On this day in movie history - Frailty (2001):

Frailty

directed by Bill Paxton,

written by Brent Hanley,

was released in the United States on November 17, 2001.
Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast:

Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Luke Askew, Levi Kreis, Derk Cheetwood, Missy Crider, Alan Davidson, Cynthia Ettinger, Vincent Chase, Gwen McGee, Edmond Scott Ratliff, Rebecca Tilney, Blake King, Brad Berryhill, Greg Serano, Edgar L. Davis, Jim Flowers, Lance E. Nichols, John Paxton, Richard A. Bell, Chelsea Butler, Jennifer Drake, Betty Gurule, Ona Harris, Greg Bronson, Dave Power.

On this day in movie history - Monster’s Ball (2001):

Monster’s Ball

directed by Marc Forster,

written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos,

released at the American Film Institute (AFI) festival in the United States on November 11, 2001.
Music by Asche and Spencer.

Cast:

Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Peter Boyle, Coronji Calhoun, Sean Combs, Mos Def, Charles Cowan Jr., Taylor LaGrange, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Amber Rules, Anthony Bean, Francine Segal, John McConnell, Marcus Lyle Brown, Milo Addica, Leah Loftin, Larry Lee, Troy Poret, Paul Smith, Marshall Cain, Will Rokos, Anthony Michael Frederick, John Wilmot, Dennis Clements, Stephanie Claire, James Haven, Ritchie Montgomery, Clara Hopkins Daniels, Carol Sutton, Bernard Johnson, Hulon E. Crayton II, Jeanette Kontomitras, Earl Maddox, Anthony Marble.

On this day in movie history - Heist (2001):

Heist

directed and written by David Mamet,

was released in the United States on November 9, 2001.
Music by Theodore Shapiro.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Patti LuPone, Alan Bilzerian, Richard L. Friedman, Robert Lussier, Mark Camacho, Michelle Sweeney, Elyzabeth Walling, Mike Tsar, Jim Frangione, Christopher Kaldor, Danny Blanco Hall, Zodia McLean, Andreas Apergis, Tony Calabretta, Ted Whittall, Guy Sprung, Richard Zeman, Don Jordan, Pierre Leblanc, Richard Robitaille, Greg Goossen, Charles S. Doucet, Bill Rowat, Benz Antoine, Emile Cassini, Jennifer Morehouse, Marlyne Barrett, Emile Castonguay, Karen Cliché, Johnny Goar, Christian Maguire, Kent McQuaid, Henri Pardo, Mike Paterson.

On this day in music history – Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton (2001):

The album boxset

Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton,

was released on October 23, 2001.

On this day in music history - Handel: Alcina, by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie (2001):

The album Handel: Alcina,

by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie,

was released on October 16, 2001.

On this day in movie history - Training Day (2001):

Training Day

directed by Antoine Fuqua,

written by David Ayer,

was released in the United States on October 5, 2001.
Music by Mark Mancina.

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Eva Mendes, Cliff Curtis, Raymond Cruz, Noel Gugliemi, Dr. Dre, Peter Greene, Nick Chinlund, Jaime P. Gomez, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray, Charlotte Ayanna, Harris Yulin, Tom Berenger, Raymond J. Barry, Samantha Esteban, Seidy López, Rudy Perez, Cle Shaheed Sloan, Abel Soto, Denzel Whitaker, Fran Kranz, Terry Crews.

On this day in television history - Star Trek: Enterprise (2001 - 2005)

Star Trek: Enterprise

created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga,

was released in the United States on September 26, 2001,

and ran for four seasons until May 13, 2005.
Music by Dennis McCarthy, Jay Chattaway, Brian Tyler, John Frizzell, Mark McKenzie, David Bell, Velton Ray Bunch, Kevin Kiner, Paul Baillargeon.
Opening theme: Faith of the Heart by Russell Watson.
End theme: Archer's Theme by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, John Billingsley, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Nathan Anderson, Vaughn Armstrong, Molly Brink, Joanna Cassidy, Jeffrey Combs, Steven Culp, Daniel Dae Kim, Jim Fitzpatrick, John Fleck, Gary Graham, James Horan, Ken Lally, Scott MacDonald, Ada Maris, Sean McGowan, Randy Oglesby, Eric Pierpoint, Michael Reilly Burke, Daniel Riordan, Tucker Smallwood, Kellie Waymire, Joseph Will, Derek Magyar, Matt Winston, Rick Worthy, Kara Zediker.

On this day in movie history - Chelsea Walls (2001):

Chelsea Walls

directed by Ethan Hawke,

written by Nicole Burdette,

based on the play by Nicole Burdette,

poems by Arthur Rimbaud and Dylan Thomas,

was released in the United States on September 21, 2001.
Music by Jeff Tweedy.

