August 27, 1969 –
An early Francis Ford Coppola film, The Rain People, starring Shirley Knight, James Caan and Robert Duvall opened on this date.
George Lucas visited the set while finishing film school, having heard that Francis Ford Coppola, a fellow film school graduate, was directing. The two struck up a fast friendship and became frequent collaborators during the 1970s, and again in the 1980s with Tucker: The Man and His Dream.
The Haus of Dcaligari 