Robert Henri, on art:

 A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.

- Robert Henri.

Recommended reading: Stick

Stick

by Elmore Leonard.
 
Published by Arbor House.
First published 1983.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0877954364
ISBN-13: 978-0877954361

Description:

After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest "Stick" Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight in a crooked town -- and Miami is a pirate's paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance. And when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins, the struggling ex-con is left with no choice but to dive right back into the game. Besides, Stick knows a good thing when he sees it -- and a golden opportunity to run a very profitable sweet revenge scam seems much too tasty to pass up.

Born on this day – Lead Belly:

Lead Belly

Blues singer

Guitarist

January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949

Born on this day – George Burns:

George Burns

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Singer

January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996

Credits:

100% Service (1931); 18 Again! (1988); A Damsel in Distress (1937); Alice (1978); Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy (1989); College Holiday (1936); College Humor (1933); College Swing (1938); Ellery Queen (1975); Fame (1983); Fit to Be Tied (1930); General Electric Theater (1959); George Burns - His Wit and Wisdom (1989); George Burns' 100th Birthday Party (1979); George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special (1986); George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business (1983); George Burns How to Live to Be 100 (1984); George Burns in George Burns in Nashville??? (1980); Going in Style (1979); Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983); Here Comes Cookie (1935); Here's Lucy (1970); Honolulu (1939); International House (1933); Just You and Me, Kid (1979); Lambchops (1929); Let's Dance (1933); Love in Bloom (1935); Many Happy Returns (1934); McNab's Lab (1966); Mister Ed (1961–1963); Mona McCluskey (1965–1966); Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003); No Time for Sergeants (1964); Oh, God! (1977); Oh, God! Book II (1980); Oh, God! You Devil (1984); Oh, My Operation (1931); Once Over, Light (1931); Parade of Stars (1983); Patents Pending (1932); Phenom (1994); Pulling a Bone (1931); Radioland Murders (1994); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Six of a Kind (1934); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978); Summer Fun (1966); Svengoolie (2017); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); That's Entertainment! (1975); That's Life (1968); The Antique Shop (1931); The Babbling Book (1932); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1959); The Captain and Tennille (1977); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special (1981); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958); The George Burns Show (1958–1960); The George Burns Special (1976–1977); The Golden Palace (1993); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1952–1963); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Lucy Show (1966); The Many Faces of Comedy (1973); The Muppet Show (1977); The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1972); The Sunshine Boys (1975); Two of a Kind (1982); Walking the Baby (1933); Wendy and Me (1964–1965); We're Not Dressing (1934); Young at Heart (1987); Your Hat (1932).

Born on this day – Joy Adamson:

Joy Adamson

Naturalist

Artist

Writer

January 20, 1910 – January 3, 1980

Credits:

Books:

Born Free (1960); Elsa: The Story of a Lioness (1961); Forever Free: Elsa's Pride (1962); Friends from the Forest (1980); Joy Adamson's Africa (1972); Living Free: The story of Elsa and her cubs (1961); Peoples of Kenya (1975); Pippa: The Cheetah and her Cubs (1970); Pippa's Challenge (1972); Queen of Shaba: The Story of an African Leopard (1980); The Searching Spirit: Joy Adamson's Autobiography (1978); The Spotted Sphinx (1969).

Movies and television:

Born Free (1998); Born Free: A New Adventure (1996); The Joy Adamson Story (1980); Born Free (1974); Living Free (1972); Born Free (1966).

Born on this day – Federico Fellini:

Federico Fellini

Director

January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993

Born on this day – DeForest Kelley:

DeForest Kelley

Actor

Writer

Singer

January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999

#StarTrek

Born on this day – Patricia Neal:

Patricia Neal

Actress

January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010

Credits:

