On this day in movie history - Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers (2019):

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

a documentary directed by Daniel Raim,

written by Michael Sragow,

was released in the United States on November 6, 2019.
Produced by Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
Narrated by Michael McKean.
Music by David Lebolt.

Cast:

John Bailey, Kevin Brownlow, Steve Gainer, Leonard Maltin, Michael McKean, Rachel Morrison, Matt Severson, George Spiro Dibie, Lothian Toland, David Totheroh.

On this day in movie history - True Crime (1999 movie & novel):

True Crime

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Larry Gross, Paul Brickman and Stephen Schiff,

based on the novel by Andrew Klavan,

was released in the United States on March 19, 1999.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, LisaGay Hamilton, James Woods, Denis Leary, Bernard Hill, Diane Venora, Michael McKean, Michael Jeter, Mary McCormack, Hattie Winston, Penny Bae Bridges, Francesca Eastwood, John Finn, Laila Robins, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Erik King, Graham Beckel, Frances Fisher, Marissa Ribisi, Christine Ebersole, Anthony Zerbe, Nancy Giles, Tom McGowan, William Windom, Don West, Lucy Liu, Dina Eastwood, Leslie Griffith, Dennis Richmond, Frank Somerville, Dan Green, Nicholas Bearde, Frances Lee McCain, Cecil Williams, Casey Lee, Jack Kehler, Colman Domingo, Linda Hoy, Danny Kovacs, Kelvin Han Yee, Kathryn Howell, Beulah Stanley, George Maguire, Bill Wattenburg, Cathy Fithian, Roland T. Abasolo, Michael Halton, Jade Marx-Berti, Velica Marie Davis, John B. Scott, Edward Silva, Jordan Sax, Rob Reece, Walter Brown, Carmen Molinari, Annie Coffey, Bob Dini, Jodi Fung, Annie Lore, Marcus J. Oliver, Ray Raffaini.

Recommended reading:

True Crime

By Andrew Klavan.

Filmed as True Crime (1999), directed by Clint Eastwood.

Published by Dell.

First published 1995.

Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0440224039

ISBN-13: 978-0440224037

Description:

In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss's wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: a convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit.

In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago.  But in a few hours – if Steve Everett can't find the evidence to stop it – a needle is going to pierce Frank Beachum's skin.

The killing machine is primed. The executioner is waiting. And so is the priest. Now the clock is ticking down and the race is on – between the reporter and his demons, between the system and its lethal flaws, between the last innocent man and society's ultimate crime. . . .

On this day in movie history - This Is Spinal Tap (1984 movie & book):

This Is Spinal Tap

aka This Is Spınal Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi,

directed by Rob Reiner,

written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner,

was released in the United States on March 2, 1984.
Music by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner.

Cast:

Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Chazz Dominguez, Shari Hall, R.J. Parnell, David Kaff, Tony Hendra, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Bruno Kirby, Jean Cromie, Patrick Maher, Ed Begley Jr., Danny Kortchmar, Fran Drescher, Patrick Macnee, Memo Vera, Julie Payne, Dana Carvey, Sandy Helberg, Robin Menken, Zane Buzby, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Child, J.J. Barry, George McDaniel, Paul Benedict, Anne Churchill, Howard Hesseman, Paul Shortino, Cherie Darr, Lara Cody, Andrew J. Lederer, Russ Kunkel, Diana Duncan, Gina Marie Pitrello, June Chadwick, Victory Tischler-Blue, Joyce Hyser, Gloria Gifford, Paul Shaffer, Archie Hahn, Charles Levin, Wonderful Smith, Anjelica Huston, Chris Romano, Daniel Rodgers, Fred Willard, Fred Asparagus, Rodney Kemerer, Robert Bauer, Raechel Donahue, Lindsay Doran, Sean Frye, Helen Kelly, Paul Korda, Blackie Lawless, Artie Ripp, Claudia Sloan, Spinal Tap, Brinke Stevens, Sam Whipple.

Recommended reading:

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

By Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer.

Published by Gallery Books.

Published 2025.

ISBN-10: 1668079143

ISBN-13: 9781668079140

Description:

Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre, the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his cowriters and costars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious band – how they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected This Is Spinal Tap for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England.