On this day in movie history - Moonshine Highway (1996):

Moonshine Highway

directed and written by Andy Armstrong,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1996.
Music by Steve Dorff.

Cast:

Kyle MacLachlan, Randy Quaid, Maria del Mar, Alex Carter, Gary Farmer, Jeremy Ratchford, Leslie Carlson, Dennis Fitzgerald, Raliegh Wilson, Michael Copeman, Jody Racicot, Rick Roberts, Lori Hallier, Eleanor Joy Lind, Dick Callahan, Doug Lennox, David Cronenberg, Beau Starr, Andy Armstrong, Stuart Hughes, J. Winston Carroll, Todd Schroeder, Mike Lee, Jason Deline.

On this day in movie history - Anne Frank Remembered (1995 documentary & book):

Anne Frank Remembered

directed and written by Jon Blair,

based on the diary of Anne Frank,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1995.
Music by Carl Davis.
Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.

Cast:

Isa Baschwitz, Mary Bos, Kenneth Branagh, Janny Brandes-Brilslijper, Glenn Close, Rose De Liema, Sal De Liema, Buddy Elias, Bloeme Evers, Alice Frank, Anne Frank, Helene Frank, Margot Frank, Otto Frank, Robert Frank, Miep Gies, Kitty Gokkel-Egyedi, Hanneli Goslar, Abraham Holländer, Charlotte Kaletta, Juultje Ketellapper, Nelson Mandela, Frieda Menco, Laureen Nussbaum, Peter Pepper, Werner Peter Pfeffer, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Joely Richardson, Rosa Stern, Rie Swillens, Rachel Van Amerongen-Frankfoorder, Henk van Beersekamp, Martha van den Berg, Lucie van Dijk, Jacqueline van Maarsen, Elisabeth van Wijk-Voskuijl, Hans Wijnberg, Edith Frank, Jan Gies, Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler, Fritz Pfeffer, Auguste van Pels, Herman van Pels, Peter van Pels.

Recommended reading:

The Diary

By Anne Frank.

Published by Turtleback Books.

First published 1948.

ISBN-10: 1417643099

ISBN-13: 9781417643097

Description:

Anne Frank’s extraordinary diary, written in the Amsterdam attic where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, has become a world classic and a timeless testament to the human spirit. Now, in a new edition enriched by many passages originally withheld by her father, we meet an Anne more real, more human, and more vital than ever. Here she is first and foremost a teenage girl – stubbornly honest, touchingly vulnerable, in love with life. She imparts her deeply secret world of soul-searching and hungering for affection, rebellious clashes with her mother, romance and newly discovered sexuality, and wry, candid observations of her companions. Facing hunger, fear of discovery and death, and the petty frustrations of such confined quarters, Anne writes with adult wisdom and views beyond her years. Her story is that of every teenager, lived out in conditions few teenagers have ever known.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: The Most Toys.

Released May 5, 1990.

Directed by Timothy Bond.

Written by Shari Goodhartz, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Nehemiah Persoff, Jane Daly, Colm Meaney, Saul Rubinek, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, George B. Colucci Jr., Denise Crosby, Eben Ham, Dennis Madalone, Lorine Mendell.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: 11:59.

Released May 5, 1999.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Kevin Tighe, Bradley Pierce, John Carroll Lynch, Christopher Curry, James Greene, Kristina Hayes, Majel Barrett, Neil Armstrong, Tarik Ergin, Michael N. Fujimoto, Linda Harcharic, Kerry Hoyt, Ron Kapp, Al Kroft, Lemuel Perry, Linnea Soohoo, David Trotti, William Ward.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 3. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: E².

Released May 5, 2004.

Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, André Bormanis.

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 Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Randy Oglesby, Tucker Smallwood, Rick Worthy, Tess Lina, David Andrews, Tom Schanley, Steve Truitt, Alexandrea Ortiz.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Farewell.

Released May 5, 2022.

