This weekend we get to find out exactly what happened in "Year One." Or at least what Hollywood thinks happened. As you know, they tend to fudge the historical facts for a better story and... wait. This a comedy? Not a serious Biblical epic? My bad.
In honor of "Year One," I've decided to dig up five movies that tell just what happened in the years after. If IMDB is to be trusted, "year movies" will be a trend in the next few years. There's Roland Emmerich's latest vision of the apocalypse, "2012," along with "1066" (the Norman Invasion of England), "1777" (A pretty big year for the American colonies) and "1906" (The San Fransisco Earthquake). Date titles aren't just the new hotness however. Just look at these, all of which came out long before 6/17/09... Read More...
Tags 10000 bc, 1492: conquest of paradise, 1941, 1984, 2001: a space odyssey, year one
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Date Movies Set After 'Year One'
Posted 6/17/09 2:00 pm EST by Elisabeth Rappe in Commentary
In honor of "Year One," I've decided to dig up five movies that tell just what happened in the years after. If IMDB is to be trusted, "year movies" will be a trend in the next few years. There's Roland Emmerich's latest vision of the apocalypse, "2012," along with "1066" (the Norman Invasion of England), "1777" (A pretty big year for the American colonies) and "1906" (The San Fransisco Earthquake). Date titles aren't just the new hotness however. Just look at these, all of which came out long before 6/17/09... Read More...
Tags 10000 bc, 1492: conquest of paradise, 1941, 1984, 2001: a space odyssey, year one