Inspired by the classic children's tale Peter Pan, the 1980 film starred Petula Clark as the aunt of a young girl who runs away from home and finds shelter in an abandoned London townhouse occupied by a gang of ruffians, thus becoming the equivalent of Wendy role-playing "mother" to the Lost Boys. Statue of Peter Pan in St. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Petula Clark on the cover of her latest DVD/CD release Petula Clark, CBE is a British singer, actress, and composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits of the 1960s. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...
Produced by actress Diane Baker and co-starring Cathleen Nesbitt, it was unusuccessful in the UK and never received a commercial release in the US, where it was broadcast by HBO in the mid-80s. Diane Baker (born February 25, 1938) is an American actress. ... Cathleen Nesbitt (November 24, 1888 – August 2, 1982) was an English actress. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government Official website of the United States government - Gateway to governmental sites White House - Official site of the US President Senate. ... HBO logo HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network. ...
Films in which cycling features for only a small portion of the film but which are notable for some reason, possibly included on someone elses list of cycling movies.
A Brazilian film, based on a true story directed by Vicente Amorium, "The Middle of the World," is the story of a couple and their five children, aged from 6 months to 14 years old, as they cycle 32,00km across Brazil in search of a dream.
Early in the film, whilst exploring the local countryside on a bicycle, she comes across a ruined temple with erotic carvings and is forced to make a hasty escape when she is attacked by a gang of scary monkies.
1980 Apr 21, At the Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line; but she was disqualified as a fraud when officials discovered she had jumped into the race about a mile from the finish.
1980 Oct 24, The merchant freighter SS Poet departed Philadelphia bound for Port Said, Egypt, with a crew of 34 and a cargo of grain; it was never heard from again.
1980 Louis Alvarez proposed that the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago at the Tertiary - Cretaceous boundary was due to a large meteor impact based on a thin line of sediment of dark clay containing unusually high levels of iridium at the boundary.
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