Recommended reading - Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane (2003):

Shutter Island

By Dennis Lehane.

Published by William Morrow Paperbacks.

First published 2003.

Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0062068415

ISBN-13: 978-0062068415

Description:

“Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride…utterly absorbing… is an express train with no local stops…engrossing.” – Boston Globe.

“The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment gets.” – Miami Herald.

“Combines the claustrophobia of . . . Agatha Christie . . . with the creepiness of a good Stephen King yarn. . . . Good luck putting this one down. – San Francisco Chronicle Book Review.

“Startlingly original…instantly cinematic… unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments.” – New York Times.

“There is no mystery…about how good this book is; like Mystic River, it’s a tour de force.” – Publishers Weekly.

“A lollapalooza of a corkscrew thriller…sure to be the most talked–about thriller of the year.” – Kirkus Reviews.

“Nightmarish…it’s not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep.” – Orlando Sentinel.

The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, have come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient. Multiple murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere on this remote and barren island, despite having been kept in a locked cell under constant surveillance. As a killer hurricane relentlessly bears down on them, a strange case takes on even darker, more sinister shades – with hints of radical experimentation, horrifying surgeries, and lethal countermoves made in the cause of a covert shadow war. No one is going to escape Shutter Island unscathed, because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. But then neither is Teddy Daniels.

On this day in music history - Under the Stars, by Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel (2003):

Under the Stars

Album by Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel,

released February 11, 2003.

Track list:

"Not While I'm Around" (From Sweeney Todd By Stephen Sondheim); "Moonfall" (From the Mystery of Edwin Drood By R. Holmes); "I Don't Remember You the Happy Tim" and "Sometimes a Day Goes By" (From Woman of the Year By Kander & Ebb); "All the Love I Have" (from The Beautiful Game by Ben Elton & Andrew Lloyd Webber); "I Wish I Could Forget You / Loving You" (From Passion By Stephen Sondheim); "Stars" (From Les Misirables By Boublil & Schvnberg); "All I Ask of You" (From the Phantom of the Opera By Andrew Lloyd Webber); "Hello, Young Lovers" (From the King and I By Rodgers & Hammerstein); "Pretty Women" (From Sweeney Todd By Stephen Sondheim); "Aimer" (From Romio Et Juliette By Presgurvic); "All the Wasted Time" (From Parade By J. Brown); "Seventy-Six Trombones" (From the Music Man By Willson); "How Could I Ever Know" (From the Secret Garden By Simon and Norman); "So in Love" (From Kiss Me Kate By Cole Porter); "Wheels of a Dream" (From Ragtime By Ahrens & Flaherty).

On this day in movie history - Bukowski: Born Into This (2003):

Bukowski: Born Into This

directed by John Dullaghan,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 18, 2003.
Music by James Stemple.

Cast:

Charles Bukowski, Bono, John Bryan, Linda Lee Bukowski, Marina Bukowski, Neeli Cherkovski, Joyce Fante, FrancEyE, Taylor Hackford, John Martin, Mike Meloan, Jack Micheline, Pam 'Cupcakes' Miller, Dom Muto, William Packard, Sean Penn, Steve Richmond, Barbet Schroeder, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Waits, Carl Weissner, Liza Williams, James Stemple.

On this day in music history - Pianoscapes for the Trails of North America, by Laura Sullivan (2003):

The album Pianoscapes for the Trails of North America,

by Laura Sullivan,

was released on December 2, 2003.

On this day in movie history - 21 Grams (2003):

21 Grams

directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu,

written by Guillermo Arriaga,

based on a story by Alejandro González Iñárritu,

was released in the United States on November 21, 2003.
Music by Gustavo Santaolalla.

Cast:

Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo, Danny Huston, John Rubinstein, Clea DuVall, Eddie Marsan, Marc Thomas Musso, Paul Calderón, Denis O'Hare, Kevin Chapman, Lew Temple, Carly Nahon.

On this day in movie history - The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003):

The Howlin' Wolf Story

documentary directed by Don McGlynn,

was released in the United States on November 4, 2003.

Cast:

Howlin' Wolf (aka Chester Burnett), Hubert Sumlin, Barbra Marks, Bettye Kelly, Son House, Bukka White, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Robert Gordon, Mark Hoffman, Richard Shurman, Sam Phillips, Sonny Boy Williamson, Paul Burlison, Marshall Chess, Jody Williams, Evelyn Sumlin Goodwin, Bob Koester, Sam Lay, Billy Boy Arnold, Brian Jones, Jack Good, Mick Jagger, James Cotton, John Estes (aka Sleepy John Estes), Clifton James, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mississippi John Hurt, Sunnyland Slim, Charlie Watts, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman.

On this day in movie history - Sylvia (2003):

Sylvia

directed by Christine Jeffs,

written by John Brownlow,

was released in the United States on October 31, 2003.
Music by Gabriel Yared.

Cast:

Gwyneth Paltrow, David Birkin, Alison Bruce, Amira Casar, Daniel Craig, Blythe Danner, Lucy Davenport, Julian Firth, Jeremy Fowlds, Michael Gambon, Sarah Guyler, Jared Harris, Andrew Havill, Theresa Healey, Liddy Holloway, Robyn Malcolm, Michael Mears, Siobhan Page, Derek Payne, Sonia Ritter, Billy Seymour, Antony Strachan, Katherine Tozer, Sam Troughton, Eliza Wade, Ben Want, Joel Want, Hannah Watkins, Tandi Wright, Rhys Bond, David House, James Hurn, William Palmer.

On this day in movie history - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003):

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

directed by Marcus Nispel,

written by Scott Kosar,

based on the 1974 screenplay by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper,

was released in the United States on October 15, 2003.
Music by Steve Jablonsky.

Cast:

Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour, Andrew Bryniarski, R. Lee Ermey, David Dorfman, Lauren German, Terrence Evans, Marietta Marich, Heather Kafka, Kathy Lamkin, Brad Leland, Mamie Meek, John Larroquette, Scott Martin Gershin, Harry Jay Knowles.

On this day in music history - Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall, by Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau (2003):

The album Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall,

by Susan Graham and Malcolm Martineau,

was released on October 7, 2003.