On this day in movie history - Travis McGee (1983 movie & novel):

Travis McGee

directed by Andrew V. McLaglen,

written by Stirling Silliphant,

based on the novel The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald,

was released in the United States on May 18, 1983.
Music by Jerrold Immel.

Cast:

Sam Elliott, Gene Evans, Barry Corbin, Richard Farnsworth, Geoffrey Lewis, Amy Madigan, Vera Miles, Katharine Ross, Marshall R. Teague, Walter Olkewicz, Jack Murdock, Greta Blackburn, Owen Orr, Pilar Del Rey.

Recommended reading:

The Empty Copper Sea

By John D. MacDonald.

Introduction by Lee Child.

Filmed as Travis McGee (1983), directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

# 17 in the Travis McGee series.

Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks.

First published 1978.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0812984080

ISBN-13: 978-0812984088

Description:

“John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all us in the field. Talk about the best.” – Mary Higgins Clark.

From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Empty Copper Sea is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.

Asking for help is something a proud man like Van Harder would never do. So when he shows up at the Busted Flush, Travis McGee knows that he must be the man’s last resort. What Harder wants salvaged is his reputation. After a long career as a seaman, he was piloting a boat the night his employer fell overboard. Harder is certain he’s been set up, but to help him, McGee must prove that a dead man is actually alive.

The fateful ride started with Harder at the helm of Hubbard Lawless’s luxury cruiser. It ends with him coming to, fuzzy and disoriented, and Hub lost to the water. Now everyone is saying that Harder got drunk, passed out, and is negligent in his boss’s death. The thing is, Van’s not a drinker . . . at least, not anymore.

Who would want to frame the good captain, and to what end? Dead or alive, Lawless is worth a lot of money. People are always eager to get a piece of that action – including some, as McGee soon finds, who are willing to take a piece out of anyone who gets in their way.

Features a new Introduction by Lee Child.

On this day in music history:

Midnight at the Lost and Found by Meat Loaf (1983)

Flowers Of Fire by Kathy Raimey (2001)

600 Years in a Moment by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2013)

Sound Currents by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2019)

Casta Diva by Cecilia Bartoli (2024)

Midnight at the Lost and Found

Album by Meat Loaf,

released May 17, 1983.

Track list: Razor’s Edge; Midnight at the Lost and Found; Wolf at Your Door; Keep Driving; The Promised Land; You Can Never Be Too Sure About the Girl; Priscilla; Don’t You Look at Me Like That; If You Really Want to; Fallen Angel.

Flowers Of Fire

Album by Kathy Raimey,

released May 17, 2001.

Track list: Flowers of Fire; Reverie; Questions to the Sea; Farewell to Lee; Shimmer Float.

600 Years in a Moment

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

released May 17, 2013.

Track list: 600 Years; Naked Love; The Journey; Earthbound; Gliding; Tango on Wednesday; Running on Joy; Ancient Albatross; The Lost Ballerina; Antarctica; Captured Freedom; Forgivness.

Sound Currents

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released May 17, 2019.

Track list: A Sound Traveler’s Dream; Following The Current; Canyon Echoes; Star Trails; Timeless Flow; Night Tides; Midnight Mystique; This Side of Silence; Theta Waves.

Casta Diva

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released May 17, 2024.

Track list: “Casta Diva” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Nacqui All’affanno E Al Pianto” - “Non Più Mesta; “Cari Giorni” (Romanza Der Ines); Una Parola.Chiedi All’aura; “Mira, O Norma” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); “Si, Fino All’ore Estreme” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Prendi: L’anel Ti Dono [Edit]; No Mia Vita, Mio Tesoro; O Rendetemi la Speme; Ira Del Ciel; Vaga Luna Che Inargenti; La Danza; No. 12, Voi Che Sapete; Il Cor VI Dono; Se Mai Senti Spirarti Sul Volto; Come Nave in Mezzo All’onde; Di’ Cor Mio; Ma Quando Tornerai.

On this day in movie history - Breathless (1983):

Breathless

directed by Jim McBride,

written by L. M. Kit Carson and Jim McBride,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1983.
A remake of Breathless, French title: À bout de souffle (1960), written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Music by Jack Nitzsche.

