On this day in movie history - Cast Away (2000):

Cast Away

directed by Robert Zemeckis,

written by William Broyles Jr.,

was released in the United States on December 7, 2000.
Music by Alan Silvestri.

Cast:

Tom Hanks, Wilson the Volleyball, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White, Nick Searcy, Jenifer Lewis, Geoffrey Blake, Chris Noth, Garret Davis, Vince Martin, Nan Martin, Joe Conley, Timothy Stack, Elden Henson, Steve Monroe, Valerie Wildman, Jay Acovone, Dennis Letts, Michael Forest, Viveka Davis, Jennifer Choe.

On this day in music history - Beginnings, by Michele McLaughlin (2000):

The album Beginnings,

by Michele McLaughlin,

was released on December 1, 2000.

On this day in movie history - Unbreakable (2000):

Unbreakable

directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan,

was released in the United States on November 22, 2000.
Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard, Eamonn Walker, Leslie Stefanson, Johnny Hiram Jamison, Michaelia Carroll, Bostin Christopher, Elizabeth Lawrence, Davis Duffield, Laura Regan, Chance Kelly, Michael Kelly, Firdous Bamji, Johanna Day, James Handy, Sally Parrish, Richard Council, Damian Young, Sherman Roberts, Whitney Sugarman, Dianne Cotten Murphy, M. Night Shyamalan, Sasha Joseph Neulinger, Jose L. Rodriguez, Samantha Savino, Ukee Washington, Susan Wilder, Greg Horos, Todd Berry, Angela Eckert, Anthony Lawton, Julia Yorks, John Patrick Amedori, John Rusk, Joey Hazinsky, Bill Rowe, Kim Simms Thomas, Andrea Havens, Gina Allegro, Gary Beck, Glen Nasser Bell, Lloyd Booker, Anthony Bosco, Bob Bowersox, Robert Randolph Caton, Chrismandu, Antonio Costa, Skye Dennis, Jaime Gallagher, Natalie Hultman, Rick Kain, Scott Kennedy, Greg Korin, Megan Kratz, Lon Lawson, Fred Leeds, Bryce Lenon, Erin Lulevitch, Christina Mahon, John Marcionetti, John Martineau, Tiffany Marz, Robert Millett, Sean Oliver, Joey Perillo, Lisa Pickell, Mark Poulton, Mark Pricskett, Wayne Pyle, David C. Roehm Sr., Robert Romani.

On this day in music history - A Day Without Rain, by Enya (2000):

The album A Day Without Rain,

by Enya,

was released on November 20, 2000.

Recommended reading - Jacob's Ladder, by Bruce Joel Rubin (2000):

Jacob's Ladder

By Bruce Joel Rubin.

Published 2000.

Published by Applause Books.

ISBN-10: 155783086X

ISBN-13: 978-1557830869

Back cover description:

From the director of Fatal Attraction…

and the writer of Ghost…

Jacob’s Ladder.

Written by Bruce Joel Rubin.

An Adrian Lyne Film.

From Carolco Picture.

Produced by Alan Marshall.

Directed by Adrian Lyne.

With over 100 photographs from the film.

“… the screenplay moves from the nightmarish to the visionary … page for page, it is one of the very few screenplays I’ve read with the power to consistently raise hackles in broad daylight … Read it. It’s extraordinary.” – American Film.

“… one of the most original and powerful screenplays to be seen in Hollywood in years … One feels in the hands of a benevolent and sophisticated teller.” – Cinefantastique.

“… a humanistic thriller that hits like a thunderbolt.” – Fangoria.

The complete final shooting script in professional screenwriter’s format together with an annotated appendix of deleted scenes.

Jacob’s Chronicle, Bruce Joel Rubin’s book-length account of Jacob’s odyssey to the screen.

Applause screenplay series.

On this day in music history - Back to the Blues, by Sue Foley (2000):

The album Back to the Blues,

by Sue Foley,

was released on October 24, 2000.

On this day in music history - The Very Best of Badfinger, by Badfinger (2000):

The album The Very Best of Badfinger,

by Badfinger,

was released on October 23, 2000.

On this day in music history - American III: Solitary Man, by Johnny Cash (2000):

The album American III: Solitary Man,

by Johnny Cash,

was released on October 17, 2000.

On this day in music history - Renée Fleming, by Renée Fleming and Charles Mackerras (2000):

The album Renée Fleming,

by Renée Fleming and Charles Mackerras,

was released on September 26, 2000.

On this day in movie history - The Room (2000):

The Room

a ten-minute short directed by Rutger Hauer and Erik Lieshout,

written by Erik Lieshout,

based on a story by Harry Mulisch,

was released in the United States on September 26, 2000.
Music by Dyzack.

Cast:

Rutger Hauer, Mattijn Hartemink.

On this day in movie history - When Brendan Met Trudy (2000):

When Brendan Met Trudy

directed by Kieron J. Walsh,

written by Roddy Doyle,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 12, 2000.
Music by Richard Hartley.

