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Universal Pictures films

  • Psycho (1960 film)Alfred Hitchcock acquired the rights to Robert Bloch's 1959 novel for $9,500 in 1960. He faced a studio system that refused his usual budget and rejected his…
  • First Man (film)In early 2003, actor-director Clint Eastwood and production people at the Warner Bros. studio bought the film rights to James R.
  • The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film)In the year 1527, King Henry VIII of England stood before his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. Their marriage had produced no male heir to secure the…
  • Jaws (film)Principal photography began on the 2nd of May 1974, on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The production team faced immediate logistical…
  • The Beguiled (1971 film)In 1863, a young student named Amy finds a seriously wounded Union soldier lying in the forest near her school. She carries him to the gates of the Miss…
  • Apollo 13 (film)On the third day of their journey to the Moon, an electrical short circuit caused a liquid oxygen tank to explode inside the Apollo 13 spacecraft.
  • Hamlet (1948 film)Laurence Olivier stood at the helm of a massive production in 1947, transforming from celebrated actor into director for his second film.
  • Anne of the Thousand DaysThe year 1948 marked the Broadway premiere of Maxwell Anderson's play at the Shubert Theatre. H. C. Potter directed a production that ran for 288…
  • Ex Machina (film)Alex Garland held a computer in his hands when he was eleven years old. That machine felt like it had its own mind to the young boy.
  • Shenandoah (film)Andrew V. McLaglen directed the 1965 film Shenandoah in the Pacific Northwest. The production chose Eugene, Oregon as its primary filming location.
  • American GraffitiGeorge Lucas sat in a Modesto, California diner during the early 1960s and watched teenagers cruise Main Street. He later explained that cruising was gone by…
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)The Robert Stigwood Organization purchased rights to 29 Beatles songs in 1974 for a live Broadway show called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the…