Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough
(29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014)

Acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, whose film
career on both sides of the camera spanned 60 years, has died.

The actor’s son, Michael Attenborough told the BBC that his father died Sunday,
after having been in poor health for some time.

In March 2013, in light of his deteriorating health, Attenborough moved into a
nursing home in London.

Publicity photo of Richard Attenborough in Flight
of the Phoenix (1965)

Attenborough in Jurrassic Park (1993)

Richard Attenborough from Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio

Wes Craven was the director of the classic horror film  A Nightmare on Elm
Street in 1984. His first mainstream film was in 1972 with The Last House on
the Left. Craven also earned recognition for his work on the 1996 film Scream.   

 
  Robert Englund as monster Freddy Krueger

NEW YORK (AP) — Ron Howard will direct a documentary on the Beatles that
focuses on the band’s touring years during the early 1960s.

Howard announced the project Wednesday. The film is being made with the
cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison.
The Beatles company, Apple Corps, is co-producing the film.

The as-yet-untitled film is the second documentary directed by Howard, who
said he’s long been a Beatles fan. Howard previously made the 2013 Jay-Z
documentary "Made in America."

The film will run up to the Beatles’ final concert in San Francisco’s Candlestick
Park in 1966. Much footage for the documentary has already been gathered.
The movie is tentatively slated for release late next year.

           
             Ron Howard

Duel was Steven Spielberg’s second feature-length directing effort, after his
1971 The Name of the Game NBC-TV series episode "L.A. 2017". It was two
years after a well-received turn directing a segment of the pilot-movie for the
anthology television series Night Gallery and several other TV episodes. Duel
was initially shown on television as an ABC Movie of the Week on Saturday,
November 13, 1971. It was later released to cinemas in Europe and Australia,
with a limited cinema release to some venues in the United States. The film’s
success enabled Spielberg to establish himself as a film director. It is one of 
only two Spielberg-directed theatrical films for which John Williams did not 
create the score, the other being The Color Purple (1985).

The romantic comedy “Annie Hall” was directed by Woody Allen who described
the film as a major turning point for seriousness in his movies. It received good
critical acclaim along with winning the Academy Award for Best Picture and three
other Oscars, two for Allen, Best Director/Best Original Screenplay, and for Keaton
for Best Actress. The movie also won four BAFTA awards and a Golden Globe, the
latter being awarded to Keaton.