Friday, October 4, 2024

On this day in movie history - Gravity (2013):


Gravity

directed by Alfonso Cuarón,
written by Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón,
was released in the United States on October 4, 2013.
Music by Steven Price.


Cast:

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Phaldut Sharma, Amy Warren, Basher Savage.

On this day in movie history - Piano Blues (2003):


Piano Blues

documentary directed by Clint Eastwood,
written by Peter Guralnick,
part 7 of the documentary series The Blues,
produced by Martin Scorsese,
was released in the United States on October 4, 2003.

Cast:

Albert Ammons, Marcia Ball, Count Basie, Charles Brown, Dave Brubeck, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Nat 'King' Cole, Martha Davis, Willie Dixon, Fats Domino, Dorothy Donegan, Dr. John, Clint Eastwood, Duke Ellington, Henry Gray, Linda Hopkins, Pete Johnson, Pete Jolly, Meade 'Lux' Lewis, Jay McShann, Thelonious Monk, Phineas Newborn Jr., Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Pinetop Perkins, Oscar Peterson, André Previn, Jesse Price, Henry ‘Professor Longhair’ Byrd, Eugene Roberts, Gene Rodgers, Otis Spann, Art Tatum, Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters.

On this day in movie history - The Addiction (1995):


The Addiction

directed by Abel Ferrara,
written by Nicholas St. John,
was released in the United States on October 4, 1995.
Music by Joe Delia.


Cast:

Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco, Paul Calderon, Fredro Starr, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Imperioli, Jamel Simmons, Robert W. Castle.

On this day in music history - Rossini: Armida, by Renée Fleming and Daniele Gatti (1994):

The album Rossini: Armida,
by Renée Fleming and Daniele Gatti,
was released on October 4, 1994.

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


The Rapture

directed and written by Michael Tolkin,
was released in the United States on October 4, 1991.
Music by Thomas Newman.


Cast:

Mimi Rogers, Darwyn Carson, Patrick Bauchau, Marvin Elkins, David Duchovny, Stéphanie Menuez, Sam Vlahos, Rustam Branaman, Scott Burkholder, Carole Davis, Patrick Dollaghan, James Le Gros, Dick Anthony Williams, DeVaughn Nixon, Johnny Mask, Christian Benz, Kimberly Cullum, Victoria Williams, Terri Hanauer, Douglas Roberts, Denney Pierce, Will Patton, Joshua Farrell, Andrew Pressman, Kerry Leigh Michaels, Henry Kingi, Linda Albertano, Michael David Lally, Bojan Bazelli, James Ent, Joshua Farrell, Kane Hodder, Bill A. Jones.

On this day in movie history - Dogfight (1991):


Dogfight

directed by Nancy Savoca,
written by Bob Comfort,
was released in the United States on October 4, 1991.
Music by Sarah Class and Mason Daring.


Cast:

River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco, Anthony Clark, Mitchell Whitfield, Holly Near, Elizabeth Daily, Sue Morales, Christina Mastin, Christopher Shaw, John Lacy, Chris San Nicholas, Brian Gotta, Peg Phillips, Neal Allen, Ron Lynch, Dale Garman, Bruce Pearson, Angie Utt, Kenneth Utt, Julian Schembri, Barb Benedetti, Ivars Mikelson, Brendan Fraser, Matt Skerritt, Dion Williams, Jason Moore, Denise Williams, Kristie Gamer, David MacIntyre, Art Cahn, Robert Munns, Jessica Wallenfels, Bonnie Fox, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Joseph Franklin, Frank Walters, Jacob Luft, Constance McCord, Laura Vetter, Krisha Fairchild, George Evans, Jillian Armenante, Anne Elizabeth Washburn, John Fry, Albert Farrar, Brett Baker, Don Berg, Dale Carman, Joe James, Dewayne Luckett, William Rossman, Sky Siewerski, Tom Stewart.

On this day in movie history - The Longest Day (1962):


The Longest Day

directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki,
written by Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon,
based on the book by Cornelius Ryan,
was released in the United States on October 4, 1962.
Music by Maurice Jarre.


Cast:

Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Bourvil, Richard Burton, Wolfgang Büttner, Red Buttons, Pauline Carton, Sean Connery, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Fred Dur, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Leo Genn, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Peter Helm, Werner Hinz, Donald Houston, Jeffrey Hunter, Karl John, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Fernand Ledoux, Christian Marquand, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall, Michael Medwin, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Richard Münch, Edmond O'Brien, Leslie Phillips, Wolfgang Preiss, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Georges Rivière, Norman Rossington, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, George Segal, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, Robert Wagner, Richard Wattis, Stuart Whitman, Georges Wilson, John Wayne.