Cast:

Peter McDonald, Flora Montgomery, Marie Mullen, Pauline McLynn, Don Wycherley, Maynard Eziashi, Eileen Walsh, Barry Cassin, Niall O'Brien, Rynagh O'Grady, Ali White, Julie Hale, Jack Lynch, Dr. Stewart, Robert O'Neill, Eoin Manley, George McMahon, Sean Flanagan, Pat Kinevane, Terry Byrne, Myles Horgan, Charlie Bird, Anne Cassin, Harry Crosbie, Luke Boyle, William O'Sullivan, Jonathan White, Philip Judge, Alicia O'Keefe, Kieron J. Walsh, Berts Folan, Kevin Sharkey, Robbie Doolin, Keith McErlean, Martin Murphy, Frank O'Sullivan, Nuala Kelly, Triona McGarry, Jim Corry, Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly, Conor Evans, Patricia Martin, Susan Murray, Gail Kainswarren, Amelia Crowley, Robert Mack, James Mack, Coco Kenny, Francis Schurmann, Shauna Nugent, Gabriel Byrne, Antony Conaty, Chris McHallem.

On this day in music history - Deja-Blues, by Steven Halpern (2000):

The album Deja-Blues,

by Steven Halpern,

was released on September 12, 2000.

Recommended reading - Sleuths of the Century (2000):

Sleuths of the Century

Edited by Ed Gorman and John L. Breen.

Published in 2000.

Published by Carroll & Graf.

First Edition.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0786707097

ISBN-13: 978-0786707096

Description:

Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, Lord Peter Wimsey and Hercule Poirot, Matt Scudder and Easy Rawlins, Spenser and Dalgliesh - they stand among the most popular of twentieth-century heroes. And now the award-winning mystery novelist Ed Gorman and novelist-critic Jon L. Breen present a full century of the world's favorite sleuths in tales by such classic writers as G. K. Chesterton, Ellery Queen, Dorothy Sayers, and Agatha Christie as well as contemporary giants like Sharyn McCrumb, Walter Mosley, Ed McBain, Lawrence Block, P. D. James, and Ruth Rendell. A hefty, handsome volume, Sleuths of the Century also offers serious suspense from Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, Tony Hillerman, Rex Stout, Donald E. Westlake, and John D. MacDonald. Crossing the decades with a gallery of sleuths impeccably styled for every generation, this collection provides exciting, literate tales of detection and danger that will keep the reader on tenterhooks well into the next century.

On this day in movie history - Pollock (2000):

Pollock

directed by Ed Harris,

written by Barbara Turner and Susan Emshwiller,

based on the biography Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith,

was released in the United States on September 6, 2000.
Music by Jeff Beal.

Cast:
Ed Harris, Robert Knott, Molly Regan, Marcia Gay Harden, Sada Thompson, Eulala Scheel, Matthew Sussman, Bud Cort, Amy Madigan, Everett Quinton, Annabelle Gurwitch, John Rothman, John Heard, Kenny Scharf, Tom McGuinness, Val Kilmer, Jeffrey Tambor, Katherine Wallach, Cassandra Clewicki, Tom Bower, Sloane Shelton, Jake, Eduardo Machado, Moss Roberts, Robert O'Neill, Isabelle Townsend, Jennifer Piech, Rebecca Wisocky, Linda Emond, Tony Palazzolo, Barbara Garrick, David Cale, Claire Beckman, Stephen Beach, Jill Jackson, David Leary, Donna Mitchell, Sondra Jablonski, Frank Wood, Julie Anna Rose, Kyle Timothy Smith, April Petroski, Nicholas Petroski, Noah Petroski, Norbert Weisser, Stephanie Seymour, Trecker, Jennifer Connelly, Sally Murphy, Bob L. Harris, John Madigan, Matthew Hart Landfield, John Nesci.

On this day in music history - Il Tenero Momento: Mozart & Gluck Arias, by Susan Graham and Harry Bicket (2000):

The album Il Tenero Momento: Mozart & Gluck Arias,

by Susan Graham and Harry Bicket,

was released September 2, 2000.

Recommended reading - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000):

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000).

By Stephen King.

Published by Scribner.

This edition published in 2020.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1982159375

ISBN-13: 978-1982159375

Description:

"A one-of-a-kind classic." – The Wall Street Journal.

"On Writing had more useful and observant things to say about the craft than any book since Strunk and White's The Elements of Style." – Roger Ebert.

"This is a special book, animated by a unique intelligence, and filled with useful truth." – Michael Chabon.

“The best book on writing. Ever.” – The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King’s advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999 – and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it – fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.

On this day in music history - Massenet: Thaïs, by Renée Fleming... (2000):

The album Massenet: Thaïs,

by Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Giuseppe Sabbatini and Yves Abel,

was released on August 22, 2000.

On this day in movie history - Space Cowboys (2000):

Space Cowboys,

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner,

was released in the United States on August 4, 2000.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, Barbara Babcock, Rade Serbedzija, Blair Brown, Jay Leno, Nils Allen Stewart, Deborah Jolly, Toby Stephens, Eli Craig, John Asher, Matt McColm, Billie Worley, Chris Wylde, Anne Stedman, James MacDonald, Kate McNeil, Karen M. Waldron, John Linton, Mark Thomason, Georgia Emelin, Rick Scarry, Paul Pender, Tim Halligan, Manning Mpinduzi-Mott, Steve Monroe, Jean-Michel Henry, Steven West, Cooper Huckabee, Hayden Tank, Jock MacDonald, Gerald Emerick, Renee Olstead, Don Michaelson, Artur Cybulski, Gordy Owens, Steve Stapenhorst, Lauren Cohn, Michael Louden, Deborah Hope, Jon Hamm, Lamont Lofton, Aleksander Kuznetsov, Erica Grant, Chip Chinery, Paul Grace, Craig Hosking, Tone Loc, Lisa Malone, Denise Marek-Plumb, Jeannette Papineau, Kristin Quick, Heather Ryon, Michael Satterfield.