On this day in movie history - Monte Walsh (movie & novel):

Monte Walsh

directed by William A. Fraker,

written by David Zelag Goodman and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel by Jack Schaefer,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1970.
Music by John Barry.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan, Jim Davis, G.D. Spradlin, John Hudkins, Raymond Guth, John McKee, Michael Conrad, Tom Heaton, Ted Gehring, Bo Hopkins, John McLiam, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Charles Tyner, Jack Colvin.

Recommended reading:

Monte Walsh

By Jack Schaefer.

First published 1963.

Published by University of New Mexico Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0826358578

ISBN-13: 978-0826358578

Description:

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the very end.

"Many consider Monte Walsh one of the best Westerns ever written." – True West.

Jack Schaefer was a journalist and writer known for his authentic and memorable characters set in the American West. Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975 and the Saddleman Award in 1986 from the Western Writers of America. His popular Western novels include Shane (1949) and Monte Walsh (1963).

On this day in movie history - Until the End of the World (1991):

Until the End of the World

directed by Wim Wenders,

written by Peter Carey and Wim Wenders,

based on a story by Wim Wenders, Solveig Dommartin and Michael Almereyda,

was released in Germany on September 12, 1991.

Music by Graeme Revell.

Songs included on the movie soundtrack:

Opening Title, by Graeme Revell; Sax and Violins, by Talking Heads; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, by Julee Cruise; Move with Me (Dub), by Neneh Cherry; The Adversary, by Crime & the City Solution; What's Good, by Lou Reed; Last Night Sleep, by Can; Fretless, by R.E.M.; Days, by Elvis Costello; Claire's Theme, by Graeme Revell; (I'll Love You) Till the End of the World, by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds; It Takes Time, by Patti Smith (with Fred Smith); Death's Door, by Depeche Mode; Love Theme, by Graeme Revell; Calling All Angels (Remix Version), by Jane Siberry with k.d. lang; Humans from Earth, by T Bone Burnett; Sleeping in the Devil's Bed, by Daniel Lanois; Until the End of the World, by U2; Finale, by Graeme Revell; Trois Jeux d'enfants: Nze-nze-nze, performed by Aka Pygmies; Blood of Eden, written and performed by Peter Gabriel; Breakin' the Rules, written and performed by Robbie Robertson; Lagoons, performed by Gondwanaland; Travelin' Light, performed by the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra; The Twist, performed by Chubby Checker; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, performed by Elvis Presley; La Vieil Homme De La Mer, performed by Laurent Petitgand.

Cast:

Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell, William Hurt, Adelle Lutz, Ernie Dingo, Jean-Charles Dumay, Sam Neill, Ernest Berk, Christine Oesterlein, Rüdiger Vogler, Diogo Dória, Amália Rodrigues, Elena Prudnikova, Jinzhan Zhang, Naoto Takenaka, Hiroshi Kanbe, Yugi Ogata, Miwako Fujitani, Kuniko Miyake, Chishû Ryû, Allen Garfield, Alec Jason, Lois Chiles, Lauren Graham, David Gulpilil, Fred Welsh, Charlie McMahon, Alfred Lynch, Jeanne Moreau, Justine Saunders, Kylie Belling, Bart Willoughby, Jimmy Little, Max von Sydow, Rhoda Roberts, Paul Livingston, Susan Leith, Detlef Winterberg, Jean-Marie Rase, Carmen Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin, Sylvette Dommartin, Peter Przygodda, Barbara Wenders, Hella Wenders, Michael Wenders, Erika Rabau, Lothar Wildhirth, Kazuhiko Uemura, Eric Beaver, Jerry Barrish, Michelle Cook, Bob Stewart, David Byrne, Tom Farrell, Tom Waits.

On this day in movie history - Nikita (1990):

Nikita

French title: La Femme Nikita,

directed and written by Luc Besson,

was released in France on February 21, 1990.

Music by Éric Serra.

Cast:

Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Jacques Boudet, Helene Aligier, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Patrick Pérez, Bruno Randon, Roland Blanche, Joseph Teruel, Jacques Disses, Stéphane Fey, Philippe Dehesdin, Michel Brunot, Rodolph Freytt, Pavel Slabý, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Luc Caron, Renos Mandis, Jean-Marc Merchet, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Leroy, Patrick Serrière, Iska Khan, Heike Fisher, Patrick Buiquangda, Eddie Gaydu, Jose Steinmann, Philippe Hernando, Gerard Touratier, Jean Bedin, Edith Perret, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Pauty, Michel Campa, Murray Gronwall, Pierrick Charpentier, Rafael Sultan, Hubert Gillet, Fausto Costantino, Roberto Talanno, Pétronille Moss, Eric Prat, Mia Frye, Olivier Hémon, Philippe du Janerand, Christian Gazio, Jérôme Chalou, Jean Reno, Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat, Jean Bouise, Patrick Chauveau, Maurice Antoni, Mathieu Archer, Alexis Dupuy, Michèle Amiel, Guy Van Riet, Xavier Bonastre.