On this day in movie history - Edmond (2005):

Edmond

directed by Stuart Gordon,

written by David Mamet,

based on the play by David Mamet,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on August 31, 2005.
Music by Bobby Johnston.

Cast:

William H. Macy, Frances Bay, Rebecca Pidgeon, Joe Mantegna, Denise Richards, Wendy Thompson, Vincent Guastaferro, Bai Ling, Matt Landers, Dulé Hill, Russell Hornsby, Aldis Hodge, Debi Mazar, Mena Suvari, Jeffrey Combs, Barry Cullison, George Wendt, Marcus Thomas, Lionel Mark Smith, Julia Stiles, Patricia Belcher, Wren T. Brown, Bruce A. Young, Dylan Walsh, Bokeem Woodbine, Jack Wallace, Michael Saad, Vanessa Born, Michael Calder, Mary Castro, Annette Harper, Elena Jovis, Steven Littles, Ryan March, Laurie Meghan Phelps, Blake Sherman, Patrick M. Strong, Saskia Vogel, Alexander von Roon.

Born on this day – Stuart Gordon:

Stuart Gordon

Director

Writer

August 11, 1947 – March 24, 2020

On this day in movie history - King of the Ants (2003 movie and novel):

King of the Ants

directed by Stuart Gordon,

written by Charlie Higson,

based on the novel by Charlie Higson,

was released in the United States on June 13, 2003.
Music by Bobby Johnston.

Cast:

Chris McKenna, Kari Wuhrer, George Wendt, Vernon Wells, Lionel Mark Smith, Timm Sharp, Daniel Baldwin, Carissa Kosta, Briana Beghi, Carlie Westerman, Ian Patrick Williams, Antoine Joseph, Shuko Akune, Steve Heller, Ken ‘Bam Bam’ Johnson Jr., Tino Marquez Jr., Adam Noble, Joe Davis, Mike Hawks, Ron Livingston.

Recommended reading:

King of the Ants

By Charlie Higson.

Filmed as King of the Ants (2003), directed by Stuart Gordon.

Published by Abacus.
First published 1992.
ISBN-10: 0349144877
ISBN-13: 9780349144870

Description:

Charlie Higson's thrillers are major events. – Mark Billingham.

Funny, very tough and full of action – Patricia Highsmith.

A brave, abrasive, alarmingly realistic debut. – Daily Mail.

Uncoils with wit and imagination. – Time Out.

It seemed straightforward enough. Sean had now consumed so much alcohol that everything seemed perfectly reasonable. He'd started planning the job already. The first problem was how to do it. Thirteen thousand pounds in an envelope seems a fair price for a man's life. Particularly if you don't know the man, he seems a nonentity, and you quite fancy his wife. And there's no chance of being caught. Sean is a drifter, working as a building labourer and waiting for something to happen. When Sean is offered easy money to tail someone and even more easy money to dispose of him, it's all more tempting than you might think. Except when you realize that you've been led up the garden path the whole way...