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USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) steams under Golden Gate Bridge, 16 November 1960. November 8 – 1960 United States presidential election: In a close race, Democratic U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy is elected over Republican U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, becoming (at 43) the youngest man elected president.
July 14: Easy Rider: A low-budget, cocaine-dealing biker road movie is released and becomes a de facto cultural landmark. The film's success helps open doors for independent filmmakers during the 1970s. The soundtrack includes Steppenwolf's seminal ode to bikers, "Born to be Wild," and an early anti-drug dirge, "The Pusher." [510] [511] [512]
Title Director Cast Genre/Note The 3rd Voice: Hubert Cornfield: Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day, Julie London: Mystery: 20th Century Fox: 12 to the Moon: David Bradley: Ken Clark, Tom Conway, Michi Kobi
Similar to spy films, the heist or caper film included worldly settings and hi-tech gadgets, as in the original Ocean's Eleven (1960), Topkapi (1964) or The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). The spaghetti westerns (made in Italy and Spain), were typified by Clint Eastwood films, such as For a Few Dollars More (1965) or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ...
1776 (1972) – historical musical drama film depicting a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence [72]; Aguirre, the Wrath of God (German: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972) – West German-Mexican-Peruvian epic historical drama film about Spanish soldier Lope de Aguirre, who lead a group of conquistadores down the Amazon River in South ...
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 1 Scream and Scream Again: American International Pictures / Amicus Productions: Gordon Hessler (director); Christopher Wicking (screenplay); Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alfred Marks, Judy Huxtable, Michael Gothard, Anthony Newlands, Kenneth Benda, Uta Levka, Yutte Stensgaard, Julian Holloway, Peter Sallis ...
March 16, 1960: A Touch of Larceny: April 7, 1960: Conspiracy of Hearts: April 29, 1960: Chance Meeting: May 1960: Prisoner of the Volga: June 1, 1960: Walk Like a Dragon: June 16, 1960: Psycho [N 1] Theatrical distribution only July 10, 1960: The Rat Race: July 20, 1960: The Bellboy: Tarzan the Magnificent [N 2] Distribution only July 27, 1960 ...
The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1]While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, perform spacewalk and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western ...