On this day in movie history - The Usual Suspects (1995):

The Usual Suspects

directed by Bryan Singer,

written by Christopher McQuarrie,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1995.
Music by John Ottman.

Cast:

Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis, Giancarlo Esposito, Dan Hedaya, Paul Bartel, Carl Bressler, Phillipe Simon, Jack Shearer, Christine Estabrook, Clark Gregg, Morgan Hunter, Ken Daly, Michelle Clunie, Louis Lombardi, Frank Medrano, Ron Gilbert, Vito D'Ambrosio, Gene Lythgow, Bob Elmore, David Powledge, Bob Pennetta, Billy Bates, Smadar Hanson, Castulo Guerra, Peter Rocca, Bert Williams, Jaime H. Campos, John Gillespie, Johnathan Gorman, Peter Greene, Michael McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Ralph Moratz, Scott B. Morgan, Mike Nyman, Grace Sinden.

On this day in movie history - Uncle Buck (1989):

Uncle Buck

directed and written by John Hughes,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1989.
Music by Ira Newborn.

Cast:

John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Macaulay Culkin, Gaby Hoffmann, Garrett M. Brown, Elaine Bromka, Amy Madigan, Jay Underwood, Brian Tarantina, Laurie Metcalf, Suzanne Shepherd, Mike Starr, William Windom.

On this day in movie history - Year of the Dragon (1985):

Year of the Dragon

directed by Michael Cimino,

written by Oliver Stone and Michael Cimino,

based on the novel by Robert Daley,

was released in the United States on August 16, 1985.
Music by David Mansfield.

Cast:

Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Eddie Jones, Joey Chin, Victor Wong, K. Dock Yip, Hon-Lam Pau, Way Dong Woo, Jimmy Sun, Daniel Davin, Mark Hammer, Dennis Dun, Jack Kehler, Steven Chen, Paul Scaglione, Joseph Bonaventura, Jilly Rizzo, Tony Lip, Fabia Drake, Tisa Chang, Gerald Orange, Mei Sheng Fan, Yukio Yamamoto, Doreen Chan, Ha-Lei Yip, Dermot A. McNamara, Vallo Benjamin, Myra Chen, Feng Chin, Yuk Fan Yiu, Richie Hsiu, Jack Lee, David Lee, Irene Jung, Josie Lee, Jiwon Chang, Kelly Wong, Chi Moy, Johnny Shia, Gardell Tung, Jeff Khowong, Chao-jung Chen, Jerry Chang, Aileen Ho, Lisa Lee, Sammy Lee, Keenan Leung, James Scales, Ming C. Lee, Kader Ma, Paul J.Q. Lee, Manuel Fung, Emily Woo Yamasaki, Roza Ng, Gloria Au, Jadin Wong, Lin Ngan Ng, Janice Wong, Bruno Millotti, Lucille D'Agnillo, Julian Szumilo, Cecelia Pei, Quan Eng, George Kodisch, Bruce Kennedy, James Chin, Matthew Tung, Pat Fuji, Geoff Lee, Kuni Mikami, Billy Asai, Chi On Soo Hoo, John Sparks, Carmine Venezia, Anthony Parrillo, Matthew Castiglione, Steve Hanson, Raymond Gardner, Michael Acampora, Texas Cheney, Justin McNeill, Espérance Pham Thai Lan, La Sha Phatsavong.

Born on this day – Robert Culp:

Robert Culp

Actor

August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010

Born on this day – Lois Nettleton:

