On this day in movie history - Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987):

Wanted: Dead or Alive

directed by Gary Sherman,

written by Michael Patrick Goodman, Brian Taggert and Gary Sherman,

was released in the United States on January 16, 1987.
Music by Joe Renzetti.

Cast:

Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume, Mel Harris, William Russ, Susan MacDonald, Jerry Hardin, Hugh Gillin, Robert Harper, Eli Danker, Joseph Nasser, Suzanne Wouk, Gerald Papasian, Nick Faltas, Hammam Shafie, Tyler Tyhurst, Ted White, Neil Summers, Dennis Burkley, DeeDee Rescher, Jesse Aragon, Shere Thu Thuy, Tu Ban Nguyen, Garry Scott, Tiiu Leek, Bill Smith, R.J. Miller, Charles Shapiro, David Boyle, Jeffrey Josephson, Patrick Puccinelli, James Edgcomb, Buddy Farmer, Gary Werntz, Rif Hutton, Richard Partlow, Rick Goldman, George Shannon, Ed Brodow, Patrick Gorman, Hubie Kerns Jr., Danny Costa, Greg Wayne Elam, John-Clay Scott, Jerry Gatlin, Sam Longoria.

On this day in movie history - The Bedroom Window (1987):

The Bedroom Window

directed by Curtis Hanson,

written by Curtis Hanson,

based on the novel The Witnesses by Anne Holden,

was released in the United States on January 16, 1987.
Music by Michael Shrieve and Patrick Gleeson.

Cast:

Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Shenar, Carl Lumbly, Wallace Shawn, Frederick Coffin, Brad Greenquist, Robert Schenkkan, Maury Chaykin, Sara Carlson, Mark Margolis, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Penelope Allen, Myvanwy Jenn, Francis V. Guinan Jr., Kevin O'Rourke, Sydney Conrad Shapiro, Wendy Womble, Libra Marrian, Scott Colson, Carl Whitney, Richard McGough, Jodi Long, Richard K. Olsen, Leon Rippy, John Patrick Maloney, Kerry Lang, J. Michael Hunter, Joyce Flick Wendl, Joyce Greer, Winston Hemingway, Michael Burgess, J. Rich Leonard, Craig Jahelka, Tobi Marsh, Michael Bard Bayer, Rick Sawaya, Denise Season Leigh Stone, Gary Wheeler.

Born on this day – Naya Rivera:

Naya Rivera

Actress

Singer

January 12, 1987 – July 8, 2020

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 2011 ALMA Awards (2011); 2012 ALMA Awards (2012); 2013 MTV Video Music Awards (2013); 2013 New Now Next Awards (2013); 2020 MTV Video Music Awards (2020); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 29th Annual Trumpet awards (2020); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 8 Simple Rules (2004); A Year in the Life (2023); Access Daily (2016); Access Hollywood (2020); American Dad! (2016); American Music Awards 2013 (2013); And the Winner Isn't (2017); At the Devil's Door (2014); Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021); Baywatch (1996); BET Awards 2013 (2013); Bones / Stand Up to Cancer (2010); Can't Hurry Love (1995); Celebrity Page (2018); Chelsea Lately (2014); CMT Insider (2011); Countdown to the 64th Primetime Emmys (2012); CSI: Miami (2008); Devious Maids (2015); Entertainment Tonight (2010–2021); Even Stevens (2002); Family Matters (1992–1993); Fashion Police (2013); Frankenhood (2009); Girlfriends (2008); Glee (2009–2015); Glee Encore (2011); Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode (2009); Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (2011); Guesting on Glee (2011); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Today Live (2016); Home & Family (2016); House Blend (2002); Jaffa Moore: You and I (2023); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2013 / 2020); Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams (2021); Lip Sync Battle (2018); Lip Sync Battle Preshow (2018); Live Shot (1995); Mad Families (2017); Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge (2016); MTV EMA 2020 (2020); Nuthin' But a Glee Thang (2011); One Hit Wonderland (2013); Pop Wrapped TV (2010–2011); Queens of Pop (2011); RuPaul's Drag Race (2017); Smart Guy (1997–1999); Soul Food (2003); Speak of the Devil (2014); Step Up: High Water (2018–2022); Stevie Nicks Goes Glee (2011); Sugar Rush (2020); T.D. Jakes Show (2016); Teen Choice Awards 2010 (2010); Teen Choice Awards 2013 (2013); Teen Choice Awards 2017 (2017); The 40th Annual People's Choice Awards (2014); The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011); The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010); The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2011); The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Arsenio Hall Show (1991 / 2013); The Bernie Mac Show (2002–2006); The Dr. Oz Show (2016); The Eric Andre Show (2020); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Glee Project (2012); The Insider (2014); The Jersey (1999); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2013); The Master of Disguise (2002); The Naughty List (2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2010); The Price of Glee (2023); The Queen Latifah Show (2013); The Real (2016); The Real Housewives of Atlanta (2014); The Royal Family (1991–1992); The Sinbad Show (1993); The Talk (2013); The View (2014–2015); The Wendy Williams Show (2011); The X Factor UK (2010); The Year: 2020 (2020); Tia Mowry at Home (2017); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2011); Visions of Us: LGBTQ+ Latine Representation in TV & Film (2021); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2019); When I Was 17 (2010).

