On this day in movie history – Cosmopolis (2012 movie & novel):

Cosmopolis

directed and written by David Cronenberg,

based on the novel by Don DeLillo,

released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 25, 2012.

Music by Howard Shore.

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Durand, Abdul Ayoola, Juliette Binoche, Emily Hampshire, Bob Bainborough, Samantha Morton, Zeljko Kecojevic, Jay Baruchel, Philip Nozuka, Mathieu Amalric, Patricia McKenzie, Ryan Kelly, Nadeem Phillip/Umar-Khitab, Albert Gomez, Goûchy Boy, David Schaap, Warren Chow, George Touliatos, Jadyn Wong, K'Naan, Inessa Frantowski, Jonathan Seinen, Milton Barnes, John Batkis, Saad Siddiqui, Anna Hardwick, Maria Juan Garcias, Christopher Gross, Conor Loftus, Paulette Sinclair, Noah Wallach.

Recommended reading:

Cosmopolis

By Don DeLillo.

Filmed as Cosmopolis (2012), directed by David Cronenberg.

Published by Scribner.

First published 2003.

ISBN-10: 0743244257

ISBN-13: 978-0743244251

Description:

"Cosmopolis is a concise Ulysses for the new century." – The San Diego Union-Tribune.

It is an April day in the year 2000 and an era is about to end. The booming times of market optimism – when the culture boiled with money and corporations seemed more vital and influential than governments – are poised to crash. Eric Packer, a billionaire asset manager at age twenty-eight, emerges from his penthouse triplex and settles into his lavishly customized white stretch limousine. Today he is a man with two missions: to pursue a cataclysmic bet against the yen and to get a haircut across town. Stalled in traffic by a presidential motorcade, a music idol’s funeral and a violent political demonstration, Eric receives a string of visitors – experts on security, technology, currency, finance and a few sexual partners – as the limo sputters toward an increasingly uncertain future.

Cosmopolis, Don DeLillo’s thirteenth novel, is both intimate and global, a vivid and moving account of the spectacular downfall of one man, and of an era.

On this day in television history - Justified (2010):

Justified

Season 1. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Veterans.

Released May 25, 2010.

Directed by Tony Goldwyn.

Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Wendy Calhoun, Chris Provenzano and Benjamin Daniel Lobato.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Raymond J. Barry, M.C. Gainey, Linda Gehringer, Jim Haynie, Damon Herriman, Brent Sexton, Kevin E. West, Brad Carter, David Meunier, Ray Porter, Walton Goggins, John Lee Ames, Emerson Brooks, Mark Elias, David Haley, Darin Heames, Travis Johns, Josh Wingate, David Hill, Jeffrey Jones.

On this day in movie history - Candy (2006):

Candy

directed by Neil Armfield,

written by Neil Armfield and Luke Davies,

based on the novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction by Luke Davies,

was released in Australia on May 25, 2006.
Music by Paul Charlier.

Cast:

Abbie Cornish, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge, Roberto Meza Mont, Tony Martin, Noni Hazlehurst, Holly Austin, Craig Moraghan, John Lee, Noel Herriman, Tim McKenzie, Tara Morice, Maddi Newling, Patricia Lemon, Barry Jaggers, Cristian Saliadarre, Leo Cowan, Jason Chan, Luke Davies, Sean O'Riordan, Adrienne Pickering, Damon Herriman, Lette Webb, Sandy Winton, Rebecca Watt, Nathaniel Dean, John McNeill, Doreen Mullen, Felix Kerdijk, Felino Dolloso, Paul Blackwell, Lee Lin Chin, Anni Finsterer, Alicia Hannah-Kim, Brian Houston, Michael Ienna.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: The Mind’s Eye.

Released May 25, 1991.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by René Echevarria, Ken Schafer, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll, Brannon Braga.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Lawrence Dobkin, John Fleck, Colm Meaney, Edward Wiley, Majel Barrett, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Joe Baumann, Thomas J. Booth, Chuck Borden, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, Denise Crosby, Debbie David, BJ Davis, Denise Deuschle, Jeremy Doyle, Elliot Durant III, Keith Gearhart, Grace Harrell, Gary Hunter, Randy James, Mark-Takeo Kosakura, Mark Lentry, Lorine Mendell, Teri Noel, Shannon Ratigan, Keith Rayve, Denise Lynne Roberts, Bill E. Rogers, Richard Sarstedt, Dee Giffin Scott, Georgina Shore, Guy Vardaman, Natalie Wood.

On this day in movie history - Alien (1979 movie & books):

Alien

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by Dan O'Bannon,

based on a story by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett,

was released in the United States on May 25, 1979.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton, Eddie Powell.

Recommended reading:

Alien

By Alan Dean Foster.

Filmed as Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott.

Published by Orbit.

Published 1979.

ISBN-10: 0708816789

ISBN-13: 978-0708816783

Description:

Where was Earth?

This was not their galaxy. A strange sun lit the sky with orange rays. In their long cold sleep, the seven space travelers had left their own universe behind, and now their monitor told them that on the planet revolving below them, someone was signalling for help. By space law, they must descend, explore and render assistance. But they would carry weapons. For who could tell what being called to them – or why. All they knew was that it was Alien.

Alien: Movie Novel

By Dan O'Bannon.

Edited by Richard J. Anobile.

Published by Avon.

Published 1979.    

ISBN: 9780380466313

ISBN 10: 0380466317

ASIN: 0380466317

Description:

A Movie Novel of the film 'Alien' - a graphic novel using photographs from the film.

On this day in music history:

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield (1973)

Century Child by Nightwish (2002)

What About Love? by Deborah Coleman (2004)

Tranquility Base, Vol. 1 by Above & Beyond (2023)

Tubular Bells

Album by Mike Oldfield,

released May 25, 1973.

Track list: Tubular Bells, Part One; Tubular Bells, Part Two.

Century Child

Album by Nightwish,

released May 25, 2002.

Track list: Bless the Child; End of All Hope; Dead to the World; Ever Dream; Slaying the Dreamer; Forever Yours; Ocean Soul; Feel for You; The Phantom of the Opera; Beauty of the Beast; Lagoon; The Wayfarer; Bless the Child; End of All Hope; Dead to the World.

What About Love?

Album by Deborah Coleman,

released May 25, 2004.

Track list: Bad Boy; Lie No Better; Undeniable; Can You Hear Me?; When Will I Be Loved?; Healing Ground; The River Wild; What About Love?; Loves Like Rain; Lookin’ for a Real Love; A Woman in Love.

Tranquility Base, Vol. 1

Album by Above & Beyond,

released May 25, 2023.

Track list: Angry JP8; Wasp; 500; VLEKNO; Spin Off; Angry JP8 (Extended Mix); Wasp (Extended Mix); 500 (Extended Mix); VLEKNO (Extended Mix); Spin Off (Extended Mix).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 35.
Episode entitled: Badge for a Coward.
Released May 25, 1960.
Directed by Paul Stewart.
Written by Jay D. Crowley, Ward Hawkins and Robert Quaid.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Edward Kemmer, Ruta Lee, Leonard Nimoy, Kathryn Card, Addison Richards, Stephen Chase.