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Cinema: Top of the Decade: Cinema

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> Godard’s Breathless and Fellini’s la Dolce Vita open in the U.S., 1961.

> Dr. No is released, starting the James Bondwagon, 1 963.

> A Hard Day’s Night brings the Beatles to the screen, 1964.

> Dr. Strangelove, 1964.

>The Sound of Music spawns endless expensive musicals, 1965.

> Bonnie and Clyde, 1967.

>The Graduate alerts film makers to the news that more than 60% of their audience is 30 or under, 1967.

> GMRX ratings begin, 1968.

> Easy Rider establishes a trend toward the lowbudget, personal movie, 1969.

> I am Curious (Yellow) makes the Xrated, sex-sated movie a nationwide phenomenon, 1969.

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