On this day in movie history - La Reine Margot (1994 movie & novel):

La Reine Margot

aka Queen Margot,

directed by Patrice Chéreau,

written by Danièle Thompson and Patrice Chéreau,

based on the novel La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas,

was released in France on May 13, 1994.
Music by Goran Bregovic.

Cast:

Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc, Pascal Greggory, Claudio Amendola, Miguel Bosé, Asia Argento, Julien Rassam, Thomas Kretschmann, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Albano Guaetta, Johan Leysen, Dörte Lyssewski, Michelle Marquais, Laure Marsac, Alexis Nitzer, Emmanuel Salinger, Barbet Schroeder, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Otto Tausig, Bruno Todeschini, Tolsty, Bernard Verley, Ulrich Wildgruber, Laurent Arnal, Gérard Berlioz, Christophe Bernard, Marian Blicharz, Daniel Breton, Pierre Brilloit, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Cécile Caillaud, Marc Citti, Grégoire Colin, Erwan Dujardin, Jean Douchet, Philippe Duclos, Marina Golovine, Zygmunt Kargol, Carlos López, Orazio Massaro, Roman Massine, Charlie Nelson, Bernard Nissile, Julie-Anne Roth, Jean-Michel Tavernier, Béatrice Toussaint, Mélanie Vaudaine, Nicolas Vaude, Isabel Alarcão, José Alves, Ivo Canelas, Dalila Carmo, Hélène de Fougerolles, Ramon de Mello, Vanessa Dinger, Nuno Elias, Gonçalo Ferreira, Luís Gaspar, Fernando Lupach, Peter Michael, Florbela Oliveira, Andreas Piper, Margarida Reis, Victor Rocha, Maria Rueff, José Simão, Patrícia Tavares, AnabeTeixeira, Nuno Tudela, Carlos Vieira, Mafalda Vilhena.

Recommended reading:

La Reine Margot

By Alexandre Dumas.

Filmed as La Reine Margot, aka Queen Margot (1994), directed by Patrice Chéreau.

Published by Oxford University Press.

First published 1845.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0199538441

ISBN-13: 978-0199538447

Description:

La Reine Margot (1845) is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world's greatest and best-loved story-tellers. This revised edition of the classic translation of 1846 is richly annotated. An introduction sets Dumas and his work in their literary, historical and cultural context.

On this day in movie history - The Crow (1994):

The Crow

directed by Alex Proyas,

written by David J. Schow and John Shirley,

based on the comic book series by James O’Barr,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1994.
Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:

Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling, Sofia Shinas, Anna Thomson, David Patrick Kelly, Angel David, Laurence Mason, Michael Massee, Tony Todd, Jon Polito, Bill Raymond, Marco Rodríguez, Kim Sykes, Rock Taulbee, Norman Max Maxwell, Jeff Cadiente, Henry Kingi Jr., Erik Stabenau, Cassandra Lawton, Lou Criscuolo, Todd Brenner, Joe West, Thomas Rosales Jr., Jeff Imada, Tierre Turner, Tim Parati, Matt Adler, Charles Bazaldua, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Theodore Borders, Joseph Chapman, Holly Dorff, Judi M. Durand, Greg Finley, Spencer Garrett, Barbara Harris, Kathleen Kane, Carlyle King, Phillip Lucier, Peter Lurie, Juan Pope, David Randolph, Vernon Scott, Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, James Putnam, Eddie Ruscha, Elizabeth Thompson, Marston Daley, Laura Gomel, Rachel Hollingsworth, Charles Levi, Mark McCabe, Frank Nardiello, Brianne Brozey, Phoebe Dollar, Dale Frye, Aaron Jefford, James O’Barr, Hamilton Perkins, Kai Portman, David J. Schow, Michael Sinterniklaas, Tom Wayland.

On this day in movie history - Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994):

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

directed and written by Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on May 6, 1994.
Music by Fred Myrow and Christopher L. Stone.

Cast:

Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Gloria Lynne Henry, Kevin Connors, Cindy Ambuehl, John Davis Chandler, Brooks Gardner, Angus Scrimm, Irene Roseen, Sarah Scott Davis, Duane Tucker, Claire Benedek, Wendy Way, Robert Beecher, Chuck Butto, Beau Lotterman, Paula Irvine, Jennifer Bross, Samantha Phillips, Kathy Lester.

Recommended reading - The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 2, by Ross Macdonald (1994):

The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume 2

By Ross Macdonald.

Paperback.
Published 1994.
Published by Allison & Busby Ltd.
ISBN 13: 9780749002015
ISBN 10: 0749002018
ASIN: 0749002018

Description:

Omnibus of three novels featuring Lew Archer, "The Ivory Grin", "The Galton Case" and "The Blue Hammer".

On this day in television history - Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (1994):

Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

founded by Ted Turner,

debuted in the United States on April 14, 1994.

The first movie screened on TCM was Gone with the Wind (1939).

