Jack Kost: 09/12/23

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

On this day in movie history - Coastal Elites (2020):

Coastal Elites,

directed by Jay Roach,

written by Paul Rudnick,

was released in the United States on September 12, 2020.
Music by Evyen Klean and Julian Nunez.

Cast:
Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy, Sarah Paulson, Issa Rae.

On this day in music history - Healing: Music for Meditation and Well Being, by Laura Sullivan (2017):

The album Healing: Music for Meditation and Well Being,

by Laura Sullivan,

was released on September 12, 2017.

On this day in movie history - The Drop (2014):

The Drop,

directed by Michaël R. Roskam,

written by Dennis Lehane,

based on the short story Animal Rescue by Dennis Lehane,

was released in the United States on September 12, 2014.
Music by Marco Beltrami.

Cast:
Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Michael Aronov, Morgan Spector, Michael Esper, Ross Bickell, James Frecheville, Tobias Segal, Patricia Squire, Ann Dowd, Chris Sullivan, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Jeremy Bobb, James Colby, Mike Houston, Michael O'Hara, Scott Johnsen, David Brown, Jessica Tate, John Di Benedetto, Robert Turano, Erin Darke, Khan Baykal, Jack Dimich, Danny McCarthy, Cathy Trien, Joseph Basile, Rick Bolander, David Boston, Roger Brenner, Richard Cerqueira, Mario Corry, Joseph A. DiPietro, Joe Remy Dolinsky, Shawn Gonzalez, John Merolla, Marinko Radakovic, Noah Radcliffe, Thomas Raimondo, Matthew Tronieri, Barry Wetcher, Misha Whalen, Sam Yazbeck, Alex Ziwak.

On this day in movie history - Righteous Kill (2008):

Righteous Kill,

directed by Jon Avnet,

written by Russell Gewirtz,

was released in the United States on September 12, 2008.
Music by Edward Shearmur.

Cast:
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson), Carla Gugino, John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, Trilby Glover, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Alan Rosenberg, Sterling K. Brown, Barry Primus, Melissa Leo, Alan Blumenfeld, Oleg Taktarov, Shirly Brener, Frank John, Terry Serpico, Liza Colón-Zayas, Malachy McCourt, Ajay Naidu, Charles F. Krichman Jr., Rob Dyrdek, James Shanahan, Terrell J. Ramsey, Mia Barron, Andre B. Blake, Chris Cenatiempo, John Cenatiempo, Judy Del Giudice, Bryan Chatlien, Shalaya Patty Ford, Shaun Kelvin, Merritt Wever, Les Chantery, Katie Bukovsky, Tyrone Smith, Jim Jones, Darryl Pittman, Margaret Head, Katarzyna Wolejnio, Tony Borea, Harold Bridgeforth, Taylor E. Brown, Edrick Browne, Gail Bruno, Franco Bulaon, Jon Dainty, Kim Donovan, Kimberly Dorsey, Tanisha Grant, Catie Lazarus, Paul Lucenti, Kimberly Magness, Adrian Martinez, Laura Maselli, Antonino Paone, Peter Riga, Harry L. Seddon, Brian Stapf, Cindi Woods.

On this day in movie history - When Brendan Met Trudy (2000):

When Brendan Met Trudy,

directed by Kieron J. Walsh,

written by Roddy Doyle,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 12, 2000.
Music by Richard Hartley.

Cast:
Peter McDonald, Flora Montgomery, Marie Mullen, Pauline McLynn, Don Wycherley, Maynard Eziashi, Eileen Walsh, Barry Cassin, Niall O'Brien, Rynagh O'Grady, Ali White, Julie Hale, Jack Lynch, Dr. Stewart, Robert O'Neill, Eoin Manley, George McMahon, Sean Flanagan, Pat Kinevane, Terry Byrne, Myles Horgan, Charlie Bird, Anne Cassin, Harry Crosbie, Luke Boyle, William O'Sullivan, Jonathan White, Philip Judge, Alicia O'Keefe, Kieron J. Walsh, Berts Folan, Kevin Sharkey, Robbie Doolin, Keith McErlean, Martin Murphy, Frank O'Sullivan, Nuala Kelly, Triona McGarry, Jim Corry, Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly, Conor Evans, Patricia Martin, Susan Murray, Gail Kainswarren, Amelia Crowley, Robert Mack, James Mack, Coco Kenny, Francis Schurmann, Shauna Nugent, Gabriel Byrne, Antony Conaty, Chris McHallem.

