On this day in movie history - All Good Things (2010):

All Good Things,

directed by Andrew Jarecki,

written by Marcus Hinchey and Marc Smerling,

inspired by the true Robert Alan Durst case (1943 – 2022),

was released in the United States on November 5, 2010.
Music by Rob Simonsen.

Cast:
Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Lily Rabe, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Esper, Diane Venora, Nick Offerman, Kristen Wiig, Stephen Kunken, John Cullum, Liz Stauber, Marion McCorry, Mia Dillon, Tom Kemp, Trini Alvarado, Tom Riis Farrell, Bruce Norris, Francie Swift, David Margulies, Glenn Fleshler, Stephen Singer, Francis Guinan, Ellen Sexton, William Jackson Harper, Ashlie Atkinson, Donna Bullock, Pamala Tyson, Julie Moran, Diane Kagan, Socorro Santiago, Barbara Ann Davison, Zabryna Guevara, Lanny Flaherty, Robert Clohessy, Lázaro Pérez, Michelle Hurst, Craig Walker, Lola Pashalinski, Jerry Grayson, Tony Torn, Zoe Lister-Jones, Tristan Comeau, Amelia Martin, Matthew Floyd Miller, Peter Becerra, Mary A. Kelly, Jeong Kim, Andy Tsay, Ruel Jusi, Arwen (the dog), Jordie (the dog), Charlton Alonso, Kina Bermudez, Renee Fishman, Liz Loza, Tamara Torres.

On this day in music history - American IV: The Man Comes Around, by Johnny Cash (2002):

The album American IV: The Man Comes Around,

by Johnny Cash,

was released in the United States on November 5, 2002.

On this day in movie history - The Insider (1999):

The Insider,

directed by Michael Mann,

written by Eric Roth and Michael Mann,

was released in the United States on November 5, 1999.
Based on the 1996 Vanity Fair article The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner.
Music by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke.

Cast:
Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Colm Feore, Bruce McGill, Gina Gershon, Michael Gambon, Rip Torn, Lynne Thigpen, Hallie Eisenberg, Michael Paul Chan, Linda Hart, Robert Harper, Nestor Serrano, Pete Hamill, Wings Hauser, Cliff Curtis, Renee Olstead, Mike Moore, Gary Sandy, Willie C. Carpenter, Paul Butler, Jack Palladino, Roger Bart, Alan Desatti, Sayed Badreya, Chris Ufland, Douglas McGrath, Bill Sage, Joseph Hindy, Dennis Garber, Tim Grimm, Paul Perri, Wanda De Jesus, Robert Patrick Brink, Vincent Foster, James Harper, Eyal Podell, Breckin Meyer, David Roberson, Gregg E. Muravchick, William P. Bradford, David Clyde Carr, Ann Reskin, Claire Slemmer, Steve Salge, Derrick Jones, Donald F. Burbrink, Vyto Ruginis, George R. Parsons, Isodine Loury, Charlene Bosarge, Saemi Nakamura, Ronal G. Yokley, Bob Lazarus, Robert J. Ragno Jr., Alvin L. Welch, Nathan Lewis Hill, Paula Bisbikos, Christi Evans, Knox White, Amy L. Caudill, Cara Briese, Brian Canberg, David C. Fisher, J.B. Flinn, Phil Hawn, Tom Jones, Zane Lamprey, Don Langley, Clyde Lee, Robert D. Parham, Roger Phenix, Scott Ritcher, Ted Speaker, Robbie G. Tomlin, Susan Wagner.

On this day in music history - The album American II: Unchained, by Johnny Cash (1996):

The album American II: Unchained,

aka Unchained,

by Johnny Cash,

was released on November 5, 1996.

On this day in movie history - Flesh and Bone (1993):

Flesh and Bone,

directed and written by Steve Kloves,

was released in the United States on November 5, 1993.
Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:
Julia McNeal, Ron Kuhlman, Jerry Swindall, Ryan Bohls, James Caan, Dennis Quaid, Ez Perez, Craig Erickson, Barbara Alyn Woods, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Berryman, Meg Ryan, Scott Wilson, James N. Harrell, Gerardo Johnson, Héctor García, Betsy Brantley, John Hawkes, Vic Polizos, Nik Hagler, Travis Baker, Christopher Rydell, Angie Bolling, Joe Stevens, Libby Villari, Gail Cronauer, Jim Bob Howard, Buck Reynolds, E. Parker Webb.

