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Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver stands with arms crossed, wearing sunglasses and a military jacket, next to a sign reading Pedestrians Prohibited.

History of Hollywood

Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow, wearing a fedora and vest, sits on the bumper of a vintage car holding a gun in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.

Anne Bancroft, wearing a leopard print coat, and Dustin Hoffman, in a suit, sit together at a hotel bar table in a scene from the 1967 film The Graduate.

Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper sit by a campfire at night next to a motorcycle in a scene from the film Easy Rider.

Still from The Godfather showing Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in a tuxedo with a red rose, having his hand kissed by a man, with Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in the background.

Lobby card for the 1975 film Jaws shows Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss on a boat, with a shark image and movie title on the left.

Infographic titled Jaws Bites featuring a large illustrated shark at the center, surrounded by colorful fact blocks about the 1975 movie Jaws, including release date, cast, box office totals, shark statistics, death count, and trivia such as the famous improvised line and Oscar wins.

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Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver stands with arms crossed, wearing sunglasses and a military jacket, next to a sign reading Pedestrians Prohibited.

Taxi Driver

Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976), directed by Martin Scorsese.

© 1976 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.

Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow, wearing a fedora and vest, sits on the bumper of a vintage car holding a gun in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.

Bonnie and Clyde

Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), directed by Arthur...

© 1967 Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Anne Bancroft, wearing a leopard print coat, and Dustin Hoffman, in a suit, sit together at a hotel bar table in a scene from the 1967 film The Graduate.

The Graduate

Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967), directed by Mike...

© 1967 United Artists, all rights reserved

Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper sit by a campfire at night next to a motorcycle in a scene from the film Easy Rider.

Easy Rider

Peter Fonda (left) and Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider (1969), a film directed...

© 1969 Columbia Pictures Corporation; photograph from a private collection

Still from The Godfather showing Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in a tuxedo with a red rose, having his hand kissed by a man, with Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in the background.

The Godfather

(From left) Salvatore Corsitto, James Caan, and Marlon Brando in The Godfather...

© 1972 Paramount Pictures

Lobby card for the 1975 film Jaws shows Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss on a boat, with a shark image and movie title on the left.

Jaws

Cinema lobby card for Jaws (1975).

© 1975 Universal Pictures Company, Inc.

Infographic titled Jaws Bites featuring a large illustrated shark at the center, surrounded by colorful fact blocks about the 1975 movie Jaws, including release date, cast, box office totals, shark statistics, death count, and trivia such as the famous improvised line and Oscar wins.

Jaws bites

Discover fascinating facts about the classic summer blockbuster Jaws (1975).

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