed by Billy Wilder, the film starred Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson.
Video: 'Paul Simon' (5-video playlist)
(Thursday, September 5, 1974, 11:30 p.m. EDT) — Musician Paul Simon appeared on tonight’s season 9 premiere of the late-night program The Dick Cavett Show on ABC-TV.
Video: 'Howl's Moving Castle' trailer
(Friday, September 5, 2004) — Howl’s Moving Castle, a Japanese animated fantasy film about a diligent teenage girl working in her family’s hat shop who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard, premiered today at the Venice Film Festival.
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the film starred Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura and Akihiro Miwa.
Video: ‘The First Continental Congress September 5 October 26 1774’
(Monday, September 5, 1774; during the American Revolution) — The First Continental Congress, a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present), met today at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) by the British Parliament.
(Monday, September 4, 1944; during World War II) — The British Second Army liberated Antwerp, Belgium, today with help from the local resistance. The port of Antwerp became a highly prized and heavily fought-over objective because Allied supply lines were heavily stretched and needed a deep-sea port nearer the front lines.
Video: 'The World At War: Pincers 1/5' (Sep. 3, 1944, at 9:08)
(Sunday, September 3, 1944, 2:00 p.m. CET; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II) — Belgium’s hidden army came into the open today to help the Allied Expeditionary Forces sweep the Germans out of the Low Countries back onto the Reich after four years of occupation. Continue reading British forces liberate Brussels 70 years ago this hour (Sep 3 1944)
