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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie opens (1996). Mike Nelson, Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo and Gypsy make their big-screen debuts in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, which opens on this date in 1996. In the film, Mike and his oddball puppet crew travel through space while forced to sit through the 1955 space opus This Island Earth.

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The Company of Wolves opens (1987). This Freudian, grown-up version of Little Red Riding Hood, starring Angela Lansbury and David Warner, was directed by Neil Jordan, who would go on to helm the creepy In Dreams (1999), the big-screen adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (1994), and the popular The Crying Game (1992). Though the box office is weak, Jordan's intriguing movie does manage to impress more than a few critics.

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Tim Curry is born (1946). This British actor is best known for his over-the-top performances as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and as Pennywise, the evil clown in the television adaptation of Stephen King's It (1990). Curry's other credits include the miniseries Lexx: The Dark Zone (1997) as well as such big-screen features as Congo (1995), The Shadow (1994), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Legend (1985), Clue (1985) and The Shout (1978). Tim was born in Cheshire, England, UK.