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- Walter Braden "Jack" Finney was an American writer, mainly known for his contributions to the science-fiction genre. His most popular novels are "The Body Snatchers" (1955) and "Time and Again" (1970), although throughout his career he published nearly 50 novels that encompass the noir, thriller and comedy genres.
Finney's novel "The Body Snatchers" has since been adapted into film four times. In the 1950s Don Siegel directed the first adaptation, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) starring Kevin McCarthy. Abel Ferrara offered his version with Body Snatchers (1993), and more recently audiences have been invited to sample the Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig adaptation The Invasion (2007).
None of the above films, however, have managed to surpass the terrifying Philip Kaufman adaptation Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) starring Donald Sutherland. Kaufman conveys the fear and paranoia that is at the center of Finney's novel flawlessly. It is still regarded by many as one of the best re-makes in film history, and a lot of the credit goes to Finney's novel. Donald Sutherland, incidentally, would go on to star in the similarly themed The Puppet Masters (1994) based on the 1951 novel by Finney's friend and fellow author, Robert A. Heinlein.
Despite his prolific outpouring of fiction, Jack Finney will nevertheless be predominantly remembered for the pod people who invaded Planet Earth. - Director
A pioneer in the argentine experimental animation Luis Ricardo Bras graduated from School of Plastic Arts of Rosario in 1947 at 24 years old as a teacher of drawing. He worked as filleting (painter of the filigrees that were used in vehicles during the twentieth century in Argentina), stained glass designer, painter of handmade parchments and as a graphic designer and at the beginning of the sixties illustrator in advertising. Bras also designed and made bank checks, product labels and reminder parchments. He worked for television, animating about 300 advertisements for the agency Camilo Serbali. With a borrowed camera of 16 mm and basic knowledge about realization of cartoons acquired by a Disney documentary, he devoted himself to experimentation. In 1964, Bras met with the complete works of the Scottish-Canadian animator Norman McLaren (1914-1987) at a performance of the Cine Club Rosario. Guessing the techniques and procedures he experienced it by direct scratching on 16 mm films.- Patrick Filmer-Sankey was born on 7 April 1925 in St George Hanover Square, London, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Hot Money Girl (1959), SOS Pacific (1959) and Subway in the Sky (1959). He was married to Josephine Griffin. He died on 14 November 1995 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.
- Actor
Leslie Horvath was born on 12 October 1921 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was an actor. He died on 14 November 1995 in Glendale, California, USA.- Eddie Ballantine was born on 26 January 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 14 November 1995 in Skokie, Illinois, USA.
- Pavel Nikitin was born on 12 July 1953 in Moscow, USSR. He was an actor, known for Day of Wrath (1985), Kreytserova sonata (1987) and Detstvo Nikity (1992). He died on 14 November 1995 in Moscow, Russia.