On this day in music history - Deja-Blues, by Steven Halpern (2000):

The album Deja-Blues,

by Steven Halpern,

was released on September 12, 2000.

On this day in television history: Taxi (1978 - 1983):

Taxi,

written by James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, David Davis and Ed. Weinberger,

was released on September 12, 1978, and ran for five seasons, until June 15, 1983.
Theme music by Bob James.

Cast:
Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman, Christopher Lloyd, J. Alan Thomas, Jeff Conaway, Carol Kane, Randall Carver, T.J. Castronovo, Rhea Perlman, Gene LeBell, Jimmy Lennon Sr., Al Rosen, Louise Lasser, Susan Kellermann, Vincent Schiavelli, Melanie Gaffin, Ed. Weinberger, David Mendenhall, Suzanne Kent, Ellen Regan, Andrea Marcovicci, Julia DeVito, Jack Gilford, Anne De Salvo, Jill Jaress, Marc Anthony Danza, Carmine Caridi, Wendell Wright, Talia Balsam, Michael Mann, Paula Victor, Ted Danson, Rebecca Holden, Bubba Smith, Fran Ryan, Charlayne Woodard, Mandy Patinkin, Arlene Golonka, Gail Edwards, Allan Arbus, Rita Taggart, William Bogert, Dee Wallace, Jeffrey Tambor, Joan Hackett, Ruth Gordon, Scott Brady, Amanda McBroom, Lenny Baker, Constance Forslund, John Dukakis, Nancy Steen, Liz Miller, Susan Sullivan, Priscilla Barnes, Julie Kavner, Beverly Ross, George Wendt, Martha Smith, Barry Nelson, Allen Garfield, Tom Selleck, Joanna Cassidy, Eileen Brennan, Bob Larkin, Tom Hanks, Gayle Hunnicutt, Keenan Wynn, Sherrie Wills, Jean Hayworth, Marcia Wolf, Penny Marshall, Tracey Walter, Scatman Crothers, Cathie Shirriff, Judith-Marie Bergan, Michael Saucedo, Howard Witt, Brad Kesten, Charles Bouvier, Sharon Madden, Elizabeth Hill, Wendy Jewell, Rose Marie Klespitz, Joyce Mandel, Marshall Jay Kaplan, Paul LeClair, Jim Brooks, Debra Satell.

On this day in movie history - Five Easy Pieces (1970):

Five Easy Pieces,

directed by Bob Rafelson,

written by Adrien Joyce,

based on a story by Bob Rafelson and Adrien Joyce,

was released in the United States on September 12, 1970.

Music credits:
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903, by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49, by Frédéric Chopin.
Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4, by Frédéric Chopin.
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Fantasy in D minor, K. 397, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Four songs by Tammy Wynette:
Stand by Your Man.
D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
Don't Touch Me.
When There's a Fire in Your Heart.

Cast:
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, Billy "Green" Bush, Irene Dailey, Toni Basil, Helena Kallianiotes, William Challee, John Ryan, Fannie Flagg, Marlena MacGuire, Sally Ann Struthers, Lorna Thayer, Richard Stahl, Garrett Cassell, Clay Greenbush, Bob Rafelson.

On this day in movie history - A Fistful of Dollars (1964):

A Fistful of Dollars,

directed by Sergio Leone,

written by Sergio Leone, Víctor Andrés Catena, Jaime Comas Gil, Fernando Di Leo, Duccio Tessari, and Tonino Valerii,

based on a story by Sergio Leone, Adriano Bolzoni, Víctor Andrés Catena and Mark Lowell,

was released in Italy on September 12, 1964.
Based on the movie Yojimbo (1961), directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Music by Ennio Morricone (as Dan Savio).

Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, W. Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, Joe Edger, Antonio Prieto, Pepe Calvo, Margherita Lozano, Daniel Martín, Benny Reeves, Richard Stuyvesant, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambreli, Antonio Moreno, Nino del Arco, Enrique Santiago, Umberto Spadaro, Fernando Sánchez Polack, José Riesgo, Luis Barboo, Frank Braña, Antonio Molino Rojo, Lorenzo Robledo, William R. Thompkins, José Canalejas, Álvaro de Luna, Nazzareno Natale, Antonio Pica.