On this day in movie history - 300 (2006):

300,

directed by Zack Snyder,

written by Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon,

based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley,

was released in the United States on December 9, 2006.
Music by Tyler Bates.

Cast:
Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Michael Fassbender, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, Giovani Cimmino, Stephen McHattie, Greg Kramer, Alex Ivanovici, Kelly Craig, Eli Snyder, Tyler Neitzel, Tim Connolly, Marie-Julie Rivest, Sebastian St. Germain, Peter Mensah, Arthur Holden, Michael Sinelnikoff, John Dunn-Hill, Dennis St John, Neil Napier, Dylan Smith, Maurizio Terrazzano, Robert Paradis, Kwasi Songui, Alexandra Beaton, Frédéric Smith, Loucas Minchillo, Nicholas Minchillo, Tom Rack, David Francis, James Bradford, Andrew Shaver, Robin Wilcock, Kent McQuaid, Marcel Jeannin, Jere Gillis, J. Thibodeau, Tyrone Benskin, Robert Maillet, Patrick Sabongui, Leon Laderach, Dave Lapommeray, Vervi Mauricio, Charles Papasoff, Isabelle Champeau, Veronique-Natale Szalankiewicz, Maéva Nadon, David Thibodeau, David Schaap, Jean Michel Paré, Stewart Myiow, Andreanne Ross, Sara Giacalone, Ariadne Bourbonnière, Isabelle Fournel, Sandrine Merette-Attiow, Elisabeth Etienne, Danielle Hubbard, Ruan Vibegaard, Genevieve Guilbault, Bonnie Mak, Amélie Sorel, Caroline Aspirot, Gina Gagnon, Tania Trudell, Stéphanie Aubry, Mercedes Leggett, Stephania Gambaroff, Chanelle Lamothe, Sabrina-Jasmine Guilbault, Manny Cortez Tuazon, Cindy, Atif Siddiqi, Camille Rizkallah, Trudi Hanley, Neon Cobran, Gary A. Hecker, Martin Blais, Devin Delorme, David Leitch, Deke Richards, Darren Shahlavi, Marc Trottier, Duy Vo Van, Agnieshka Wnorowska.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek: Nemesis (2002):

Star Trek: Nemesis,

directed by Stuart Baird,

written by John Logan,

based on a story by John Logan, Rick Berman and Brent Spiner,

was released in the United States on December 9, 2002.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer, John Berg, Kate Mulgrew, Shannon Cochran, Jude Ciccolella, Alan Dale, Wil Wheaton, Majel Barrett, Stuart Baird, Bryan Singer, Whoopi Goldberg.

On this day in movie history - Christine (1983):

Christine,

directed by John Carpenter,

written by Bill Phillips,

based on the novel by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on December 9, 1983.
Music by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth.

Cast:
Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Christine Belford, Robert Darnell, Roberts Blossom, Kelly Preston, William Ostrander, Steven Tash, Stuart Charno, Malcolm Danare, David Spielberg.

On this day in movie history - Love and Bullets (1979):

Love and Bullets,

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Wendell Mayes and John Melson,

was released in the United States on December 9, 1979.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva, Strother Martin, Bradford Dillman, Michael V. Gazzo, Paul Koslo, Val Avery, Sam Chew Jr., Billy Gray, Jerome Thor, Joseph Roman, Albert Salmi, John Hallam, Sidney Kean, Richard Graydon, Alan Bryce, Robin Clarke, Andy Romano, Lorraine Chase, Raynold Gideon, Ramon Chavez, Rik Colitti, Joe Bellucci, Ray Le Fre, Richard Brose, Lon Carli, Karen Wyeth, James Keane, J. Kenneth Campbell, Michael L. Cooley, Alex Donnelley, Gene Earl, Sapp Gruber, Hans Kronig, Marco Lopez, Charles Lucia, Michael Parrent, Clifford A. Pellow, Josef Rainer, Earl W. Smith.

Born on this day – Darwin Joston:

Darwin Joston

Actor

December 9, 1937 – June 1, 1998

Born on this day – Buck Henry:

Buck Henry

Actor

Writer

Director

December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020

Born on this day – Hilary Harris:

Hilary Harris

Director

Cinematographer

December 9, 1929 – October 26, 1999

Born on this day – John Cassavetes:

John Cassavetes

Actor

Director

Writer

December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989

Credits:

A Woman Under the Influence (1974); Affair in Havana (1957); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Alexander the Great (1963); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Appointment with Adventure (1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955); Bandits in Rome (1968); Before Opening Night (2010); Big Trouble (1986); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965–1967); Brass Target (1978); Breaking Point (1963); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Capone (1975); Channing (1963); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1972); Combat! (1965); Crime in the Streets (1956); Danger (1954–1955); Devil's Angels (1967); A Child Is Waiting (1963); Dr. Kildare (1962); Edge of the City (1957); Faces (1968); Flesh & Blood (1979); General Electric Theater (1959); Gloria (1980); Gloria (1999); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Heroes (1977); Husbands (1970); Johnny Staccato (1959–1960); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); King Kongs Faust (1985); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre (1955–1956); Love Streams (1984); Lux Playhouse (1959); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Machine Gun McCain (1969); Minnie and Moskowitz (1971); Marvin & Tige (1983); Mikey and Nicky (1976); NBC Television Opera Theatre (1954); Nightside (1973); Off to See the Wizard (1968); Omnibus (1954); Opening Night (1977); Our Virgin Island (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1955); Profiles in Courage (1965); Pursuit (1958); Rawhide (1961); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Saddle the Wind (1958); Shadows (1958); She's So Lovely (1997); Studio One (1958); Taxi (1953); Tempest (1982); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Fury (1978); The Haircut (1982); The Incubus (1981); The Killers (1964); The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); The Long, Hot Summer (1966); The Night Holds Terror (1955); The Virginian (1966); The Webster Boy (1962); Too Late Blues (1961); Two-Minute Warning (1976); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981); Woman Under the Influence (2017); You Are There (1953).

Born on this day – Kirk Douglas:

Kirk Douglas

Actor

Director

December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020

Born on this day – Frances Reid:

Frances Reid

Actress

December 9, 1914 – February 3, 2010

Born on this day – Sarah Ferrati:

Sarah Ferrati

Actress

Director

December 9, 1909 – March 3, 1982

Born on this day – Margaret Hamilton:

Margaret Hamilton

Actress

Teacher

December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985

Born on this day – Carol Dempster:

Carol Dempster

Actress

December 9, 1901 – February 1, 1991

Credits:

A Romance of Happy Valley (1919); America (1924); Dream Street (1921); Intolerance (1916); Isn't Life Wonderful (1924); Liberty Loan Appeal (1918); One Exciting Night (1922); Sally of the Sawdust (1925); Scarlet Days (1919); Sherlock Holmes (1922); That Royle Girl (1925); The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919); The Greatest Thing in Life (1918); The Hope Chest (1918); The Love Flower (1920); The Sorrows of Satan (1926); The White Rose (1923); True Heart Susie (1919); Way Down East (1920).

J.K. Rowling, on reading and imagination:

I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books.

But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

- J.K. Rowling.