The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1959
In one timeline, Biff Tannen named 'The Luckiest Man on Earth'. (Back to the Future Part II)
Truman Capote develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, a killer he's interviewing for his book In Cold Blood. (Capote)
Vianne Rocher and her daughter Anouk come to a small Franch town and open a chocolate shop, which shakes things up. (Chocolat)
A blonde woman with green eyes is born. (Texas) (The Devil's Rejects)
Carmella Corleone and son Fredo die; Kay separates from Michael Corleone. (The Godfather: Part II)
Edna Buxton meets Joel Millner, who hires her as a songwriter for the Brill Building, and changes her name to Denise Waverly. (New York) (Grace of My Heart)
Frederick Loren and his wife invite five strangers for a "party" at a haunted house-a party that invoves murder, mystery, money and supernatural beings. (House on Haunted Hill)
A time capsule containing students' drawings of their ideas of the future is buried at William Dawes Elementary School. Lucinda Embry contributes a page full of seemingly random digits, before running off to a closet to go mad hearing voices. (Lexington, Massachusetts) (Knowing)
Kathy Morgan is born to Virginia and Robert Morgan. (The Last Man on Earth)
North By Northwest released seen by cinema-goers, including Shlomo and his father. (Lucky Number Slevin)
Dominick Salvatore Rizzo, father of Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, dies at age 73. (Midnight Cowboy)
Jamming with The Clapper Family, George Menschell suggests a neuftet with his own The Village Folk Ensemble - The Main Street Singers are born. (A Mighty Wind)
Stand By Me. (Stand By Me)
Sarah Connor is born. (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
A guitar later used by Nigel Tufnel is made. (This is Spinal Tap)
A man who will one day become an oversized baggage agent is born. (Los Angeles, California) (Valentine's Day)
Thursday 1st January: Mob boss Michael Corleone flees when Fidel Castro takes power. (Cuba) (The Godfather: Part II)
Thursday 1st January: Gambler Jack Weil flees when Fidel Castro takes power. (Cuba) (Havana)
Thursday 1st January: Norville Barnes falls from the 45th storey of the Hudsucker Building at the strike of midnight, yet survives. (New York) (The Hudsucker Proxy)
Tuesday 3rd February: "The Day the Music Died" - plane crash takes the life of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.D.Richardson. (Clear Lake, Iowa) (La Bamba)
April: Dennis LaChance, older brother of Gordon, dies in a jeep accident. (Castle Rock, OR) (Stand By Me)
Tuesday 28th April: Frank Herrera is born. (New Orleans, Louisianna) (Runaway Jury)
Monday 11th May: Peter Callahan is born. (While You Were Sleeping)
Tuesday 12th May: John is introduced to Janey when she buys him a beer. The first time a woman has done this for him. (New York, New York) (Watchmen)
Sunday 24th May: John Foster Dulles dies of cancer. (Bethesda, Maryland) (Eleanor, First Lady of the World)
Sunday 7th June: Paramount agrees to pay Jerry Lewis $10 million to appear in 14 films. (Martin and Lewis)
Tuesday 16th June: George Reeves commits suicide. (Los Angeles, CA) (Hollywoodland )
July: 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' premieres. (Ed Wood)
July: Danny Zucko has fun with Sandy, down in the sand. (Grease)
Friday 17th July: Billie Holiday dies of cardiac failure. (New York City) (Lady Sings the Blues)
August: Teddy Duchamp, Vern Tessio, Gordie Lachance and Chris Chambers see a dead body for the first time, and come back changed from boys into men. (just off the railway, outside Castle Rock, Maine) (Stand By Me)
Wednesday 9th September: Michael Clayton is born. (Michael Clayton)
Sunday 13th September: The Castle Rock Women's Auxiliary Club Quilting Bee. (Castle Rock, Maine) (Stand By Me)
Wednesday 4th November: Claude "Lefty" Williams is born. (Laguna Beach, California) (Eight Men Out)
Sunday 15th November: The Clutter family are murdered by burglars Richard 'Dick' Hickock and Perry Smith. (Holcomb, Kansas) (Capote)
December: Oswald Cobblepot, aka: The Penguin, is born. (Gotham City, USA) (Batman Returns)
December: Richard 'Dick' Hickock and Perry Smith are arrested for the murder of the Clutter family. (Capote)
Friday 25th December: Dawn Davenport runs away from home after not receiving cha-cha heel shoes for Christmas and is impregnated by Earl Peterson. (Baltimore, Maryland) (Female Trouble)