On this day in movie history - Drive (2011):

Drive

directed by Nicolas Winding Refn,

written by Hossein Amini,

based on the novel by James Sallis,

was released in the United States on September 16, 2011.
Music by Cliff Martinez.

Cast:

Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Kaden Leos, James Biberi, Jeff Wolfe, Russ Tamblyn, Andy San Dimas, Joe Bucaro III, Tiara Parker, Tim Trella, Jimmy Hart, Tina Huang, John Pyper-Ferguson, Craig Baxley Jr., Kenny Richards, Joe Pingue, Dieter Busch, Chris Muto, Rachel Dik, Cesar Garcia, Steve Knoll, Mara LaFontaine, Teonee Thrash, Ralph Lawler, Rio Ahn, DB Albert, Paula Alvarez, Laurene Landon, Caitlin Litzinger, Adela Paez, Claude Stuart.

On this day in music history:

Mozart: Don Giovanni by Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming & Georg Solti (1997)

An Italian Songbook by Cecilia Bartoli (1997)

By Request by Renée Fleming (2003)

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs by Renée Fleming & Christian Thielemann (2008)

Whispers from Silence by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2016)

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Album by Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming and Georg Solti,

released September 16, 1997.

Track list: Don Giovanni: Overture - London PO/Sir Georg Solti; Don Giovanni: Act One: Notte E Giorno Faticar (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Leporello, Ove Sei (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ma Qual Mai S’offre, O Dei (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Orsu, Spicciati Presto (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ah Chi Mi Dice Mai (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Chi E la (Stelle Che Vedo) - (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni) - Ann Murray/Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Madamina, Il Catalogo E Questo (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Giovinette Che Fate All’amore (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act One: Manco Male, E Partita (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ho Capito, Signor Si! (Masetto) - Roberto Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act One: Alfin Siam Liberati (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: La CI Darem la Mano (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Fermati, Scellerato (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ah Fuggi Il Traditor (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Mi Par Ch’oggi Ol Demonio Si Diverta (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Non Ti Fidar, O Misera (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Don Ottavio, Son Mortal (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Or Sai Chi L’onore (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Come Mai Creder Deggio Dalla Sua Pace (Don Ottavio) - Herbert Lippert; Don Giovanni: Act One: Lo Deggio Ad Ogni Patto (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Finch’han Dal Vino (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Masetto, Senti Un Po’ (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act One: Batti, Batti O Bel Masetto (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act One: (Guarda Un Po’ Come Seppe Questa Strega Sedurmi) (Masetto) - Roberto Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act One: (Presto, Presto, Pria Ch’ei Venga) (Masetto) - Roberto Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act One: Bisogna Aver Coraggio (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Protegga Il Giusto Cielo (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Riposate, Vezzose Ragazze! (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Venite Pur Avanti (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ecco Il Birbo Che T’ha Offesa (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Eh Via, Buffone (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Leporello!... Signor? (Don Giovanni, Leporello) - Bryn Terfel/Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ah! Taci, Ingiusto Core (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Amico Che Ti Par? (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Deh Vieni Alla Finestra (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: V’e Gente Alla Finestra! (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Meta Di Voi Qua Vadano (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Zitto Lascia Ch’io Senta (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Vedrai Carino (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Di Molte Faci Il Lume (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Sola Sola in Buio Loco (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: (Mille Torbidi Pensieri) (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Dunque Quello Sei Tu Ah Pieta Signori Miei (Zerlina, Leporella) - Monica Groop/Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ferma Perfido Germa (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Il Mio Tesoro Intanto (Don Ottavio) - Herbert Lippert; Don Giovanni: Act Two: In Quali Eccessi O Numi (Dona Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Mi Tradi Quell’alma Ingrata (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah! Questa E Buona! (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: O Statua Gentillissima (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Calmatevi Idol Mio (Don Ottavio) - Herbert Lippert; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Crudele?... Non Mi Dir (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Gia la Mensa E Preparata (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: L’ultima Prova Dell’amor Mio (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Don Giaovanni a Venar Teco (Il Commendatore) - Mario Luperi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ah Dov’e Il Perfido? (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto) - Fleming/Murray/Groop/Lippert/Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Questo E Il Fin Di Chi Fa Mal! (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira) - Renee Fleming/Ann Murray.

