Showing posts with label 1978. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1978. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Monday, October 6, 2025
On this day in movie history - Midnight Express (1978):
Midnight Express
directed by Alan Parker,
written by Oliver Stone,
based
on the book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer,
was released in the United
States on October 6, 1978.
Music by Giorgio Moroder.
Music by Giorgio Moroder.
Cast:
Brad Davis, Irene
Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert
Weisser, John Hurt, Kevork Malikyan, Yashaw Adem, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael
Ensign, Gigi Ballista, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Giannatos.
Friday, September 12, 2025
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.
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.
Monday, August 4, 2025
Recommended reading - Play Misty for Me, by Paul J. Gillette (1978):
Play Misty for Me
By Paul J. Gillette.
Novelization of the
movie Play Misty for Me (1971), directed by Clint Eastwood,
written by Jo Heims and
Dean Riesner, based on a story by Jo Heims.
Published by Star Books.
Published 1978.
ISBN-10: 0352302739
ISBN-13: 9780352302731
Description:
A Hitchcockian
psychological thriller. – Evening Standard.
The trap is baited …
A beautiful, lonely,
possessive girl; a successful, popular disc-jockey.
The trap is set …
A night of casual lust –
no complications, no strings attached.
The trap begins to close
…
Jealousy
and revenge boil over in a nightmare of terror.
Monday, July 28, 2025
On this day in movie history - The Driver (1978):
The Driver
directed and written by Walter Hill,
was released in the
United States on July 28, 1978.
Music by Dominic Frontiere.
Music by Dominic Frontiere.
Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern,
Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley, Matt Clark, Felice Orlandi, Joseph Walsh, Rudy
Ramos, Denny Macko, Frank Bruno, Will Walker, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Tara King, Richard
Carey, Fidel Corona, Victor Gilmour, Nick Dimitri, Bob Minor, Angelo Lamonea, Patrick
Burns, Karen Kleiman, Thomas Myers, Bill McConnell, Peter Jason, William Hasley,
Allan Graf, Peter Paul Eastman, Raven Grey Eagle, Bob Harks, Orwin C. Harvey, Steve
Moriarty, Nico Stevens, Leland Sun, Anna Young.
On this day in movie history - Hooper (1978):
Hooper
directed by Hal Needham,
written by Thomas Rickman and Bill
Kerby,
based on a story by Walt Green, Walter S. Herndon and James Best,
was
released in the United States on July 28, 1978.
Music by Bill Justis.
Cast:
Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael
Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith, John Marley, Robert Klein, James Best, Adam
West, Alfie Wise, Terry Bradshaw, Norman Grabowski, George Furth, Jim Burk, Don
'Red' Barry, Princess O'Mahoney, Robert Tessier, Richard Tyler, Tara Buckman, Hal
Floyd, Ray Bickel, Rex Benson, R.G. Allen, Mark Montgomery, Linda McClure, Kent
Lane, Christa Linder, Kris Goddard, Robert Hackman, John Marshall, Laura Lizer
Sommers, Peter Craig, Soupy Sales, Roxanne Brewer, Alex Brown, William H.
Burton Jr., Tom Cloud, Jadie David, David Ellis, Gary Epper, John Escobar, Len
Glasgow, Raven Grey Eagle, Stefan Gudju, Freddie Hice, Buddy Joe Hooker, Hugh
Hooker, Louise Johnson, Gary McLarty, Mary Moon, Bennie Moore, Dave Mungenast
Sr., Sam Neville, Alan Oliney, Bob Orrison, Regis Parton, John Quijada, Ronnie
Rondell Jr., Reid Rondell, Tim Rossovich, Fred Scheiwiller, Ron Stein, Charles
A. Tamburro, Greg Topper, Jim Whitecloud, Walter Wyatt.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Born on this day – Rachael Lillis:
Voice actress
Writer
July 8, 1978 – August 10, 2024
Credits:
A Sneak Peek at Pokémon
(1998); Agent Aika (1997–1999); Alien Nine (2001); Andy Shane & the Very
Bossy Dolores Starbuckle / Andy Shane & the Pumpkin Trick (2009); Andy
Shane and the Barn Sale Mystery (2011); Andy Shane and the Queen of Egypt (2009);
Andy Shane Is Not in Love (2011); Animation Runner Kuromi (2001); Animation
Runner Kuromi 2 (2004); Ape Escape 2 (2002); Apocalypse Zero (1996); Bakuman.
