On this day in movie history - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007 movie & novel):

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

directed and written by Andrew Dominik,

based on the novel by Ron Hansen,

was released in the United States on September 2, 2007.
Narrated by Hugh Ross.
Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Renner, Sam Rockwell, Paul Schneider, Mary-Louise Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Garret Dillahunt, Ted Levine, James Carville, Alison Elliott, Michael Parks, Tom Aldredge, Pat Healy, Michael Copeman, Ron Hansen, Hugh Ross.

Recommended reading:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

By Ron Hansen.

Published by Harper Perennial.

First published 1983.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0061120197

ISBN-13: 978-0061120190

Description:

From critically acclaimed author Ron Hansen comes a breathtaking recreation of the American West – a riveting retelling of the life of its most famous outlaw, Jesse James, and his ignoble death at the hands of the “dirty little coward” who coveted James’s legend. It is a stunning portrait of two men – James, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life badman whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes; and Robert Ford, a young upstart nobody torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy. Powerful, strange, and unforgettable, it is a story of America in all her rough, conflicted glory and the myths that made her.

On this day in music history - Stop The Game, by Deborah Coleman (2007):

Stop The Game

Album by Deborah Coleman,
released August 28, 2007.

Track list:

I Got to Know; Stop the Game; Motor City II; Everlastin’ Tears; Greezy; Changes; Long Time; Seven Days; Zero; Wagon Wheel.

On this day in movie history - If I Didn’t Care (2007):

If I Didn’t Care

aka Blue Blood,

directed and written by Benjamin Cummings and Orson Cummings,

was released in the United States on August 3, 2007.

Music by Michael Tremante.

Cast:

Bill Sage, Susan Misner, Roy Scheider, Noelle Beck, Ronald Guttman, Brian McQuillan, Phyllis Somerville, Nico Yektai, Darius Yekati, Alex Kilgore, Mirelly Taylor, Constance Barron, Jack Marks, Sam Riley, Holly Barron, Patrick Collins, Eddie Kassam, Michelle Kelly, Billie Jean Fellingham, Jordyn Meyers, Orson Cummings, Ben Cummings, Mellanie Hubert, Piras Sebastian, Casey Van Maanen.

On this day in movie history - Sunshine (2007):

Sunshine

directed by Danny Boyle,

written by Alex Garland,

was released in the United States on July 20, 2007.
Music by John Murphy and Underworld.

Cast:

Cliff Curtis, Chipo Chung, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rose Byrne, Benedict Wong, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Mark Strong, Paloma Baeza, Archie Macdonald, Sylvie Macdonald, Kevin Hudson.

On this day in music history:

Portrait by Susan Graham (2007)

Illumination by Jennifer Thomas (2012)

Portrait

Album by Susan Graham,

released July 16, 2007.

Track list: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Voi che sapete, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Alcina, opera, HWV 34; Di te mi rido, by George Frederick Handel; Mi lusinga il dolce affetto, by George Frederick Handel; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; Early in the Morning, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; O you whom I often and silently come, for voice & piano (from “Poems of Walt Whitman”), by Ned Rorem; La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, (“légende dramatique”) H. 111 (Op. 24); Autrefois un roi de Thulé, by Hector Berlioz; Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138; Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?, by Hector Berlioz; Dead Man Walking, opera, by This journey. This journey to Christ, by Jake Heggie; Who will walk with me?, by Jake Heggie; He will gather us around, by Jake Heggie; Zigeunerlieder (8), for voice & piano (arranged from Op. 103); Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, by Johannes Brahms; Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament, by Johannes Brahms; Early Songs (7), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Die Nachtigal, by Alban Berg; Traumgekrönt, by Alban Berg; Im Zimmer, by Alban Berg; Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire, song collection for voice & piano, L. 64; Harmonie du soir, by Claude Debussy; Le Jet d’eau, by Claude Debussy; The Circus Band, song for voice & piano, S. 229 (K. 6B20), by Charles Ives; The Cage, song for voice & piano, S. 221 (K. 6B42), by Charles Ives; Ciboulette, operetta in 3 acts; C’est pas Paris, c’est sa banlieue, by Reynaldo Hahn; Toi c’est moi, operetta; Vagabonde, by Moisés Simóns.

Illumination

Album by Jennifer Thomas,

released July 16, 2012.

Track list: Etude for the Dreamer; After the Storm; Illumination; Gymnopédie No. 1; New Life; Beyond the Summit; Into the Forest; Secrets; Toccata and Fugue; Rainforest; Fire Dance; Pachelbel’s Canon (a Duet); Across the Starlit Sky; Requiem for a Dream; Sonata Minoré; Eventide; New World Symphony.

Recommended reading – The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (2007):

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps

The Best crime stories from the pulps during their golden age - the '20s, '30s, & '40s.

Edited by Otto Penzler.

Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Published 2007.

ISBN-10: 0307280489

ISBN-13: 978-0307280480

Paperback.

Unabridged.

Anthology of short stories.

Back cover description:

The biggest, the boldest, the most comprehensive collection of Pulp writing ever assembled.

Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train—a bullet couldn’t pass through it. Here are the best stories and every major writer who ever appeared in celebrated Pulps like Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes; sultry dames whose looks are as lethal as a dagger to the chest; and gin-soaked hideouts where conversations are just preludes to murder. This is crime fiction at its gritty best.

Including:

Three stories by Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Dashiell Hammett.

Complete novels from Carroll John Daly, the man who invented the hard-boiled detective, and Fredrick Nebel, one of the masters of the form.