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 7. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Journey’s End.

Released March 26, 1994.

Directed by Corey Allen.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Shawn Piller, Antonia King / Anatonia Napoli, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Tom Jackson, Natalija Nogulich, Ned Romero, George Aguilar, Richard Poe, Eric Menyuk, Doug Wert, Lena Banks, Joe Baumann, Hal Donahue, Elliot Durant III, Henry Kingi, Marianne Lewis, Tom Morga, Rebecca Parker, Matilda Resendes, John Saint John, Frank Salsedo, Oliver Theess, William P. Yazzie.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2.

Released March 26, 2020.

Directed by Akiva Goldsman.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, Nick Zayas.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Brent Spiner, Tamlyn Tomita, Brian DeRozan, Matt Perfetuo, Mike Perfetuo, Jade Ramsey, Nikita Ramsey, Jonathan Frakes, Peyton List, Kay Bess, Apolla Asteria, Antoine Holmes Sr., Spencer Holmes, Natalie Kailey, Maya McClean, Nandy McClean, Marina Miller, Julia Nolan, Liz Nolan, Ella Rogers, Geoff Samuels, Greg Samuels, Petra Sprecher, Anna Waldrum.

On this day in movie history - Heart of Darkness (1994 movie & novel):

Heart of Darkness

directed by Nicolas Roeg,

written by Benedict Fitzgerald,

based on the novel by Joseph Conrad, released in the United States on March 13, 1994.

Music by Stanley Myers.

Cast:

Tim Roth, John Malkovich, Isaach De Bankolé, James Fox, Morten Faldaas, Patrick Ryecart, Michael Fitzgerald, Geoffrey Hutchings, Peter Vaughan, Phoebe Nicholls, Allan Corduner, Jan Tríska, Alan Scarfe, Michael Cronin, Iman, Timothy Bateson, Stephen Oxley, John Savident, Charles Kay, Ian McDiarmid, Bhime Souaré, Candice Daly.

Recommended reading:

Heart of Darkness

By Joseph Conrad.

Mass Market Paperback

First published 1899.

Published by Penguin Books.

ISBN 13: 9780140431681

ISBN 10: 0140431683

ASIN: B001KTM47C

Author Joseph Conrad based this novella on his own personal experiences, during a voyage up the Congo River in 1890.

This novella was the inspiration for the movie Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Description:

Written in the last year of the nineteenth century, Heart of Darkness can be seen in many ways as the first twentieth-century novel.

Its climate of doubt and vagueness, its loss of moral confidence and its need for belief in the midst of spiritual wilderness, its exploration of the subconscious and its affirmation of individual freedom are all themes that were to have an influence on writers such as Orwell, Godling, Céline, Borges and Eliot.

In Heart of Darkness Conrad unfolds the story of Marlow’s search for Mr Kurtz, the company agent whose ‘unlawful soul’ has been ‘beguiled beyond the bounds of permitted aspirations’ in his dealings with the natives of the Belgian Congo. Marlow’s adventure involves him in a crucial reappraisal of his own values. It is Kurtz, however, who attains to a vision of the inexpressible, terrifying reality of the heart in this extraordinary exploration of human savagery and despair.

Book cover image: The Steamer Stanley, by F. Hens.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)

Star Trek: Voyager (1996 & 1997)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 7. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Eye of the Beholder.

Released February 26, 1994.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by René Echevarria, Brannon Braga, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Mark Rolston, Nancy Harewood, Tim Lounibos, Johanna McCloy, Dugan Savoye, Majel Barrett, Lena Banks, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Robert Cox, Debbie David, Elliot Durant III, Holiday Freeman, Bill Hagy, Fumiko Hamada, Kerry Hoyt, Ellyn Dawn Humphreys, Gary Hunter, Nora Leonhardt, Marianne Lewis, Christina Wegler Miles, Keith Rayve, Richard Sarstedt, John Alex Tampoya, Oliver Theess, Guy Vardaman.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 2. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Lifesigns.

Released February 26, 1996.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Susan Diol, Raphael Sbarge, Martha Hackett, Michael Spound, Rick Gianasi, Johnetta Anderson, Tarik Ergin, Holiday Freeman, Kerry Hoyt, Susan Lewis, Bob Mascagno, Karole Nellis, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 3. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Rise.

Released February 26, 1997.

Directed by Robert Scheerer.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Jimmy Diggs, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Alan Oppenheimer, Lisa Kaminir, Kelly Connell, Tom Towles, Geof Prysirr, Gary Bullock, Tarik Ergin, Shepard Ross.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 2. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Canamar.

Released February 26, 2003.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by André Bormanis, John Shiban.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Mark Rolston, Holmes Osborne, Michael McGrady, Sean Whalen, Brian Morri, John C. Hansen, Alexandrea Ortiz, Joseph Billingiere, Steve Blalock, Al Burke, Mark Correy, Dieter Horneman, Louis Ortiz, Chester E. Tripp III.