On this day in movie history - Tolkien (2019):

Tolkien

directed by Dome Karukoski,

written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford,

was released in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2019.
Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Al Bollands, Kallum Tolkien, Craig Roberts, Harry Gilby, Colm Meaney, Laura Donnelly, Guillermo Bedward, Nia Gwynne, Pam Ferris, Adrian Schiller, Albie Marber, Ty Tennant, Adam Bregman, Tony Nash, Michael Bryceson, Andrew Bissell, Owen Teale, Mimi Keene, Sian Crisp, Patrick Gibson, Anthony Boyle, Tom Glynn-Carney, Antony Barlow, James MacCallum, David Puckridge, David Bromley, Lara Maguire, Holly Dempster, Jane Dixon-Rowland, Genevieve O'Reilly, David Birkbeck, Colin Burnie, Derek Jacobi, Andy Orchard, Frank Kerr, Rob Rhys Bond, Joel Phillimore, John Bradfield, Mia Woods, Sienna Woods, Paul Gurcel Escudero, Harry Webster, Jack Riley.

On this day in movie history - Bad Country (2014):

Bad Country

directed by Chris Brinker,

written by Jonathan Hirschbein,

based on a story by Mike Barnett, Don 'Bud' Connor, Tom Abernathy and Jonathan Hirschbein,

was released in the United States on April 29, 2014.
Music by Jeff Danna and John Fee.

Cast:

Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Neal McDonough, Amy Smart, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Don Yesso, Kevin Chapman, Christopher Denham, Alex Solowitz, John Edward Lee, Ritchie Montgomery, Frederick Weller, Patrick Brinker, Jeff Leaf, Bill Duke, Tom Berenger, Lazarus Jackson, Aldo Juliano, Dane Rhodes, Lex D. Geddings, Jake La Botz, Mike Barnett, Don 'Bud' Connor, John Lafayette, JD Evermore, Pat Fisher, Ron Gural, Matt Thompson, Hugh Wilson, Eddie Matthews, Dylan Yesso, John Braymer, Erika Bruun-Andersen, Gayle James, Caitlin Kearney, Mike Quintana, James Lew, Roger Behle, Mary Lane Haskell, Duane Cothren, Jarvis Green, Stephanie Carpenter, Garth Currie, Bobby Greer, Zach Hartman, Luke Hawx, Charles Hunt, De'Cha LaVeau, Hans Marrero, J. Travis Merendino, Gustavo I. Ortiz, James Ourso, Rehnan Overmiller, Michael Rhoads, Jason Stanly, Ronn Surels, Shirley Tregre, Joseph Uzzell, Bob Walker, Glen Warner, Jesse Yarborough.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)

Star Trek: Voyager (1996 & 1998)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2005)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 2. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Pen Pals.

Released April 29, 1989.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Hannah Louise Shearer.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Diana Muldaur, Nicholas Cascone, Nikki Cox, Ann Gillespie, Colm Meaney, Whitney Rydbeck, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Jeffrey Deacon, Randy James, Tim McCormack.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 2. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: The Thaw.

Released April 29, 1996.

Directed by Marvin V. Rush.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Richard Gadas, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Thomas Kopache, Carel Struycken, Patty Maloney, Tony Carlin, Shannon O'Hurley, Michael McKean, Mark Chadwick, Damaris Cordelia, Christine Delgado, Tarik Ergin, Jean-Luc Martin, Tom Morga, Louis Ortiz, Henry Reichenbach.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 4. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Living Witness.

Released April 29, 1998.

Directed by Tim Russ.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Henry Woronicz, Rod Arrants, Craig Richard Nelson, Marie Chambers, Brian Fitzpatrick, Morgan H. Margolis, Mary Anne McGarry, Timothy Davis-Reed, Nancy Conn, Damaris Cordelia, Janet Dey, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, Glenn Goldstein, Fred Hafner, Tom Morga, Louis Ortiz, R. Prince, Jeff Pruitt, Shepard Ross, Steve Silverie, Martin Squires, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 4. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II.

Released April 29, 2005.

Directed by Marvin V. Rush.

Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, Manny Coto.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Gary Graham, Gregory Itzin, John Mahon, Derek Magyar, Pat Healy, Majel Barrett, David Sobolov, Alexandrea Ortiz, Devon Abner, Kevin Derr, Glen Hambly, Michael Hugghins, Yoshio Iizuka, Andrea Lockhart, Andrew Macbeth, Nicole Malgarini, Cecelia Specht, Justin Sundquist, Michael Sussman, Chris Torres.

On this day in movie history - The Hunger (1983 movie & novel):

The Hunger

directed by Tony Scott,

written by Ivan Davis and Michael Thomas,

based on the novel by Whitley Strieber,

was released in the United States on April 29, 1983.
Music by Howard Blake, Denny Jaeger and Michel Rubini.
Song in opening scene: Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.
Additional music includes:
Lakmé by Léo Delibes.
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major by Franz Schubert.

Cast:

Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Beth Ehlers, Dan Hedaya, Rufus Collins, Suzanne Bertish, James Aubrey, Ann Magnuson, John Stephen Hill, Shane Rimmer, Bauhaus, Douglas Lambert, Bessie Love, John Pankow, Willem Dafoe, Sophie Ward, Philip Sayer, Lise Hilboldt, Michael Howe, Edward Wiley, Richard Robles, George Camiller, Oke Wambu, Kent Miller, Fred Yockers, Susan Hunter, James Wassenich, Allan Richards, Hilary Six, Carole-Ann Scott, Howard Blake, Jane Leeves, Derek Lyons, Peter Murphy, James Payne.

Recommended reading:

The Hunger

By Whitley Strieber.

Filmed as The Hunger (1983), directed by Tony Scott.

Published by Gallery Books.

First published 1981.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1416583742

ISBN-13: 9781416583745

Description:

Eternal youth is a wonderful thing for the few who have it, but for Miriam Blaylock, it is a curse -- an existence marred by death and sorrow. Because for the everlasting Miriam, everyone she loves withers and dies. Now, haunted by signs of her adoring husband's imminent demise, Miriam sets out in search of a new partner, one who can quench her thirst for love and withstand the test of time. She finds it in the beautiful Sarah Roberts, a brilliant young scientist who may hold the secret to immortality. But one thing stands between the intoxicating Miriam Blaylock and the object of her desire: Dr. Tom Haver...and he's about to realize that love and death go hand in hand.

Born on this day – Lane Smith:

Lane Smith

Actor

April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005