On this day in movie history - Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Silver Linings Playbook

written and directed by David O. Russell,

was released in the United States on December 25, 2012.

Based on the novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick.

Music by Danny Elfman.

Cast:

Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham, Julia Stiles, Paul Herman, Dash Mihok, Matthew Russell, Cheryl Williams, Patrick McDade, Brea Bee, Mary Regency Boies, Phillip Chorba, Anthony Lawton, Patsy Meck, Maureen Torsney-Weir, Jeff Reim, Fritz Blanchette, Rick Foster, Bonnie Aarons, Ted Barba, Elias Birnbaum, Matthew Michels, Pete Postiglione, Dicky Eklund Jr., Sanjay Shende, Mihir Pathak, Ibrahim Syed, Madhu Narula, Samantha Gelnaw, Tiffany E. Green, Tal Livshitz, Vlada Semenova, Zhan Paulovich, Lana Rossi, Richard Adams, Todd Anthony, Erica Lynne Arden, Robert Bizik, Joe Cappelletti, Louis Centanni, David Collihan, Jessica Czop, Alan Davis, Tom Delconte, Luisa Diaz, Christian Dorsey, Chris Dyer, Debra Efre, Cindy Engle, Mark Falvo, Liam Ferguson, Mark Finney, Erin Frederick, Jade Froeder, Anthony J Giampetro, Vaughn Goland, Shawn Gonzalez, Matt von Siegel, Thomas Walton, Jamell Washington, Volieda Webb, Jen Weissenberg, Brian Anthony Wilson, Mike Wilson, Lindsey Zajac.

On this day in movie and book history - The Disaster Artist (2017)

The Disaster Artist

directed James Franco,

written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber,

was released in the United States on December 8, 2017.

Based on the book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell.

Music by Dave Porter.

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Cast:

James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Ari Graynor, Alison Brie, Jacki Weaver, Paul Scheer, Zac Efron, Josh Hutcherson, June Diane Raphael, Megan Mullally, Jason Mantzoukas, Andrew Santino, Nathan Fielder, Sharon Stone, Melanie Griffith, Hannibal Buress, Bob Odenkirk, James Dean, Judd Apatow, Kristen Bell, Ike Barinholtz, Adam Scott, Kevin Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Lizzy Caplan, Danny McBride, Zach Braff, J. J. Abrams, John Early, Joe Mande, Charlyne Yi, Kelly Oxford, Tom Franco, Zoey Deutch, Sugar Lyn Beard, Brian Huskey, Randall Park, Jerrod Carmichael, Casey Wilson, Lauren Ash, Angelyne, Bryan Cranston, Greg Sestero, Tommy Wiseau.

Recommended reading - The Disaster Artist

The Disaster Artist

My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell.

 

Published by Simon & Schuster.

Published 2013.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1451661193

ISBN-13: 978-1451661194

 

Description:

From the actor who lived through it all and an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer: the inspiring and laugh-out-loud funny story of a mysteriously wealthy social misfit who got past every road block in the Hollywood system to achieve success on his own terms – the making of The Room, “the Citizen Kane of bad movies.” – Entertainment Weekly.

The hilarious and inspiring story of how a mysterious misfit got past every roadblock in the Hollywood system to achieve success on his own terms: a $6 million cinematic catastrophe called The Room.

Nineteen-year-old Greg Sestero met Tommy Wiseau at an acting school in San Francisco. Wiseau’s scenes were rivetingly wrong, yet Sestero, hypnotized by such uninhibited acting, thought, “I have to do a scene with this guy.” That impulse changed both of their lives. Wiseau seemed never to have read the rule book on interpersonal relationships (or the instructions on a bottle of black hair dye), yet he generously offered to put the aspiring actor up in his LA apartment. Sestero’s nascent acting career first sizzled, then fizzled, resulting in Wiseau’s last-second offer to Sestero of costarring with him in The Room, a movie Wiseau wrote and planned to finance, produce, and direct – in the parking lot of a Hollywood equipment-rental shop.

Wiseau spent $6 million of his own money on his film, but despite the efforts of the disbelieving (and frequently fired) crew and embarrassed (and frequently fired) actors, the movie made no sense. Nevertheless, Wiseau rented a Hollywood billboard featuring his alarming headshot and staged a red carpet premiere. The Room made $1800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. One reviewer said that watching The Room was like “getting stabbed in the head.”

The Disaster Artist is Greg Sestero’s laugh-out-loud funny account of how Tommy Wiseau defied every law of artistry, business, and friendship to make “the Citizen Kane of bad movies” (Entertainment Weekly), which is now an international phenomenon, with Wiseau himself beloved as an oddball celebrity. Written with award-winning journalist Tom Bissell, The Disaster Artist is an inspiring tour de force that reads like a page-turning novel, an open-hearted portrait of an enigmatic man who will improbably capture your heart.

On this day in movie history - Animal Kingdom (2010)

Animal Kingdom

directed and written by David Michôd,

was released in Australia on June 3, 2010.

Music by Antony Partos.

Cast:

James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Bryce Lindemann, Paul Smits, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Mirrah Foulkes, Anthony Ahern, Justin Rosniak, Michael Valamios, Chris Weir, Laura Wheelwright, Sarah Nguyen, Lucia Cai, Ben Mendelsohn, Ann Michôd, Susan Prior, Clayton Jacobson, Tim Phillipps, Josh Helman, Michael Cody, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Anthony Hayes, Jack Heanly, Dan Wyllie, Andy McPhee, Christina Azucena, Jacqueline Brennan, Ben Ouwehand, Bert LaBonté, James Saunders, Dom Phelan, Brenda Palmer, Anna Lise Phillips, Tom Noble, Daniel Roche, David Michôd, Adam Arkapaw, Brendan Bacon, Andrew Day, Luke Doolan, Cameron Ewart, Stephen Hannah, George Iskander, Rick James, Paul Rochford, Mat Stevenson.