Friday, September 12, 2025

On this day in movie history - Lost In Translation (2003):


Lost In Translation

directed and written by Sofia Coppola,
was released in the United States on September 12, 2003.
Music by Kevin Shields, Brian Reitzell and Roger Joseph Manning Jr.


Cast:

Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Fumihiro Hayashi, Catherine Lambert.

On this day in movie history - When Brendan Met Trudy (2000):


When Brendan Met Trudy

directed by Kieron J. Walsh,
written by Roddy Doyle,
was released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 12, 2000.
Music by Richard Hartley.


Cast:

Peter McDonald, Flora Montgomery, Marie Mullen, Pauline McLynn, Don Wycherley, Maynard Eziashi, Eileen Walsh, Barry Cassin, Niall O'Brien, Rynagh O'Grady, Ali White, Julie Hale, Jack Lynch, Dr. Stewart, Robert O'Neill, Eoin Manley, George McMahon, Sean Flanagan, Pat Kinevane, Terry Byrne, Myles Horgan, Charlie Bird, Anne Cassin, Harry Crosbie, Luke Boyle, William O'Sullivan, Jonathan White, Philip Judge, Alicia O'Keefe, Kieron J. Walsh, Berts Folan, Kevin Sharkey, Robbie Doolin, Keith McErlean, Martin Murphy, Frank O'Sullivan, Nuala Kelly, Triona McGarry, Jim Corry, Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly, Conor Evans, Patricia Martin, Susan Murray, Gail Kainswarren, Amelia Crowley, Robert Mack, James Mack, Coco Kenny, Francis Schurmann, Shauna Nugent, Gabriel Byrne, Antony Conaty, Chris McHallem.

On this day in music history - Deja-Blues, by Steven Halpern (2000):


Deja-Blues

Album by Steven Halpern,
released September 12, 2000.

Track list:

Deja-Blues; Blue Nile; Morocan Roll; Time-Trippin’; Bamboo Blue; Deja-Blues II; Hear To Eternity; Marrakesh; Blues By the Ganges; Udu Blue; Snake Charmer; Atlantis Rising; Ancient Mysteries.

On this day in movie history - Until the End of the World (1991):


Until the End of the World

directed by Wim Wenders,
written by Peter Carey and Wim Wenders,
based on a story by Wim Wenders, Solveig Dommartin and Michael Almereyda,
was released in Germany on September 12, 1991.
Music by Graeme Revell.


Songs included on the movie soundtrack:

Opening Title, by Graeme Revell; Sax and Violins, by Talking Heads; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, by Julee Cruise; Move with Me (Dub), by Neneh Cherry; The Adversary, by Crime & the City Solution; What's Good, by Lou Reed; Last Night Sleep, by Can; Fretless, by R.E.M.; Days, by Elvis Costello; Claire's Theme, by Graeme Revell; (I'll Love You) Till the End of the World, by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds; It Takes Time, by Patti Smith (with Fred Smith); Death's Door, by Depeche Mode; Love Theme, by Graeme Revell; Calling All Angels (Remix Version), by Jane Siberry with k.d. lang; Humans from Earth, by T Bone Burnett; Sleeping in the Devil's Bed, by Daniel Lanois; Until the End of the World, by U2; Finale, by Graeme Revell; Trois Jeux d'enfants: Nze-nze-nze, performed by Aka Pygmies; Blood of Eden, written and performed by Peter Gabriel; Breakin' the Rules, written and performed by Robbie Robertson; Lagoons, performed by Gondwanaland; Travelin' Light, performed by the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra; The Twist, performed by Chubby Checker; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, performed by Elvis Presley; La Vieil Homme De La Mer, performed by Laurent Petitgand.

Cast:

Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell, William Hurt, Adelle Lutz, Ernie Dingo, Jean-Charles Dumay, Sam Neill, Ernest Berk, Christine Oesterlein, Rüdiger Vogler, Diogo Dória, Amália Rodrigues, Elena Prudnikova, Jinzhan Zhang, Naoto Takenaka, Hiroshi Kanbe, Yugi Ogata, Miwako Fujitani, Kuniko Miyake, Chishû Ryû, Allen Garfield, Alec Jason, Lois Chiles, Lauren Graham, David Gulpilil, Fred Welsh, Charlie McMahon, Alfred Lynch, Jeanne Moreau, Justine Saunders, Kylie Belling, Bart Willoughby, Jimmy Little, Max von Sydow, Rhoda Roberts, Paul Livingston, Susan Leith, Detlef Winterberg, Jean-Marie Rase, Carmen Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin, Sylvette Dommartin, Peter Przygodda, Barbara Wenders, Hella Wenders, Michael Wenders, Erika Rabau, Lothar Wildhirth, Kazuhiko Uemura, Eric Beaver, Jerry Barrish, Michelle Cook, Bob Stewart, David Byrne, Tom Farrell, Tom Waits.

On this day in television history: Taxi (1978 - 1983):


Taxi

written by James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, David Davis and Ed. Weinberger,
was released on September 12, 1978, and ran for five seasons, until June 15, 1983.
Theme music by Bob James.


Cast:

Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman, Christopher Lloyd, J. Alan Thomas, Jeff Conaway, Carol Kane, Randall Carver, T.J. Castronovo, Rhea Perlman, Gene LeBell, Jimmy Lennon Sr., Al Rosen, Louise Lasser, Susan Kellermann, Vincent Schiavelli, Melanie Gaffin, Ed. Weinberger, David Mendenhall, Suzanne Kent, Ellen Regan, Andrea Marcovicci, Julia DeVito, Jack Gilford, Anne De Salvo, Jill Jaress, Marc Anthony Danza, Carmine Caridi, Wendell Wright, Talia Balsam, Michael Mann, Paula Victor, Ted Danson, Rebecca Holden, Bubba Smith, Fran Ryan, Charlayne Woodard, Mandy Patinkin, Arlene Golonka, Gail Edwards, Allan Arbus, Rita Taggart, William Bogert, Dee Wallace, Jeffrey Tambor, Joan Hackett, Ruth Gordon, Scott Brady, Amanda McBroom, Lenny Baker, Constance Forslund, John Dukakis, Nancy Steen, Liz Miller, Susan Sullivan, Priscilla Barnes, Julie Kavner, Beverly Ross, George Wendt, Martha Smith, Barry Nelson, Allen Garfield, Tom Selleck, Joanna Cassidy, Eileen Brennan, Bob Larkin, Tom Hanks, Gayle Hunnicutt, Keenan Wynn, Sherrie Wills, Jean Hayworth, Marcia Wolf, Penny Marshall, Tracey Walter, Scatman Crothers, Cathie Shirriff, Judith-Marie Bergan, Michael Saucedo, Howard Witt, Brad Kesten, Charles Bouvier, Sharon Madden, Elizabeth Hill, Wendy Jewell, Rose Marie Klespitz, Joyce Mandel, Marshall Jay Kaplan, Paul LeClair, Jim Brooks, Debra Satell.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: The Metamorph.
Released September 12, 1976.
Directed by Charles Crichton.
Written by Johnny Byrne.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Brian Blessed, Anouska Hempel, John Hug, Gerard Paquis, Peter Porteous, Nick Brimble, Anton Phillips, Sarah Bullen, George Lane Cooper, Jenny Cresswell, John Dixon, Alf Joint, Reuben Martin, Neil McCaul, Nina Mitchen, Geoffrey Moon, Robert Reeves, Pam Rose, Roy Stewart.