On this day in movie history - Always (1989)

Always

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Jerry Belson and Diane Thomas,

was released in the United States on December 22, 1989.

Based on the movie A Guy Named Joe (1943), directed by Victor Fleming and John E. Burch.

Music by John Williams.

 

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn, Roberts Blossom, Keith David, Ed Van Nuys, Marg Helgenberger, Dale Dye, Brian Haley, James Lashly, Michael Steve Jones, Kim Robillard, Jim Sparkman, Doug McGrath, Shereil L. Bowens, Ascension Fuentes, Todd Jacobson, DeMarious T. Morganfield, Mike O'Neal, Larry Landless, Steve Shatnyski, James Pruitt, Joseph McCrossin, JD Souther, David Jackson, David Kitay, Gene Strimling, Roy E. Harrison, Ted Grossman, Gerry Rothschild, Loren Smothers, Taleena Ottwell, Dan Aykroyd, Michael Braveheart, Jim Dunkin, Douglas 'Hurricane' Hall, Tim Hiser, Jaclyn Nagata, Joseph Michael Roth.

On this day in television history - Band of Brothers (2001)

Band of Brothers

11-part mini-series created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

Based on the book Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose.

Released in the United States on September 9, 2001.

Music by Michael Kamen.

Episode titles:
Currahee; Day of Days; Carentan; Replacements; Crossroads; Bastogne; The Breaking Point; The Last Patrol; Why We Fight; Points; We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company (series companion documentary).
 
Cast:

Kirk Acevedo, Eion Bailey, Michael Cudlitz, Dale Dye, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Frank John Hughes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, James Madio, Neal McDonough, Rene L. Moreno, David Schwimmer, Richard Speight, Jr., Donnie Wahlberg, Matthew Settle, Douglas Spain, Rick Warden, Marc Warren, Shane Taylor, Dexter Fletcher, Ross McCall, Matthew Leitch, Peter Youngblood Hills, Nicholas Aaron, Philip Barantini, Doug Allen, George Calil, Nolan Hemmings, Robin Laing, Michael Fassbender, Tim Matthews, Craig Heaney, Peter McCabe, Jamie Bamber, Ben Caplan, Mark Huberman, Phil McKee, Mark Lawrence, Rocky Marshall, David Andrews, Bill Armstrong, Jonie Broom, Doug Cockle, Alexis Conran, Dominic Cooper as Allington, Marcos D’Cruze, Tony Devlin, Jimmy Fallon, Simon Fenton, Iain Fletcher, Tom George, Ezra Godden, Stephen Graham, Luke Griffin, Tom Hardy, Matt Hickey, Andrew Howard, Nigel Hoyle, Lucie Jeanne, Corey Johnson, Marc Ryan-Jordan, Wolf Kahler, John Light, Joseph May, James McAvoy, Stephen McCole, Hugo Metsers, Benjamin Montague, Hans Georg Nenning, David Nicolle, Kieran O’Brien, Rebecca Okot, Jason O’Mara, Peter O’Meara, Oscar Pearce, Simon Pegg, Ben Peyton, Andrew Lee Potts, Dave Power, Luke Roberts, Iain Robertson, Toby Ross Bryant, Bart Ruspoli, Alex Sagba, Simon Schatzberger, Andrew Scott, Graham Seed, Adam Sims, Anatole Taubman, Stephen Walters, Paul Williams, Jonathan Young, Colin Hanks.