Michael Coate

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It was 75 years ago today that Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE premiered in New York.

What is your favorite “Christmas” movie if not this one?

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Happy 50th to Kubrick’s A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, which was released 50 years ago today (albeit only in LA, NY, SFO and Toronto).

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Happy Halloween! Here’s a flashback to Halloween 1977, age nine, as my favorite ballplayer @JohnnyBench_5

Uniform made by my mother (this was before retail replica uniforms were a thing).

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@WShawnM @DDayFilms “Raiders” didn’t get a letterboxed LD release until 1992.

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The worst part of the Cinerama Dome closure has been the news articles and social media postings that include reminiscences of seeing “How the West Was Won” and “2001: A Space Odyssey” there on original release!

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On this day in 1970... my favorite Westwood Village movie theater had its grand opening. Here‘s a pic from the venue’s 26-week(!) record run of @WilliamFriedkin ’s The Exorcist.

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On this day in 1970... my favorite Westwood Village movie theater had its grand opening. Here’s a pic (courtesy of the Daily Bruin) of one of the memorable movies I saw here.

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Here’s the promised “THX 1138” retro article...

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Twenty years ago today (according to the newsstand date) I was featured in a U.S. News & World Report article. It was at this moment I realized I much prefer being on the interviewER side of interviews. Still, a nice feather in your cap getting featured in a major news magazine.

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Happy 50th to the Jedi Master’s directorial debut, which opened on this day in 1971. Watch for my celebratory retro piece coming...soon.

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On this day in 1979...

The 70mm Six-Track Dolby Stereo re-release of William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist” commenced with a test booking in Louisville. @WilliamFriedkin

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Happy 89th birthday to my favorite musician!

Which is your favorite of Maestro Williams’ work? Me: “March from 1941” (favorite cue) and “The Empire Strikes Back” (favorite score).

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What I had intended as my final historical article of 2020 needed to be rescheduled, so here it is as my first column of 2021. @MikeMatessino and @Spliceheist help me look at a unique aspect of one of my favorites.

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The Wookiee’s Gambit

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Welcome home, Joe Maddon. But, seriously, for the Halos to succeed again I think the Astros just need to be shipped back to the National League!