Directed by Michael Weaver.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Christopher Monfette, Akiva Goldsman, Matt Okumura, Juliana James, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, Isa Briones, Brent Spiner, Whoopi Goldberg, John de Lancie, Wil Wheaton, Penelope Mitchell, Sol Rodriguez, Steve Gutierrez, Ren Hanami, Richard Jin, Geri-Nikole Love, Adele Pomerenke, Anushka Rani, Alyma Dorsey, Claudine Quadrat, Dylan Von Halle, Madeline Wise.

On this day in movie history - Field of Dreams (1989 movie & novel):

Field of Dreams

directed and written by Phil Alden Robinson,

based on the novel Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1989.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Frank Whaley, Dwier Brown, James Andelin, Mary Anne Kean, Fern Persons, Kelly Coffield Park, Michael Milhoan, Steve Eastin, Charles Hoyes, Art LaFleur, Lee Garlington, Mike Nussbaum, Larry Brandenburg, Mary McDonald Gershon, Robert Kurcz, Don John Ross, Beatrice Fredman, Geoffrey Nauffts, Anne Seymour, C. George Biasi, Howard Sherf, Joseph R. Ryan, Joe Glasberg, Mark Danker, Frank Dardis, Jim Doty, Mike Goad, Jay Hemond, Mike Hodge, Steve Jenkins, Terry Kelleher, Ron Lucas, Fred Martin, Curt McWilliams, Jude Milbert, Steve Olberding, Gene Potts, James Roth, Paul Scherrman, Dale Till, Brian Waldvogel, Brian E. Frankish, Jeffrey Neal Silverman, Ed Harris, Ben Affleck, Don Alliss, Matt Damon, Robin Eddins, Stephen Emirzian, Kevin Fennessy, Dan Rohner, Mark Vafiades.

Recommended reading:

Shoeless Joe

By W.P. Kinsella.

Filmed as Field of Dreams (1989), directed by Phil Alden Robinson.

Published by Mariner Books Classics.

First published 1982.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0395957737

ISBN-13: 978-0395957738

Description:

“A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature." – Sports Illustrated.

“If you build it, he will come.” These mysterious words, spoken by an Iowa baseball announcer, inspire Ray Kinsella to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield in honor of his hero, the baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson. What follows is both a rich, nostalgic look at one of our most cherished national pastimes and a remarkable story about fathers and sons, love and family, and the inimitable joy of finding your way home.

On this day in movie history - Alphaville (1965):

Alphaville

a.k.a. Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution,

directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard,

was released in France on May 5, 1965.

Music by Paul Misraki.

Cast:

Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Valérie Boisgel, Jean-Louis Comolli, Michel Delahaye, Jean-André Fieschi, Christa Lang, Jean-Pierre Léaud, László Szabó, Howard Vernon.

On this day in movie history - Chasing Danger (1939):

Chasing Danger

directed by Ricardo Cortez,

written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan,

based on the story by Leonardo Bercovici,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1939.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber, Jody Gilbert, Pedro de Cordoba, Stanley Fields, Roy D'Arcy, Carol Adams, Richard Alexander, Sam Ash, Eugene Borden, Egon Brecher, Don Brodie, Charles Brokaw, Harry Burns, Gino Corrado, Jean De Briac, Jimmie Dundee, Art Dupuis, Constant Franke, Robert Graves, Jamiel Hasson, Armand Kaliz, Arthur Loft, George Magrill, Francis McDonald, Louis Mercier, Tony Merlo, Leonard Mudie, Ruth Peterson, Arthur Rankin, Georges Renavent, Dick Rich, Jack Stoney, Paul Sutton, Harland Tucker, Michael Visaroff, Harry Worth.

Born on this day – Phillip Borsos:

Phillip Borsos

Director

Producer

Writer

May 5, 1953 – February 2, 1995

Credits:

Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Cooperage (1976); Do It with Joy (1977); Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995); Highway Heartbreaker (1992); Hollywood North (2003); Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003); Nails (1979); One Magic Christmas (1985); Spartree (1978); The Cider House Rules (1999); The Grey Fox (1982); The Mean Season (1985); The Night Before the Morning After (1980); The Shadow (1994); Tootsie (1982); Weird Science (1985); We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992).