On this day in movie history - The 13th Warrior (1999 movie & book):

The 13th Warrior

directed by John McTiernan,

written by William Wisher, Jr. and Warren Lewis,

based on the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton,

was released in the United States on August 27, 1999.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhøi, Omar Sharif, Anders T. Andersen, Richard Bremmer, Tony Curran, Mischa Hausserman, Neil Maffin, Asbjorn Riis, Clive Russell, Daniel Southern, Oliver Sveinall, Sven Wollter, Albie Woodington, John DeSantis, Eric Avari, Maria Bonnevie, Susan Willis, Yolande Bavan.

Recommended reading:

Eaters of the Dead

Full title:

Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922

By Michael Crichton.

Filmed as The 13th Warrior (1999), directed by John McTiernan.

Mass Market Paperback.
Published by Harper.
First published 1976.
ISBN 13: 9780061782633
ISBN 10: 0061782637
ASIN: 0061782637

Description:

The year is A.D. 922.  A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs — the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness . . . their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But it is not until they reach the depths of the Northland that the courtier learns the horrifying and inescapable truth: He has been enlisted by these savage, inscrutable warriors to help combat a terror that plagues them — a monstrosity that emerges under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh . . .

On this day in movie history - L.A. Takedown (1989):

L.A. Takedown

directed and written by Michael Mann,

was released in the United States on August 27, 1989.
Music by Tim Truman.

Cast:

Scott Plank, Alex McArthur, Michael Rooker, Ely Pouget, Vincent Guastaferro, Richard Chaves, Victor Rivers, Laura Harrington, Daniel Baldwin, Clarence Gilyard Jr., R.D. Call, Peter Dobson, John Santucci, Xander Berkeley, Juan Fernández, Tony Xauet, Sam J. Jones, J.W. Smith, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Mary Broussard, Aixa Clemente, Mike De Luna, Ed DeFusco, Robert Gammons, Donald Grant, Emmett Grennan, Al Jones, Anthony Lattanzio, Leo Lee, Mimi Lieber, Albert Michel Jr., Jan Munroe, Gilbert O. Parra, Dennis Scott, Jentry Tuvil, Daniel Villarreal, Robert Winley, Tony Winters, Rick Avery, Bud Davis.

On this day in movie history - Dead Ringer (1982):

Dead Ringer

directed by Allan F. Nicholls,

written by Al Dellentash, Meat Loaf and David Sonenberg,

was released at the Montréal World Film Festival, in Canada, on August 27, 1982.
Music by Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf.

Cast:

Meat Loaf, Josh Mostel, Alan H. Braunstein, Leah Ayres, Frederick Coffin, Burton Collins, Terry Williams, Davey Williams, Sandy Alexander, Nicole Brandon, Steve Buslowe, Cher, MacIntyre Dixon, Mark Doyle, Paul Jacobs, Davey Johnstone, Bert Kittel, Philip Kramer, John LoFranco, Brendan Manning, George Meyer, Pamela Moore, Ted Neeley, Frankie Perrone, Don Picard, Eric Troyer, Howie Weisbrod, Chuck Zito.

On this day in movie history - Dead End (1937):

Dead End

directed by William Wyler,

written by Lillian Hellman,

based on the play by Sidney Kingsley,

was released in the United States on August 27, 1937.
Music by Alfred Newman.

Cast:

Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, Marjorie Main, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, Charles Peck, Minor Watson, James Burke, Ward Bond, Elisabeth Risdon, Esther Dale, George Humbert, Marcelle Corday.

Born on this day – Barbara Trentham:

Barbara Trentham

Actress

Director

Model

Painter

August 27, 1944 – August 2, 2013

Credits:

Head for Business (1982); Barnaby Jones (1980); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Deathmoon (1978); Star Maidens (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Rollerball (1975); The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972).

