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Errol Flynn #BOTD stars in Michael Curtiz's Captain Blood (1935). A swashbuckler and screen adaptation of Rafael Sabatini's 1922 novel in which Flynn plays Peter Blood, a physician who is unfairly convicted of treason and sentenced to slavery but escapes and becomes a pirate. https://t.co/ZJIHN6WE7g

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#OTD Luc Besson's Léon (1994) had its initial release in France. Jean Reno and Natalie Portman star as Léon, a professional hitman who takes in Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl, whose family has been murdered by Norman Stansfield, an unhinged Drug Enforcement Administration agent. https://t.co/NEQVURG48d

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Dennis Hopper BOTD plays Moon in Henry Hathaway's True Grit (1969). A screen adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel in which John Wayne stars as U.S. Marshal Cogburn who discovers Emmett Quincy and Moon, two horse thieves who are integrated as to the whereabouts of a murderer. https://t.co/Kirz4oXFGn

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#OTD Kirk Douglas' Scalawag (1973) had its premiere in Milan. A screen adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island that is transferred to the domain of the western and stars Douglas as Peg, a peg-legged pirate in search of hidden treasure. https://t.co/isuZFR71EG

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Akira Kurosawa's Ran (1985) is an adaptation #BOTD William Shakespeare's King Lear. Kurosawa transports Shakespeare's play into the context of feudal Japan creating one of the most visually stunning films ever produced, particularly through its choreographed battles. https://t.co/Cjtj7WBm65

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#OTD Ridley Scott's The Martian (2015) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. A screen adaptation of Andy Weir's 2011 novel that stars Matt Damon as Mark Watney, a botanist, who gets stranded on Mars and uses his expertise to grow food while waiting for rescue. https://t.co/vcIpIY71q9

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#OTD Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers (1973) had its initial release in France. Based on Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel in which Michael York stars as D'Artagnan who heads to Paris to join the remaining Musketeers and teams up with their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu. https://t.co/NBsXipHhFl

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#OTD George Stevens' Shane (1953) had its premiere in New York City. A superior western, and screen adaptation of Jack Schaefer's 1949 novel, which stars Alan Ladd in the titular role as Shane, a gunfighter turned farmhand who protects a community of settlers from a cattle baron. https://t.co/z06hMqj2BB

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#OTD Michael Curtiz's Captain Blood (1935) premiered in NYC. A swashbuckler and screen adaptation of Rafael Sabatini's 1922 novel that stars Errol Flynn as Peter Blood, a physician who is unfairly convicted of treason and sentenced to slavery but escapes and becomes a pirate. https://t.co/SQrRWJBjd2

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#OTD Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) had its premiere in Los Angeles. An anti-war film based upon Erich Maria Remarque's 1929 novel in which young German recruits head to the front lines of WWI and experience the horrors of modern warfare firsthand. https://t.co/Wft66SPFWi

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