Harrison Ford uses his pilot’s license to help first responders
Steve Buscemi used his training as a fireman to rejoice the NY Fire Dept. immediately after 9/11.
Jamie Foxx saved a man from a burning car.
James Stewart interrupted his career as a movie star to enlist in the Army Air Corps and fought in WWII as a bomber pilot.
Comic Relief - charity organizations in the UK and U.S. which produce comedy television specials, and run other comic events, to raise money for various charitable causes
David Grohl made BBQ to serve to firefighters battling California wildfires.
Grohl is arguably not “Hollywood” but he has done some acting, directing, and composing.
Harrison Ford uses his pilot’s license to help first responders
Steve Buscemi used his training as a fireman to rejoice the NY Fire Dept. immediately after 9/11.
Jamie Foxx saved a man from a burning car.
James Stewart interrupted his career as a movie star to enlist in the Army Air Corps and fought in WWII as a bomber pilot.
Comic Relief - charity organizations in the UK and U.S. which produce comedy television specials, and run other comic events, to raise money for various charitable causes
David Grohl made BBQ to serve to firefighters battling California wildfires.
Sean Penn bribed officials to let him bring Katrina survivors food and water he purchased himself.
Harrison Ford uses his pilot’s license to help first responders
Steve Buscemi used his training as a fireman to rejoice the NY Fire Dept. immediately after 9/11.
Jamie Foxx saved a man from a burning car.
James Stewart interrupted his career as a movie star to enlist in the Army Air Corps and fought in WWII as a bomber pilot.
Comic Relief - charity organizations in the UK and U.S. which produce comedy television specials, and run other comic events, to raise money for various charitable causes
David Grohl made BBQ to serve to firefighters battling California wildfires.
Sean Penn bribed officials to let him bring Katrina survivors food and water he purchased himself.
Gary Sinise established the Gary Sinise Foundation to help veterans. His role as Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump motivated him.
Keira Knightley spoke out against domestic violence.
Harrison Ford uses his pilot’s license to help first responders
Steve Buscemi used his training as a fireman to rejoice the NY Fire Dept. immediately after 9/11.
Jamie Foxx saved a man from a burning car.
James Stewart interrupted his career as a movie star to enlist in the Army Air Corps and fought in WWII as a bomber pilot.
Comic Relief - charity organizations in the UK and U.S. which produce comedy television specials, and run other comic events, to raise money for various charitable causes
David Grohl made BBQ to serve to firefighters battling California wildfires.
Sean Penn bribed officials to let him bring Katrina survivors food and water he purchased himself.
Gary Sinise established the Gary Sinise Foundation to help veterans. His role as Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump motivated him.
Keira Knightley spoke out against domestic violence.
Doris Day established the Doris Day Animal Foundation to promote awareness and prevent abuse to animals. She also established the Doris Day Animal League as a citizen nonprofit organization to lobby on behalf of animal rights.
Scenes in movies that take place on a specific date (known through a title card or through the context of the movie)
May 11, 1980 - GoodFellas - The “Last Day as a Wiseguy” sequence
November 5, 1955 - Back to the Future - Marty McFly’s arrival in the past, and saving his father from an accident
I came in too late to post an entry to the previous list: Audrey Hepburn, for her years of work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, going on many field missions to countries including Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Guatemala and Honduras.
Scenes in movies that take place on a specific date (known through a title card or through the context of the movie)
May 11, 1980 - GoodFellas - The “Last Day as a Wiseguy” sequence
November 5, 1955 - Back to the Future - Marty McFly’s arrival in the past, and saving his father from an accident
July 4th 1996: Indepdendence day - the day America saves that day from an alien invasion while all of the other countries sit back and do nothing but bask in the glow of American greatness.
Scenes In Movies That Take Place on a Specific Date (known through a title card or through the context of the movie)
May 11, 1980 - GoodFellas - The “Last Day as a Wiseguy” sequence
November 5, 1955 - Back to the Future - Marty McFly’s arrival in the past, and saving his father from an accident
July 4th 1996: Independence day - the day America saves that day from an alien invasion while all of the other countries sit back and do nothing but bask in the glow of American greatness.
