On this day in movie history - Space Cowboys (2000):

Space Cowboys,

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner,

was released in the United States on August 4, 2000.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, Barbara Babcock, Rade Serbedzija, Blair Brown, Jay Leno, Nils Allen Stewart, Deborah Jolly, Toby Stephens, Eli Craig, John Asher, Matt McColm, Billie Worley, Chris Wylde, Anne Stedman, James MacDonald, Kate McNeil, Karen M. Waldron, John Linton, Mark Thomason, Georgia Emelin, Rick Scarry, Paul Pender, Tim Halligan, Manning Mpinduzi-Mott, Steve Monroe, Jean-Michel Henry, Steven West, Cooper Huckabee, Hayden Tank, Jock MacDonald, Gerald Emerick, Renee Olstead, Don Michaelson, Artur Cybulski, Gordy Owens, Steve Stapenhorst, Lauren Cohn, Michael Louden, Deborah Hope, Jon Hamm, Lamont Lofton, Aleksander Kuznetsov, Erica Grant, Chip Chinery, Paul Grace, Craig Hosking, Tone Loc, Lisa Malone, Denise Marek-Plumb, Jeannette Papineau, Kristin Quick, Heather Ryon, Michael Satterfield.

On this day in movie history - Dick (1999):

Dick,

directed by Andrew Fleming,

written by Andrew Fleming and Sheryl Longin,

was released in the United States on August 4, 1999.
Music by John Debney.

Cast:
Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Will Ferrell, Bruce McCulloch, Teri Garr, Dave Foley, Jim Breuer, Ana Gasteyer, Harry Shearer, Saul Rubinek, Devon Gummersall, Ted McGinley, Ryan Reynolds, G.D. Spradlin, Shannon Lawson, Karl Pruner, Brenda Devine, Jonathan Rannells, Paulino Nunes, Michael Dyson, Jerry Schaefer, Jack Mosshammer, Karen Waddell, Richard Fitzpatrick, Cole Barrington, Scott Wickware, Mark Lutz, Kedar Brown, Paul Wildbaum, Kerry Dorey, Len Doncheff, Igor Portnoi, Jennifer Wigmore, Jane Moffat, Rob Nickerson, Bernard Browne, Rummy Bishop, Deborah Grover, Stephen Jared, Michael Eric Kramer, Mike Anscombe, Brunswick (the Dog), French Stewart, Laila Ayad, David Berni, Barry Goldwater, Michael Kaufman, Chad Ridgely, Jade Wu.

On this day in movie history - Play Misty for Me (1971):

Play Misty for Me,

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Jo Heims and Dean Riesner,

based on a story by Jo Heims,

was released in the United States on August 4, 1971.
Music by Dee Barton.

Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jack Ging, Irene Hervey, James McEachin, Clarice Taylor, Don Siegel, Duke Everts, George Fargo, Mervin W. Frates, Tim Frawley, Otis Kadani, Britt Lind, Paul E. Lippman, Jack Kosslyn, Ginna Patterson, Malcolm Moran, Cannonball Adderley, Boyd Cabeen, Barbara Chrysler, Don Hamilton, William J. Hanzelka, Robert S. Holman, Johnny Otis, James Rodriguez, Walter Scott, Walter Spear, William Tomlinson.

On this day in movie history - Before Dawn (1933):

Before Dawn,

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Garrett Fort,

was released in the United States on August 4, 1933.
Based on Death Watch by Edgar Wallace,

originally published in the Chicago Daily Tribune (1932).
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:
Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland, Dudley Digges, Gertrude Hoffman, Oscar Apfel, Frank Reicher, Jane Darwell, Stanley Blystone, Ed Brady, Tom Brower, Pat O'Malley, Ted Oliver, Irving Pichel, Max Wagner.

Born on this day – Patricia Dane:

Patricia Dane

Actress

August 4, 1917 – June 5, 1995

Credits:

Are You with It? (1948); Fighting Mad (1948); Fireside Theatre (1951); Grand Central Murder (1942); I Dood It (1943); I'll Wait for You (1941); Johnny Eager (1941); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Northwest Rangers (1942); Personalities (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Road to Bali (1952); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); The Harder They Fall (1956); The Lone Wolf (1954); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Born on this day – David Raksin:

David Raksin

Composer

August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004

Born on this day – Anita Page:

Anita Page

Actress

August 4, 1910 – September 6, 2008