An Italian Songbook

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released September 16, 1997.

Track list: Aragonese; Lovely Moon, Your Silver Light; The Boatman; Ah! Remember, Lovely Irene; Abandonment; Now Adorned With Flowers; Meloncholy, Gracious Nymph; Love And Death; Bolero; The Distaff; The Fervent Desire; Charming Phillis, Come Back; Go, Lucky Rose; Sorrowful Likeness Of My Phyllis; Little Butterfly; To My Mother; For Pity’s Sake, My Godess; I Want To Build A House; The Exile; The Dance.

By Request

Album by Renée Fleming,

Released September 16, 2003.

Track list: O Mio Babbino Caro; Ebben?... Ne Andro Lontana; Porgi, Amor; Come Scoglio; Casta Diva; E Strano... Ah Fors E Lui... Sempre Libera; Un Bel Di Vedremo; Je Marche Sur Tous Les Chemins... Gavotte; Mesicku Na Nebi Hlubokem (O Silver Moon); Vocalise; Cacilie; Marietta’s Lied; Summertime; Bachianas Brasileiras No.5: Aria (Cantilena); You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

Album by Renée Fleming and Christian Thielemann,

released September 16, 2008.

Track list: Frühling; September; Beim Schlafengehen; Im Abendrot; Ach! Wo war ich? Tot? ...; Ein Schönes war; Es gibt ein Reich; Verführung, op. 33 no. 1; Freundliche Vision, op. 48 no. 1; Winterweihe, op. 48 no. 4; Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1; Zweite Brautnacht!

Whispers from Silence

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released September 16, 2016.

Track list: Awakening Breath; Toward the One; Whispers from Silence; Infinite Space; Way of the Heart; Yugen; Peace Within; An Ancient Presence.

On this day in movie history - Nostradamus (1994):

Nostradamus

directed by Roger Christian,

written by Piers Ashworth, Roger Christian and Knut Boeser,

was released in the United States on September 16, 1994.
Music by Barrington Pheloung.

Cast:

Tchéky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer, Julia Ormond, Assumpta Serna, Anthony Higgins, Diana Quick, Michael Gough, Maia Morgenstern, Magdalena Ritter, Bruce Myers, Leon Lissek, Michael Byrne, Bruce Alexander, Oana Pellea, Matthew Morley, Thomas Christian, David Gwillim, Amanda Walker, Richenda Carey, Razvan Popa, Amanda Boxer, Serban Celea, Adrian Pintea, Eugenia Maci, Stefan Patoli, Mihai Niculescu, Florin Calinescu, Eugen Cristea, Sergiu Anghel, Tomi Cristin, Doina Anghel, Maria Varsami, Florin Busuioc, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Michael Verbitky, Rudy Rosenfeld, Dan Sandulescu, Adrian Titieni, Vasile Popa, Mihai Cibu, Ioan Brancu, Gheorghe Visu, Manuela Golescu, Anca Danilescu, Viviana Ghita, Sandu Mihai Gruia, Andrei Peniuc.

On this day in movie history - The Heist (1989):

The Heist

directed by Stuart Orme,

written by William Irish Jr., David Fuller and Rick Natkin,

based on a story by William Irish Jr.,

was released in the United States on September 16, 1989.
Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Cast:

Pierce Brosnan, Tom Skerritt, Wendy Hughes, Noble Willingham, Tom Atkins, Robert Prosky, Steve Apostolina, Ben Mittleman, Nino Surdo, Shelton Redden, Roger Hewlett, Joseph Carberry, Chino ‘Fats’ Williams, Art Frankel, Andrew Barnicle, Roger Chapman, Dan Hare, Will Cascio, Kevin Furlong, Fred Bailey, Gary Wright, Luisa Vargas, Susan Thompson, Gale McNeeley, Jack Orend, Matthew Wood, Alan Buchdahl, Brina, Dante, Melissa Dudek, Michael Smiley.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1975):

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: War Games.

Released September 16, 1975.

Directed by Charles Crichton.

