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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On this day in movie history - The Room (2003):

The Room

directed and written by Tommy Wiseau,

was released in the United States on June 27, 2003.
Music by Mladen Milicevic.

Cast:

Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero, Philip Haldiman, Carolyn Minnott, Robyn Paris, Mike Holmes, Dan Janjigian, Kyle Vogt, Greg Ellery, Piper Gore, Kari McDermott, Jennifer Vanderbliek, Bennett Dunn, Padma Moyer, Daron Jennings, Thomas E. Webster, Nora DeMarcky, Arelle Mitkowski, Frank Willey, Amy Von Brock.

On this day in movie history - King of the Ants (2003 movie and novel):

King of the Ants

directed by Stuart Gordon,

written by Charlie Higson,

based on the novel by Charlie Higson,

was released in the United States on June 13, 2003.
Music by Bobby Johnston.

Cast:

Chris McKenna, Kari Wuhrer, George Wendt, Vernon Wells, Lionel Mark Smith, Timm Sharp, Daniel Baldwin, Carissa Kosta, Briana Beghi, Carlie Westerman, Ian Patrick Williams, Antoine Joseph, Shuko Akune, Steve Heller, Ken ‘Bam Bam’ Johnson Jr., Tino Marquez Jr., Adam Noble, Joe Davis, Mike Hawks, Ron Livingston.

Recommended reading:

King of the Ants

By Charlie Higson.

Filmed as King of the Ants (2003), directed by Stuart Gordon.

Published by Abacus.
First published 1992.
ISBN-10: 0349144877
ISBN-13: 9780349144870

Description:

Charlie Higson's thrillers are major events. – Mark Billingham.

Funny, very tough and full of action – Patricia Highsmith.

A brave, abrasive, alarmingly realistic debut. – Daily Mail.

Uncoils with wit and imagination. – Time Out.

It seemed straightforward enough. Sean had now consumed so much alcohol that everything seemed perfectly reasonable. He'd started planning the job already. The first problem was how to do it. Thirteen thousand pounds in an envelope seems a fair price for a man's life. Particularly if you don't know the man, he seems a nonentity, and you quite fancy his wife. And there's no chance of being caught. Sean is a drifter, working as a building labourer and waiting for something to happen. When Sean is offered easy money to tail someone and even more easy money to dispose of him, it's all more tempting than you might think. Except when you realize that you've been led up the garden path the whole way...

On this day in music history - Hopes & Dreams, by Lisa Lynne (2003):

Hopes & Dreams

Album by Lisa Lynne,

released April 8, 2003.

Track list:

Earth & Sky; Living in Love; Dreamdance; Circle the Sun; Bamboo Morning; Soliloquy; Sea March; Home; Interlude; Natural World.