On this day in movie history - World War Z (2013):

World War Z

directed by Marc Forster,

screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard and Damon Lindelof,

story by Matthew Michael Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski,

based on the novel by Max Brooks,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2013.
Music by Marco Beltrami.

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Ludi Boeken, Matthew Fox, Fana Mokoena, David Morse, Elyes Gabel, Peter Capaldi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Ruth Negga, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sterling Jerins, Abigail Hargrove, Fabrizio Guido, David Andrews, John Gordon Sinclair, Grégory Fitoussi, Jane Perry, Lucy Russell, Mark Holden, Tim Berrington, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Michiel Huisman, Lee Nicholas Harris, Ann Ogbomo, Jonathan Howard, Mike Noble, Ernesto Cantu, Vicky Araico, Graham Hornsby, Nick Bartlett, Kevin Kiely Jnr, Ruari Cannon, Ryen Perkins-Gangnes, Khalid Laith, Noa Bodner, Assaf Ben-Shimon, Gil Cohen-Alloro, Yaniv Rokah, Shaul Ezer, Linoy Aynesaz, Efrat Avni, Maisam Masri, Renu Setna, Ori Pfeffer, Julia Levy-Boeken, Imran Mraish, Yousef Hayyan Jubeh, Josh Wingate, Troy Glasgow, Richard Thomson, Ewan Ross, Song Xuan Ke, Christian Wong, Denis Ischenko, Nikola Djuricko, Elen Rhys, Paula Videniece, Doron Davidson, Lee Colley, Michael Jenn, Sarah Amankwah, Anna Biczik, Gábor Czap, Kati Dombi, Eniko Fulop, Istvan Karikas, Andrea Meszaros, Gergely Mészáros, Peter Molnár, Lambert Tóth, Roland Tzafetás, Jeno Radi, Adam Zambryzcki, Aggy K. Adams, Andrew Agnew, Lucy Aharish, Tim Ahern, Emmanuel Akintunde, Bethany Apedaile, Lee Asquith-Coe, Féodor Atkine, James Ayling, Mark Badham, Audrey Marie Bartolo, Peter Basham, Péter Behan, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Katia Bokor, Leroy Bonsu, Jerome Boyle, Henrik Brandt, Amanda Brown, Michael Anthony Brown, Paul Burt, Ian James Cameron, Hélène Cardona, Martin Carroll, Raun Carswell, Joe Corrigall, James Cotter, Graham Curry, Kieran-Miguel Diego D'La Vega, Alan Del Castillo, Aren Devlin, Albert Dibben, Michael Dickins, Philipp Lawrence Durand, Katinka Egres, Adam Geddes, Rod Glenn, Hattie Gotobed, John Grady, Roman Green, Mark Hampton, Salem Hanna, John Harding, Daniel Harland, Mustafa Harris, Shane Hart, Ryan Hartwig, Oleg Hill, Pete Buzzsaw Holland, Vera Horton, Alex Humes, Lewis James, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Michio Kaku, Iván Kamarás, Julia Kay, Darren Kendrick, Hrvoje Klecz, Greg Kolpakchi, Michael Lanchbury, Paul Mackie, John Macmillan, Jim Main, Katrina Marston, Colin Matthews, Vander McLeod, Eric Michels, Alastair Thomson Mills, Sandeep Mohan, Jeremiah Molina, Alex Moore, Kiera Morgan, David Morrison, Okezie Morro, Stuart Mower, Taylor Murphy, Eunice Olumide, Jake Pashkin, Freddie Lee Peterkin, Gino Picciano, Faruk Pruti, Evelyn Rei, Alma Rix, Geoffrey Robe, Barnabás Réti, Joe Sandz, Basher Savage, Jurgen Schwarz, Santi Scinelli, Sarah Sharman, Sharon Sheehan, Marcus Sinclair, Lew Smart, Frank Soldato, Lila Sara Tahri, Aaron Tavaler, Ella-Rose Temple, Hugh Terry, Sami Tesfay, Katrina Vasilieva, Alexander Ward, Paul Warren, Eric West, Daniel Westwood, Mark White, Trevor White, Gillean Young, Elena Zoubareva.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 25.

Episode entitled: Transfigurations.

Released June 2, 1990.

Directed by Tom Benko.

Written by René Echevarria, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Mark La Mura, Charles Dennis, Julie Warner, Colm Meaney, Patti Tippo, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Debbie David, Jeremy Doyle, Doug Drexler, Eben Ham, Casey Kono, Mark Lentry, Tim McCormack, Denise Lynne Roberts, Joyce Robinson, Joseph Michael Roth, Rick Sandford.

On this day in movie history - Dead Poets Society (1989):

Dead Poets Society

directed by Peter Weir,

written by Tom Schulman,

was released in the United States on June 2, 1989.
Music by Maurice Jarre.

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.

We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

And the human race is filled with passion.

And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.

But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

To quote from Whitman:
‘O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring, of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life? Answer: That you are here - that life exists, and identity, that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.’
That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
What will your verse be?”

– Robin Williams, as John Keating.

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately …

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life!

To put to rout all that was not life …

And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived …

– Hand-written quote in this still is modified from the book Walden by Henry David Thoreau.