(2010); Berserk (1997–1998); Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the
King (2012); Bleached (1997); Boogiepop Never Laughs: Boogiepop Phantom (2000);
Boys be... (2000); Carrie Measures Up (2009); Clean-Sweep Campers (2009); Cleopatra
D.C. (1989–1991); Comic Party (2001); Comic Party Special (2001); Countdown to
Kindergarten (2004); Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown (2002); Cubix: Robots
for Everyone (2001–2002); Darkside Blues (1994); Death Battle (2014); Descendants
of Darkness (2000); Diary of a Fairy Godmother (2004); Diminishing Returns (2018);
Dinosaur King (2007); DNA² (1994); DNA²: Dokokade nakushita aitsu no aitsu
(1995); Every Pokémon Ever (2021); Exte: Hair Extensions (2007); Fate/stay
night [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower (2017); Fate/stay night [Unlimited
Blade Works] (2014–2015); Fighting Cooking Legend Bistro Recipe (2002); Gall
Force: Destruction (1987); Gall Force: Earth Chapter (1989–1990); Gall Force:
New Era (1991–1992); Gall Force: Stardust War (1988); Genshiken (2004–2007); Geobreeders
(1998–2001); Gokudo (1999); Gravitation (1999–2001); Guardian of Darkness (1992);
Harlock Saga (1999); Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001); Hey You,
Pikachu! (1998); His and Her Circumstances (1998–1999); Hunter x Hunter (2011–2014);
I Just Want to Eat My Sandwich (2007); Jewel BEM Hunter Lime (1996); K.O. Beast
(1992–1993); Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985); Kids WB
Kooky Karolfest 'Meowth Singing' Commercial (1999); Kids WB Kooky Karolfest
'Misty Singing' Commercial (1999); Knight Hunters: Weiß Kreuz (2001); Lastman
(2016); Lego Jurassic World (2015); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Maetel Legend (2000); Mangchi
(2003); Midori Days (2004); Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010–2014); Mrs. Watson
Wants Your Teeth (2006); Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth / Countdown to
Kindergarten (2008); Nostalgia Critic (2015); Now and Then, Here and There (1999–2000);
Ollie & Scoops (2019); Otsuyu: Kaidan botan-dôrô (1998); Pac-Man and the
Ghostly Adventures (2013); Pikachu & Pichu (2000); Pikachu's Jukebox:
Double Trouble (2001); Pokémon (1997–2015); Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the
Unown (2000); Pokémon 4Ever: Audio Commentary with Norman Grossfeld, Michael
Haigney, Jim Malone, Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Maddie Blaustein and Eric
Stuart (2001); Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest (2001); Pokémon
Channel (2003); Pokémon Chronicles (2001–2004); Pokemon de ingurisshu! Kazu
iro-hen (2002); Pokémon Heroes (2002); Pokémon Karaokémon: Song of Jigglypuff
(2000); Pokémon M2M Recording Commercial (1999); Pokémon Mystery Dungeon:
Explorers of Time & Darkness (2007); Pokémon Puzzle League (2000); Pokémon
Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006); Pokémon Snap (1999); Pokémon the Movie
2000 (1999); Pokémon the Movie: Destiny Deoxys (2004); Pokémon: Detective
Pikachu (2019); Pokémon: Gotta Dance!! (2003); Pokémon: Happy April Fools' Day
Commercial (2000); Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003); Pokémon: Lucario and
the Mystery of Mew (2005); Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2000); Pokémon: Misty is a
Ticking Time Bomb Waiting to Explode! Commercial (2000); Pokémon: Pikachu's
Jukebox - Double Trouble (1999); Pokemon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure (1999); Pokémon:
Pikachu's Vacation (1998); Pokémon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation (1998–1999); Pokémon:
Team Rocket's Pokémon Salon Commercial (1999); Pokémon: The First Movie -
Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998); Pokémon: The Road to Indigo Commercial Version 1 (2002);
Pokémon: The Road to Indigo Commercial Version 4 (2002); Rayearth (1997); Revolutionary
Girl Utena (1997); Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie - Behind the Scenes with
Kunihiko Ikuhara (2001); Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie (1999); RG Veda
(1991); Seven of Seven (2002); Shadow of the Elves (2004); Shaman King (2002); Shamanic
Princess (1996); Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (2001); Shootfighter
Tekken: Round 1 (2002); Sonic X (2003–2004); Stepmom (1998); Super Smash Bros.
