The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1987
Cheif Bogamil's near-fatal shooting brings Det. Axel Foley back to the Hills to investgate; in so doing, he brings down an illegal arms dealer. (Beverly Hills, Ca.) (Beverly Hills Cop II)
Danny Archer first meets (future Colonel) Coetzee. (South Africa) (Blood Diamond)
America launches the last of American deep space probes. (Cape Canaveral) (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
Jerry Lundegaard asks Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud to kidnap his wife - and they murder 3 people. (Fargo)
Brenda MacLeod is killed in a car accident. (Highlander III: The Sorcerer)
Sam, Michael & their mother move to live with their grandfather, only to find this quaint, seaside town is overrun with vampires. (Santa Carla, Ca.) (The Lost Boys)
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors take place. (A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors)
Predator. (Predator)
Chris Gardner sets up his own stockbroker firm and becomes very wealthy. (The Pursuit of Happyness)
The man will later be an annoying drunk who calls C.D. Bales "big-nose", is crowned Denver Darts Champion. (Denver, Colorado) (Roxanne)
Harry meets Sally again, in a bookshop. (When Harry Met Sally)
February: Playboy releases its March issue, containing a nude pictorial of the Playmate of the Month, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Hemingway High School senior, Chris Parker. (Chicago, Ill) (Adventures in Babysitting)
Saturday 14th March: While taking Katie Van Waldenberg to a skating lesson, her parents are killed in a car accident. Katie's siblings Stanz and Fairchild will hold it over her for a long time. (Blades of Glory)
Thursday 14th May: Rita Hayworth dies of Alzheimer's disease. (New York) (Hollywoodland )
Tuesday 26th May: Jenna Rink's 13th birthday, where her wish to be 30 years old is granted. (13 Going On 30)
Friday 19th June: The Earth passes through the tail of Rhea-M, a rogue comet, and remains there for 8 days, causing machines to come alive and kill humans. (Maximum Overdrive)
July: The events of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning take place. (Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning)
August: Josh Baskin makes a wish to be big at a carnival, a mechanical wizard grants it, and he becomes an adult the next day. (Big)
Monday 17th August: Rudolf Hess is found strangled to death in Spandau Prison. (Berlin, Germany) (Wild Geese II )
September: Alyssa Jones gains the nickname 'Finger Cuffs' after a menage a trois with Cohee Ludin and Rick Derris. (Chasing Amy)
December: Riggs and Murtaugh are paired together for the first time, as they uncover a drug-smuggling operation. (Lethal Weapon)