Cast:

Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, James Waterston, Alexandra Powers, Leon Pownall, George Martin, Carla Belver, Jane Moore, Kevin Cooney, Colin Irving, Matt Carey, John Cunningham, Joe Aufiery, Melora Walters, Welker White, Steve Mathios, Alan Pottinger, Pamela Burrell, Allison Hedges, Christine D'Ercole, Debra Mooney, John Martin Bradley, Charles Lord, Kurt Leitner, Richard Stites, James J. Christy, Catherine Soles, Hoover Sutton, James Donnell Quinn, Simon Mein, Ashton W. Richards, Robert Gleason, Bill Rowe, Robert J. Zigler III, Keith Snyder, Nicholas K. Gilhool, Jonas Stiklorius, Craig Johnson, Chris Hull, Jason Woody, Sam Stegeman, Andrew Hill, Serena Ebhardt, Joel Fogel, Newton Gilchrist, Barry Godin, Kate Kearney-Patch, Jamie Kennedy, Nancy Kirk, Stephen Podolak, Jeffrey Santoro, James R. Stoddard.

On this day in music history:

A Kind of Magic by Queen (1986)

American Acoustic by Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel (1998)

A Kind of Magic

Album by Queen,

released on June 2, 1986.

Inspired by the movie Highlander (1986), directed by Russell Mulcahy.

Track list: One Vision; A Kind of Magic; One Year of Love; Pain Is So Close to Pleasure; Friends Will Be Friends; Who Wants to Live Forever; Gimme the Prize; Don’t Lose Your Head; Princes of the Universe; A Kind of Magic (Highlander Version) Roger Taylor; One Vision (Single Version) Queen; Pain Is So Close to Pleasure (Single Remix) Freddie & John; Forever (Piano Version) Brian May; A Kind of Vision (Demo ‘85) Roger Taylor; One Vision (Live at Wembley ‘86) Queen; Friends Will Be Friends (Freddie Mercury & John Deacon).

American Acoustic

Album by Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel,

released June 2, 1998.

Track list: Shenandoah; Alligator Alley; Give & Take; Shadow Dancer; Oaks; Johnny Appleseed; Gigue; Secrets Of The Big Sky; The Eyes Of Amelia; Don Juan; The Merced; The Children's Garden; Clancy's Heart; Aria; Jewels In The Crown; Sacajawea; Appalachia Calling; Danza Mora; Peru; Prairie Lullaby; Medicine Tree; Coyote Dance; La Fogata.

On this day in movie history - The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939 movie & novel):

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

directed by Alfred E. Green,

written by Nat Perrin,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on June 2, 1939.
Music by Gerard Carbonara and Leo Shuken.

Cast:

Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, Judith Barrett, Donald MacBride, Jed Prouty, Jerome Cowan, H. B. Warner, William Demarest, Sam Lee, Al Shaw, Richard Denning, Irving Bacon, Lillian Yarbo.

Recommended reading:

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

aka The Smell of Murder

By S.S. Van Dine.

Filmed as The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939), directed by Alfred E. Green.

Published by Felony & Mayhem Press.

First published 1938.

ISBN-10: 1631942069

ISBN-13: 9781631942068

Description:

“Mr. Van Dine’s amateur detective is the most gentlemanly, and probably the most scholarly snooper in literature.”

– Chicago Daily Tribune.

Gracie Allen breaks the Philo Phormula in a number of ways. First is its title: this is the only book in the series to modify “Murder Case” with more than one word, much less with the name of a character. And then there’s that character: Gracie Allen was a very real, much-loved comedienne in the 1930s, famous for her double act with George Burns, and in fact the plot revolves around her. Gracie’s centrality is no accident: Van Dine wrote the story as a vehicle for Allen, and actually created the novel only after the film had come out. So, do all these departures pay off? We’d be lying if we said that Gracie hits every single mark, but Van Dine does a surprisingly entertaining job of translating Ms. Allen’s delicious Ditzy Blonde persona to the page, and she makes a charming foil for Philo’s evergreen erudition.

Born on this day – Albert Innaurato:

Albert Innaurato

Writer

Director

June 2, 1947 – September 24, 2017

Credits:

Gemini (1982); Great Performances (1978); Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980); SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997); The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018); he Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989–1990); Trying Times (1989); Verna: USO Girl (1978).

Born on this day – Sally Kellerman:

Sally Kellerman

Actress

Singer

June 2, 1937 – February 24, 2022

Born on this day – Robert Tessier:

Robert Tessier

Actor

Stuntman

June 2, 1934 – October 11, 1990

Credits:

1st & Ten (1990); All-Star Family Feud Special (1981); Amazing Stories (1986); Another Man, Another Chance (1977); Avenging Angel (1985); B.L. Stryker (1989); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Breakheart Pass (1975); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Camper John (1973); Cannon (1971); Centennial (1978–1979); CHiPs (1982); Cry Blood, Apache (1970); Desperate Women (1978); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Double Exposure (1982); Fantasy Island (1981); Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell (1990); Fists of Steel (1989); Five the Hard Way (1969); Future Force (1989); Hard Times / aka Street Fighter (1975); Hart to Hart (1979); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Hooper (1978); How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1974); Kung Fu (1974); Last of the Mohicans (1977); Little House on the Prairie (1975); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Manimal (1983); Nightwish (1989); No Safe Haven (1987); One Man Force (1989); Outlaw Riders (1971); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Run, Angel, Run! (1969); Sawyer and Finn (1983); Silver Spoons (1982–1986); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Starcrash (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1979); Steel (1979); Stockers (1981); The A-Team (1983–1985); The Babysitter (1969); The Billion Dollar Threat (1979); The Born Losers (1967); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Deep (1977); The Deerslayer (1978); The Dukes of Hazzard (1980); The Fall Guy (1981–1986); The Fix (1985); The Glory Stompers (1967); The Hard Ride (1971); The Incredible Hulk (1980); The Jesus Trip (1971); The Longest Yard / aka The Mean Machine (1974); The Lost Empire (1984); The Master (1984); The Rousters (1983); The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982); The Velvet Vampire (1971); The Villain / aka Cactus Jack (1979); Vega$ (1980).