Cast:

Bianca Hunter, Kevin Corrigan, Rosario Dawson, Matthew Del Negro, Paz de la Huerta, Guillermo Diaz, Vincent D’Onofrio, Paul D. Failla, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Sean Leonard, Duane McLaughlin, Natasha Richardson, Jimmy Scott, John Seitz, Mark Strand, Uma Thurman, Heather Watts, Mark Webber, Tuesday Weld, Frank Whaley, Harris Yulin, Steve Zahn, Sam Connelly, Richard Linklater, Peter Salett, Greta Gaines, Ethan Hawke, Isaac Hayes, Laura Maxwell.

Remembering September 11, 2001:

Honoring the victims of September 11, 2001 (9/11), their families and friends,

and the responders who risked their own lives to save others.

We will never forget.

Recommended reading - Pulp Masters (2001):

Pulp Masters (2001).

Edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg.

Published by Carroll & Graf.

First Edition.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0786708735

ISBN-13: 978-0786708734

Description:

A pulp-packed volume of hard-boiled crime fiction from the writers who made the mold and mastered the form.

John MacDonald, James M. Cain, Donald Westlake, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, and Harrington Whittington – these six masters of pulp fiction at its suspenseful best distinguish this new anthology compiled by the award-winning editors of its two popular predecessors, American Pulp and Pure Pulp. Like its two popular predecessors, Pulp Masters culls its tales – in this case, five classic “novelettes” and one complete novel – from the golden age of magazine fiction in the first half of the twentieth century.

All six writers included in Pulp Masters in time emerged as giants in the field of crime fiction, and the stories in this volume demonstrate why. Their voices fresh, their talents raw and original, with titles like "Ordo," “College-Cut Kill,” "Stag Party Girl," "The Embezzler," and "Everybody's Watching Me," Westlake, Block, Cain, and Spillane heralded and shaped the crime story as we know it today. So did "the King of the Paperback Original" – Harrington Whittington – represented here by the novel based on his pulp short story "So Dead, My Love."

On this day in movie history - Pulp Cinema (2001):

Pulp Cinema

compilation of classic noir trailers,

produced by David Kalat,

edited by Brian Edwards,

was released in the United States on July 17, 2001.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Ida Lupino, Vincent Price, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, Gloria Grahame, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Jack Palance, Glenn Ford, Orson Welles.

On this day in movie history - The Score (2001):

The Score,

directed by Frank Oz,

written by Daniel E. Taylor, Kario Salem, Lem Dobbs and Scott Marshall Smith,

based on a story by Daniel E. Taylor and Kario Salem,

was released in the United States on July 13, 2001.
Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:
Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, Gary Farmer, Paul Soles, Jamie Harrold, Serge Houde, Jean-René Ouellet, Martin Drainville, Claude Despins, Mark Camacho, Marie-Josée Colburn, Gavin Svensson, Thinh Truong Nguyen, Carlo Essagian, Christian Tessier, Lenie Scoffié, Bobby Brown, Maurice Demers, Christian Jacques, Henry Farmer, Dacky Thermidor, Gerard Blouin, Charles V. Doucet, Pierre Drolet, Norman Mikeal Berketa, Eric Hoziel, John Talbot, Richard Zeman, Nick Carasoulis, Cassandra Wilson, Mose Allison, Lisa Marie Blair, Bill Haughland, David L. McCallum, Arnold Montey, Lonnie Plaxico, Christine Solomon, Angelo Tsarouchas.

Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action (2001):

The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action (2001).

Edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

Mammoth Books.

ISBN-10: 0786709200

ISBN-13: 978-0786709205

Contents:

Kid clips a coupon, by Erle Stanley Gardner; Goodbye Hannah, by Steve Fisher; Sinners' paradise, by Raoul Whitfield; Motel, by Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain; Smile, corpse, smile!, by Bruno Fischer; Pulp connection, by Bill Pronzini; Brush Babe's poison pallet, by Bruce Cassiday; Gangsta wore red, by Michael Guinzburg; Caravan to Tarim, by David Goodis; Lady who left her coffin, by Hugh B. Cave; Death at the main, by Frank Gruber; Red goose, by Norbert Davis; First five in line, by Charles Willeford; Where there's a will, there's a slay, by Frederick C. Davis; Ride a white horse, by Lawrence Block; Best man, by Thomas Walsh; Dog life, by Mark Timlin; Don't look behind you, by Fredric Brown; College-cut kill, by John D. MacDonald; Lost coast, by Marcia Muller; Pit, by Joe R. Lansdale; Clean sweep, by Roger Torrey; Eye of the beholder, Ed Gorman.

Description:

Furious action, unbridled passion, seedy lowlife and beautiful women …

Crooked cops and ruthless bigshots, breathless chases, cheating molls and gun-toting villains – they’re all here in this great new volume of pulp fiction stories, featuring classic noir and hard-boiled crime authors from eight decades of crime writing.

In these enlightened times we know that, far from being a lower form of literature, pulp fiction is the term for what the best storytelling provides – hugely enjoyable pyrotechnic thrills and shocks galore.

