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ACTOR JON VOIGHT IS 74 TODAY!

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Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy

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Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his
portrayal of a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran in Coming Home (1978). He
gained popularity in 1969 with his performance as a would-be-gigolo in the
movie Midnight Cowboy. Voight was also in Deliverance (1972). He is the
biological father of film actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven.

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Jon Voight as President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 2001 movie
Pearl Harbor.

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Jon Voight with daughter Angelina Jolie

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ADVENTURE FILM DEPUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1954

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The adventure film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the first science fiction
film
produced by Walt Disney Productions, as well as the only science-fiction 
film produced by
Walt Disney himself. It was also the first feature length Disney
film to be distributed by
Buena Vista Distribution. It has become the best-known
adaptation of the book of the same name by Jules Verne. This film is also the 
fifth live-action movie by Disney.


 

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TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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Martin Scorsese is 70 years old today

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SCOTTISH AUTHOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1850

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Robert Louis Stevenson, 7 years old

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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
(13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894)

Stevenson is the author of the classic adventure novel "Treasure Island", and
”Strange Case of Dr Jekyll”. He also played the piano and wrote over 123
original musical arrangements for various instruments.

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NEW TO DVD THIS WEEK ~

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The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 2 (1974-1975) DVD was released
Oct 02 by the Universal Studios Home Video studio. It contains 6-
discs
for for under $40.

Original run on ABC, January 18, 1974 to March 6, 1978. The series is
based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin,

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Lee Majors turned 73 in Apreil

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