Born on this day – Anne Whitfield:

Anne Whitfield

Actress

August 27, 1938 – February 15, 2024

Credits:

Cookie's Fortune (1999); The Last Innocent Man (1987); Quarterback Princess (1983); The Prodigal (1983); Emergency! (1972–1975); The Specialists (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Adam-12 (1968–1973); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Ironside (1968–1972); The D.A. (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); The Magical World of Disney (1954); Secrets of the Pirates' Inn (1969); This Is the Life (1968); Dragnet 1967 (1968); The Outsider (1968); Gunsmoke (1960–1966); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Days of Our Lives (1965–1966); That Girl (1966); 12 O'Clock High (1965); Wendy and Me (1965); The New Interns (1964); The New Phil Silvers Show (1964); The Dakotas (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Should I Marry Outside My Faith? (1962); Laramie (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1961–1962); The Untouchables (1962); 87th Precinct (1961); Ben Casey (1961); Cheyenne (1956–1961); Rawhide (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Peter Gunn (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Manhunt (1960); One Step Beyond (1960); Tate (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959); Bonanza (1959); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Senior Prom (1958); The Donna Reed Show (1958); The Thin Man (1958); Juvenile Jungle (1958); Father Knows Best (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Johnny Carson Show (1955); Front Row Center (1955); Baby Boogie (1955); One Man's Family (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); White Christmas (1954); The Hollywood Matador (1954); I Married Joan (1953); Peter Pan (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); Racket Squad (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Gunfighter (1950).

Born on this day – Janet MacLachlan:

Janet MacLachlan

Actress

August 27, 1933 – October 11, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); A Family for Joe (1990); A Private Affair (2000); ABC Weekend Specials (1981); Alias (2002); All in the Family (1979); Amen (1988–1990); American Playhouse (1983); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Baby Girl Scott (1987); Baretta (1976); Barney Miller (1976); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Big Shots (1987); Black Listed (2003); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Cagney & Lacey (1982–1987); CBS Playhouse (1969); Change of Mind (1969); Circle of Fear (1972); Covenant (1995); Criminal Passion (1994); Cutter (1972); Daktari (1967); Dark Victory (1976); Darker Than Amber (1970); Days of Our Lives (1998–1999); Ellery Queen (1976); ER (1995); Family Law (2000–2001); Fantasy Island (1983); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); For Keeps? (1988); Free Spirit (1989); Friends (1979); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Generations (1990); Good Times (1978); Griff (1974); Halls of Anger (1970); Heart and Souls (1993); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home Improvement (1995); I Spy (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1994); Insight (1968–1976); Ironside (1969); It's Your Bet (1973); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); Killer Instinct (1988); Knots Landing (1989); L.A. Law (1986); Longstreet (1971); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love Story (1973); Love Thy Neighbor (1973); Maurie (1973); Medical Center (1974); Midnight Caller (1990); Mod Squad (1969); Moonlighting (1988); Most Wanted (1977); Murder One (1996–1997); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1994); Murphy Brown (1989); Murphy's Law (1986); My Friend Tony (1969); My Last Love (1999); NYPD Blue (1995); Our House (1987); Pinocchio's Revenge (1996); Police Story (1974); Punky Brewster (1985); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Rafferty (1977); Reasonable Doubts (1992); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Run for Your Life (1966); Runaway Father (1991); S.W.A.T. (1975); Santa Barbara (1985); She's in the Army Now (1981); Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992); Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983); Sounder (1972); Star Trek (1967); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Big Squeeze (1996); The Blue Knight (1975); The Boy Who Could Fly (1986); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Golden Girls (1987); The Interns (1971); The Invaders (1968); The Kid from Nowhere (1982); The Man (1972); The Manhunter (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Other Victim (1981); The Rockford Files (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Thirteenth Floor (1999); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); There Goes My Baby (1994); Thursday's Child (1983); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); Tightrope (1984); Toughlove (1985); Tracks of Glory (1992); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Trouble Comes to Town (1973); Uptight (1968); What's Happening!! (1976); Who's the Boss? (1987); Wild Jack (1989); Winners (1978); Wonder Woman (1977).