Showing posts with label James Earl Jones. Show all posts
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Friday, January 17, 2025

Born on this day – James Earl Jones:


James Earl Jones


Actor

January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 1985 Stuntman Awards (1985); 1996 Essence Awards (1996); 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995); 20 to 1 (2006–2010); 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989); 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1996); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 5 Second Movies (2008); 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1988); A Century of Black Cinema (2003); A Family Thing (1996); A Hard Road to Glory (1986); A Mime's Life (2009); A Piece of the Action (1977); A Pirate Ship Sails Again! The Making of Swashbuckler (1976); A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979); A World Alive (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1982); ABC News Breakfast (2024); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); According to Jim (2004); According to Jim / Season 3 According to Jim (2011); AFI Life Achievement Award (1992–2006); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); Africa: The Serengeti (1994); Afro Promo (1997); Agent X (2015); Ali Rap (2006); Ali's 65 (2007); All the Presidents' Movies: The Movie (2009); Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986); Allen Boesak: Choosing for Justice (1984); Alone (1997); America at the Movies (1976); American Legends (2001); American Masters (2000–2019); American Playhouse (1993); American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts / Episode entitled: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1989); America's All-Time Favorite Movies (1988); An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road (2012); An American Moment (1997–1999); An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration (1993); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998); Animated StoryBook: The Lion King (1994); Antietam: A Documentary Drama (2000); Arnold Schwarzenegger: Made in Britain (2003); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (2004); Baggage Claim (2024); Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994); Bearden Plays Bearden (2012); Beauty and the Beast (1981); Behind Closed Doors (2019); Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' (2003); Best of the Best (1989); Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove (2004); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Black Indians: An American Story (2001); Black Is King (2020); Black Omnibus (1973); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978); Blackfish (2013); Bloodtide (1982); Breakfast (2011); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Broadway: The Next Generation (2024); Business World News (2003); Butterfly in the Sky (2022); By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005); By Dawn's Early Light (1990); Camera Three (1964 / 1966); Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997); Casting Calls (2003); CBS Library (1981); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley / Segment: Eric McCormack (2012); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1987); Celebrity Page (2019 / 2021); Celebrity Recordathon (1996); Channing (1964); Charlie Rose in Charlie Rose (1995–2011); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable (1995); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); City Limits (1984); Claudine (1974); Clean Slate (1994); Clear and Present Danger (1994); Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger (2002); Click (2006); Columbus: Encounter, Discovery and Beyond (1992); Comic Relief: Baseball Relief '93 (1993); Coming 2 America (2021); Coming to America (1988); Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999); Conan the Barbarian (1982); Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000); Conan: From the Vault (2011); Conan: The Rise of a Fantasy Legend (2005); Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994); Convicts (1991); Corwin (1996); Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa (1994); Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation (2007); Cry, the Beloved Country (1995); Dangerous: The Short Films (1993); Dark Side of the '90s (2022); Darth Vader Crashes Academy's Governors Awards (2011); David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic (1994); Deadly Hero (1975); Death Battle (2010–2015); Deep Fat Fried (2018); Democracy Now! (2024); Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992); Dinah! (1976); Dr. Kildare (1966); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Dreamfield (1998); Dreamrider (1993); E! Behind the Scenes (1994); Earth (2007); East Side/West Side (1963); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1987–1990); Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004); End of the Road (1970); Ennis' Gift (2000); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Entertainment Tonight (2019–2024); ESPN Outside the Lines Primetime (1994); Everwood (2003–2004); Excessive Force (1993); Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977); Extra (2003 / 2016); Faerie Tale Theatre (1986); Fantasia 2000 / Segment: Carnival of the Animals (1999); Field of Dreams (1989); 'Field of Dreams': A Scrapbook (1998); Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime (2004); Film Night (1971); Finder's Fee (2001); Frasier (1997); Freddie as F.R.O.7. 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(1993); Paris (1979–1980); Patriot Games (1992); Patriot Games: Up Close (2002); Paul Robeson (1979); People: A Musical Celebration (1995); Percy & Thunder (1993); Picket Fences (1994); Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987); Primary Colors (1998); Pros and Cons (1991–1992); Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010); Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars (2002); Rachael Ray (2016); Reading Rainbow (1983); Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996); Recess (1998); Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1991); Robots (2005); Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Santa and Pete (1999); Saturday Night with Connie Chung (1989); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Scorchers (1991); Searching for Orson (2006); Sesame Street (1969–2004); Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories / Segment: Millions of Cats (1992); Signs and Wonders (1995); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Sneakers (1992); Sommersby (1993); Soul Man (1986); Soul! (1970); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Sports on the Silver Screen (1997); Square One Television (1987–1992); Stage 2 (1964); Stanley Kubrick's Pursuit of Perfection: Joe Dunton and Kelvin Pike (2021); Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011); Star Wars (1983); Star Wars Audio Comics: YouTube Channel (2019); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2016); Star Wars: Rebels (2018); Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Storyline Online (2009); Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter (2011); Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021); Summer's End (1999); Summershow (1980); Super Bowl XXVII Halftime Show (1993); Survival (1981); Swashbuckler (1976); Tarzan (1967–1968); Teach 109 (1989); Terrorgram (1990); That Fellow in the Coat (2008); The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991); The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards (1978); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2015); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005); The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006); 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Sunday, May 5, 2024

On this day in movie history - Field of Dreams (1989):


Field of Dreams,
directed and written by Phil Alden Robinson,
based on the novel Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella,
was released in the United States on May 5, 1989.
Music by James Horner.


Cast:
Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Frank Whaley, Dwier Brown, James Andelin, Mary Anne Kean, Fern Persons, Kelly Coffield Park, Michael Milhoan, Steve Eastin, Charles Hoyes, Art LaFleur, Lee Garlington, Mike Nussbaum, Larry Brandenburg, Mary McDonald Gershon, Robert Kurcz, Don John Ross, Beatrice Fredman, Geoffrey Nauffts, Anne Seymour, C. George Biasi, Howard Sherf, Joseph R. Ryan, Joe Glasberg, Mark Danker, Frank Dardis, Jim Doty, Mike Goad, Jay Hemond, Mike Hodge, Steve Jenkins, Terry Kelleher, Ron Lucas, Fred Martin, Curt McWilliams, Jude Milbert, Steve Olberding, Gene Potts, James Roth, Paul Scherrman, Dale Till, Brian Waldvogel, Brian E. Frankish, Jeffrey Neal Silverman, Ed Harris, Ben Affleck, Don Alliss, Matt Damon, Robin Eddins, Stephen Emirzian, Kevin Fennessy, Dan Rohner, Mark Vafiades.