Happy 4th of July:

A great day to rewatch my favorite 4th of July movies: Jaws (1975) and The Shining (1980).

Below is the zoom shot of the photograph from The Shining.
Happy 4th of July from us and everyone at the Overlook Hotel.

On this day in movie history - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991):

Terminator 2: Judgment Day,

directed by James Cameron,

written by James Cameron and William Wisher,

was released in the United States on July 3, 1991.
Music by Brad Fiedel.

Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen, Joe Morton, S. Epatha Merkerson, Castulo Guerra, Danny Cooksey, Jenette Goldstein, Xander Berkeley, Leslie Hamilton Gearren, Ken Gibbel, Robert Winley, Peter Schrum, Shane Wilder, Michael Edwards, Jared Lounsbery, Casey Chavez, Ennalls Berl, Don Lake, Richard Vidan, Tom McDonald, Jim Palmer, Guss Williams, Gwenda Deacon, Don Stanton, Dan Stanton, Colin Patrick Lynch, Noel Evangelisti, Nikki Cox, Lisa Brinegar, DeVaughn Nixon, Tony Simotes, Diane Rodriguez, Dalton Abbott, Ron Young, Charles Robert Brown, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Mike Muscat, Dean Norris, Charles A. Tamburro, Rob Jordan, Terrence Evans, Denney Pierce, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Pat Kouri, Van Ling, Michael Albanese, Ed Arneson, Bret A. Arnold, Dean Blanke, Debra Casey, Jim Dahl, Martin Deluca, Jennifer Jacono, Gavin Kelly, Takao Komine, Joel Kramer, Anne Merrem, Mic Rodgers, Richard Ruskin, Scott Shaw, Steven Stear, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Randy Walker, William Wisher.

On this day in movie history - Double Indemnity (1944):

Double Indemnity

directed by Billy Wilder,

written by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler,

based on the novel by James M. Cain,

was released in the United States on July 3, 1944.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber, Raymond Chandler, Bess Flowers, Betty Farrington, Teala Loring, Sam McDaniel, Miriam Nelson, Douglas Spencer.

Born on this day – Amy Wallace:

Amy Wallace

Writer

July 3, 1955 – August 10, 2013

Credits:

Books:

Desire (1990); Significa (1983); Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda (2003); The Book of Lists #2 (1980); The Book of Lists #3 (1983); The Book of Lists (1977); The Book of Lists: Horror (2008); The Book of Lists: The '90s Edition (1993); The Book of Predictions (1980); The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People (1981); The New Book of Lists (2005); The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists (2007); The Prodigy: A Biography of William James Sidis, America's Greatest Child Prodigy (1986); The Psychic Healing Book (1978); The Two: The Story of the Original Siamese Twins (1978).

Movies and television:

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992); Late Night with David Letterman (1983); The Merv Griffin Show (1983–1986); True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (2011).