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"Back in the USA" was famously parodied by The Beatles with their song "Back in the U.S.S.R." from their self-titled 1968 album The Beatles (aka the White Album). [15] MC5 covered the song in 1970 on their second album, also titled Back in the USA. In 1972, a live version of the song appeared on the album Roadwork by Edgar Winter's White Trash.
Cast Genre Note I Aim at the Stars: J. Lee Thompson: Curd Jürgens, Herbert Lom, Gia Scala: Biography: Columbia. Based on life of Wernher von Braun: Ice Palace: Vincent Sherman: Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Martha Hyer, Jim Backus, Carolyn Jones: Drama: Warner Bros. Based on a novel by Edna Ferber: I'll Give My Life: William F. Claxton: Angie ...
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 ...
Caan had a small role in The Dark Backward (1991) and co-starred with Bette Midler in the expensive For the Boys (1991), directed by Rydell who called Caan "one of the four or five best actors in America". [70] Caan was a gangster in the comedy Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) [84] and played Coach Winters in The Program (1993). [85]
The Sixties is a documentary miniseries which premiered on CNN on May 29, 2014. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's studio Playtone, the 10-part series chronicled events and popular culture of the United States during the 1960s.
The screenplay concerns a World War II veteran who gets called back into service by mistake and sent to a dreary Pacific island. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Howard Singer. The title song was written by Sammy Cahn (words) and James Van Heusen (music) and sung by Andy Williams.
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/notes 1960: 13 Fighting Men: Harry W. Gerstad: Grant Williams, Brad Dexter, Carole Mathews: United States: B Western The Alamo: John Wayne: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Ken Curtis, Denver Pyle, Chuck Roberson, Guinn Williams, Richard Boone, "Big" John Hamilton
Only a minor success as a film, The Happening is most notable today both as one of Faye Dunaway's earliest films and for its self-titled theme song. Recorded by The Supremes , " The Happening " became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single on the Motown label.