Lois Nettleton

Actress

August 16, 1927 – January 18, 2008

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Accidental Family (1967–1968); All That Glitters (1977); Any Second Now (1969); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1958); Babylon 5 (1994); Barnaby Jones (1974); Baywatch Nights (1995); Bonanza (1966); Bracken's World (1970); Brass (1985); Brenner (1959); Butterfly (1981); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Camera Three (1955–1958); Cannon (1972); Captain David Grief (1959); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1954); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Celebrity Bowling (1975–1976); Celebrity Revue (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Centennial (1978–1979); Chain Reaction (1980); Charlie Grace (1996); Coach (1995); Come Fly with Me (1963); Cop Out! (1972); Crossing Jordan (2001); Daniel Boone (1968); Dark of Night (1953); Deadline (1959); Deadly Blessing (1981); Decoy (1957–1958); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Dr. Kildare (1964–1965); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); East Side/West Side (1963); Echoes of a Summer (1976); Encounter (1961); Fear on Trial (1975); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992); Full House (1991); General Hospital (1996–1998); Glitter (1984); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Gunsmoke (1961–1967); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Herc's Adventures (1997); Hotel (1985); House of Mouse (2003); In the Heat of the Night (1988–1989); Insight (1982); It's Your Bet (1971); Kraft Theatre (1956–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1958–1959); Kung Fu (1975); Look Up and Live (1956); Macbeth (1968); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man Against Crime (1953); Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Medical Center (1970–1976); Meet Me in St. Louis (1959); Mickey's House of Villains (2002); Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994); Movin' On (1974); Mr. Belvedere (1988); Mr. Novak (1965); Murder, She Wrote (1984–1991); Naked City (1960–1962); NET Playhouse (1969); Night Gallery / Segment: I'll Never Leave You – Ever (1972); Password (1972–1973); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Period of Adjustment (1962); Petrocelli (1975); Play of the Week (1960); Rhyme and Reason (1975); Route 66 (1961–1963); Seinfeld (1994); Shoot for the Stars (1977); Sinatra: Dark Star (2005); Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Star's Table (1986); Startime (1959); Studio One (1949–1956); Stumpers! (1976); Summer of Decision (1959); Terror in the Sky (1971); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1991); The $100,000 Pyramid (1987–1991); The $25,000 Pyramid (1977–1988); The $50,000 Pyramid (1981); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); The Bamboo Saucer (1968); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Big Story (1956); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Brighter Day (1954); The Bull of the West (1972); The Christmas Card (2006); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Dating Game (1971); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1966–1970); The Facts of Life (1986–1987); The Feminine Touch (1995); The Flash (1990); The Forgotten Man (1971); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Golden Girls (1986); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Honkers (1972); The Interns (1971); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Love Boat (1980); The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996); The Man and the City (1971); The Man in the Glass Booth (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Munsters Today (1989); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Outsider (1969); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Pretender (1999); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970); The Stranger (1954); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Virginian (1965–1968); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); Then Came Bronson (1969); Today (1967); Tourist (1980); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Traveler's Rest (1993); True Story (1959); University Hospital (1995); Valley of Mystery (1967); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Weekend of Terror (1970); What's My Line? (1973); Women in Chains (1972); You Can't Take It with You (1987–1988).

The Laughing Heart, by Charles Bukowski:

The Laughing Heart

by Charles Bukowski

Your life is your life.

Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.

Be on the watch.

There are ways out.

There is light somewhere.

It may not be much light but

it beats the darkness.

Be on the watch.

The gods will offer you chances.

Know them.

Take them.

You can’t beat death,

but you can beat death in life, sometimes.

And the more often you learn to do it,

the more light there will be.

Your life is your life.

Know it while you have it.

You are marvelous.

The gods wait to delight

in you.

Born on this day – Charles Bukowski:

Charles Bukowski

Writer

August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994

Credits:

Books:

A Bukowski Sampler (1988); Absence of the Hero (2010); All the Assholes in the World and Mine (1966); At Terror Street And Agony Way (1968); Barfly (1983); Beerspit Night and Cursing (2001); Betting on the Muse (1996); Bone Palace Ballet (1997); Bring Me Your Love (1983); Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (1974); Cold Dogs In The Courtyard (1965); Come On In! (2006); Crucifix in a Deathhand (1965); Dangling in the Tournefortia (1981); Factotum (1975); Fire Station (1970); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Ham on Rye (1982); Hollywood (1989); Hot Water Music (1983); In the Shadow of the Rose (1991); Living On Luck (1995); Love Is a Dog from Hell (1977); Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (1972); Mondo Barbie (1993); Mondo Elvis (1994); Mondo James Dean (1996); Mondo Marilyn (1995); Mondo Marilyn (1995); More Notes of a Dirty Old Man (2011); New Poems Book Four (2003); New Poems Book One (2003); New Poems Book Three (2003); New Poems Book Two (2003); Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969); On Cats (2015); On Drinking (2019); On Love (2016); On Writing (2015); Open All Night (2000); Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit (1979); Poems written before jumping out of an 8 story window (1974); Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook (2008); Post Office (1971); Pulp (1994); Reach for the Sun (1999); Run With the Hunted (1962); Screams from the Balcony (1993); Selected Letters Volume 1: 1958-1965 (2004); Selected Letters Volume 2: 1965-1970 (2004); Selected Letters Volume 3: 1971-1986 (2004); Selected Letters Volume 4: 1987-1994 (2005); Septuagenarian Stew (1990); Shakespeare Never Did This (1979); Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems Book 1 (2002); Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems Book 2 (2002); Slouching Toward Nirvana (2005); South of No North (1973); Storm for the Living and the Dead (2017); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1983); The Bell Tolls for No One (2015); The Bukowski / Purdy Letters (1984); The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship (1998); The Continual Condition (2009); The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills (1969); The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain (2003); The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1992); The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing (2018); The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories (1983); The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (2013); The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps (2001); The People Look Like Flowers At Last (2007); The Pleasures of the Damned (2007); The Portable Sixties Reader (2003); The Roominghouse Madrigals (1988); There's No Business (1984); War All the Time (1984); What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire (1999); Women (1978); Writing Los Angeles (2002); You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense (1986).

