Showing posts with label 2003. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2003. Show all posts

Saturday, October 3, 2026

On this day in movie history - Out of Time (2003):


Out of Time

directed by Carl Franklin,
written by David Collard,
was released in the United States on October 3, 2003.
Music by Graeme Revell.


Cast:

Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain, John Billingsley, Robert Baker, Alex Carter, Antoni Corone, Terry Loughlin, Nora Dunn, James Murtaugh, Peggy Sheffield, Evelyn Brooks, Eric Hissom, Tom Hillmann, Parris Buckner, Arian Ash, Mike Pniewski, Veryl Jones, Tim Ware, Jesse Beaton, Ed Amatrudo, Neil Brown Jr., Elena Maria Garcia, David J. Negron, O.L. Duke, Sharlene Garcia, Ron Madoff, Steve Raulerson, Suzanne Grant, Dottie Healy.

Friday, October 2, 2026

On this day in music history:

Godfathers and Sons / documentary (2003)
Only Breath by Jami Sieber and Kim Rosen (2007)
Fanatic by Heart (2012)
A Magical Christmas by Laura Sullivan (2018)


Godfathers and Sons
Documentary directed by Marc Levin.
Part 5 of the documentary series The Blues.
Produced by Martin Scorsese.
Released in the United States on October 2, 2003.
Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.
Cast: Ahmir, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Jamar Chess, Marshall Chess, Phil Chess, Chuck D, Common, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Mick Jagger, Morris Jennings, Bob Koester, Sam Lay, Brownie McGhee, Pinetop Perkins, Public Enemy, Rahzel, Keith Richards, Johnny Juice Rosado, Magic Slim, KoKo Taylor, Ike Turner, Phil Upchurch, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, Rob Stone.


Only Breath
Album by Jami Sieber and Kim Rosen,
released October 2, 2007.
Track list: Forgotten Wings - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Sama - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Before the Beginning - Steve Gorn, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; River - Michaelle Goerlitz, Steve Gorn, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Dave Worm; Beyond the Light - Michaelle Goerlitz, Steve Gorn, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Ulali; O’Clock News - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Keeping Quiet - Michaelle Goerlitz, Erika Luckett, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; Practice - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber; In Impossible Darkness - Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Benjy Wertheimer; Inside the Soul - Kai Eckhardt, Michaelle Goerlitz, Kim Rosen, Evan Schiller, Jami Sieber, Ulali, Julie Wolf; Only Breath - Kai Eckhardt, Eben Eldridge, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Benjy Wertheimer, Julie Wolf; Love After Love - Michaelle Goerlitz, Erika Luckett, Kim Rosen, Jami Sieber, Julie Wolf.


Fanatic
Album by Heart,
released October 2, 2012.
Track list: Fanatic; Dear Old America; Walkin’ Good - Heart feat. Sarah McLachlan; Skin and Bones; A Million Miles; Pennsylvania; Mashallah!; Rock Deep (Vancouver); 59 Crunch; Corduroy Road.


A Magical Christmas
Album by Laura Sullivan,
released October 2, 2018.
Track list: The Bells of Christmas; Up on the Housetop / Ode to Joy; Ave Maria; The First Noel; Waltz of the Flowers - The Nutcracker; Silent Night; Jingle Bells; Canon in D / Deck the Halls; We Wish You a Merry Christmas; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - The Nutcracker; Angels We Have Heard on High; The Gift of Peace; Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

On this day in music history:

The Road to Memphis / documentary (2003)
24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault by Stevie Nicks (2014)


The Road to Memphis
Documentary directed by Richard Pearce.
Written by Robert Gordon.
Part 3 of the documentary series The Blues.
Produced by Martin Scorsese.
Released in the United States on September 30, 2003.
Additional music by Davis Coen.
Cast: Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor, The Coasters, Jim Dickinson, Fats Domino, Rosco Gordon, Don Kern, B.B. King, Little Richard, Little Milton, Joe Mulherin, Calvin Newborn, Sam Phillips, Bobby Rush, Chris Spindel, Christine Spindel, Hubert Sumlin, Rufus Thomas, Ike Turner, Cato Walker III, Nat D. Williams, Howlin’ Wolf.