Written by Christopher Penfold.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Anthony Valentine, Isla Blair, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Nick Tate, Robert Atiko, Binu Balani, Sarah Bullen, Maxwell Craig, Andy Dempsey, James Fagan, Alan Harris, Raymond Harris, Judith Hepburn, Paul Kirby, Kathy Mallory, Jan Rennison, Suzanne Roquette, Paul Weston, Chris Williams.

On this day in television history: Mannix (1967 - 1975):

Mannix

was released in the United States on September 16, 1967,

and ran for eight seasons until April 13, 1975.

Cast:

Mike Connors, Joseph Campanella, Gail Fisher, Julie Adams, Charles Aidman, Claude Akins, Lew Alcindor, Anne Archer, Barry Atwater, Val Avery, Richard Bakalyan, Hugh Beaumont, Vincent Beck, Henry Beckman, Ed Begley Jr., Pamela Bellwood, Lee Bergere, Oscar Beregi Jr., Milton Berle, Whit Bissell, Bill Bixby, Lloyd Bochner, Frank Bonner, Antoinette Bower, Eric Braeden, Geraldine Brooks, Kathie Browne, Richard Bull, Brooke Bundy, Victor Buono, Frank Campanella, Joseph Campanella, Anthony Caruso, Ted Cassidy, Robert Colbert, John Colicos, Robert Conrad, Yvonne Craig, John Dehner, Neil Diamond, John Doucette, Don Dubbins, Howard Duff, Anthony Eisley, Dana Elcar, Robert Ellenstein, Roy Engel, Erik Estrada, Linda Evans, Shelley Fabares, Norman Fell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Gail Fisher, Paul Fix, Victor French, Beverly Garland, Don Gordon, Harold Gould, Gloria Grahame, Kevin Hagen, Sid Haig, Mariette Hartley, Katherine Helmond, Douglas Henderson, Howard Hesseman, John Hillerman, Kim Hunter, Diana Hyland, Jill Ireland, Robert Ito, Mako Iwamatsu, Russell Johnson, Victor Jory, Gordon Jump, Katherine Justice, Diane Keaton, Sally Kellerman, Sandy Kenyon, Christopher Knight, Walter Koenig, Nancy Kovack, Frank Langella, Marta Kristen, Cloris Leachman, Robert Loggia, Ronald Long, Perry Lopez, Barbara Luna, Dawn Lyn, Ken Lynch, Carol Lynley, Larry Manetti, Paul Mantee, Scott Marlowe, John Marley, Arlene Martel, Marianne McAndrew, Darren McGavin, Katherine MacGregor, Gerald McRaney, Burgess Meredith, Judi Meredith, Lee Meriwether, Vera Miles, Del Monroe, Priscilla Morrill, Diana Muldaur, Richard Mulligan, Lloyd Nolan, Sheree North, Mel Novak, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, David Opatoshu, Alan Oppenheimer, Leslie Parrish, Michael Pataki, Felton Perry, Nehemiah Persoff, Joanna Pettet, Barney Phillips, Paul Picerni, Slim Pickens, Phillip Pine, Eve Plumb, Ann Prentiss, Ford Rainey, Logan Ramsey, John Randolph, Lou Rawls, Stafford Repp, Barbara Rhoades, John Ritter, Pernell Roberts, Percy Rodriguez, Marion Ross, Barbara Rush, Alfred Ryder, George Savalas, Tom Selleck, William Shatner, Martin Sheen, Tom Skerritt, Warren Stevens, Dean Stockwell, Loretta Swit, Nita Talbot, Vic Tayback, Berlinda Tolbert, Malachi Throne, Harry Townes, Joyce Van Patten, Elena Verdugo, John Vernon, Garry Walberg, Jessica Walter, David Wayne, Fritz Weaver, Adam West, William Windom, Paul Winfield, H. M. Wynant, Anthony Zerbe.

On this day in movie history - Dust Be My Destiny (1939):

Dust Be My Destiny

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by Robert Rossen and Seton I. Miller,

based on the novel by Jerome Odlum,

was released in the United States on September 16, 1939.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

John Garfield, Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Charley Grapewin, Henry Armetta, Stanley Ridges, John Litel, Moroni Olsen, Victor Kilian, Frank Jaquet, Ferike Boros, Marc Lawrence, Arthur Aylesworth, William B. Davidson, George Irving, Gertrude Astor, Ward Bond.