A never before published Dashiell Hammett story.

Every other major pulp writer of the time, including Paul Cain, Steve Fisher, James M. Cain, Horace McCoy, and many, many more of whom you’ve probably never heard.

Three deadly sections–The Crimefighters, The Villains, and Dames–with three unstoppable introductions by Harlan Coben, Harlan Ellison, and Laura Lippman.

Featuring:

Plenty of reasons for murder, all of them good.

A kid so smart–he’ll die of it.

A soft-hearted loan shark’s legman learning–the hard way–never to buy a strange blonde a hamburger.

The uncanny “Moon Man” and his mad-money victims.

Contents:

Otto Penzler: Foreword. Part One: The Crimefighers. Harlan Coben: Introduction. Paul Cain: One, Two, Three. Dashiell Hammett: The Creeping Siamese. Erle Stanley Gardner: Honest Money. Horace McCoy: Frost Rides Alone. Thomas Walsh: Double Check. Charles G. Booth: Stag Party. Leslie T. White: The City of Hell! Raymond Chandler: Red Wind. Fredrick Nebel: Wise Guy. George Harmon Coxe: Murder Picture. Norbert Davis: The Price of a Dime. William Rollins, Jr.: Chicago Confetti. Cornell Woolrich: Two Murders, One Crime. Carroll John Daly: The Third Murderer. Part Two: The Villains. Harlan Ellison: Introduction. Erle Stanley Gardner: The Cat Woman. Cornell Woolrich: The Dilemma of the Dead Lady. Richard B. Sale: The House of Kaa. Leslie Charteris: The Invisible Millionaire. Steve Fisher: You’ll Always Remember Me. James M. Cain: Pastorale. Frank Gruber: The Sad Serbian. Dashiell Hammett: Faith. Raymond Chandler: Finger Man. Erle Stanley Gardner: The Monkey Murder. Raoul Whitfield: About Kid Deth. Frederick C. Davis: The Sinister Sphere. Paul Cain: Pigeon Blood. C. S. Montanye: The Perfect Crime. Norbert Davis: You’ll Die Laughing. Frederick Nebel: The Crimes of Richmond City: i) Raw Law. ii) Dog Eat Dog. iii) The Law Laughs Last. iv) Law Without Law. v) Graft. Part Three: The Dames. Laura Lippman: Introduction. Cornell Woolrich: Angel Face. Leslie T. White: Chosen to Die. Eric Taylor: A Pinch of Snuff. Raymond Chandler: Killer in the Rain. Adolphe Barreaux: Sally the Sleuth. C. S. Montanye: A Shock for the Countess. C. B. Yorke: Snowbound. Randolph Barr: The Girl Who Knew Too Much. D. B. McCandless: The Corpse in the Crystal. D. B. McCandless: He Got What He Asked For. P. T. Luman: Gangster’s Brand. Robert Reeves: Dance Macabre. Dashiell Hammett: The Girl with the Silver Eyes. Perry Paul: The Jane from Hell’s Kitchen. Whitman Chambers: The Duchess Pulls a Fast One. Roger Torrey: Mansion of Death. Roger Torrey: Concealed Weapon. Carlos Martinez: The Devil’s Bookkeeper. Lars Anderson: Black Legion. Richard Sale: Three Wise Men of Babylon. Eugene Thomas: The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon. T. T. Flynn: Brother Murder. Stewart Sterling: Kindly Omit Flowers.

On this day in music history - Lost Highway, by Bon Jovi (2007):

Lost Highway

Album by Bon Jovi,

released June 19, 2007.

Track list:

Lost Highway; Summertime; Make a Memory; Whole Lot Of Leaving; We Got It Going On; Any Other Day; Seat Next To You; Everybody’s Broken; Stranger (featuring Leann Rimes); The Last Night; One Step Closer; I Love This Town.

On this day in movie history - Inside (2007):

Inside

French title: À l'intérieur,

directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo,

written by Alexandre Bustillo,

was released in France on June 13, 2007.
Music by François-Eudes Chanfrault.

Cast:

Alysson Paradise, Jean-Baptiste Tabourin, Claude Lulé, Dominique Frot, Nathalie Roussel, François-Régis Marchasson, Beatrice Dalle, Hyam Zaytoun, Tahar Rahim, Emmanuel Guez, Ludovic Berthillot, Emmanuel Lanzi, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Aymen Saïdi.

On this day in music history - Porcelain, by Helen Jane Long (2007):

Porcelain

Album by Helen Jane Long,
Released June 4, 2007.

Track list:

Porcelain; Release; Echo; Stars; Expression; Lost Wind; Doll; Out of It All; Rockerbye; Broken; Eclipse; Turn Away; Through the Dark.

On this day in movie history - 88 Minutes (2007):

88 Minutes

directed by Jon Avnet,

written by Gary Scott Thompson,

was released in the United States on April 18, 2008.
Music by Edward Shearmur.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Ben McKenzie, Neal McDonough, Leah Cairns, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Redman, Trilby Glover, Damien Leake, Brendan Fletcher, Michael Eklund, Kristina Copeland, Tammy Hui, Vicky Huang, Bob Stephenson, Philip Moon, Victoria Tennant, Michal Yannai, Paul Campbell, Brenda McDonald, Carrie Genzel, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Heather Dawn, Julian Christopher, Tim Henry, Mike Dopud, Brad Turner, Michael Adamthwaite, Jean Montanti, Tim Perez, Marcus Hondro, Rebecca Chunn, Elan Even, Celeste White Steele, Linley Subryan.