(1999); Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008); Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
(2014); Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014); Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001); Super
Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018); Tama of Third Street: Have You Seen My Tama? (1993);
Tamagotchi (2006); Tamagotchi the Movie (2007); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003–2005);
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1993–1996); The Ping-Pong Club (1995); The
Slayers (1995–1996); The World of Narue (2003); Tokyo Mew Mew (2002–2003); Twin
Signal (1996); Valkyrie Profile (1999); Venus Five (1994); Voltage Fighter
Gowcaizer (1996); VS. Knight Ramune & 40 Fresh (1997); Welcome to the Space
Show (2010); Winx Club (2004–2011); Your Lie in April (2014–2015); Yu-Gi-Oh!
(2002).
Saturday, June 28, 2025
On this day in movie history - Heaven Can Wait (1978):
Heaven Can Wait
directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry,
based on the play by Harry
Segall,
was released in the United States on June 28, 1978.
Music by Dave Grusin.
Cast:
Warren Beatty, Julie
Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent
Gardenia, Joseph Maher, Hamilton Camp, Arthur Malet, Stephanie Faracy, Jeannie
Linero, Harry D.K. Wong, George J. Manos, Larry Block, Frank Campanella, Bill
Sorrells, Dick Enberg, Dolph Sweet, R.G. Armstrong, Ed Peck, John Randolph, Richard
O'Brien, Joseph F. Makel, Will Hare, Lee Weaver, Roger Bowen, Keene Curtis, William
Larsen, Morgan Farley, William Bogert, Robert E. Leonard, Joel Marston, Earl
Montgomery, Robert C. Stevens, Bernie Massa, Peter Tomarken, William Sylvester,
Lisa Blake Richards, Charlie Charles, Nick Outin, Jerry Scanlan, Jim Boeke, Marvin
Fleming, Deacon Jones, Les Josephson, Jack Snow, Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis, Benjie
Bancroft, Arline Bletcher, Joe Corolla, Charlie Cowan, Garrett Craig, Paul
D'Amato, Robert Fortier, Allan Graf, Bryant Gumbel, Jim Healy, Chick Hearn, Ray
Pourchot, Nick Raymond, Elliott Reid, Roberto Rodriguez, Byron Webster.
Monday, June 23, 2025
On this day in movie history - The Cheap Detective (1978):
The Cheap Detective
directed by Robert Moore,
written by Neil Simon,
was released in the United
States on June 23, 1978.
Music by Patrick Williams.
Peter Falk, Ann-Margret,
Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise
Fletcher, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, Fernando Lamas, Marsha Mason, Phil
Silvers, Abe Vigoda, Paul Williams, Nicol Williamson, Emory Bass, Carmine
Caridi, James Cromwell, Scatman Crothers, David Ogden Stiers, Vic Tayback, Carole
Wells, John Calvin, Barry Michlin, Jonathan Banks, Lew Gallo, Lee McLaughlin, Zale
Kessler, Jerrold Ziman, Wally K. Berns, Bella Bruck, Henry Sutton, Maurice
Marks, Joe Ross, Dean Perry, George Rondo, Ronald L. Schwary, Louis H. Kelly, Charles
Bastin, Armando Gonzales, Gary L. Dyer, Steven Fisher, Laurie Hagen, Lee Menning,
Nancy Warren, Nancy Marlowe Coyne, Lynn Griffis, Paula Friel, Sheila Sisco, Lauren
Simon, Cindy Lang, Martina Ritt, David Matthau, Gary Alexander, Michele Bernath,
George Simmons, Joree Sirianni, Cornell Chulay, Edward Coch Jr., Bob Harks, Paul
King, Murray Pollack, Arthur Tovey.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
On this day in movie history - The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978):
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
directed and written
by Fred Schepisi,
was released in Australia on June 22, 1978.
Based on the novel by Thomas
Keneally.
Inspired by the true 1900 Jimmy Governor murder case.
Inspired by the true 1900 Jimmy Governor murder case.