Cast:

Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan, William Tepper, Robert Dunn, Garry Goodrow, Lisa Jane Persky, James Hong, Waldemar Kalinowski, Jack Leustig, Eugène Lourié, Georg Olden, Miguel Pinero, Henry G. Sanders, Bruce Vilanch, Robert Mark Quesada, Nora Gaye, Andres Aybar, Isabel Cooley, L. Jerry Greenberg, Javier Grajeda, Robert Snively, John Wyler, Jeni Vici, Carl Munoz, Christopher White, Brien Varady, Keith Addis, Martin Erlichman, Peggy Ann Stevens, Raymond Bear, David Carson, Tracy McBride, Jesse McBride, Helen Kelly, Jennifer Leigh Rice, Bruce Scivally.

On this day in movie history - Blue Thunder (1983):

Blue Thunder

directed by John Badham,

written by Dan O’Bannon and Don Jakoby,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1983.
Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Cast:

Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern, Candy Clark, Warren Oates, Joe Santos, Paul Roebling, David Sheiner, Anthony James, Ed Bernard, Jason Bernard, Mario Machado, James Murtaugh, Pat McNamara, Jack Murdock, Clifford A. Pellow, Robin Braxton, Anna Forrest, Paul Lambert, Phil Feldman, John Garber, Ricky Slyter, Reid Cruickshanks, Billy Ray Sharkey, Fred Slyter, John Gladstein, Ross Reynolds, Karl A. Wickman, James W. Gavin, Thomas H. Friedkin, James Read, Mickey Gilbert, William T. Lane, Lolly Boroff, Patti Clifton, Ernest Harada, Frances E. Nealy, Jose Pepe R. Gonzales, Jerry Ziesmer, Tom Lawrence, John Ashby, Tony Brubaker, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Bill M. Ryusaki, Gary Davis, Thomas Rosales Jr., Larry Randles, Peter Miller, Mike H. McGaughy, Lucinda Crosby, John Badham, Bob Bowen, Calvin Bronx, Shaaron Claridge, Eurlyne Epper, Fritz Ford, Dorothy Hack, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, Clay Hodges, Ted King, Terry Leonard, Frank Morriss, Ve Neill, Danny Nero, Bernadette Pelletier, Hank Robinson, Walter Smith, Steve Wagner.

On this day in movie history - The Hunger (1983 movie & novel):

The Hunger

directed by Tony Scott,

written by Ivan Davis and Michael Thomas,

based on the novel by Whitley Strieber,

was released in the United States on April 29, 1983.
Music by Howard Blake, Denny Jaeger and Michel Rubini.
Song in opening scene: Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.
Additional music includes:
Lakmé by Léo Delibes.
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major by Franz Schubert.

Cast:

Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Beth Ehlers, Dan Hedaya, Rufus Collins, Suzanne Bertish, James Aubrey, Ann Magnuson, John Stephen Hill, Shane Rimmer, Bauhaus, Douglas Lambert, Bessie Love, John Pankow, Willem Dafoe, Sophie Ward, Philip Sayer, Lise Hilboldt, Michael Howe, Edward Wiley, Richard Robles, George Camiller, Oke Wambu, Kent Miller, Fred Yockers, Susan Hunter, James Wassenich, Allan Richards, Hilary Six, Carole-Ann Scott, Howard Blake, Jane Leeves, Derek Lyons, Peter Murphy, James Payne.

Recommended reading:

The Hunger

By Whitley Strieber.

Filmed as The Hunger (1983), directed by Tony Scott.

Published by Gallery Books.

First published 1981.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1416583742

ISBN-13: 9781416583745

Description:

Eternal youth is a wonderful thing for the few who have it, but for Miriam Blaylock, it is a curse -- an existence marred by death and sorrow. Because for the everlasting Miriam, everyone she loves withers and dies. Now, haunted by signs of her adoring husband's imminent demise, Miriam sets out in search of a new partner, one who can quench her thirst for love and withstand the test of time. She finds it in the beautiful Sarah Roberts, a brilliant young scientist who may hold the secret to immortality. But one thing stands between the intoxicating Miriam Blaylock and the object of her desire: Dr. Tom Haver...and he's about to realize that love and death go hand in hand.