Video: 'Rocky' trailer
(Saturday, November 20, 1976) — Rocky, an American sports drama film about a dimwitted boxer who fights to prove he can go the distance against a glamorous champ, premiered today at Paramount Theater in New York City.
Directed by John G. Avildsen, the film starred Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith.
Video: 'Carrie' trailer
(Tuesday, November 16, 1976) — Carrie, an American supernatural horror film based on Stephen King’s 1974 epistolary novel of the same name about a young teenage girl who wreaks telekinetic vengeance on her high school tormentors and religious-nut mother, opened today at the Criterion and other theaters in the New York City metro area. Continue reading ‘Carrie’ opens in New York City 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1976)
Video: 'Network' trailer
(Sunday, November 14, 1976, 11:30 a.m. EST) — Network, an American satirical black comedy-drama film about television programmers who turn a deranged news anchor into “the mad prophet of the airwaves,” opened today at the Sutton Theater in New York City.
Directed by Sidney Lumet, the film starred Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall.
Video: 'All This and World War II' trailer
(Friday, November 12, 1976) — All This and World War II, a musical documentary that juxtaposes Beatles songs, performed by a number of musicians, with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films from the 1940s, was released today. Continue reading ‘All This and World War II’ film released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 12 1976)
Video: 'All this and WWII' (28 videos)
(Friday, November 5, 1976) — The soundtrack album to the musical documentary All This and World War II, which juxtaposes Beatles songs, performed by a number of musicians, with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films from the 1940s, was released today, one week before the film’s release. Continue reading ‘All This And World War II’ soundtrack released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 5 1976)
Video: 'Marathon Man' trailer
(Wednesday, October 6, 1976, 9:00 a.m. EDT) — Marathon Man, a suspense/thriller film about a covert government group uncovers a criminal plot run by Nazi War criminals, opened this morning at Loews State 1 theater in New York City.
Directed by John Schlesinger, the film starred Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller.
Video: 'The Front' trailer
(Thursday, September 30, 1976, 12:15 p.m. EDT) — The Front, a comedy-drama film set against the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s, opened today at the Coronet Theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Front’ opens in New York City 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 30 1976)
(Saturday, August 7, 1976) — “I’m Easy” by Keith Carradine peaked at #17 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' trailer
(Saturday, June 26, 1976) — The Outlaw Josey Wales, a revisionist Western film about a peaceful farmer who turns vigilante when soldiers murder his family, was pre-screened today at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities in Idaho during a six-day conference entitled Western Movies: Myths and Images.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film starred Eastwood, Chief Dan George and Sondra Locke.
Video: 'The Omen' trailer
(Friday, June 25, 1976, 10:00 a.m. EDT) — The Omen, a American-British supernatural horror-drama film about the young son of an American diplomat and his wife (living in London) who turns out to be marked with the sign of Satan (the infamous “666”), was released in U.S. theaters today (opening this morning at the National theater in Times Square).
Directed by Richard Donner, the film starred Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner and Billie Whitelaw.