Movies and television:

900 Pounds (1987); A .45 to Pay The Rent (2010); A Man (2005); Alone with Everybody (2016); Amor por menos (1994); An Evil Town (1995); Apostrophes (1978); Apporte-moi ton amour (2002); Artbound (2014); Barfly (1987); Bluebird (2022); Breakfast with Bukowski (2011); Bring Me Your Love (2000); Broken-Mirror Music (2001); Bukowski (1973 / 2023); Bukowski at Bellevue (1995); Bukowski: Born into This (2003); BXLx24 (2011); Charles Bukowski's Nirvana (2013); Cinéma cinémas (1982); Code Name: Arabesque / The Charles Bukowski Tapes (1985); Crazy Love (1987); Death Is Smoking My Cigars (2021); Dr Nazi (2011); Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1982); Eddie and Eve (2021); Encore une nuit de merde dans cette ville pourrie (2008); Factotum (2005); Fan des années 80 (2012); Figure (2017); Frozen Food Section (2005); Fuck the Forest (2013); Functioning on Zero: Robert Dean Live from the Lost Well (2020); Girl on the Escalator (2016); Gunnar Goes Comfortable (2003); Guts (1991); Hit Man (2014); Horseshoe (1998); Il falso bugiardo (2008); Ioana Dobroiu: The Night Kept Coming on and There Was Nothing I Could Do About It (2018); Jukebox: From Edison to Ipod (2007); Kasabanin En Güzel Kizi (2018); La pétaudière de Gontran H (2024); Lonely at the Top (1993); Loren Cass (2006); Love for $17.50 (1998); Love Is a Dog from Hell (2014); Love Lasts Three Years (2011); Love Pig (1990); Lune froide (1988 / 1991); Ma langue dans ta poche (2016); Mask (2011); Mermaid of Venice (2011); Metamorphosis (2022); My Old Man (2004); Nedgång och Fall (2009); Nice Guy Blues (2007); No Leaders Please (2021); Nothing Else to Do (2016); Opowiesc o ordynarnym szalenstwie (1987); Paradise Now, Apocalypse Later / The Laughing Heart (2017); Personenbeschreibung (1982); Pink & Tender (2007); Piss (2018); Poetry in Motion (1982 / 2020); Resiliencia (2020); Run to the Sea (2014); Sieh an, sieh an (1985); Sitting on a Fire Escape Eating Eggs (2015); Småfysen (2022); Somebody to Love (1994); Son of Satan (2003); Supervan (1977); Sve Zene Se Zovu Kiki (1991); Syn Szatana (2008); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981); The Best Hotel on Skid Row (1990); The Big Pot Game (2013); The Blanket (1994); The Bottle (2019); The Crossing Guard (1995); The Devil Was Hot (2010); The Icecream People (2022); The Killers (1984); The Last Straw (2008); The Laughing Heart (2012); The Living Room Festival (1995–1999); The Man with the Beautiful Eyes (2000); The Midnight Show (2012); The Pleasures of the Damned (2024); The Strangest Thing Just Happened (2015); The Suicide (2006); The Works III (1994); There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here (2008); Vessel (2015); Warm Face/Cold Place (2015); Welcome to the Basement (2015); You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski (2016).