Tuesday, August 12, 2025

On this day in movie history - Hell or High Water (2016):


Hell or High Water

directed by David Mackenzie,
written by Taylor Sheridan,
was released in the United States on August 12, 2016.
Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.


Cast:

Ben Foster, Chris Pine, William Sterchi, Buck Taylor, Kristin K. Berg, Jeff Bridges, Dale Dickey, Gil Birmingham, Keith Meriweather, Jackamoe Buzzell, Katy Mixon, Amber Midthunder, Joe Berryman, Taylor Sheridan, Howard Ferguson Jr., Debrianna Mansini, Paul Howard Smith, Nathaniel Augustson, Ariel Holmes, Marie A.K. McMaster, Jim Burleson, Gregory Cruz, Melanie Papalia, Kim Gleason, Alma Sisneros, Kevin Rankin, Margaret Bowman, Ivan Brutsche, Marin Ireland, John-Paul Howard, Kevin Wiggins, Dylan Kenin, Nicole Brady, Richard Christie, Heidi Sulzman, Christopher W. Garcia, Rick Anglada, Brian Barela, Richard Beal, Brian Bolman, Mary Bowman, Marika Day, Lyle DeRose, Melissa-Lou Ellis, Michael Fletcher, Crystal Gonzales, Karen M. Hudson, Darlene Kellum, James E. Lane, Ricky Lee, Jameson Macmillan, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, Gustavo Montes, Martin Palmer, Terry Dale Parks, Francisco Peramos, Daniel Pimentel, Jack T. Silliman, J. Nathan Simmons, Michael E. Stogner, Aaron Templeton, Art Westgate, Kathie Westgate, Danny Winn, Julian Wondolowski.

On this day in movie history - Anthropoid (2016):


Anthropoid

directed by Sean Ellis,
written by Sean Ellis and Anthony Frewin,
was released in the United States on August 12, 2016.
Music by Robin Foster.


Cast:

Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe, Karel Hermánek Jr., Sára Arnsteinová, Hana Frejková, Sean Mahon, Jan Hájek, Marcin Dorocinski, Toby Jones, Alena Mihulová, Bill Milner, Charlotte Le Bon, Pavel Reznícek, Anna Geislerová, Vaclav Marek and his Blue Star, Justin Svoboda, Harry Lloyd, Václav Neuzil, Jirí Simek, Detlef Bothe.

On this day in music history - Close Your Eyes, by Amy Lauren (2011):


Close Your Eyes

Album by Amy Lauren,
released August 12, 2011.

Track list:

A Mother’s Prayer; Bed of Stars; Calm Is the Night; I’m Right Here; Drifting Starlight; Angels Are Sleeping; Nighttime Falls; Midnight Song; Search the Stars; When You Sleep; Close Your Eyes; Goodnight.

On this day in music history - Crossing the Stone, by Catrin Finch (2003):


Crossing the Stone

Album by Catrin Finch,
released August 12, 2003.

Track list:

Mountain Dance; Harpers Bizarre; James; Over the Stone (Tros y Garreg), concerto for 2 harps & orchestra; Crossing the Stone (Tros y Garreg); Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006; Prelude / Johann Sebastian Bach; Electric Counterpoint, for electric guitar, bass guitar & tape; 3rd movement; Over the Stone (Tros y Garreg), concerto for 2 harps & orchestra; Eternal Dream; Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67; The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / George Frederick Handel; Over the Stone (Tros y Garreg), concerto for 2 harps & orchestra; Café Vamp Latino; Spain, for voice & ensemble; Buenos Aires hora cero (Zero Hour), tango; Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from “Suite Bergamasque” for piano), L. 75/3 / Claude Debussy; Meditation on Prelude No. 1 of Bach, for violin or cello & piano with organ or cello ad lib. (or other instrumental arrangement) / Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Gounod; Thingamujig; Suo Gân (Lullaby), song / Traditional / Welsh Traditional; Palladio, for string orchestra (or band); 1st movement (Dance mix version).

On this day in movie history - Young Guns (1988):


Young Guns

directed by Christopher Cain,
written by John Fusco,
was released in the United States on August 12, 1988.
Music by Anthony Marinelli and Brian Banks.


Cast:

Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance, Terry O'Quinn, Sharon Thomas Cain, Geoffrey Blake, Alice Carter, Brian Keith, Thomas Callaway, Patrick Wayne, Lisa Banes, Sam Gauny, Cody Palance, Gadeek, Victor Izay, Allen Keller, Craig Erickson, Jeremy Lepard, Danny Kamin, Richela Renkun, Pat Finn-Lee, Gary Kanin, Forrest Broadley, Alan Tobin, Joey Hamlin, Loyd Lee Brown, Elena Parres, Tom Cruise, Tomas Moore, John Pattison, W. Thomas Snyder, Lee Sollenberger, Randy Travis.

On this day in movie history - Darker Than Amber (1970):


Darker Than Amber

directed by Robert Clouse,
written by Ed Waters,
based on the novel by John D. MacDonald,
was released in the United States on August 12, 1970.
Music by John Carl Parker.


Cast:

Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall, Ahna Capri, William Smith, Janet MacLachlan, Robert Phillips, Jane Russell, James Booth, Oswaldo Calvo, Sherry Faber, Marcia Knight, James H. Frysinger, Harry A. Wood, Jack Nagle, Judy Wallace, Michael DeBeausset, Jeff Gillen, Chris Robinson, Warren Bauer, Wayne Bauer, Don Schoff, Ted Swanson.

Born on this day – John Cazale:


John Cazale


Actor

August 12, 1935 – March 13, 1978

Credits:

Al Pacino, le Bronx et la fureur (2022); Based on a True Story (2004); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); 'Dog Day Afternoon': The Story (2006); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); Lumet: Film Maker (1975); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep (2008); The American Way (1962); The Box (1969); The Conversation (1974); The Deer Hunter (1978); The Freshman (1990); The Godfather (1972); The Godfather (2006); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Part III (1990); The Godfather Saga (1977); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Godfather: Behind the Scenes (1971); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008).