Born on this day – Curtis Hanson:

Curtis Hanson

Director

Writer

Producer

March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016

Recommended reading - The Witnesses

 

The Witnesses

by Anne Holden.
 
Filmed as The Bedroom Window (1987), directed by Curtis Hanson.
 
Hardcover.
Published 1971.
Published by Macmillan.

ISBN 13: 9780333126486
ISBN 10: 0333126483
ASIN: 0333126483
 
Description:
 
A Joan Kahn-Harper novel of suspense.
A married woman visiting her lover witnesses a crime outside the window.
She couldn't possibly go to the police, could she?
But then ...
This is a tense, highly suspenseful, compelling tale.
Don't start to read it if you have an appointment you have to keep before you finish.

On this day in movie history - The Bedroom Window (1987)

The Bedroom Window

directed and written by Curtis Hanson,

based on the novel The Witnesses by Anne Holden,

was released in the United States on January 16, 1987.

Music by Michael Shrieve and Patrick Gleeson.

Cast:

Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Shenar, Carl Lumbly, Wallace Shawn, Frederick Coffin, Brad Greenquist, Robert Schenkkan, Maury Chaykin, Sara Carlson, Mark Margolis, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Penelope Allen, Myvanwy Jenn, Francis V. Guinan Jr., Kevin O'Rourke, Sydney Conrad Shapiro, Wendy Womble, Libra Marrian, Scott Colson, Carl Whitney, Richard McGough, Jodi Long, Richard K. Olsen, Leon Rippy, John Patrick Maloney, Kerry Lang, J. Michael Hunter, Joyce Flick Wendl, Joyce Greer, Winston Hemingway, Michael Burgess, J. Rich Leonard, Craig Jahelka, Tobi Marsh, Michael Bard Bayer, Rick Sawaya, Denise Season Leigh Stone, Gary Wheeler.

On this day in movie history - L.A. Confidential (1997)

L.A. Confidential

directed by Curtis Hanson,

written by Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson,

based on the novel by James Ellroy,

was released in the United States on September 19, 1997.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Kevin Spacey, David Strathairn, Ron Rifkin, Matt McCoy, Paul Guilfoyle, Paolo Seganti, Elisabeth Granli, Sandra Taylor, Steve Rankin, Graham Beckel, Allan Graf, Precious Chong, Symba, Bob Clendenin, Lennie Loftin, Will Zahrn, Amber Smith, Darrell Sandeen, Michael Warwick, Simon Baker, Shawnee Free Jones, Matthew Allen Bretz, Thomas Rosales Jr., Shane Dixon, Norman Howell, Brian Lally, Don Pulford, Chris Short, John Mahon, Tomas Arana, Michael McCleery, George Yager, Jack Conley, Ginger Slaughter, Jack Knight, John H. Evans, Gene Wolande, Brian Bossetta, Michael Chieffo, Gwenda Deacon, T.J. Kennedy, Ingo Neuhaus, Robert Harrison, Jim Metzler, Robert Barry Fleming, Jeremiah Birkett, Salim Grant, Karr Washington, Noel Evangelisti, Marisol Padilla Sánchez, Jeff Sanders, Steven Lambert, Jordan Marder, Gregory White, April Breneman, Lisa Worthy, Beverly Sharpe, Colin Mitchell, John Currie Slade, Brenda Bakke, Kevin Maloney, Patrice Walters, Rebecca Klingler, Irene Roseen, Scott Eberlein, David St. James, Bodie Newcomb, Jeff Austin, Robert Foster, Kevin Patrick Kelly, Henry Marder, Monty McKee, Henry Meyers, Michael Ossmann, Dick Stilwell, Jess Thomas, Robert Thompson, Jody Wood, Jonathan Adler, April Audia, Jana Rains Austinson, William Boyd, Hennen Chambers, Jan Citron, Priscilla Cory, Alice Dinnean, T.K. Durham, Rhonda Fleming, Deborah Kerr, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Fred Lerner, Scott McKinley, John Meier, Marilyn Monroe, Jimmy Ortega, Chris Palermo, J.P. Romano, Gilbert Rosales, Nectar Rose, Jane Russell, Rocco Salata, Frank Sinatra, Vern Urich, Sam P. Whitehead, Dell Yount, Anne Zogby.