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- 1964 | Top 10 Films - "A Fistful of Dollars" [Ep. 36]
In this episode, we review our No. 2 film for 1964, "A Fistful of Dollars," the first true Spaghetti Western that launched the careers of director Sergio Leone, star Clint Eastwood, and composer Ennio Morricone.
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22 min - Evening Report | February 5, 1965
MLK and thousands of others arrested in Selma; LBJ stands firm on Vietnam; Gen. Curtis LeMay steps down; Malcolm X excoriates Elijah Muhammad; Muhammad Ali praises Floyd Patterson. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.
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18 min - 1964 | Top 10 Films - "Seven Days in May" [Ep. 35]
In this episode, we review our 3rd-ranked film for 1964, "Seven Days in May," a political thriller directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, and Ava Gardner.
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14 min - Evening Report | January 6, 1965
LBJ delivers his State of the Union; MLK plans a campaign in Selma; Senate divided over Vietnam; "Ready Steady Go!" bans miming; Malcolm X speaks out; Joe Namath signs with the Jets. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.
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18 min - 1964 | Top 10 Films - "A Hard Day's Night" [Ep. 34]
In this episode, we review our 4th-ranked film for 1964, "A Hard Day's Night," the Beatles' big-screen debut, which critic Andrew Sarris called "the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals."
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14 min - Evening Report | December 10, 1964
LBJ decorates a Vietnam hero; Berkeley police arrest 800 students; J.W. Fulbright speaks out on Vietnam; Ringo gets his tonsils out; Dr. King wins the Nobel Prize; Muhammad Ali is on the mend. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.
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16 min - 1964 | Top 10 Films - "Nothing but a Man" [Ep. 33]
In this episode, we review our 5th-ranked film for 1964, "Nothing but a Man," a groundbreaking production starring Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln which deals with contemporary black life in the Deep South.
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21 min - Evening Report | October 18, 1964
Khrushchev is replaced; Ronald Reagan switches parties; RFK seeks to change his image; MLK wins the Nobel Peace Prize; the Cardinals are champions. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.
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18 min - 1964 | Top 10 Films - "Goldfinger" and "The Soft Skin" [Ep. 32]
In this episode, we review our 7th and 6th-ranked films for 1964, "Goldfinger," the third James Bond film, and "The Soft Skin," French New Wave director Francois Truffaut's "clinical autopsy of adultery."
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20 min - Evening Report | September 7, 1964
Robert F. Kennedy resigns from the Cabinet; President Johnson speaks in Detroit; controversy over a school integration plan in NYC; Hell's Angels wreak havoc in Monterey; the Beatles invade Toronto; Checkers is dead. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.
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Real Time 1960s tells the story of the 1960s — politics, culture, entertainment, sports — day by day.