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  2. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    Skyfall is the first film to gross over £100 million in the United Kingdom. [140] The Wolf of Wall Street by Martin Scorsese, becomes the first major American movie to be delivered to theaters in digital formats only. [141] Stalingrad is the first Russian film to be released in IMAX. [142][143] 2014.

  3. Percy Spencer - Wikipedia

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    Percy Spencer. Percy LeBaron Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor who became known as the inventor of the microwave oven. [1]

  4. Microwave oven - Wikipedia

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    A microwave oven or simply microwave is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by exposing it to electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range. [1] This induces polar molecules in the food to vibrate [2] and produce thermal energy in a process known as dielectric heating. Microwave ovens heat foods quickly and efficiently ...

  5. List of American films of 1970 - Wikipedia

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    Days and Nights in the Forest (India) Satyajit Ray (director/screenplay); Soumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Samit Bhanja, Rabi Ghosh, Pahari Sanyal, Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal, Aparna Sen. 21. The Only Game in Town.

  6. Microwave Massacre - Wikipedia

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    English [2] Microwave Massacre is a 1979 American black comedy horror film directed by Wayne Berwick and starring Jackie Vernon in his final feature film role. In the film, a drunk middle-aged man kills his wife during an argument. After eating part of his wife's hand, he acquires a taste for human flesh. He seeks further victims to cannibalize.

  7. 1970s in film - Wikipedia

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    Cult horror films were also popular in the 1970s, such as Wes Craven 's early gore films Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes, as well as Tobe Hooper 's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The blockbuster was born in 1975. While The Exorcist was among the top five grossing films of the 1970s, the first film given the blockbuster distinction ...

  8. 1970 in film - Wikipedia

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    The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Highest-grossing films of 1970 Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals 1

  9. Cinerama - Wikipedia

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    Original Cinerama screen in the Bellevue Cinerama, Amsterdam (1965–2005) 17-meter curved screen removed in 1978 for 15-meter normal screen. [1]Cinerama is a widescreen process that originally projected images simultaneously from three synchronized 35mm projectors onto a huge, deeply curved screen, subtending 146-degrees of arc.