Recommended reading - Talk Radio (1987) & Talked to Death (1987):

Talk Radio (1987) & Talked to Death (1987)

Both books filmed as Talk Radio (1988), directed by Oliver Stone.

Talk Radio

By Eric Bogosian.

Published 1987.

Published by Concord Theatricals.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0573651248

ISBN-13: 978-0573651243

Description:

Characters: 7 male, 2 female, plus offstage voices.

Scenery: Interior.

Newly revised! Barry Champlain Cleveland's controversial radio host is on the air doing what he does best: insulting the pathetic souls who call in the middle of the night to sound off. Tomorrow Barry's show is going into national syndication and his producer is afraid that Barry will say something that will offend the sponsors. This of course makes Barry even more outrageous. Funny and moving off beat outrage.

Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg

By Stephen Singular.

Published 1987.

Mass Market Paperback.

Published by Berkley.

ISBN 13: 9780425113295

ISBN 10: 0425113299

ASIN: 0425113299

Description:

The book that inspired Oliver Stone’s controversial film Talk Radio.

On June 18, 1984, one of the nation’s most controversial talk-show hosts was gunned down.

The murder triggered an extensive FBI manhunt that ended in a shocking discovery.

THE VICTIM: Alan Berg was the talk-show host all of Denver loved to hate. Aggravating. Irrepressible. Charismatic. Nobody escaped his withering attacks on hypocrisy, bigotry, and injustice.

THE CRIME: Berg was brutally murdered in front of his house. Unarmed. Unsuspecting. He was caught in a hail of machine-gun fire. His death shocked the country... and led the FBI on a nationwide manhunt for the killers.

THE SUSPECTS: The trail led investigators to the Order, a radical cult of neo-Nazi white supremacists. Armed and violent - their doctrine declared war on the United States and preached a philosophy of racial hatred and fear.

Recommended reading – An Introduction to the Detective Story (1987):

An Introduction to the Detective Story

By Leroy Lad Panek.

Published by Popular Press 1.

First edition.

Published 1987.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0879723777

ISBN-13: 978-0879723774

Description:

This book is a no-apologies introduction to Detective Fiction. It's written in an aggressive, modern English well-suited to a genre which has traditionally broken ground in terms of aggressive writing, contemporary scenarios, and tough dialogue.

On this day in movie history - The Hidden (1987):

The Hidden

directed by Jack Sholder,

written by Bob Hunt,

was released in the United States on October 30, 1987.
Music by Michael Convertino.

