Jack Kost: 09/06/23

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

On this day in music history - Una Mattina, by Ludovico Einaudi (2004):

The album Una Mattina,

by Ludovico Einaudi,

was released on September 6, 2004.

On this day in movie history - The Blues (2003):

The Blues,
7-part documentary series.
Released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 6, 2003.
Aired on PBS television in the United States from September 28, 2003 – October 4, 2003.

Directed by:
Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Marc Levin, Martin Scorsese, Mike Figgis, Richard Pearce and Wim Wenders.

Written by:
Charles Burnett, Peter Guralnick, Robert Gordon and Wim Wenders.

Series episode titles:

Feel Like Going Home
The Soul of a Man
The Road to Memphis
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Godfathers and Sons
Red, White and Blues
Piano Blues

Cast:
Ike Turner, B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Dick Waterman, Chris Thomas King, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Keith B. Brown, Carl Lumbly, James Hughes, David F. Hughes, Ivy Cassel, Shayne Tingle, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Joy Brashears, Tommie Tc Carter, Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Jones, T Bone Burnett, Lulu, Nick Cave, Mick Fleetwood, Elvis Costello, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Beck, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon, Keb' Mo', Dr. John, Steve Winwood, Eagle Eye Cherry, Chuck D, Dave Brubeck, Taj Mahal, Cassandra Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, KoKo Taylor, Lonnie Donegan, Bobby Rush, Rufus Thomas, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Peter Green, Albert Lee, Vernon Reid, Sam Phillips, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Ali Farka Touré, Chris Barber, Marc Ribot, Little Milton, Hubert Sumlin, George Melly, Magic Slim, Chris Farlowe, Ian Jennings, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Rahzel, Bert Jansch, Sam Carr, Joe Mulherin, Jon Cleary, Salif Keïta, Shemekia Copeland, Rosco Gordon, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Johnny Juice Rosado, Garland Jeffreys, Marshall Chess, Jay McShann, Cato Walker III, Pete Jolly, Corey Harris, Jim Dickinson, Otha Turner, Calvin Newborn, Henry Gray, Don Kern, Bernice Turner Pratcher, Pete King, Richard Shurman, Davy Graham, Habib Koité, Marcia Ball, Christine Tobin, Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor, David Barnes, Bob Koester, Phil Chess, Seaberg Ronnog, Jesse Price, Willie King, Sam Lay, Steve Seaberg, Mark Mondesir, Ahmir, Morris Jennings, Toumani Diabaté, Jamar Chess, Phil Upchurch, James Blood Ulmer, Chris Spindel, Pete Johnson, Christine Spindel, Sharde Thomas, Mya, Rob Stone.

On this day in movie history - Pollock (2000):

Pollock,

directed by Ed Harris,

written by Barbara Turner and Susan Emshwiller,

based on the biography Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith,

was released in the United States on September 6, 2000.
Music by Jeff Beal.

Cast:
Ed Harris, Robert Knott, Molly Regan, Marcia Gay Harden, Sada Thompson, Eulala Scheel, Matthew Sussman, Bud Cort, Amy Madigan, Everett Quinton, Annabelle Gurwitch, John Rothman, John Heard, Kenny Scharf, Tom McGuinness, Val Kilmer, Jeffrey Tambor, Katherine Wallach, Cassandra Clewicki, Tom Bower, Sloane Shelton, Jake, Eduardo Machado, Moss Roberts, Robert O'Neill, Isabelle Townsend, Jennifer Piech, Rebecca Wisocky, Linda Emond, Tony Palazzolo, Barbara Garrick, David Cale, Claire Beckman, Stephen Beach, Jill Jackson, David Leary, Donna Mitchell, Sondra Jablonski, Frank Wood, Julie Anna Rose, Kyle Timothy Smith, April Petroski, Nicholas Petroski, Noah Petroski, Norbert Weisser, Stephanie Seymour, Trecker, Jennifer Connelly, Sally Murphy, Bob L. Harris, John Madigan, Matthew Hart Landfield, John Nesci.

On this day in movie history - Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995):

Killer: A Journal of Murder,

directed and written by Tim Metcalfe,

based on the book by Thomas E. Gaddis and James O. Long,

was released in the United States on September 6, 1996.

Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:
James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert John Burke, Richard Riehle, Harold Gould, John Bedford Lloyd, Jeffrey DeMunn, Conrad McLaren, Steve Forrest, Richard Council, Christopher Petrosino, Michael Jeffrey Woods, Rob Locke Jones, Raynor Scheine, Eddie Cairis, Seth Romatelli, John MacKay, James Murtaugh, Richard Spore, Christopher Wynkoop, Stephen Mendillo, Richard Gentner, Martha A. Woods, Bridget Hoffman, Ed Berke, Alex Daniels, Nicholas Guest, Paul Pape, Anthony Tyler Quinn, Vesco, Burton Sharp, Reathel Bean, Travis Fitzgerald, Christopher Flockton, Joe Monaco, Jerry Robbins, Lili Taylor, Sarah Woods.

On this day in movie history - The Hidden II (1993):

The Hidden II,

aka The Hidden 2,

directed by Seth Pinsker,

written by Jim Kouf and Seth Pinsker,

was released in the United States on September 6, 1993.
Music by David McHugh.

Cast:
Raphael Sbarge, Kate Hodge, Jovin Montanaro, Christopher Murphy, Michael Welden, Michael A. Nickles, Tony DiBenedetto, Tom Tayback, Dennis Bertsch, Cate Caplin, Edith Varon, Peter Gregory, Bobby J. Foxworth, Honey Lauren, Garvin Funches, Danny McBride, Michael Nouri, Ed O'Ross, Lin Shaye, Steve Eastin, Clu Gulager, Buckley Norris, Katherine Cannon, John McCann, Doug Collins, Marc Siegler, Ted White, Kristen Clayton, Mary Petrie, Steve Vandeman, Bob K. Cummings, Charlie Skeen, Alan Marcus, Rachel Todd, Kyle MacLachlan, Neil Summers.