June 6th 1944 – The Longest Day – The Allied landings in Normandy during WWII
Scenes In Movies That Take Place on a Specific Date (known through a title card or through the context of the movie)
May 11, 1980 - GoodFellas - The “Last Day as a Wiseguy” sequence
November 5, 1955 - Back to the Future - Marty McFly’s arrival in the past, and saving his father from an accident
July 4th 1996: Independence day - the day America saves that day from an alien invasion while all of the other countries sit back and do nothing but bask in the glow of American greatness.
June 6th 1944 – The Longest Day – The Allied landings in Normandy during WWII
Scenes In Movies That Take Place on a Specific Date (known through a title card or through the context of the movie)
May 11, 1980 - GoodFellas - The “Last Day as a Wiseguy” sequence
November 5, 1955 - Back to the Future - Marty McFly’s arrival in the past, and saving his father from an accident
July 4th 1996: Independence day - the day America saves that day from an alien invasion while all of the other countries sit back and do nothing but bask in the glow of American greatness.
June 6th 1944 – The Longest Day – The Allied landings in Normandy during WWII
April 15, 1912 - Titanic - She sinks.
December 25, 1988 - Die Hard - The movie takes place on Christmas Eve.
Scenes In Movies That Take Place on a Specific Date (known through a title card or through the context of the movie)
May 11, 1980 - GoodFellas - The “Last Day as a Wiseguy” sequence
November 5, 1955 - Back to the Future - Marty McFly’s arrival in the past, and saving his father from an accident
July 4th 1996: Independence day - the day America saves that day from an alien invasion while all of the other countries sit back and do nothing but bask in the glow of American greatness.
June 6th 1944 – The Longest Day – The Allied landings in Normandy during WWII
April 15, 1912 - Titanic - She sinks.
December 25, 1988 - Die Hard - The movie takes place on Christmas Eve.
October 31, 1978 - Halloween - The movie takes place on Halloween.
Scenes In Movies That Take Place on a Specific Date (known through a title card or through the context of the movie)
May 11, 1980 - GoodFellas - The “Last Day as a Wiseguy” sequence
November 5, 1955 - Back to the Future - Marty McFly’s arrival in the past, and saving his father from an accident
July 4th 1996: Independence day - the day America saves that day from an alien invasion while all of the other countries sit back and do nothing but bask in the glow of American greatness.
June 6th 1944 – The Longest Day – The Allied landings in Normandy during WWII
April 15, 1912 - Titanic - She sinks.
December 25, 1988 - Die Hard - The movie takes place on Christmas Eve.
October 31, 1978 - Halloween - The movie takes place on Halloween.
July 16, 1938 - Double Indemnity - Stated by Walter Neff when he starts his dictaphone confession.
Scenes In Movies That Take Place on a Specific Date (known through a title card or through the context of the movie)
May 11, 1980 - GoodFellas - The “Last Day as a Wiseguy” sequence
November 5, 1955 - Back to the Future - Marty McFly’s arrival in the past, and saving his father from an accident
July 4th 1996: Independence day - the day America saves that day from an alien invasion while all of the other countries sit back and do nothing but bask in the glow of American greatness.
June 6th 1944 – The Longest Day – The Allied landings in Normandy during WWII
April 15, 1912 - Titanic - She sinks.
December 25, 1988 - Die Hard - The movie takes place on Christmas Eve.
October 31, 1978 - Halloween - The movie takes place on Halloween.
July 16, 1938 - Double Indemnity - Stated by Walter Neff when he starts his dictaphone confession.
June 17, 1972 - All the President’s Men - The Watergate burglars are caught.
Look carefully and you might spot F. Murray Abraham as a D.C. plainclothes cop.
Scenes In Movies That Take Place on a Specific Date (known through a title card or through the context of the movie)
May 11, 1980 - GoodFellas - The “Last Day as a Wiseguy” sequence
November 5, 1955 - Back to the Future - Marty McFly’s arrival in the past, and saving his father from an accident
July 4th 1996: Independence day - the day America saves that day from an alien invasion while all of the other countries sit back and do nothing but bask in the glow of American greatness.
June 6th 1944 – The Longest Day – The Allied landings in Normandy during WWII
April 15, 1912 - Titanic - She sinks.
December 25, 1988 - Die Hard - The movie takes place on Christmas Eve.
October 31, 1978 - Halloween - The movie takes place on Halloween.
July 16, 1938 - Double Indemnity - Stated by Walter Neff when he starts his dictaphone confession.
June 17, 1972 - All the President’s Men - The Watergate burglars are caught.
January 1, 1980 - Boogie Nights - Little Bill kills himself.