Cast:

Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clarence Felder, Clu Gulager, Ed O’Ross, William Boyett, Richard Brooks, Larry Cedar, Katherine Cannon, John McCann, Chris Mulkey, Lin Shaye, James Luisi, Frank Renzulli, Duane Davis, Kristen Clayton, Whitney Reis, Joey Sagal, Jeff Levine, Mark Morante, Jill Friedman, Rick Lieberman, Joseph Whipp, Donald Willis, Beau Gibson, Joe Perce, Jason Edwards, Joy N. Houck Jr., Mary Petrie, Joey Aresco, Judy Kerr, Luce Morgan, Richard B. Whitaker, Michael Yama, Charlene White, Marc Siegler, Jack McGee, Steve Eastin, Ted White, Loren Haynes, Rachel Todd, Buckley Norris, Lenna Robinson, Cate Caplin, Joe Gilbride, Deke Anderson, Wren T. Brown, Alan Marcus, Mark Phelan, Danny Trejo, Branscombe Richmond, Charles Edward Smith, Lew Hopson, Doug Collins, Bob K. Cummings, Alonzo Brown Jr., Rick Diamond, Charlie Skeen, Robert Brown, Chris Wentzel, Jake (the Dog), Kris Gilpin, Michael Joiner, Robert Shaye.

On this day in music history - Sirius, by Clannad (1987):

The album Sirius,

by Clannad,

was released on October 26, 1987.

On this day in movie history - No Man’s Land (1987):

No Man’s Land

directed by Peter Werner,

written by Dick Wolf,

was released in the United States on October 23, 1987.
Music by Basil Poledouris.

Cast:

Charlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid, Lara Harris, Bill Duke, R.D. Call, Arlen Dean Snyder, M. Emmet Walsh, Al Shannon, Bernie Pock, Kenny Endoso, James F. Kelly, Lori Butler, Clare Wren, George Dzundza, Linda Carol, Danitza Kingsley, Peggy McCay, Linda Shayne, Robert Pierce, Claude Earl Jones, Jan Burrell, Channing Chase, Jessica Puscas, Molly Carter, Guy Boyd, Henry G. Sanders, Gary Riley, Jenny Gago, Scott Lincoln, Tom Santo, Michael Riley, Denis Hartigan, Brad Pitt.

On this day in movie history - Barfly (1987):

Barfly

directed by Barbet Schroeder

written by Charles Bukowski

was released in the United States on October 16, 1987.

Music by Jack Baran.

Cast:

Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Sandy Martin, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy, Joe Unger, Harry Cohn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Joe Rice, Julie ‘Sunny’ Pearson, Donald L. Norden, Wil Albert, Hal Shafer, Zeke Manners, Pearl Shear, Rik Colitti, Michael Collins, Ronald G. Joseph, Damon Hines, Lahmard J. Tate, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Peter Conti, Vance Colvig Jr., Stacey Pickren, Leonard Termo, Gary Cox, Fritz Feld, Albert Henderson, Sandy Rose, Madalyn Carol, George Marshall Ruge, Debby Lynn Ross, Charles Bukowski, John Forker.

Recommended reading - The Movie: "Barfly" (1987):

The Movie: "Barfly"

By Charles Bukowski.

Edited by Barbet Schroeder.

Published by Black Sparrow Press.

Published in 1987.

ISBN 10: 087685708X

ISBN 13: 9780876857083

Paperback.

Description:

The screenplay of the 1987 movie, directed by Barbet Schroeder.

On this day in movie history - Someone to Watch Over Me (1987):

Someone to Watch Over Me

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by Howard Franklin,

was released in the United States on October 9, 1987.
Music by Michael Kamen.

Cast:

Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, John Rubinstein, Andreas Katsulas, Tony DiBenedetto, James E. Moriarty, Mark Moses, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Harley Cross, Joanne Baron, Anthony Bishop, David Berman, Sharon K. Brecke, Peter Carew, Christopher Cass, Jim Paul Eilers, Suzi Gilder, Mary Gillis, Billy Kane, Helen Lambros, Jack McGee, Meg Mundy, Jeff Nielsen, Harlan Cary Poe, Marilyn Rockafellow, Helen Tran, Harvey Vernon, Mark Voland, Anthony Caso, John Corbett, Jack Couch, Louis Durra, Joey Gironda, Timothy Klein, John Sobestanovich.

On this day in music history - Heaven on Earth, by Belinda Carlisle (1987):

The album Heaven on Earth,

by Belinda Carlisle,

was released on October 5, 1987.