On this day in movie history - Ransom (1996)

Ransom

directed by Ron Howard,

written by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon,

based on a story by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum,

was released in the United States on November 8, 1996.

Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor, Liev Schreiber, Donnie Wahlberg, Evan Handler, Nancy Ticotin, Michael Gaston, Kevin Neil McCready, Paul Guilfoyle, Allen Bernstein, José Zúñiga, Dan Hedaya, Iraida Polanco, John Ortiz, Mike Hodge, Paul Geier, Louisa Marie, Edward Francis Joseph, A.J. Benza, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Tony Hoty, Daniel May Wong, John Short, Ed Jupp Jr., Stephen Oates, Gene Harrison, Mick O'Rourke, Henry Kingi Jr., Roy Farfel, Lex D. Geddings, Donna Hanover, Rosanna Scotto, Tony Potts, John Finnerty, Todd Hallowell, Joe Bacino, Carl S. Redding, James Georgiades, Christian Maelen, David Vadim, Addie O'Donnell, Judy Hudson, Mitzie Pratt, Lynne Redding, Michael Countryman, Chris Lopata, John Hartmann, Anton Evangelista, Richard Price, Joseph Badalucco Jr., Dell Maara, Tommy Allen, John Dorish, Brad Brewer, Darren Brown, Marvin Brown, Glenn King, Cheryl Howard, James Ritz, Anna Marie Wieder, Joan D. Lowry, Craig Castaldo, Teodorina Bello, Jane Jenkins, Lori Tan Chinn, Carl Don, Nathaniel Freeman, Phil Parolisi, Rafael Osorio, Leslie Devlin, Lewis Dodley, John Brian Rogers, Jeffrey H. Kaufman, Mark Smith, James Patrick Whalen Sr., Kim Snyder, Panicker Upendran, Eric Attio, Steve Axelrod, Carl Burrows, Glenn J. Cohen, Gregory D'Angelo, Cynthia Daddona, Brian Donahue, Jeff Eigen, Todd Ellison, Philippe Hartmann, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas, Rawleigh Moreland, Christopher Tracy, Keith Leon Williams, Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc.

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.