Haruki Murakami, on writing:

You have to dream intentionally.

Most people dream a dream when they are asleep.

But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.

- Haruki Murakami.

International Cat Day – August 8:

International Cat Day

August 8

#InternationalCatDay

On this day in movie history - Unforgiven (1992):

Unforgiven,

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by David Webb Peoples,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1992.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Anna Thomson, David Mucci, Rob Campbell, Anthony James, Tara Dawn Frederick, Beverley Elliott, Liisa Repo-Martell, Josie Smith, Tantoo Cardinal, Shane Meier, Aline Levasseur, Ron White, Jeremy Ratchford, John Pyper-Ferguson, Jefferson Mappin, Mina E. Mina, Henry Kope, Larry Joshua, Ben Cardinal, Frank C. Turner, Lochlyn Munro, Philip Hayes.

On this day in movie history - The Commitments (1991):

The Commitments,

directed by Alan Parker,

written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle,

based on the novel by Roddy Doyle,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1991.
Music by Wilson Pickett.

Cast: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Félim Gormley, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy, Ken McCluskey, Andrew Strong, Colm Meaney, Anne Kent, Andrea Corr, Gerard Cassoni, Aoife Lawless, Ruth Fairclough, Lindsay Fairclough, Michael O'Reilly, Liam Carney, Ger Ryan, Mark O'Regan, Phelim Drew, Sean Hughes, Philip Bredin, Lance Daly, Conor Malone, Jezz Bell, Colm MacConiomare, Emily Dawson, Dave Kane, Kristel Harris, Maria Place, Brian MacAodha, Tricia Smith, Canice William, Patrick Foy, Allan Murray, Jody Campbell, Eanna MacLiam, Philomena Kavanagh, Peter Rowen, Eamon O'Connor, Maura O'Malley, Blaise Smith, Derek Herbert, Owen O'Gorman, Pat Leavy, John Cronin, Rynagh O'Grady, Sheila Flitton, Michael Bolger, Mick Nolan, Eileen Reid, Bob Navan, Derek Duggan, Paddy O'Connor, Paul Bushnell, Jim Corr, Larry Hogan, Bernard Keelan, Ronan Hardiman, Mikel Murfi, Josylen Lyons, Winston Dennis, Alan Parker, James Brown, Caroline Corr, Sharon Corr, Alan Howley, Mark Leahy, William Morgan, Ralph G. Morse, Sean O'Donovan, Martin O'Malley.

On this day in music history - Blaze of Glory, by Jon Bon Jovi (1990):

The album Blaze of Glory,

by Jon Bon Jovi,

was released on August 7, 1990.
Inspired by the movie Young Guns II (1990).

On this day in movie history - The Inner Circle (1946):

The Inner Circle,

directed by Phil Ford,

written by Leonard St. Clair and Lawrence Taylor,

screenplay by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1946.
Music by Mort Glickman.

Cast:
Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Christine, Ken Niles, Will Wright, Dorothy Adams, Martha Montgomery, Edward Gargan, Fred Graham, Eddie Parker, Robert J. Wilke.

On this day in movie history - Highway West (1941):

Highway West,

directed by William C. McGann,

written by Allen Rivkin, Charles Kenyon and Kenneth Gamet,

based on the play by George Abbott and Leon Abrams,

was released in the United States on August 7, 1941.
Music by William Lava.

Cast:
Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Olympe Bradna, Slim Summerville, Noel Madison, Dorothy Tree, Willie Best, Pat Flaherty, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, William B. Davidson, Dick Rich, James Westerfield, Victor Zimmerman, Dorothy Adams, Erville Alderson, Herbert Anderson, Trevor Bardette, Leon Belasco, Wade Boteler, George Campeau, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Frederick Clarke, Garrett Craig, Peggy Diggins, John Dilson, Douglas Evans, Sol Gorss, Fred Graham, Creighton Hale, Max Hoffman Jr., William Hopper, Bill Kennedy, Reid Kilpatrick, Frank Mayo, Frank Meredith, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, William Roberts, Cliff Saum, Harry Strang, Charlotte Treadway, Don Turner, Guy Usher, Monte Vandergrift, Leo White, Jack Wise.