Flying By (2009); For the Love of May (2001); Cookie's Fortune (1999); Heidi (1993); A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Caroline? (1990); An Unremarkable Life (1989); Shattered Vows (1984); Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984); Glitter (1984); Ghost Story (1981); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); The Passage (1979); The Bastard (1978); A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978); Nido de viudas (1977); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); Movin' On (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1975); Eric (1975); Hay que matar a B. (1974); Things in Their Season (1974); Kung Fu (1974); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Baxter! (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); The Night Digger (1971); The Subject Was Roses (1968); In Harm's Way (1965); Psyche 59 (1964); Espionage (1963); Hud (1963); Ben Casey (1963); Zero One (1962); Winter Journey (1962); Westinghouse Presents: That's Where the Town Is Going (1962); The Untouchables (1962); Checkmate (1962); Drama 61-67 (1962); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Rendezvous (1961); Special for Women: Mother and Daughter (1961); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Strindberg on Love (1960); Clash by Night (1959); Pursuit (1958); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1958); Studio One (1954–1958); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Suspicion (1958); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Omnibus (1955); La tua donna (1954); The Venusian (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Something for the Birds (1952); Washington Story (1952); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Week-End with Father (1951); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); Raton Pass (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); The Breaking Point (1950); Three Secrets (1950); Bright Leaf (1950); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); The Hasty Heart (1949); It's a Great Feeling (1949); The Fountainhead (1949); John Loves Mary (1949).

Born on this day – Samm-Art Williams:

Samm-Art Williams

Actor

Writer

Producer

January 20, 1946 – May 13, 2024

Credits:

227 (1987); A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982); A Rage in Harlem (1991); ABC Afterschool Specials (1981); Accidental Hero: Room 408 (2001); American Playhouse (1984–1986); Are You Looking (2011); Blood Simple (1984); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983); Dressed to Kill (1980); Equal Justice (1990); Flag Day (2021); Frank's Place (1987–1988); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1993–1994); Home (2012); Hot Resort (1985); Martin (1994–1997); Miami Vice (1987); Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985); Night of the Juggler (1980); Search for Tomorrow (1980); Summerdog (1977); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); The Baron (1977); The Debbie Allen Special (1989); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1993); The Good News (1997–1998); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Wanderers (1979); The Women of Brewster Place (1989); Working in the Theatre (1980).

Born on this day – David Lynch:

David Lynch

Writer

Director

Producer

January 20, 1946 – May 13, 2024

Credits:

