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(And he would be very happy if you observed the day with a double feature of PHASE IV and FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH aka QUATERMASS AND THE PIT.)
Happy 56th birthday to J. J. Abrams, and here's to all the wonderful entertainment that has flowed forth from him.
Sidney Lumet, one of the finest directors in cinematic history, was born OTD in 1924, dying in 2011.
One of cinema's most brilliant directors, Billy Wilder was born in Poland OTD in 1906. At least half of his entire filmography consists of nothing but classics. He died in 2002.
Director Tony Scott was born OTD in 1944, and from his 1983 debut with THE HUNGER he would go on to helm some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters. He died in 2012.
Happy 70th birthday to the living legend that is John Goodman.
In 1980 I bought my copy of X-MEN #137 from the spinner rack in an out-of-town grocery store, one of 11 weekly stops for comics. It drives me batty that it's the only spot I bought from whose name 42 years later I cannot recall. Argh!