Showing posts with label 1993. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1993. Show all posts

Friday, August 15, 2025

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1993):


Fallen Angels

Season 1. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: I’ll Be Waiting.
Released August 15, 1993.
Directed by Tom Hanks.
Written by C. Gaby Mitchell.
Created by William Horberg.
Based on the short story by Raymond Chandler.
Theme music by Peter Bernstein.


Cast:

Bruno Kirby, Marg Helgenberger, Jon Polito, Dan Hedaya, Dick Miller, Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks, Manny Perry, Lynette Walden.

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Fugitive (1993):


The Fugitive

directed by Andrew Davis,
written by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy,
based on a story by David Twohy,
was released in the United States on August 6, 1993.
Music by James Newton Howard.
Also based on the TV series The Fugitive,
starring David Janssen and created by Roy Huggins,
that ran for four seasons from 1963 to 1967.


Cast:

Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, Jeroen Krabbé, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood, L. Scott Caldwell, Johnny Lee Davenport, Julianne Moore, Ron Dean, Joseph Kosala, Jane Lynch, Dick Cusack, Andy Romano, Nick Searcy, Eddie Bo Smith, Neil Flynn, Richard Riehle, Kirsten Nelson, David Darlow, Frank Ray Perilli, Lester Holt.

Friday, August 1, 2025

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1993):


Fallen Angels

Season 1. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: Dead-End for Delia.
Released August 1, 1993.
Directed by Phil Joanou.
Written by William Campbell Gault, Scott Frank.
Created by William Horberg.
Based on the story by William Campbell Gault.
Opening theme by Elmer Bernstein.


Cast:

Gary Oldman, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar, Paul Guilfoyle, Vondie Curtis Hall, Dan Hedaya, Wayne Knight, Patrick Masset, John Putch, Thomas Kopache, Frank Patton III/Frank Taglia, Alpheus Merchant, Scott Weintraub, Lynette Walden.

Monday, June 23, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Firm (1993):


The Firm

directed by Sydney Pollack,
written by David Rabe, Robert Towne and David Rayfiel,
based on the novel by John Grisham,
was released in the United States on June 23, 1993.
Music by Dave Grusin.


Cast:

Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, David Strathairn, Gary Busey, Steven Hill, Tobin Bell, Barbara Garrick, Jerry Hardin, Paul Calderon, Jerry Weintraub, Sullivan Walker, Karina Lombard, Margo Martindale, John Beal, Dean Norris, Lou Walker, Debbie Turner, Tommy Cresswell, David A. Kimball, Don Jones, Michael Allen, Levi Frazier Jr., Brian Casey, William J. Parham, Victor Nelson, Richard Ranta, Janie Paris, Frank Crawford, Bart Whiteman, David Dwyer, Mark W. Johnson, Jerry Chipman, Jimmy Lackie, Afemo Omilami, Clint Smith, Susan Elliott, Erin Branham, Ed Connelly, Joey Anderson, Deborah Thomas, Tommy Matthews, Chris Schadrack, Jeffrey Buckner Ford, Jonathan Kaplan, Rebecca Glenn, Terri Welles, Greg Goossen, Jeane Aufdenberg, Bill Booth, Lannie McMillan Quartet, Ollie Nightingale, Teenie Hodges, Little Jimmy King, James White.

Sunday, June 22, 2025

On this day in music history - Blues Summit, by B.B. King (1993):


Blues Summit

Album by B.B. King,
released June 22, 1993.

Track list:

Playin’ With My Friends; Since I Met You, Baby; I Pity The Fool; You Shook Me; Something You Got; There’s Something On Your Mind; Little By Little; Call It Stormy Monday; You’re The Boss; We’re Gonna Make It; I Gotta Move Out Of This Neighborhood / Nobody Love – Orch; Everybody’s Had The Blues.

Monday, June 9, 2025

On this day in movie history - Jurassic Park (1993):


Jurassic Park

directed by Steven Spielberg,
written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp,
based on the novel by Michael Crichton,
was released in the United States on June 9, 1993.
Music by John Williams.

“… so preoccupied with whether or not they could,
that they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
– Jeff Goldblum, as Dr. Ian Malcolm.


Cast:

Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B. D. Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Gerald R. Molen, Miguel Sandoval, Cameron Thor, Christopher John Fields, Whit Hertford, Dean Cundey, Jophery C. Brown, Tom Mishler, Greg Burson, Adrian Escober, Richard Kiley, James Berlau, Brad M. Bucklin, Laura Burnett, Michael Lantieri, Gary Rodriguez, Lata Ryan, Brian Smrz, Rip Lee Walker, Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc.

Saturday, May 3, 2025

On this day in music history - Banba, by Clannad (1993):


Banba

Album by Clannad,
released May 3, 1993.

Track list:

Na Laethe Bhi; Banba Oir; There For You; Mystery Game; Struggle; I Will Find You (Theme From The Last Of the Mohicans'); Soul Searcher; Caide Sin Do' N Te Sin; The Other Side; Sunset Dreams; A Gentle Place.

On this day in television history - Murder in the Heartland (1993):


Murder in the Heartland

a made-for-TV miniseries directed by Robert Markowitz,
written by Michael O'Hara,
was released in the United States on May 3, 1993.
Based on the true Charles Starkweather murder case (1957-1958).
Music by Patrick Williams.


Cast:

Tim Roth, Fairuza Balk, Kate Reid, Brian Dennehy, Randy Quaid, Roberts Blossom, Tom Bower, Rondi Reed, Bob Gunton, Ryan Cutrona, Angie Bolling, Jake Carpenter, Heather Kafka, Don Bloomfield, John Hussey, James Hansen Prince, John S. Davies, Mark Walters, Jennifer Griffin, Milo O'Shea, Gerry Bamman, Jeff Perry, Connie Cooper, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Valentina Marie Lomborg, Tom Smith, Renée Zellweger, Darryl Cox, Marco Perella, John Cantwell, Chamblee Ferguson, Gary Mitchell Carter, Suzi McLaughlin, Joan Arenstein.

Friday, April 25, 2025

Recommended reading - The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 1, by Ross Macdonald (1993):


The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 1

By Ross Macdonald.

Published by Allison & Busby.
Published 1993.
Paperback.
ISBN 13: 9780749001094
ISBN 10: 0749001097
ASIN: 0749001097

Description:

This first volume of Lew Archer novels presents "The Drowning Pool", "The Chill" and "The Goodbye Look".

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Dark Half (1993):


The Dark Half

directed and written by George A. Romero,
based on the novel by Stephen King,
was released in the United States on April 23, 1993.
Music by Christopher Young.


Cast:

Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris, Robert Joy, Chelsea Field, Royal Dano, Rutanya Alda, Beth Grant, Kent Broadhurst, Tom Mardirosian, Glenn Colerider, Larry John Meyers, Patrick Brannan, Sarah Parker, Elizabeth Parker, John Ponzio, William Cameron, Rohn Thomas, Molly Renfroe, Judy Grafe, John Machione, Erik Jensen, Christine Forrest, Nardi Novak, Zachary Mott, David W. Butler, Curt DeBor, Drinda Lalumia, Lamont Arnold, Lee Hayes, Jack Skelly, Marc Field, Rik Billock, Bruce Kirkpatrick, David Early, Jeff Monahan, Jeff Howell, Melissa Papp, J. Michael Hunter, Therese Courtney, Marty Roppelt, John Amplas, Donna Lynne Champlin, George C. Romero.