#OnThisDate in 1973, Secretariat and jockey Ron Turcotte captured the second leg of the Triple Crown with a sizzling victory in the Preakness Stakes.
“Secretariat, in a style that is becoming distinctive, blew the race wide open with one devastating quarter-mile run..." 1/
BRAVEHEART premiered 31 years ago today.
Despite becoming one of the defining historical epics, the film has long been criticized for its major historical inaccuracies, from timelines to its heavily fictionalized portrayal of William Wallace’s life.
@TheCinesthetic Historical nonsense but a great film.
Though personally I do feel that flims have a greater responsibility to tell a more realistic portrayal, mainly because a lot of people see films and take them as historical fact.
@westcoasthkyNHL Glad I’m not a fan. NHL game 7 OT. I have a little Montreal. And Buffalo over 1 1/2 goals even money so that’s a winner. Montreal 3-2 win would have me scooping it all.
Mike Ehrmantraut was never supposed to exist in Breaking Bad. Saul was originally meant to clean up the scene after Jane’s death, but Bob Odenkirk was busy filming How I Met Your Mother, so the writers created Mike instead. One scheduling problem gave us one of the best characters in TV history.
Back to the Future (1985) is as close to a perfect movie as it gets. Every setup pays off, every beat lands, and the whole thing moves with clockwork precision. Zemeckis rewrote the script dozens of times just to make sure nothing broke its own rules.
Raging Bull (1980) almost never happened.
After “New York, New York” (1977) failed and Martin Scorsese nearly died from a drug overdose, Robert De Niro visited him in the hospital and pushed him to make a movie about boxer Jake LaMotta.
Scorsese wasn’t interested at first, but eventually agreed — believing it might be his final American film.
Instead, “Raging Bull” became the movie that revived his career and cemented him as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.
Jason Alexander losing every Emmy nomination for George Costanza in Seinfeld still feels absurd. George gave the show its neurosis, panic, selfishness, insecurity, and legendary meltdowns. One of the greatest comedy performances television has ever seen.
@TheDailyShow@DesiLydic Hay same letter “L” I prefer the Radical right. See what I did there same letter “R” Donald as made me ashamed to live in America.