at theaters: august 28, 1981

Opened in movie theaters 32 years ago today:

BODY HEAT (William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna; directed by Lawrence Kasdan)

Review: “Yes, Lawrence Kasdan’s “Body Heat” (1981) is aware of the films that inspired it–especially Billy Wilder’s “Double Indemnity” (1944). But it has a power that transcends its sources.” —Roger Ebert

Trivia: Christopher Reeve was offered the lead but turned it down after saying, “I didn’t think I would be convincing as a seedy lawyer.”  —imdb.com

Quote: “My temperature runs a couple of degrees high, around a hundred. I don’t mind. It’s the engine or something.

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starDate: ken gampu

KEN GAMPU, actor

Born: August 28, 1929, South Africa
First acting job: Athol Fugard’s play, No Good Friday (1958)
Film breakthrough: DINGAKA (1965)
Worked alongside: Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster
A former: schoolteacher, law clerk and interpreter
Spoke: seven languages
Recommended films: THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY, ZULU DAWN, KING SOLOMON’S MINES, THE NAKED PREY…

movieDate: august 28, 1963

ON THIS DAY in 1963, in Washington, DC, during the March for Jobs and Freedom, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gave what is known as his I Have a Dream speech. This event was recreated for the 1978 television film, KING, starring Paul Winfield.