Showing posts with label 1997. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1997. Show all posts

Friday, May 1, 2026

On this day in movie history - TwentyFourSeven (1997):


TwentyFourSeven

directed by Shane Meadows,
written by Paul Fraser and Shane Meadows,
was released in the United States on May 1, 1998.
Music by Boo Hewerdine and Neil MacColl.


Cast:

Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Justin Brady, James Hooton, Darren O. Campbell, Karl Collins, Johann Myers, Jimmy Hynd, Mat Hand, James Corden, Frank Harper, Bruce Jones, Jo Bell, Toby, Annette Badland, Krishan Beresford, Anthony Clarke, Dominic Dillon, Ian Smith, Tanya Myers, Tony Nyland, Collin Higgins, Pamela Cundell, Gina Aris, Sammy Pasha, Paul Fraser, Ladene Hall, Dena Smiles, John Baxter, Maureen O'Grady, Shane Meadows, Ben Rothwell, Ron Bissel, Mick Bleakley, Derek Osborne, Derek Groombridge, Liam Walsh, Kevin Wallace, Dave Miller, Ginger Keane, Sun Hand, Sarah Thom.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

On this day in music history:

White Stones by Secret Garden (1997)
Say You Will by Fleetwood Mac (2003)
Reflections 2000​-​2005, The Best of Michele McLaughlin by Michele McLaughlin (2006)
Trialogue by Sherry Finzer, Darin Mahoney & Will Clipman (2016)


White Stones
Album by Secret Garden,
released April 15, 1997.
Track list: Steps; Poeme; Hymn to Hope; Moving; First Day of Spring; Passacaglia; Reflection; Windancer; Appassionata; Escape; Sanctuary; Celebration; Home; Illumination.


Album by Fleetwood Mac,
released April 15, 2003.
Track list: What's the World Coming To; Murrow Turning over in His Grave; Illume (9-11); Thrown Down; Miranda; Red Rover; Say You Will; Peacekeeper; Come; Smile at You; Running Through the Garden; Silver Girl; Steal Your Heart Away; Bleed to Love Her; Everybody Finds Out; Destiny Rules; Say Goodbye; Goodbye Baby.


Reflections 2000​-​2005, The Best of Michele McLaughlin
Album by Michele McLaughlin,
released April 15, 2006.
Track list: I Love You (2005); The Beginning of Forever (2004); Without You (2003); The Greatest Gift (2002); Elysium (2001); Russian Music Box (2000); Coming Home (2005); Surrender (2004); Just Because (2003); A Fresh Start (2002); An Evening With Friends (2001); Not Without Flaw (2000); What You Mean To Me (2005); Enraptured (2004); A Tale of Courage (2003); Learning to Grieve (2002); The Fairies Dance (2001); The Lonely Ballerina (2005); Sunday Morning (2004); Swept Away (2003).


Trialogue
Album by Sherry Finzer, Darin Mahoney & Will Clipman,
released April 15, 2016.
Track list: Cote D'Ivoire; Mending Fences; Midnight in Marrakech; Confused; Dark Horse; Top Down; Alger Street; Woodland Lake; Thanks For Asking; Wolf Haven.

Born on this day – Michael Kamen:


Michael Kamen


Composer

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1997

April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003

Credits:

Concert works:

24 Nights (1991); Concerto for Saxophone (1990); Guitar Concerto (with Tomoyasu Hotei) (1998); Live in Hyde Park (1997); Quintet (Canadian Brass) (2002); S&M (with Metallica) (1999); The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms (2001).

Movies and television:

100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001); 101 Dalmatians (1996); 20 Moments That Rocked Pop (2015); A Good Day to Die Hard (2013); Action Jackson (1988); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); Against the Ropes (2004); Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (2009); Alaska (1996); Amazing Stories (1986); American Idol (2003–2006); Angelo My Love (1983); Animals, Animals, Animals (1976); Anna Magdalena (1998); Arrested Development (2005); Asaf Avidan: Live at the Acropolis - Odeon of Herodes Atticus (2023); Assassins (1995); Australian Idol (2003); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Band of Brothers (2001); BaseBoys (2018); Beavis and Butt-Head (1994); Behind Poem (2004); Big Sister (2016); Blue Ice (1992); Boardwalk (1979); Boo, Zino & the Snurks (2004); Bordello of Blood (1996); Brandy: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (2000); Brazil (1985); Britain's Got Talent (2013); Bryan Adams in Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Live at Wembley 1996) (1996); Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting: All for Love (1993); Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (1991); Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Live) (1992); Bryan Adams: Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? (1995); Bryan Adams: Star (1996); Canadian Idol (2004); Cesko hledá SuperStar (2006); Cine Chalom (2019–2020); Circle of Friends (1995); Classic Albums (2001); Cold Dog Soup (1990); Company Business (1991); Concert for George (2003); Crusoe (1988); Dancing with the Stars (2010–2015); Das Geheimnis von Schloss Balthasar (2011); David Gilmour Live 1984 (1984); Dead Bang (1989); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–2006); Die Hard (1988); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Diminishing Returns (2016); Divendres (2011); Divorce (2013); Don Juan DeMarco (1994); Double You: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (2003); Earth to Echo (2014); EastEnders (1991–2013); Easter (2023–2024); Edge of Darkness (1985); El making of del disc de La Marató (2015); Em dónes vida. El llibre i el disc de La Marató (2011); Eric Clapton: 24 Nights (1991); Event Horizon (1997); Fair Game (1995); Family Guy (2009); First Daughter (2004); For Queen & Country (1988); Free Willy (1994); Frequency (2000); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Gintberg på kanten (2012); Gintberg på kanten (2014); Gladys Knight: Licence to Kill (1989); Godspell (1973); Hab (2020); Hand Made in Hong Kong..... The Making of Shanghai Surprise (1986); Ha-Shminiya (2006); Highlander (1986); Homeboy (1988); Hope Floats (1998); House of Fools (2002); Hudson Hawk (1991); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2004–2005); Idol (2002–2005); Idol stjörnuleit (2003); Idols (2002–2009); If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001); Inventing the Abbotts (1997); Jack (1996); Jerry Seinfeld: 'I'm Telling You for the Last Time' (1998); Judge Dredd (1995); Kelly & Cal (2014); La Marató 2015 (2015); La vengeance est un plat qui ne se mange pas (2007); Ladykracher (2002); Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001); Last Action Hero (1993); Leaving the Life (2005); Let Him Have It (1991); Lethal Weapon (1987); Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); Lethal Weapon 3 (1992); Lethal Weapon 4 (1998); Licence to Kill (1989); Lifeforce (1985); Live Free or Die Hard (2007); Liza's Pioneer Diary (1976); Love & Life (1992); Mad TV (2000); Marry Me (2014); McHale's Navy (1997); Memento (1993); Metallica: S&M (2000); Michael Kamen: Concert for Saxophone (1991); Mild Poison (1999); Mona Lisa (1986); Monkey Dust (2003); Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington (2001); Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); Na plovárne (2003); NBC Special Treat (1978); Night City Angels (1981); Nothing But Trouble (1991); Open Range (2003); Operación triunfo (2001); Pavarotti & Friends 2 (1994); Pink Floyd: The Final Cut (1983); Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982); Polyester (1981); Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 (2012); Pop Idol (2001–2003); Radioman (2012); Reel Iconic (2015); Remember Me? (1997); Renegades (1989); Richard Osman's House of Games (2017); Rifftrax: Highlander (2011); Rifftrax: Road House (2016); Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987); Road House (1989); Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991); Rodin mis en vie (1976); Rooftops (1989); Rude Tube (2013); S&M Documentary (2000); S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert (1980); Scream Queens (2015); Scrubs (2003); Shanghai Surprise (1986); Shining Through (1992); Shoot for the Sun (1986); Singapore Idol (2004); Someone to Watch Over Me (1987); Splitting Heirs (1993); Spoof Movie No Jutsu! (2011); Stars in Their Eyes (1992); Sting Feat. Eric Clapton: It's Probably Me (1992); Sting in The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (1994); Stonewall (1995); Strange Days (1995); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Stunts (1977); Super Idol (2004); SuperStar KZ (2004); Suspect (1987); Tales from the Crypt (1992–1993); Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); The Alps (2007); The Avengers (1998); The Beatles Revolution (2000); The Big Bang Theory (2007); The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000); The Dead Zone (1983); The Fighting Temptations (2003); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Heart Surgeon (1997); The Iron Giant (1999); The Krays (1990); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The Longest Yard (2005); The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (2008); The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (2000); The Next Man (1976); The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s (2015); The Raggedy Rawney (1988); The Three Musketeers (1993); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2016); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012); The Video Pool (1996); The Winter Guest (1997); The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (2005); The X Factor UK (2005–2012); This Life (1996); Todd's Pop Song Reviews (2015); Top of the Pops (1994–1995); Top of the Pops 2 (1999); Tosh.0 (2012); Traveling Hopefully (1982); Tvoje tvár má známý hlas (2016); Two-Fisted Tales (1992); Two-Fisted Tales / Showdown (1992); U Turn (1997); Ultrasordine (2007); Venom (1981); Visions (1976); Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll (2014); What Dreams May Come (1998); What's Up Doc? (1994); Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000); Who Are 'They'? (2006); Wilder Napalm (1993); X-Men (2000); X-Men: First Class (2011); X-Men: The Animated Series (1993); Zachariah (1971).