24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault
Album by Stevie Nicks,
released September 30, 2014.
Track list: Starshine; The Dealer; Mabel Normand; Blue Water; Cathouse Blues; 24 Karat Gold; Hard Advice; Lady; I Don’t Care; All the Beautiful Worlds; Belle Fleur; If You Were My Love; Carousel; She Loves Him Still.

Monday, September 28, 2026

On this day in music history:

Feel Like Going Home / documentary (2003)


Feel Like Going Home
Documentary directed by Martin Scorsese.
Written by Peter Guralnick.
Part 1 of the documentary series The Blues.
Produced by Martin Scorsese.
Released in the United States on September 28, 2003.
Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.
Cast: Sam Carr, Toumani Diabaté, Corey Harris, John Lee Hooker, Son House, Salif Keïta, Willie King, Habib Koité, Leadbelly, Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Bernice Turner Pratcher, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Shines, Sharde Thomas, Ali Farka Touré, Otha Turner, Dick Waterman, Muddy Waters.

Thursday, September 17, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Day of Honor.
Released September 17, 1997.
Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Jeri Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Majel Barrett, Alexander Enberg, Alan Altshuld, Michael Krawic, Kevin Stillwell, John Austin, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Christine Delgado, Kerry Hoyt, Andray Johnson, Keith Rayve, Guy Richardson, Richard Sarstedt.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: Anomaly.
Released September 17, 2003.
Directed by David Straiton.
Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.
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 Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Robert Rusler, Nathan Anderson, Julia Rose, Sean McGowan, Kenneth White, Ryan Honey, Ken Lally, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Correy, Nikki Flux, Duncan K. Fraser, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Aldric A. Horton, Lisa Hoyle, Roy Joaquin, Amina Julianna, John Jurgens, Kortney Manns, Marnie Martin, Tom Morga, Lin Oeding, Aric Rogokos, Lidia Sabljic, Webster Whinery.

Saturday, September 12, 2026

On this day in movie history - Lost In Translation (2003):


Lost In Translation

directed and written by Sofia Coppola,
was released in the United States on September 12, 2003.
Music by Kevin Shields, Brian Reitzell and Roger Joseph Manning Jr.


Cast:

Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Fumihiro Hayashi, Catherine Lambert.

Thursday, September 10, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: The Gift.
Released September 10, 1997.
Directed by Anson Williams.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jennifer Lien, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Kerry Hoyt, Heather Rattray, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano, Chester E. Tripp III.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: The Xindi.
Released September 10, 2003.
Directed by Allan Kroeker.
Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.
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 Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Richard Lineback, Stephen McHattie, Tucker Smallwood, Randy Oglesby, Rick Worthy, Scott MacDonald, Marco Sanchez, Daniel Dae Kim, Nathan Anderson, Steven Culp, Chris Freeman, Adam Taylor Gordon, Alexandrea Ortiz, Walter Tabayoyong, Steve Blalock, Cole Chipman, Marvin De Baca, Drew Delaine, Kevin Derr, Evan English, Tarik Ergin, Duncan K. Fraser, Hilde Garcia, Aldric A. Horton, Michael Hugghins, Clint Lilley, Dorenda Moore, Louis Ortiz, Bobby Pappas, Scott Pierce, Erin Leigh Price, Tim Sitarz, Paul Sklar, Monika Spruch, Rob Steiner, Chris Torres, Scott Workman.

Monday, September 7, 2026

On this day in television history - Carnivàle (2003 - 2005):


Carnivàle

created by Daniel Knauf,
was released on September 7, 2003,
and ran for two seasons until March 27, 2005.
Theme music by Wendy Melvoin.
Composed by Lisa Coleman.


Cast:

Nick Stahl, Michael J. Anderson, Tim DeKay, Patrick Bauchau, Debra Christofferson, Diane Salinger, Clea DuVall, Adrienne Barbeau, Brian Turk, John Fleck, Karyne Steben, Sarah Steben, Toby Huss, Cynthia Ettinger, Carla Gallo, Amanda Aday, John Carroll Lynch, Bree Walker, John Savage, Linda Hunt, Clancy Brown, Amy Madigan, Robert Knepper, Ralph Waite.

