On this day in movie history - Phase IV (1974):

Phase IV

directed by Saul Bass,

written by Mayo Simon,

inspired by the short story Empire of the Ants by H. G. Wells,

was released in the United States on September 6, 1974.
Music by Brian Gascoigne.

Cast:
Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford, Robert Henderson, Helen Horton, David Healy.

Born on this day – Saul Bass:

Saul Bass

Graphic designer

Director

May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996

Credits:

84C MoPic (1989); Advise & Consent (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961–1963); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Aquamania (1961); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Attack (1956); Bass on Titles (1982); Big (1988); Bonjour Tristesse (1958); Broadcast News (1987); Brothers (1977); Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965); Cape Fear (1991); Carmen Jones (1954); Casey Bats Again (1954); Casino (1995); Champion (1949); Chips Ahoy (1956); Chun King Chow Mein Hour (1962); Cinema mil (2005); Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009); Cowboy (1958); Die Titelmacher (1976); Doc Hollywood (1991); Donald and the Wheel (1961); Edge of the City (1957); Evolutions: The Making of 'Phase IV' (2024); Exodus (1960); Fear in the Dark (1991); From Here to There (1964); Goodfellas (1990); Grand Prix (1966); Grin and Bear It (1954); High Note (1960); Higher Learning (1995); How to Have an Accident at Work (1959); How to Sleep (1953); Hurry Sundown (1967); In Harm's Way (1965); In the Bag (1956); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); Jack and Old Mac (1956); Johnny Concho (1956); Last Sunset (2012); Le grand échiquier (1972); Love in the Afternoon (1957); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1999); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); Nine Hours to Rama (1963); North by Northwest (1959); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Notes on the Popular Arts (1978); Ocean's Eleven (1960); One, Two, Three (1961); Otto Preminger (1999); Phase IV (1974); Philemon (1976); Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952); Pluto's Party (1952); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Psycho (1960); Psycho (1998); Quest (1984); R'coon Dawg (1951); Return from the River Kwai (1989); Rosebud (1975); Saint Joan (1957); Saul Bass: Title Champ (2008); Seconds (1966); Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Something Wild (1961); Spartacus (1960); Storm Center (1956); Such Good Friends (1971); Talking Film (1980); Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Age of Innocence (1993); The Big Country (1958); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Big Knife (1955); The Cardinal (1963); The Facts of Life (1960); The Firemen's Ball (1967); The Hemingway Play (1976); The Human Factor (1979); The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1976); The Litterbug (1961); The Little House (1952); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Pride and the Passion (1957); The Racers (1955); The Searching Eye (1964); The Seven Year Itch (1955); The Shining (1980); The Shrike (1955); The Solar Film (1980); The Truth About Mother Goose (1957); The Two of Us (1967); The War of the Roses (1989); The Young Stranger (1957); Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953); Vertigo (1958); Very Happy Alexander (1968); Walk on the Wild Side (1962); West Side Story (1961); Why Man Creates (1968); Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974).