On this day in movie history - Whose Life Is It Anyway? (movie & play):

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

directed by John Badham,

written by Reginald Rose,

based on the play by Brian Clark,

was released in the United States on December 2, 1981.
Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban, Thomas Carter, Kaki Hunter, Kenneth McMillan, Janet Eilber.

Recommended reading:

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Play by Brian Clark.

Published 1979.

Paperback

Published by Cornelsen.

ISBN 13: 9783454665902

ISBN 10: 3454665906

ASIN: 3454665906

Description:

Ken Harrison, is a successful sculptor with a beautiful girlfriend and everything to live for until a car wreck leaves him paralyzed for life, with no hope of physical recovery. When this charming, witty, angry young man chooses to die his doctors and nurses are determined that he must continue to live.

On this day in movie history - Borderline (1980):

Borderline

directed by Jerrold Freedman,

written by Jerrold Freedman and Steve Kline,

was released in the United States on October 31, 1980.
Music by Gil Melle.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Harris, Karmin Murcelo, Enrique Castillo, Wilford Brimley, Norman Alden, James Victor, Panchito Gómez, John Ashton, Lawrence P. Casey, Charles Cyphers, John Roselius, Murray MacLeod, Jerry DeWilde, Katherine Pass, Virgil Frye, Luis Contreras, Eduardo Ricard, John O’Banion, Rodger LaRue, Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon, Virginia Bingham, Anthony Munoz, Ray Ochoa, Ab Taylor, Frank Deatsch, Juan DeLira, Tammy Wilson, Chris Coronado, Tony Alvarenga, Ferdinand Pina, Arnold Diaz, Sy Fuentes, Carlos Muñoz, Norberto Hernández, Luther Fear.

On this day in movie history - Amadeus (1984):

Amadeus

directed by Miloš Forman,

written by Peter Shaffer,

based on the play by Peter Shaffer,

was released in the United States on September 19, 1984.

Music credits:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mark Adler, Laszlo Heltay, Ling Ling Li, Zdenek Mahler, Neville Marriner, John McCarthy, Simon Preston, Robert Randles, John Strauss, Jonas Thaler and Marc Grauwels.

Cast:

F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Kenneth McMillan, Kenny Baker, Lisabeth Bartlett, Barbara Bryne, Martin Cavani, Roderick Cook, Milan Demjanenko, Peter DiGesu, Michele Esposito, Richard Frank, Patrick Hines, Nicholas Kepros, Philip Lenkowsky, Herman Meckler, Jonathan Moore, Cynthia Nixon, Brian Pettifer, Vincent Schiavelli, Douglas Seale, Miroslav Sekera, Cassie Stuart, John Strauss, Karl-Heinz Teuber, Rita Zohar.