Born on this day – Sam Shepard:

Sam Shepard

Actor

Writer

Director

November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017

Born on this day – Isela Vega:

Isela Vega

Actress

Singer

Songwriter

Director

November 5, 1939 – March 9, 2021

Born on this day – Victor Argo:

Victor Argo

Actor

November 5, 1934 – April 7, 2004

Born on this day – Richard Davalos:

Richard Davalos

Actor

November 5, 1930 – March 8, 2016

Born on this day – Madeleine Robinson:

Madeleine Robinson

Actress

November 5, 1917 – August 1, 2004

Born on this day – Guy Green:

Guy Green

Director

Producer

Writer

Cinematographer

November 5, 1913 – September 15, 2005

Born on this day – Vivien Leigh:

Vivien Leigh

Actress

November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967

Born on this day – Roy Rogers:

Roy Rogers

Singer

Actor

Television host

November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998

Born on this day – Joel McCrea:

Joel McCrea

Actor

November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990

Credits:

Mustang Country (1976); The Young Rounders (1971); Cry Blood, Apache (1970); Ride the High Country (1962); The Crowning Experience (1960); Wichita Town (1959–1960); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); Fort Massacre (1958); Cattle Empire (1958); The Tall Stranger (1957); Gunsight Ridge (1957); Trooper Hook (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); The First Texan (1956); Wichita (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); Black Horse Canyon (1954); Border River (1954); Shoot First (1953); The Lone Hand (1953); The San Francisco Story (1952); Cattle Drive (1951); Hollywood Story (1951); Frenchie (1950); Saddle Tramp (1950); Stars in My Crown (1950); The Outriders (1950); Colorado Territory (1949); South of St. Louis (1949); Four Faces West (1948); Ramrod (1947); The Virginian (1946); The Unseen (1945); The Great Moment (1944); Buffalo Bill (1944); The More the Merrier (1943); The Palm Beach Story (1942); Sullivan's Travels (1941); The Great Man's Lady (1941); Reaching for the Sun (1941); Foreign Correspondent (1940); Primrose Path (1940); He Married His Wife (1940); Espionage Agent (1939); They Shall Have Music (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Youth Takes a Fling (1938); Three Blind Mice (1938); Wells Fargo (1937); Dead End (1937); Woman Chases Man (1937); Internes Can't Take Money (1937); Banjo on My Knee (1936); Come and Get It (1936); Adventure in Manhattan (1936); Two in a Crowd (1936); These Three (1936); Splendor (1935); Barbary Coast (1935); Woman Wanted (1935); Our Little Girl (1935); Private Worlds (1935); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); Half a Sinner (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); Chance at Heaven (1933); One Man's Journey (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Scarlet River (1933); Rockabye (1932); The Sport Parade (1932); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); Bird of Paradise (1932); The Lost Squadron (1932); Business and Pleasure (1932); Girls About Town (1931); The Common Law (1931); Born to Love (1931); Kept Husbands (1931); Once a Sinner (1931); Lightnin' (1930); The Silver Horde (1930); Framed (1930); Dynamite (1929); So This Is College (1929); The Single Standard (1929); The Jazz Age (1929); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); The Divine Lady (1928); Freedom of the Press (1928); Dead Man's Curve (1928); The Enemy (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); Torrent (1926); A Self-Made Failure (1924); Penrod and Sam (1923).

Born on this day – Jessie Ralph:

Jessie Ralph

Actress

November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944

Credits:

They Met in Bombay (1941); The Lady from Cheyenne (1941); The Bank Dick (1940); I Want a Divorce (1940); Girl from Avenue A (1940); I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940); Star Dust (1940); The Blue Bird (1940); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Mickey the Kid (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Cafe Society (1939); St. Louis Blues (1939); Four Girls in White (1939); Port of Seven Seas (1938); Hold That Kiss (1938); Love Is a Headache (1938); Double Wedding (1937); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Good Earth (1937); After the Thin Man (1936); Camille (1936); Walking on Air (1936); Bunker Bean (1936); San Francisco (1936); The Unguarded Hour (1936); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936); Yellow Dust (1936); The Garden Murder Case (1936); Captain Blood (1935); I Found Stella Parish (1935); Metropolitan (1935); I Live My Life (1935); Jalna (1935); Paris in Spring (1935); Mark of the Vampire (1935); Les Misérables (1935); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Enchanted April (1935); David Copperfield (1935); Evelyn Prentice (1934); We Live Again (1934); One Night of Love (1934); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Coming Out Party (1934); Nana (1934); Ann Carver's Profession (1933); Cocktail Hour (1933); Elmer, the Great (1933); Child of Manhattan (1933); Such a Little Queen (1921); The Madonna of the Slums (1919); New York (1916); Mary's Lamb (1915); The Galloper (1915); A Ringer for Max (1915).

Amy Waldman, on writing:

History is the history of human behavior, and human behavior is the raw material of fiction.

Most people recognize that novelists do research to get the facts right - how a glove factory works, for example, or how courtesans in imperial Japan dressed.

- Amy Waldman.