Music by Bruce Smeaton.
Cast:
Tommy Lewis, Freddy
Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor, Steve Dodd, Peter
Carroll, Ruth Cracknell, Don Crosby, Elizabeth Alexander, Peter Sumner, Tim
Robertson, Ray Meagher, Brian Anderson, Jane Harders, Julie Dawson, Jack
Charles, Arthur Dignam, Robyn Nevin, Gregory Apps, Jillian Archer, John Bowman,
Bryan Brown, Michael Carman, Bill Charlton, Liddy Clark, Aileen Corpus, Matthew
Crosby, Marshall Crosby, Zona Dixon, Ian Gilmour, Ken Grant, Alan Hardy, Lauren
Hutton, John Jarratt, Phemise Jonas, James Keneally, Thomas Keneally, Hagar
Laikburner, Katie Lilley, Rose Lilley, Terry McDermott, Lorraine Mafi-Williams,
Ray Marshall, Zac Martin, Justine Saunders, Alexandra Schepisi, Rob Steele, Richard
Ussher, Wesley Williams, Barbara Wyndon, Mervyn Drake, Peter Farmer, Kevin
Miles, Karlene Rogerson.
Saturday, June 21, 2025
On this day in movie history - Document of the Dead (1980):
Document of the Dead
directed and written by Roy Frumkes,
was
released in Germany on June 21, 1981.
Documentary on the making of Dawn of the Dead
(1978),
directed by George A. Romero.
Narrated by Susan Tyrrell and Nicole Potter.
Music by Rick Ulfik.
Narrated by Susan Tyrrell and Nicole Potter.
Music by Rick Ulfik.
Cast:
Susan Tyrrell, Nicole
Potter, George A. Romero, Richard P. Rubinstein, Michael Gornick, Carl
Augenstein, Tom Savini, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, David Emge, John Amplas, Roy
Frumkes, Christine Forrest, Gahan Wilson, Steve Bissette, Joe Kane, Gregory
Lamberson, Ben Barenholtz, Dave Bartholomew, Pasquale Buba, Butchie Butchie, Diane Donati, Jimmy 'Killer' Evans, George
Haeck, Dave Hawkins, 'Sidecar' John Helbig, Jeanie Jefferies, Tom Kapusta, Katherine
Kolbert, Leonard Lies, Doug Mertz, Sukey Raphael, Rudy Ricci, John Rice, Cindy Roman, Lenny Roman, Gaylen
Ross, Donna Siegel, Nick Tallo, Danny Vail, Larry Vaira, Sara Venable, Susan
Vermazen.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Born on this day – Irwin Allen:
Photographed on the set
of The Swarm (1978)
Director
Producer
June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991
Monday, June 9, 2025
On this day in movie history - Damien: Omen II (1978):
Damien: Omen II
directed by Don Taylor
and Mike Hodges,
written by Stanley Mann and Mike
Hodges,
based on a story by Harvey Bernhard,
was
released in the United States on June 9, 1978.
Music by Jerry
Goldsmith.
William Holden, Lee
Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Nicholas Pryor, Lew Ayres, Sylvia
Sidney, Lance Henriksen, Elizabeth Shepherd, Lucas Donat, Allan Arbus, Fritz
Ford, Meshach Taylor, John J. Newcombe, John Charles Burns, Paul Cook, Diane
Daniels, Robert E. Ingham, William B. Fosser, Corney Morgan, Russell P. Delia, Judith
Dowd, Thomas O. Erhart Jr., Sorin Serene Pricopie, Robert J. Jones Jr., Rusdi
Lane, Charles Mountain, Cornelia Sanders, Felix Shuman, James Spinks, Owen
Sullivan, William J. Whelehan, Ian Hendry, Gus Kaprales, Leo McKern.
Sunday, June 1, 2025
On this day in movie history - The Shout (1978):
The Shout
directed by Jerzy Skolimowski,
written by Michael Austin and Jerzy Skolimowski,
based on the short
story by Robert Graves,
was released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 1978.
Music by Tony Banks.
Alan Bates, Susannah
York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry, Julian Hough, Carol Drinkwater, John
Rees, Jim Broadbent, Susan Wooldridge, Nick Stringer, Colin Higgins, Peter
Benson, Joanna Szczerbic, Graham Kingsley Brown.
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