On this day in movie history - Michael (1996):

Michael

directed by Nora Ephron,

written by Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Peter Dexter and Jim Quinlan,

based on a story by Jim Quinlan and Peter Dexter,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1996.
Music by Randy Newman.

Cast:

John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton, Teri Garr, Wallace Langham, Joey Lauren Adams, Carla Gugino, Tom Hodges, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Richard Schiff, Calvin Trillin, Donald J. Lee Jr., JoAnn Fregalette Jansen, David Harrod, Jane Lanier, John Hussey, Margaret Travolta, David M. Bernstein, Betsy Sokolow Sherman, Tracey A. Doyle, Blue Deckert, Deborah Nunez, Dell Aldrich, Kay Colvin, James N. Harrell, Peyton E. Park, Dianne Dreyer, Tim Harrison, Daniel Mimura, Mark Nutter, Thomas F. Evans, Jimmy Borto, Stephen Bruton, Dominic Paolo Testa, Tom Woodruff Jr.

Born on this day – Bob Hoskins:

Bob Hoskins

Actor

October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014

On this day in movie history - The Long Good Friday (1980 movie & book):

The Long Good Friday

directed by John Mackenzie,

written by Barrie Keeffe,

was released at the Cannes Film Market in France on May 17, 1980.
Music by Francis Monkman.

Cast:

Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman, Leo Dolan, Kevin McNally, Patti Love, P.H. Moriarty, Derek Thompson, Bryan Marshall, Ruby Head, Charles Cork, Olivier Pierre, Pierce Brosnan, Daragh O'Malley, Dave King, Karl Howman, Brian Hall, Alan Ford, Dave Ould, Paul Kember, Bill Moody, Alan Devlin, Eddie Constantine, Stephen Davies, Bruce Alexander, Nigel Humphreys, Brian Hayes, Georgie Phillips, Mary Sheen, Pauline Melville, Trevor Laird, Paul Barber, Dexter Fletcher, Billy Cornelius, Michael Ryan, Rob Walker, Nick Stringer, Gillian Taylforth, Robert Hamilton, James Ottaway, Roy Alon, Tony Rohr, Tony Clarkin, Tim Condren, George Coulouris, Maxwell Craig, Jim Dowdall, Harry Fielder, Terry Forrestal, Jill Goldston, Peter McNamara, Ralph G. Morse, Terence Plummer, Alan Talbot, Bill Weston.

Recommended reading:

The Long Good Friday

screenplay by Barrie Keefe.

Filmed as The Long Good Friday (1980), directed by John Mackenzie.

Published by Methuen Publishing.

Published 2006.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0413722902

ISBN-13: 978-0413722904

Description:

The first British thriller to even approach the cracking vitality of the classic Hollywood gangster movies ...dazzlingly slick. – Daily Mail.

The best British gangster flick of all time. – Empire.

Barrie Keeffe's acclaimed screenplay for the classic film. Harold Shand has made it from Whitechapel to running his own 'corporation' and owning his own yacht and classy mistress. He has the police and the local authorities in his pocket, is planning a major London property development and forging links with the international Mafia. Everything indeed is coming up roses for Harold until the Easter weekend when enemies unknown embark on a series of lethal outrages against his organisation. As the story accelerates to a crazy vortex of violence, Harold discovers he has unwittingly crossed enemies whose connections, expertise and dedication to violence outclass his own.

On this day in movie history - TwentyFourSeven (1997):

TwentyFourSeven

directed by Shane Meadows,

written by Paul Fraser and Shane Meadows,

was released in the United States on May 1, 1998.
Music by Boo Hewerdine and Neil MacColl.

Cast:

Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Justin Brady, James Hooton, Darren O. Campbell, Karl Collins, Johann Myers, Jimmy Hynd, Mat Hand, James Corden, Frank Harper, Bruce Jones, Jo Bell, Toby, Annette Badland, Krishan Beresford, Anthony Clarke, Dominic Dillon, Ian Smith, Tanya Myers, Tony Nyland, Collin Higgins, Pamela Cundell, Gina Aris, Sammy Pasha, Paul Fraser, Ladene Hall, Dena Smiles, John Baxter, Maureen O'Grady, Shane Meadows, Ben Rothwell, Ron Bissel, Mick Bleakley, Derek Osborne, Derek Groombridge, Liam Walsh, Kevin Wallace, Dave Miller, Ginger Keane, Sun Hand, Sarah Thom.