On this day in movie history - Bukowski: Born Into This (2003):

Bukowski: Born Into This

directed by John Dullaghan,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 18, 2003.
Music by James Stemple.

Cast:

Charles Bukowski, Bono, John Bryan, Linda Lee Bukowski, Marina Bukowski, Neeli Cherkovski, Joyce Fante, FrancEyE, Taylor Hackford, John Martin, Mike Meloan, Jack Micheline, Pam 'Cupcakes' Miller, Dom Muto, William Packard, Sean Penn, Steve Richmond, Barbet Schroeder, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Waits, Carl Weissner, Liza Williams, James Stemple.

On this day in movie history - Blood Simple (1984)

Blood Simple

directed by Joel Coen,

written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen,

was released in the United States on January 18, 1985.

Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams.

On this day in movie history - Warning Shot (1967 movie & novel):

Warning Shot

directed by Buzz Kulik,

written by Mann Rubin,

based on the novel 711 - Officer Needs Help by Whit Masterson,

was released in the United States on January 18, 1967.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker, Lillian Gish, Stefanie Powers, Eleanor Parker, George Grizzard, George Sanders, Steve Allen, Carroll O’Connor, Joan Collins, Walter Pidgeon, Vito Scotti, David Garfield, Robert Williams, Jerry Dunphy, Dorothy Abbott, Leon Alton, Jackie Andre, Rodney Bingenheimer, Thordis Brandt, Jeff Brown, Ron Burke, Jean Carson, Sheila Cave, Phil Chambers, Spencer Chan, Dick Cherney, Norma Clark, Donald Curtis, Geno Danella, Mimi Dillard, Michael Donovan, Brian Dunne, Lars Hensen, Freda Jones, Pat Jones, Bobbi Jordan, Susan Little, Karl Lukas, Mike Mahoney, Walter Maslow, Patrick McCall, William Meader, Gigi Michel, Don Mitchell, John Mitchum, Daniel Nunez, Robert Osterloh, Kathy Patterson, Bob Peoples, Richard Raymond, Mark Russell, Bernard Sell, Sammy Shack, Claude Stroud, Tiki, Arthur Tovey, Dale Van, Fred Villani, Lanetta Wahlgren, Bobbi Whitby, Jerry Wills, Jason Wingreen, Kai J. Wong, Grant Woods, John Zimeas.

Recommended reading:

711 - Officer Needs Help

By Whit Masterson.

Filmed as Warning Shot (1967), directed by Buzz Kulik.

ASIN: B000CC6L22

Published by Popular Library.

First published 1965.

Paperback.

Description:

A Man on the run for his life...

A suspense novel to startle and shock...

Detective Sergeant Tom Valens was a tough man in a tough business--with an unblemished record, a long scar in his gut to prove his integrity and a beautiful ex-wife to prove his devotion to the Force.

Then one night he made a cop's worst mistake--and found himself alone, with ten days to clear his name and save his life. Ten chilling days which led to a gorgeous redhead named Liz, a secret potent enough to blow half of Los Angeles society sky-high, and a psychotic killer who would stop at nothing...including triple murder.

Born on this day – John Casey:

John Casey

Writer

January 18, 1939 – February 22, 2025

Credits:

Books:

An American Romance (1977); Beyond the First Draft: The Art of Fiction (2014); Compass Rose (2010); Devolution: A Novel (2019); DEVOLUTION: Book One of The Devolution Trilogy (2020); Evolution: A Novel (2020); EVOLUTION: Book Two of The Devolution Trilogy (2021); Meridian: A Raw Thoughts Book (2021); Raw Thoughts: A Mindful Fusion of Poetic and Photographic Art (2019); REVELATION: Book Three of The Devolution Trilogy (2022); Room for Improvement: A Life in Sport (2011); Spartina (1989); Straw Man Arguments: A Study in Fallacy Theory (2022); Supper at the Black Pearl (1995); Testimony and Demeanor (1979); The Barn: A Mystery Novella (2022); The Half-life of Happiness (1998); The Language of Criticism (Routledge Revivals) (1966); Things of Little Consequence (2023).

