On this day in movie history - The Apartment (1996):

The Apartment

French title: L'Appartement,

directed and written by Gilles Mimouni,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1996.

Music by Peter Chase.

Cast:

Monica Bellucci, Romane Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Granier, Paul Pavel, Nelly Alard, Bruno Leonelli, Tateo Isaizaki, Tsuyu Shimizu, Ricardo Mateo, Vincent Nemeth, Bruno Fernández Vella, Juan Carlos Martín Alonso, Claude Hirch, Hervé Jakubowicz, Oury Milshtein, Roger Patrice Bernard, Vanessa Soboul, Sandra Gayarre, Marcel Godot, André Haber, Bruno Ricci, Fenia Papadodima, Edouard Baer, Michel Bompoil, Michèle Rème, Jorge Bosch, Eva Ionesco, Diane Calma, César Chiffre.

On this day in movie history - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992):

Glengarry Glen Ross

directed by James Foley,

written by David Mamet,

based on the play by David Mamet,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1992.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce, Bruce Altman, Jude Ciccolella, Paul Butler, Lori Tan Chinn, Neal Jones, Barry Rohrssen, Leigh French, George Cheung, Murphy Dunne, Dana Lee, Julie Payne, Gregory Snegoff, Skipp Lynch.

On this day in movie history - Slam Dance (1987):

Slam Dance

directed by Wayne Wang,

written by Don Keith Opper,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1987.
Music by Mitchell Froom.

Cast:

Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Don Keith Opper, Adam Ant, Harry Dean Stanton, John Doe, Millie Perkins, Herta Ware, Judith Barsi, Robert Beltran, Rosalind Chao, Sasha Delgado, Joshua Caceras, Marty Levy, John Currie Slade, Julian Deyer, Dennis Hayden, Marc Anthony Thompson, Lin Shaye, Michael Ennis, Lisa Niemi, Jeris Poindexter, Christopher J. Keene, Laura Campbell, Philip Granger, John Fleck, Buckley Norris, Frazer Smith, Helen Kelly, Jackie Swanson, Jordana Toback.

On this day in movie history - The Gambler (1974):

The Gambler

directed by Karel Reisz,

written by James Toback,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1974.
Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes, Burt Young, Carmine Caridi, Vic Tayback, Steven Keats, London Lee, M. Emmet Walsh, James Woods, Carl W. Crudup, Allan Rich, Stuart Margolin, Ric Mancini, Joel Wolfe, Raymond Serra, William Andrews, Joseph Attles, Antonio Fargas, Ernest Butler, Sully Boyar, Gregory Rozakis, Starletta DuPois, Lucille Patton, Ed Kovens, Baron Wilson, Richard Foronjy, Frank Sivero, Frank Adonis, Philip Sterling, Patricia Fay, Beatrice Winde, Leon Pinkney, Alisha Fontaine, Presley Caton, Mitch Stein, Jonathan Kushner, Charles Polk, Dick Schaap, Chick Hearn, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jerry Leon, Melanie Mayron.

On this day in movie history - The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974):

The Taking of Pelham 123

directed by Joseph Sargent,

written by Peter Stone,

based on the novel by John Godey,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1974.
Music by David Shire.

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace, Tom Pedi, Beatrice Winde, Jerry Stiller, Nathan George, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Doris Roberts, Julius Harris, Cynthia Belgrave, Anna Berger, Gary Bolling, Carol Cole, Alex Colon, Joe Fields, Mari Gorman, Michael Gorrin, Thomas La Fleur, María Landa, Louise Larabee, George Lee Miles, Carolyn Nelson, Eric O'Hanian, Lucy Saroyan, William Snickowski, Barry Snyder, Walter Jones, Jerry Holland, Robert Weil, Penny Krompier, Christopher Murney, Timothy Meyers, Ruth Attaway, Thomas Barbour, Marvin Silbersher, Neil Brooks Cunningham, Sal Viscuso, Tony Fasce, Burtt Harris, Gene Gross, Walter Lott, Conrad Yama, Sho Onodera, Toru Nagai, Tura Nakamura, Rowena Rollins, Joseph Attles, Willis Pinkett, Michelle Matthow, Isabella Hoopes, Bill Cobbs, Jim Pelham, Joe Seneca, Gino Gennaro, Carmine Foresta, Tony Roberts, Hy Anzell, Ines Hellendall, Jean-Paul Hellendall, Ben Lautman, Carey Loftin, James Mapes, Paul Nuckles, Jay Rasumny, Charles Silvern, Dominique St. Pierre, Dolph Sweet, Frank Ventgen.

On this day in movie history - Coogan’s Bluff (1968):

Coogan’s Bluff

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Herman Miller, Dean Riesner and Howard Rodman,

based on the novel by Herman Miller,

was released in the United States on October 2, 1968.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling, Don Stroud, Betty Field, Tom Tully, Melodie Johnson, James Edwards, Rudy Diaz, David Doyle, Louis Zorich, Meg Myles, Marjorie Bennett, Seymour Cassel, John Coe, Skip Battyn, Albert Popwell, Conrad Bain, James Gavin, Albert Henderson, James McCallion, Syl Lamont, Jess Osuna, Jerry Summers, Antonia Rey, Marya Henriques.

Born on this day – Paul D'Amato:

Paul D'Amato

Actor

October 2, 1949 – February 19, 2024

Credits:

The Unusuals (2009); Light and the Sufferer (2007); The Living Wake (2007); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2005); Law & Order (1993–2002); The Opportunists (1999); Men Under Water (1998); Six Ways to Sunday (1997); Destination Anywhere (1997); Crimson Lights (1994); Dangerous Affairs (1993); American Playhouse (1988); Suspect (1987); A Case of Deadly Force (1986); F/X (1986); Murder Ink (1983); Heaven's Gate (1980); Firepower (1979); The Deer Hunter (1978); Heaven Can Wait (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Deadliest Season (1977); Slap Shot (1977); Code R (1977); Magnum Force (1973).

Stage play:

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1996).