On this day in movie history - Surrogates (2009):

Surrogates

directed by Jonathan Mostow,

written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris,

based on the comic book The Surrogates by Robert Venditti,

was released in the United States on September 25, 2009.
Music by Richard Marvin.
End credits song: I Will Not Bow by Breaking Benjamin.

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, James Francis Ginty, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames, Jack Noseworthy, Devin Ratray, Michael Cudlitz, Jeffrey De Serrano, Helena Mattsson, Michael Philip, Danny F Smith, Brian Parrish, Jennifer Alden, Shane Dzicek, Andrew Haserlat, Justin Goodrich, Lisa Hernandez, Kirk Hawkins, Rachel Sterling, Meta Golding, Taylor Cole, Jordan Belfi, J.L. Highsmith, Nicholas Purcell, Max Murphy, Victor Webster, David Klefeker, Dorothy Brodesser, Valerie Azlynn, Michael O'Toole, Chad Williams, Mike Randy, Tyson Eberly, Michael DeMello, Ron Murphy, Genevieve Johnson, David Conley, Bruce-Robert Serafin, Cody Christian, Ian Novick, Todd Cahoon, Ella Thomas, Gabriel Olds, Eamon Brooks, Rodney Weber, De'Lon Grant, Matthew Souris, Trevor Donovan, Brock Gloor, Rick Malambri, Paul Richard Yarborough, Christine Mascott, Ari Mostow, Nathan Mostow, Taylar Eliza, Edward McCabe, Anya Monzikova, Brett Ainslie, John Amato, Stanis Krista Ames, Melissa Barker, Greg Berney, Joshua Brown, Nicole Burch, Shannon Carter, Chemi Che-Mponda, Desiree April Connolly, Kelly Dempsey, Amanda Dixon, Shannon Mary Dixon, Frank Durant, Shawn Fogarty, Sari Gagnon, Una Green, Barbara Guertin, Brett Gustafson, London Hall, Lauren Hayes, Quincy Heath, Haley Higgins, Jordan Johnson, Kate Jurdi, Haytham Kandil, Petar Kirilov, David A. Kirsch, Jennifer Lazea, Anne Lockhart, Christopher J. Long, Evalena Marie, Dan Marshall, Robert Masiello, Rana Morrison, Jason Mulcahy, Robert Nuzzie, Valerie Parker, Dominic Prietto, Ali Raymer, Derrick Redford, Baylee Ricci, Floyd Richardson, Joe Sobalo Jr., Vyvian B. Stevens, Amanda Wall, Mike Wendt, Jamie Christopher White.

On this day in movie history - Last Man Standing (1996):

Last Man Standing

written and directed by Walter Hill,

based on Yojimbo (1961) by Akira Kurosawa,

was released in the United States on September 20, 1996.
Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken, David Patrick Kelly, Karina Lombard, Ned Eisenberg, Michael Imperioli, R. D. Call, Alexandra Powers, Ken Jenkins, Ted Markland, Leslie Mann, Patrick Kilpatrick.

On this day in movie history - Motherless Brooklyn (2019):

Motherless Brooklyn

directed and written by Edward Norton,

based on the novel by Jonathan Lethem,

was released in the United States on August 30, 2019.
Music by Daniel Pemberton.

Cast:

Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Bruce Willis, Ethan Suplee, Cherry Jones, Bobby Cannavale, Dallas Roberts, Josh Pais, Radu Spinghel, Fisher Stevens, Peter Gray Lewis, Robert Wisdom, Michael Kenneth Williams, Isaiah J. Thompson, Russell Hall, Joe Farnsworth, Jerry Weldon, Eric Berryman, Nelson Avidon, Joseph Siravo, DeShawn White, Leslie Mann, Migs Govea, Erica Sweany, Katy Davis, Olli Haaskivi, Yinka Adeboyeku, Joyce O'Connor, Thomas Luiz Leninger, Deborah Unger, Ezra Barnes, Julie Hays, Damien Brett, Russell G. Jones, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Eli Bridges, Luis Castro de Leon, Teren Carter.

On this day in movie history - Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014):

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez,

written by Frank Miller,

based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller,

was released in the United States on August 19, 2014.
Music by Robert Rodriguez and Carl Thiel.

Cast:

Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Eva Green, Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Lloyd, Jaime King, Juno Temple, Stacy Keach, Marton Csokas, Jude Ciccolella, Jamie Chung, Julia Garner, Lady Gaga, Alexa PenaVega, Patricia Vonne, Bart Fletcher, Alejandro Rose-Garcia, Samuel Davis, Mike Davis, Kimberly Cox, Alcides Dias, Billy Blair, Mickey Rourke, Rob Franco, Daylon Walton, Eloise DeJoria, Bob Schreck, Lawrence Varnado, Jimmy Gonzales, Tommy Townsend, Robert Lott, Gregory Kelly, Patrick Sane, Greg Ingram, Will Beinbrink, Dimitrius Pulido, John Wirt, Emmy Robbin, Luis Albert Acevedo Jr., Christian Bowman, Johnny Reno, Holt Boggs, Shane Bryant, Scott K. Butler, Gene Cervenka, Mike Lobo Daniel, Maria Engler, Rob Faubion, Heaven Fearn, Osvaldo Fernandez, Rebecca Franchione, Sylvia Froman, Oliver George, Callie Hernandez, Lacey Hernandez, Kea Ho, Breona Horne, Holly Jee, Duane Johnson, Stephen Latham, Chris Lemchi, Lindsey Lemke, Johnny Lozano, David Maldonado, Robin McGee, Frank Miller, Dan Murphy, Jay Pennington, Darryl Perrilloux, Tanner Priest, Robert Rodriguez, Jenna Saab, Alex Sparrow, Gary Teague, Brian Thornton, Heath Young.

On this day in movie history - Die Hard (1988 movie & novel):

Die Hard

directed by John McTiernan,

written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza,

based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1988.
Music by Michael Kamen.

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, De'voreaux White, William Atherton, Clarence Gilyard, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Bruno Doyon, Andreas Wisniewski, Joey Plewa, Lorenzo Caccialanza, Gerard Bonn, Dennis Hayden, Al Leong, Gary Roberts, Hans Buhringer, Wilhelm von Homburg, Robert Davi, Grand L. Bush, Tracy Reiner, Taylor Fry, Noah Land.

Recommended reading:

Nothing Lasts Forever

By Roderick Thorp.

Filmed as Die Hard (1988).

Published by Graymalkin Media.

First published 1979.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1935169181

ISBN-13: 978-1935169185

Description:

The pulse pounding bestseller that started it all.

Inspiration for the film Die Hard.

The greatest action film of all time. – Entertainment Weekly.

A ferocious, bloody, raging book so single-mindedly brilliant in concept and execution it should be read at a single sitting. – Los Angeles Times.

Keeps us in a state of almost unequaled suspense and excitement! – The New Yorker.

High atop a Los Angeles skyscraper, an office Christmas party turns into a deadly cage-match between a lone New York City cop and a gang of international terrorists. Every action fan knows it could only be the explosive big-screen blockbuster Die Hard. But before Bruce Willis blew away audiences as unstoppable hero John McClane, author Roderick Thorp knocked out thriller readers with the bestseller that started it all.

A dozen heavily armed terrorists have taken hostages, issued demands, and promised bloodshed – all according to plan. But they haven't counted on a death-defying, one-man cavalry with no shoes, no backup, and no intention of going down easily. As hot-headed cops swarm outside, and cold-blooded killers wield machine guns and rocket launchers inside, the stage is set for the ultimate showdown between anti-hero and uber-villains. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fight … to the death. Ho ho ho!