Born on this day – William Castle:

William Castle

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977

Born on this day – Marceline Day:

Marceline Day

Actress

April 24, 1908 – February 16, 2000

Born on this day – Robert Penn Warren:

Robert Penn Warren

Writer

April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989

How the mind of an artist works:

Ray Bradbury, on writing:

Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow

after your characters have run by

on their way to incredible destinations.

- Ray Bradbury.

On this day in movie history - Man on Fire (2004):

Man on Fire,

directed by Tony Scott,

written by Brian Helgeland,

based on the novel by A. J. Quinnell,

was released in the United States on April 23, 2004.
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams and Lisa Gerrard.

Cast:
Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken, Marc Anthony, Giancarlo Giannini, Mickey Rourke, Rachel Ticotin, Roberto Sosa, Jesús Ochoa, Carmen Salinas, Gero Camilo, Rosa María Hernández, Charles Paraventi, Mario Zaragoza, Esteban De La Trinidad, Angelina Peláez, Norma Pablo, Heriberto Del Castillo, Steve Gonzales, Andrés Pardave, Rodrigo Zurita, Marisol Cal y Mayor, Hector Hernandez Zertuche, René Campero, Angélica Rosado, Georgina González, Abraham Sandoval, Hugo Pelaez, Jorge Victoria, Ariane Pellicer, Jorge Picont, Alberto Estrella, Gerardo Taracena, Nydia A. Trujillo, Maria Hall Rueda, Elvira Richards, Javier Zaragoza, Valentina Garcia Contreras, Enrique Cimet, Sparkle, Dunia Alvarez, Beatriz Pina, Hector Tagle, Jose Jesus Garcia, Guadalupe Flores Garcia, Daniela Martinez, Rubén Santana, Fernando Berzosa, Eduardo Rivera, Victor De Pascual, Norma Martínez, Aram Cardenas, Manuel Poncelis, Alejandro Camps, Jorge Almada, Carlos Barada, Eduardo Yáñez, Jorge Merlo, Alberto Pineda, Jesús González Leal, Rodrigo Chavez, Fernando Arvizu, Ghalil Elhateb Estrada, Hugo Genesio, Gonzalo Alvarez, Ofelia Aguirre, Itatí Cantoral, Jose De Jesus Hernandez, Arturo Farfán, Rossana Fuentes, Enrique Gonzalez, Adrian Grunberg, Jorge Guerrero, Roberto Kwok, José Montini, Fernando Moya, Iztel Navarro Vazquez, Stacy Perskie, Berenice Manjarrez Vericat, Raul Zermeño, Jorge Zárate.

On this day in movie history - eXistenZ (1999):

eXistenZ,

directed and written by David Cronenberg,

was released in the United States on April 23, 1999.
Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, Robert A. Silverman, Oscar Hsu, Kris Lemche, Vik Sahay, Kirsten Johnson, James Kirchner, Balázs Koós, Stephanie Belding, Gerry Quigley.