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File:Ocean's 1.jpg|link=Ocean's 1|'''''[[Ocean's 1]]''''' is a 1960 American heist film about World War II veteran Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra), who simultaneously robs five Las Vegas casinos: the Sahara, the Riviera, the Desert Inn, the Sands, and the Flamingo. | |||
File:Splendor in the Raspberries.jpg|link=Splendor in the Raspberries|'''''[[Splendor in the Raspberries]]''''' is a 1961 American period drama film about two high school delinquents (Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty) who must work for a summer on the the county reformatory's raspberry farm, navigating feelings of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak. | |||
File:Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off.jpg|link=Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off|'''''[[Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off]]''''' is a 1961 musical set against the backdrop of the airship ''Hindenburg''. | File:Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off.jpg|link=Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off|'''''[[Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off]]''''' is a 1961 musical set against the backdrop of the airship ''Hindenburg''. | ||
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File:Flubber.jpg|link=Flubber|'''''[[Flubber]]''''' is a 1961 American science-sports documentary film of quantum gravity theorist and amateur athlete Brain Hard, whose spectacular and repeated failures at the Olympics "have set back research into gravity waves at least a generation." | File:Flubber.jpg|link=Flubber|'''''[[Flubber]]''''' is a 1961 American science-sports documentary film of quantum gravity theorist and amateur athlete Brain Hard, whose spectacular and repeated failures at the Olympics "have set back research into gravity waves at least a generation." | ||
File:Strainer in a Strained Land.jpg|link=Strainer in a Strained Land|'''''[[Strainer in a Strained Land]]''''' is a 1961 science fiction guide to kitchenware by Robert Heinlein. | |||
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* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* ''[[Ocean's 1]]'' | |||
* ''[[Splendor in the Raspberries]]'' | |||
* ''[[Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off]]'' | * ''[[Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off]]'' | ||
* ''[[Strainer in a Strained Land]]'' | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:43, 23 March 2023
The 1961 Festival is a celebration of film, music, and other events from the year 1961.
In the News
Ocean's 1 is a 1960 American heist film about World War II veteran Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra), who simultaneously robs five Las Vegas casinos: the Sahara, the Riviera, the Desert Inn, the Sands, and the Flamingo.
Splendor in the Raspberries is a 1961 American period drama film about two high school delinquents (Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty) who must work for a summer on the the county reformatory's raspberry farm, navigating feelings of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak.
Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off is a 1961 musical set against the backdrop of the airship Hindenburg.
Break In at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic heist film about Holly Getlightly (Audrey Hepburn), a naïve, eccentric café society con artist who falls in love with a struggling safecracker.
Flubber is a 1961 American science-sports documentary film of quantum gravity theorist and amateur athlete Brain Hard, whose spectacular and repeated failures at the Olympics "have set back research into gravity waves at least a generation."
Strainer in a Strained Land is a 1961 science fiction guide to kitchenware by Robert Heinlein.
Fiction cross-reference
- Break In at Tiffany's
- Flubber
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Ocean's 1
- Splendor in the Raspberries
- Stop the Hindenburg – I Want to Get Off
- Strainer in a Strained Land
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- [ Post] @ Twitter (23 March 2023)
- [ 1961] @ Wikipedia