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

On this day in movie history - Hollywood Confidential (1997):


Hollywood Confidential

directed by Reynaldo Villalobos,
written by Anthony Yerkovich,
was released in the United States on April 14, 1997.
Music by Marc Bonilla.


Cast:

Edward James Olmos, Rick Aiello, Angela Alvarado, Christine Harnos, A. Day Henden, Richard T. Jones, Brendan Kelly, Charlize Theron, Thomas Jane, Evelina Fernández, Valarie Rae Miller, Marissa Ribisi, J. Downing, Sarah Lassez, Brent Huff, Kristen Dalton, Amanda Pays, William James Jones, Patrick Dollaghan, Billy Marti, Thomas Patti, Anthony Hickox, Ivana Milicevic, Kaylan Romero, Brendon Chad, Rene Mujica, Warren Reno, Madison Clark, Billy Kane, Paul Goodman, Robyn Lees, Anthony Yerkovich.

Monday, April 13, 2026

On this day in movie history - Mother Knows Best (1997):


Mother Knows Best

directed by Larry Shaw,
written by Lisa Friedman Bloch and Kathy Kirtland Silverman,
was released in the United States on April 13, 1997.
Based on the true 1990 Lee Goldsmith case.
Music by Patrick Williams.


Cast:

Joanna Kerns, Christine Elise, Grant Show, Jessica Walter, Sherman Augustus, David Spielberg, Kristen Dalton, Jeanette O'Connor, Michael Covert, Eric Robertson, Annabelle Weenick, Giselle Fernandez, Jeff Olson, Alan Gregory, Douglas Caputo, Joey Miyashima, Nancy Peterson, Michael Flynn, Melissa Pace-Tanner (credited as Melissa Pace), George Sullivan, Jeffrey Hanson, Gerald Henderson, Caitlin E.J. Meyer.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

On this day in music history:

Enter by Within Temptation (1997)
Lacuna Coil by Lacuna Coil (1998)


Enter
Album by Within Temptation,
released April 7, 1997.
Track list: Restless; Enter; Pearls of Light; Deep Within; Gatekeeper; Grace; Blooded; Candles; The Dance; Another Day; Other Half (Of Me); Restless; Candles & Pearls of Light.


Lacuna Coil
EP by Lacuna Coil,
released April 7, 1998.
Track list: No Need To Explain; The Secret...; This Is My Dream; Soul Into Hades; Falling; Un Fantasma Tra Noi (A Ghost Between Us).

Sunday, March 15, 2026

On this day in music history:

Angels & Ecstasy by Herb Ernst (1997)


Angels & Ecstasy
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 15, 1997.
Track list: Angel Wings; Angel of the Lovers; Sweet Devotion; Two Hearts Enfolded; Magic Love; Touch; Heaven on Earth; Romantique Fantastique; The Joining.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

On this day in movie history - Insomnia (1997):


Insomnia

directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg,
written by Nikolaj Frobenius and Erik Skjoldbjærg,
was released in Norway on March 14, 1997.
Music by Geir Jenssen.


Cast:

Maria Mathiesen, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Gisken Armand, Kristian Figenschow, Thor Michael Aamodt, Frode Rasmussen, Bjørn Moan, Maria Bonnevie, Marianne O. Ulrichsen, Bjørn Floberg, Guri Johnson.