Born on this day – Raymond Briggs:

Raymond Briggs

Writer

Illustrator

January 18, 1934 – August 9, 2022

Credits:

Books:

A Bit More Bert (2002); Big Billy's Scrapbook (1999); Building the Snowman (1985); Christmas Little Library (2010); Dressing Up (1985); Ethel and Ernest (1998); Father Christmas (1973); Father Christmas Goes on Holiday (1975); Father Christmas Having a Wonderful Time (1993); Fee Fi Fo Fum (1964); First Up Everest (1969); Fungus the Bogeyman (1979); Fungus's Big Green Bogey Book (2003); Gentleman Jim (1980); Ivor (2001); Jim and the Beanstalk (1970); Midnight Adventure (1961); Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (2011); Raymond Briggs' the Snowman: Walking in the Air (1985); Ring a Ring O' Roses (1962); Shackleton's Epic Voyage (1969); Sledges to the rescue (1963); Snowman and the Snowdog Finger Puppet Book (2014); The Adventures of Bert (2001); The Bear (1994); The Complete Father Christmas (1978); The Elephant and the Bad Baby (1969); The Fairy Tale Treasury (1980); The Man (1992); The Mother Goose Treasury (1966); The Party (1985); The Puddleman (2004); The Puffin Mother Goose Bedtime Rhymes (2012); The Snowman (1978); The Snowman and The Snowdog (2012); The Snowman and The Snowdog Activity Book (2014); The Snowman Book and Snowglobe (2015); The Snowman Pull-Out Pop-Up Book (2014); The Snowman Storybook and Magical Pop-up Snowglobe (2009); The Snowman: A Puppet Play Book (2013); The Strange House (1961); The Tin Pot Foreign General (1984); The White Land (1963); Time For Lights Out (2019); Tin Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman (1984); Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age (2002); Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age and His Search for Soft Trousers (2001); Unlucky Wally (1987); Unlucky Wally Twenty Years on (1989); When the Wind Blows (1982); Notes From the Sofa (2014).

Movies, television and video:

Ethel & Ernest (2016); Fungus the Bogeyman (2015); The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012); The Snowman: The Live Stage Show (2010); Fungus the Bogeyman (2004); Ivor the Invisible (2001); The Bear (1998); Jackanory (1993–1994); Father Christmas (1991); When the Wind Blows (1986); The Snowman (1982); Wir warten auf's Christkind (1981).

Born on this day – Sol Yurick:

Sol Yurick

Writer

January 18, 1925 – January 5, 2013

Credits:

Books:

An Island Death (1975); Behold Metatron, the Recording Angel (1985); Fertig (1966); Green Snow (1984); Richard A (1982); Someone Just Like You (1973); The Bag (1968); The Warriors (1965); Voices of Brooklyn (1973).

Movies & video:

The Dreamers (2016); The Warriors (2005); The Confession (1999); The Warriors (1979).

Born on this day – Lilian Bond:

Lilian Bond

Actress

January 18, 1908 – January 25, 1991

Credits:

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942); A Tragedy at Midnight (1942); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Air Mail (1932); Beauty and the Boss (1932); Blond Cheat (1938); China Seas (1935); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff (2017); Dirty Work (1934); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Christian (1957); Fighter Squadron (1948); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Hell Bent for Love (1934); Her Splendid Folly (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hot Pepper (1933); Hot Saturday (1932); In Again, Out Again (1930); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Just a Gigolo (1931); Man About Town (1932); Man in the Attic (1953); Manhattan Parade (1931); No More Children (1929); Nocturne (1946); Pick-up (1933); Pirates of Tripoli (1955); Putting it On (1931); Rider of the Plains (1931); Sagebrush Politics (1929); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Scotland Yard (1941); Shadow on the Wall (1950); Stepping Out (1931); Sued for Libel (1939); Take a Chance (1933); That Forsyte Woman (1949); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Big Brain (1933); The Big Trees (1952); The Bishop Misbehaves (1935); The Californians (1958); The Great Lover (1931); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); The Jolson Story (1946); The Life of Riley (1949); The Maze (1953); The Old Dark House (1932); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Sniper (1952); The Squaw Man (1931); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Westerner (1940); The Women (1939); Under Eighteen (1931); Union Depot (1932); When Strangers Marry (1933).