Friday, August 28, 2026

Recommended reading - Early Film Noir: Greed, Lust and Murder Hollywood Style (2003):


Early Film Noir:
Greed, Lust and Murder Hollywood Style

By William Hare.

Published by McFarland & Company.
Paperback.
Published 2003.
ISBN-10: 0786416297
ISBN-13: 978-0786416295

Description:

The name is French and it has connections to German expressionist cinema, but film noir was inspired by the American Raymond Chandler, whose prose was marked by the gripping realism of seedy hotels, dimly lit bars, main streets, country clubs, mansions, cul-de-sac apartments, corporate boardrooms, and flop houses of America.

Chandler and the other writers and directors, including James M. Cain, Dashiell Hammett, Jane Greer, Ken Annakin, Rouben Mamoulian and Mike Mazurki, who were primarily responsible for the creation of the film noir genre and its common plots and themes, are the main focus of this work. It correlates the rise of film noir with the new appetites of the American public after World War II and explains how it was developed by smaller studios and filmmakers as a result of the emphasis on quality within a deliberately restricted element of cities at night. The author also discusses how RKO capitalized on films such as Murder, My Sweet and Out of the Past – two of film noir's most famous titles – and film noir's connection to British noir and the great international triumph of Sir Carol Reed in The Third Man.

Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Film Noir: Chandler and the American Institution with a French Name; A Blend of Three Great Talents: Double Indemnity (1944); Women of Danger and RKO's Noir Factory; Dmytryk and the RKO Team; Jane Greer: Hollywood's Unforgettable Femme Fatale; Laura (1944); An Obsession in White and a Final Reckoning: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946); British Noir: The Third Man (1949) and Across the Bridge (1957); Synopses of Major Films; Bibliography; Index.

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

On this day in music history:

Invocation by Silvia Nakkach (2003)
Beautiful Broken by Heart (2016)


Invocation
Album by Silvia Nakkach,
released July 8, 2003.
Track list: Bliss; Union; Creation; Healing; Radiance; Devotion; Compassion; Grace; Divinity; Peace.


Beautiful Broken
Album by Heart,
released July 8, 2016.
Track list: Beautiful Broken; Two; Sweet Darlin’; I Jump; Johnny Moon; Heaven; City’s Burning; Down on Me; One Word; Language of Love.

Thursday, July 2, 2026

On this day in movie history - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2003):


Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Motonori Sakakibara,
written by Al Reinert, Jeff Vintar, Jack Fletcher, Bruce B.L. Jurgens and Ramin Mebdy,
based on the Final Fantasy game franchise by Hironobu Sakaguchi,
was released in the United States on July 2, 2003.
Music by Elliot Goldenthal.


Cast:

Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Keith David, Jean Simmons, Matt McKenzie, John DeMita, Matt Adler, Steve Alterman, David Arnott, Cathy Cavadini, Lanei Chapman, Vicki Davis, Judi M. Durand, Greg Finley, Jack Fletcher, Julia Fletcher, Barbara Harris, David McCharen, Tracy Metro, David Michie, Richard Penn, David Randolph, Andrea Baker, Atsushi Goto, Tsutomu Isobe, Jun Karasawa, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Rikiya Koyama, Keiko Toda, Akio Ôtsuka, Eric Aten, John DiMaggio, Alex Fernandez, David Rasner, Dwight Schultz, Annie Wu.

On this day in movie history - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003):


Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

directed by Jonathan Mostow,
written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris,
based on the story by John Brancato, Michael Ferris and Tedi Sarafian,
was released in the United States on July 2, 2003.
Music by Marco Beltrami.


Cast:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, David Andrews, Mark Famiglietti, Earl Boen, Moira Sinise, Chopper Bernet, Christopher Lawford, Carolyn Hennesy, Jay Acovone, M.C. Gainey, Susan Merson, Elizabeth Morehead, Jimmy Snyder, Billy D. Lucas, Brian Sites, Alana Curry, Larry McCormick, Robert Alonzo, Michael Papajohn, Timothy Dowling, Jon Foster, Mark Hicks, Kim Robillard, Matt Gerald, William O’Leary, Rick Zieff, Rebecca Tilney, Chris Hardwick, Helen Eigenberg, Kiki Gorton, Walter von Huene, Jerry Katell, George A. Sack Jr., Eric Ritter.