This great new collection from popular literature’s best pulp writers includes such talents as: Charles Willeford, Ed Mcbain, Bill Pronzini, Ed Gorman, Lawrence Block, John D. MacDonald, Bruno Fischer, Mark Timlin, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Guinzburg, Erle Stanley Gardner, Frederic Brown and many more.

Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories (2001):

The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories

Published 2001.
Edited by Herbert Van Thal.
Mammoth Books.

ISBN-10: 0786708867
ISBN-13: 978-0786708864

Anthology of short stories.

Description:

Murder, suspense, mystery – the biggest and best collection ever.

This huge and unique volume contains four anthologies by Herbert Van Thai featuring 35 of the best detective stories ever told. The stories range and style and setting from the mean streets of Raymond Chandler's New York to the classic English whodunnit by Agatha Christie and offer an unmissable treat for detective fans.

Recommended reading - The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (2001):

The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (2001).

The Best American Series.

Edited by Lawrence Block and Otto Penzler.

ISBN-10: 0618124918

ISBN-13: 978-0618124916

Contents:

Foreword; Introduction by Lawrence Block; Things that make your heart beat faster, by Jennifer Anderson; Lobster night, by Russell Banks; Prison food, by Michael Downs; In the zone, by Leslie Edgerton; Paperhanger, by William Gay; Book of Kells, by Jeremiah Healy; Erie's last day, by Steve Hockensmith; Under suspicion, by Clark Howard; Her Hollywood, by Michael Hyde; Family, by Dan Leone; Blood sport, by Thomas Lynch; Carnie, by David Means; Tides, by Kent Nelson; Girl with the blackened eye, by Joyce Carol Oates; Easy street, by T. Jefferson Parker; Big bite, by Bill Pronzini; Missing in action, by Peter Robinson; Face-lift, by Roxana Robinson; Big ranch, by John Salter; Push comes to shove, by Nathan Walpow.

Description:

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected – and most popular – of its kind.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 will thrill fans of all reached of the genre. The legendary mystery writer Lawrence Block offer chilling tales from best-selling writers as well as talented up-and-comers. Ranging from traditional detective cases to psychological studies to atmospheric scene-setters, these stories illustrate the variety and scope of styles, plots, and characters Block admires. With Block as guest editor and a stellar roster of suspense veterans and rising stars, the 2001 edition will delight mystery afficionados and all lovers of great fiction.

On this day in television history: Six Feet Under (2001):

Six Feet Under,

created by Alan Ball,

was first aired in the United States on June 3, 2001, and ran for five seasons.

The final episode aired on August 21, 2005.

Cast:
Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, Rachel Griffiths, Jeremy Sisto, James Cromwell, Justina Machado, Richard Jenkins, Joanna Cassidy, Giancarlo Rodriguez, Tim Maculan, Eric Balfour, Robert Foxworth, Ed O'Ross, Marina Black, David Norona, Gary Hershberger, Ed Begley, Jr., Illeana Douglas, Dina Waters, Patricia Clarkson, Lili Taylor, Melissa Marsala, Aysia Polk, John Paul Pitoc, Kellie Waymire, Nicki Micheaux, Julie White, Kathy Bates, Peter Macdissi, Ben Foster, Brenna Tosh, Rainn Wilson, Justin Theroux, Idalis DeLeón, Catherine O'Hara, Sprague Grayden, Peter Facinelli, Mena Suvari, Michael Weston, Tina Holmes, Matt Malloy, Julie Dretzin, Jeff Yagher, Michelle Trachtenberg, Bobby Cannavale, Chris Messina, Kendré Berry, C. J. Sanders, Anne Ramsay.

On this day in movie history - Easy Money (2000):

Easy Money,

French title: Argent content,

directed by Philippe Dussol,

was released in France on May 31, 2001.
18-minute short movie, filmed in color and black and white.
Written by Philippe Dussol and Mathias Pothier.

Cast:

Anne Charrier, Fred Dussol, Philippe Dussol.

Recommended reading - Kubrick: The Definitive Edition, by Michel Ciment (2001):

Kubrick: The Definitive Edition,

by Michel Ciment (2001).

Description:

If Stanley Kubrick had made only 2001: A Space Odyssey or Dr. Strangelove, his cinematic legacy would have been assured. But from his first feature film, Fear and Desire, to the posthumously released Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick created an accomplished body of work unique in its scope, diversity, and artistry, and by turns both lauded and controversial.

In this fully revised and definitive edition of his now classic study, film critic Michel Ciment provides an insightful examination of Kubrick's thirteen films --- including such favorites as Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket --- alongside an assemblage of more than four hundred photographs that form a complementary photo essay. Rounding out this unique work are a short biography of Kubrick; rare interviews that were held with the usually reticent director, as well as with cast and crew members, including Malcolm McDowell, Shelley Duvall, and Jack Nicholson; and a detailed filmography and bibliography.

Meshed with masterful integrity, the book's text and illustrations pay homage to one of the most visionary, original, and demanding filmmakers of our time.