Born on this day – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Writer

Aviator

June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944

Credits:

Books:

Night Flight (1931); Southern Mail (1929); The Little Prince (1943); The Wisdom of the Sands (1948); Wind, Sand and Stars (1939).

Movies and television:

A kis herceg (2005); Anne-Marie (1936); Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1958); ARTE Reportage (2018); Avec André Gide (1951); Beloved (2019); Courrier Sud (1937); De kleine prins (1960); Dessine-moi un Saint-Ex (2018); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Éjszakai repülés (1963); Ergasterium Atomicum (2021); From Him (2014); Great Performances (2004); Hemingway (2021); I riassuntini (2018); I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018); Kinderbücher für Erwachsene (1954); La nuit écoute (1967); Le Petit Prince 4D (2011); Le Petit Prince à La Géode (1994); Le petit prince, naissance d'une étoile (2023); Letec nad planétou (1976); L'hiver de l'éternité (2022); Lusitania Illusion (2010); Malenkiy prints (1974); Malý princ (2020 / 2021); Mémoires. Le temps qui passe: 1920-1960 (1996); Night Flight - a musical (2021); Night Flight (1933); Night Goes Long (2015); O mikros prigipas (1999); O mikros prigipas (2018); O Principezinho (2014); Once... (2004); Parlez-moi de Vous (2016); Poust (2004); Sen Anlat Karadeniz (2019); Teatr Polskiego Radia (2023); Television Theater (1958); Tell Me About... The Little Prince (2016); The Conquest of the Air (1931); The Little Prince (1954 / 1965 / 1966 / 1974 / 1978 / 1979 / 1984 / 1990 / 1995 / 2003 / 2012 / 2015); The Little Prince / TV Series (1990); The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight (1979); Touched with Fire (2015).

Recommended reading - The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943):

The Little Prince,

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943).

ISBN-10: 0156012197

ISBN-13: 978-0156012195

Description:

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. “Please,” asks the stranger, “draw me a sheep.” And the pilot realizes that when life’s events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper…. And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.

Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork.

The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.

Recommended reading - Wind, Sand And Stars, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1939):

Wind, Sand And Stars,

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1939).

ISBN-10: 0156027496

ISBN-13: 978-0156027496

Description:

“There are certain rare individuals … who by the mere fact of their existence put an edge on life, their ceaseless astonishment before its possibilities awakening our own latent sense of renewal and expectation. No one ever stood out more conspicuously in this respect than the French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.” The New York Times Book Review.

Translated by Lewis Galantière.

Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Académe Francaise, Wind, Sand and Stars is unsurpassed in capturing the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure – through the treacherous passes of the Pyrenees, above the Sahara, along the snowy ramparts of the Andes – combined with the lyrical prose and soaring spirit of a philosopher, make this book one of the most popular works ever written about flying.

While flying for his air squadron, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) disappeared over the Mediterranean a year after writing his most famous book, The Little Prince. He was also the author of Night Flight and Wartime Writings.

Anne Rice, on writing:

Go where the pleasure is in your writing.

Go where the pain is.

Write the book you would like to read.

Write the book you have been trying to find but have not found.

But write.

And remember, there are no rules for our profession.

Ignore rules.

Ignore what I say here if it doesn't help you.

Do it your own way.

Every writer knows fear and discouragement.

Just write.

The world is crying for new writing.

It is crying for fresh and original voices and new characters and new stories.

If you won't write the classics of tomorrow, well, we will not have any.

- Anne Rice.

On this day in movie history - Heaven Can Wait (1978):

Heaven Can Wait,

directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry,

based on the play by Harry Segall,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1978.
Music by Dave Grusin.

Cast:
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, Joseph Maher, Hamilton Camp, Arthur Malet, Stephanie Faracy, Jeannie Linero, Harry D.K. Wong, George J. Manos, Larry Block, Frank Campanella, Bill Sorrells, Dick Enberg, Dolph Sweet, R.G. Armstrong, Ed Peck, John Randolph, Richard O'Brien, Joseph F. Makel, Will Hare, Lee Weaver, Roger Bowen, Keene Curtis, William Larsen, Morgan Farley, William Bogert, Robert E. Leonard, Joel Marston, Earl Montgomery, Robert C. Stevens, Bernie Massa, Peter Tomarken, William Sylvester, Lisa Blake Richards, Charlie Charles, Nick Outin, Jerry Scanlan, Jim Boeke, Marvin Fleming, Deacon Jones, Les Josephson, Jack Snow, Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis, Benjie Bancroft, Arline Bletcher, Joe Corolla, Charlie Cowan, Garrett Craig, Paul D'Amato, Robert Fortier, Allan Graf, Bryant Gumbel, Jim Healy, Chick Hearn, Ray Pourchot, Nick Raymond, Elliott Reid, Roberto Rodriguez, Byron Webster.

On this day in movie history - Prime Cut (1972):

Prime Cut,

directed by Michael Ritchie,

written by Robert Dillon,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1972.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Clint Ellison, Howard Platt, Les Lannom, Eddie Egan, Therese Reinsch, Bob Wilson, Gordon Signer, Gladys Watson, Wayne Savagne.

On this day in movie history - Gunn (1967):

Gunn,

directed by Blake Edwards,

written by William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards,

based on a story by Blake Edwards,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1967.
Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:
Craig Stevens, Laura Devon, Edward Asner, Albert Paulsen, Sherry Jackson, Helen Traubel, Jerry Douglas, J. Pat O’Malley, Regis Toomey, George Murdock, Frank Kreig, Lincoln Demyan, Chanin Hale, Charles Dierkop, Mikel Angel, Jim Halbroeder, Alan Oppenheimer, Wayne Heffley, Tom Palmer, Carol Wayne, Dick Crockett, Gary Lasdun, Ken Wales, Mark Von Mills, Marion Marshall, Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece, Bill Bennett, Jack Bernardi, Jean Carson, Fleurette Carter, John Daheim, Jack Fife, Helen Funai, Bobby Gilbert, Ann Hughes, Kay Hughes, Robert Isenberg, Bruce Jacobs, Anita Loo, Henry Mancini, Jerry Martin, Walter Maslow, Midori, George Paul, Jimmy Payne, Ed Peck, Tony Regan, Clark Ross, Arthur Tovey, Candy Ward.