Christopher Columbus Face-Off: Who Has Had the Greater Impact on Film?
It's the second Monday in October and you know what that means -- it's Columbus Day, the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's 1492 arrival in the Americas. But let's not forget, approximately 500 years after the Italian explorer set foot in the New World, a young filmmaker also named Christopher Columbus pioneered a new world of family comedy with hits like The Goonies, Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire and the Harry Potter franchise. In honor of today's holiday, Movieline wonders which Christopher Columbus had the bigger impact on cinema -- the navigator who brought attention to the mass of land that would eventually encompass the U.S. center of filmmaking and provide setting for millions of films -- or the filmmaker who established some of our most nostalgic family films (Adventures in Babysitting included) as well as three Harry Potter movies. Let's investigate below!
