Friday, April 3, 2026

On this day in movie history - Point Blank the Documentary (2024):


Point Blank the Documentary

directed and written by Alan Berry,
was released in the United States on April 3, 2024.
Music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Sharon Acker, Lloyd Bochner, John Boorman, Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin, Carroll O'Connor, James Sikking, John Vernon, Keenan Wynn.

On this day in television history - Justified (2012):


Justified

Season 3. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: Coalition.
Released April 3, 2012.
Directed by Bill Johnson.
Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley, Jon Worley.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Raymond J. Barry, Jeremy Davies, Jere Burns, David Andrews, Kaitlyn Dever, Gill Gayle, Linda Gehringer, David Meunier, Demetrius Grosse, Cleavon R. McClendon III, Peter Murnik, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough, McCready Baker, Madeline Blue, Mark Chadwick, Jonathan Kowalsky, Jesse Luken.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Lessons.
Released April 3, 1993.
Directed by Robert Wiemer.
Written by Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wendy Hughes, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Tracee Cocco, Robert Cox, Debbie David, Gunnel Eriksson, Star Halm, Grace Harrell, Melanie Hathorn, Kerry Hoyt, Gary Hunter, Lorine Mendell, Rad Milo, Joyce Robinson, Irving Ross, Dee Giffin Scott, Sissy Sessions, John Alex Tampoya, Oliver Theess, Guy Vardaman.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Oasis.
Released April 3, 2002.
Directed by Jim Charleston.
Written by Stephen Beck, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Tom Bergeron, Annie Wersching, Claudette Sutherland, Rudolph Willrich, Rene Auberjonois, Jef Ayres, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Dawn Drake, Evan English, Stacy Fouche, Hilde Garcia, Glen Hambly, Dearing Paige Hockman, John Joire, John Jurgens, Donald Sage Mackay, Marty Murray, Donnell Turner, Cynthia Uhrich, Max Valentine, Mark Watson.

On this day in movie history - Madame Bovary (1991):


Madame Bovary

directed and written by Claude Chabrol,
based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert,
was released in France on April 3, 1991.
Narrated by François Périer.
Music by Jean-Michel Bernard, Matthieu Chabrol and Maurice Coignard.


Cast:

Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne, Lucas Belvaux, Christiane Minazzoli, Jean-Louis Maury, Florent Gibassier, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Sabeline Campo, Yves Verhoeven, Marie Mergey, François Maistre, Thomas Chabrol, Phillippe Abitol, Henry Ambert, Jean-Marie Arnoux, Henri Attal, Gilette Barbier, Dominique Clément, Olga Colin, Claire Dalsace, Catherine Deville, Etienne Draber, Julien Dubois, Pierre-François Dumeniaud, William Clément, Michel Dupuy, Marie Guyot, Jean Joulin, Jean-Jacques Lagarde, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Rene Marjac, Pierre Martot, Bernard Mazzinghi, Mona Muche, Christine Paolini, Claude Pascadel, Christian Paumelle, Valerie Soudant, Tina Sportolaro, André Thorent, Aleksandr Vatkovic, Philippe Verquin, Dominique Zardi, Jacques Dynam, François Périer, Pierre Vielhescaze, Thierry Marcos.

On this day in music history:

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel (1968)
La Cenerentola (1996)
Night Songs by Renée Fleming and Jean-Yves Thibaudet (2001)


Bookends
Album by Simon & Garfunkel,
released April 3, 1968.
Track list: Bookends Theme; Save the Life of My Child; America; Overs; Voices of Old People; Old Friends; Bookends Theme (Reprise); Fakin’ It; Punky’s Dilemma; Mrs. Robinson (From “The Graduate” Soundtrack); A Hazy Shade of Winter; At the Zoo; You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies; Old Friends (Demo).


An episode of the Great Performances TV series.
Directed by Brian Large.
Written by Jacopo Ferretti and Charles Perrault.
Released in the United States on April 3, 1996.
Music by Gioachino Rossini.
Cast: Cecilia Bartoli, Enzo Dara, Raúl Giménez, Alessandro Corbelli, Michele Pertusi, Laura Knoop, Jill Grove, Bruno Campanella, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Spiro Winsett.


Night Songs
Album by Renée Fleming and Jean-Yves Thibaudet,
released April 3, 2001.
Track list: Debussy: Mandoline; Debussy: Apparition; Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 - La Flûte de Pan; Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 - La Chevelure; Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 - Le Tombeau des Naiades; Marx: Nocturne; Marx: Nachtgebet; Marx: Selige Nacht; Marx: Pierrot Dandy; R. Strauss: Ruhe, meine Seele, Op. 27, No. 1; R. Strauss: Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69, No. 5; R. Strauss: Leises Lied, Op. 39, No. 1; R. Strauss: Leise Lieder, Op. 41a, No. 5; R. Strauss: Caecilie, Op. 27, No. 2; Rachmaninoff: Zdes’ khorosho, Op. 21, No. 7; Rachmaninoff: V molchani nochi taynoy, Op. 4, No. 3; Rachmaninoff: The Waterlily, Op. 8, No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Dreams, Op. 38, No. 5; Rachmaninoff: These Summer Nights, Op. 14, No. 5; Rachmaninoff: Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4, No. 4.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):


M Squad

Season 2. Episode 27.
Episode entitled: The Vanishing Lady.
Released April 3, 1959.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Written by Jack Jacobs.
Music by Lyn Murray.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jack Mullaney, Mary LaRoche, Mary Scott, William Hudson, John Eldredge, Henry McCann.

On this day in movie history - Deadline at Dawn (1946):


Deadline at Dawn

directed by Harold Clurman and William Cameron Menzies,
written by Clifford Odets,
based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich,
was released in the United States on April 3, 1946.
Music by Hanns Eisler.


Cast:

Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams, Joseph Calleia, Osa Massen, Lola Lane, Jerome Cowan, Marvin Miller, Roman Bohnen, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Constance Worth, Joseph Crehan, Byron Foulger, Eugene Pallette, Jason Robards Sr.