#2: Drops (2004); + de cinéma (2001–2002); 1000 millones (2002); 120 Minutes / loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006); 2012: Time for Change (2010); 3615 Usul (2013); 3rd Shift: Michael's Lament (2009); 42 One Dream Rush (2010); 8½ Circles: Documentary (2017); A Common Confusion (2012); A Reality Check for Miss Betty (2008); A Slice of Lynch (2007); A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks (2017); Absolument cinema (2001); Absurd Encounter with Fear (1967); Absurda (2007); Ad Hominem (2009); Adidas: The Wall (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (2013); All About Nina (2018); Along for the Ride (2016); America in Primetime (2011); American Masters (2013); American Playhouse (1982); An Introduction to David Lynch (2001); Angelo Badalamenti feat. Kid Moxie: Mysteries of Love (2015); Ant Head (2018); Arena (1987); Ariana Delawari: Lion of Panjshir (2010); Asesinato desde la Roja Oscuridad (2019); Ballerina (2007); Barilla: Cafè (1993); Beatles '64 (2024); Bees (2002); Behind the Red Curtain (2017); Behind the Scenes (2017); Between Two Worlds (2014); Beyond the Noise: My Transcendental Meditation Journey (2012); Biography (2000); Blue Green (2007); Blue Velvet Revisited (2016); BlueBob Egg (2004); BlueBob: Thank You, Judge (1999); Boat (2007); Box (2010); Brand: A Second Coming (2015); Breakfast with the Arts (2007); Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman (2012); Britannia High (2008); British Film Forever (2007); Bug Crawls (2008); Cabin Fever (2002); Calvin Klein: Obsession (1990); Celluloid Dreams (2002); Charlie Rose (1997–2005); Chris Isaak: Wicked Game (Wild at Heart Version) (1990); Chrystabell & David Lynch: Sublime Eternal Love (2024); Chrystabell & David Lynch: The Answers to the Questions (2024); Chrystabell & David Lynch: Two Lovers Kiss (2024); Cinefile: Made in the USA (1993); Cinema mil (2005); Cinéma, de notre temps (1989); Clique (2020); Close-Up (1997); Coachella (2006); Cold Wind Blowing (2022); CondenadX (2025); Confessions of a Kooky Cowboy (2011); Coyote (2002); Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991); Darkened Room (2002); David Lynch & Chrysta Bell: Bird of Flames (2012); David Lynch Conference (Excerpt) (2007); David Lynch Cooks Quinoa (2007); David Lynch in Oslo (2010); David Lynch on TM (2010); David Lynch visiting Veda House, Stockholm (2010); David Lynch: A BAFTA Interview (2007); David Lynch: Crazy Clown Time (2012); David Lynch: I Have a Radio (2011); David Lynch: innsikt (2017); David Lynch: The Art Life (2016); David Lynch: The Virtual Life (2020); David Lynch's Comic-Con Message (2017); David Lynch's Festival of Disruption (2018); David Wants to Fly (2010); De película (1985–1986); Dead Mouse with Ants (2002); Dealer (2004); Dedication (2007); Den 11. Time (2007); Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003); Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2002); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Destination Dune (1984); Días de cine (2013); Die Harald Schmidt Show (2002); Diligo Victum (2010); Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001); Does That Hurt You? (2002); Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff (1994); Donovan in Donovan: I am the Shaman (2021); Donovan: Gimme Some A That (2021); Dream #7 (2010); DumbLand (2002); Dune (1984); Duran Duran: Unstaged (2011); Dusty Wright's Culture CatchCulture Catch (2005); Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com (2007); Early Experiments (2008); Ecstasy (2020); Edge of Outside (2006); El club lento (2022); El orfanato llega a Hollywood (2007); Ellie Parker (2005); Elvis: Viva Las Vegas (2007); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Entre Oscuros Sueños (2018); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Eraserhead (1977); Eraserhead Stories (2001); Ergo-Robots (2015); Errors in Geography: Communal Pain(t) (2020); Esprits libres (2007); Eurodok 2011Evelyn Hamann's Geschichten aus dem Leben (1993); EW Reunites (2017); Extérieur jour (2008); Factory Mask (2002); Family Guy (2010–2016); Father Knows Best (2022); Fictitious Anacin Commercial (1967); Field Day (2004); Film '84 (1984); Film Önü / Arkasi (2020); Fire (PoZar) (2020); Flying Lotus Feat. David Lynch: Fire Is Coming (2019); Georgia Coffee: Twin Peaks (1993); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); Girlfriend's Day (2017); Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022); God morgen Norge (2010); Godhood (2011); Gomorron (2010); Good Day Today (2011); Good Morning America (1990); Great Directors (2009); Gucci by Gucci (2007); Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012); Head with Hammer (2001); Heart Beat (1980); Heart of the Festival (2002); Henrik Möller Talks to David Lynch (2010); Hollyshorts Greeting (2008); Hollywood Insider (2020–2022); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hotel Room (1993); How I Rock It (2013); How Was Your Day Honey? (2020); Hysteria! (2024); I Don't Know Jack (2002); I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun (2017); I Know Catherine, The Log Lady (2025); Idem Paris (2013); Il était une fois... (2008–2009); Il ritorno del maestro (Return of the Master) (2018); I'm Waiting Here (2013); Imagine (2009); In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (1999); In Pursuit of Treasure (1972); Industrial Soundscape (2008); Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990); Inland Empire (2006); Interpol: I Touch a Red Button (2011); Intervalometer Experiments (2004); Interview Project (2009); Intimate Portrait (1999); Invisible Empire (2010); Iodine (2009); It's a Beautiful World (2014); It's Over (2010); James Stewart: The Last of the Good Guys (1997); Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990); Julie's Smile (2013); Kim's Video (2023); Kitsune (2016); Kung Pow: Enter the Fist - Analyzing a Lost Masterpiece (2019); La semaine du cinéma (2002); La traversée du désir (2009); Lady Blue Shanghai (2010); Lady Blue Shanghai Poem: 'It Holds the Love' (2010); Lamp (2003); Land of Nothing (2015); L'antre du Mea (2023); Last Call with Carson Daly (2002); Late Night with David Letterman (1991); Laura Palmer (2002); Le cercle de minuit (1997); Le son de Lynch (2007); Leah (2011); Legends (2008); Looking for David Lynch (2003); Lost Highway (1997); Lost in Vienna, Austria (2013); Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown (2010); Louie (2012); Louis C.K. Oh My God (2013); Love (2015); Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' (2004); Lucky (2017); Lulu und Jimi (2009); Lumière and Company (1995); Lynch (2007); Lynch (One) (2008); Lynch/Oz (2022); M - A City Hunts a Murderer (2019); M3/H301 (2020); Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019); Meditation, Creativity, Peace (2012); Meeting the Beatles in India (2020); Memory Film (2012); Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Moby Doc (2021); Moby: Shot in the Back of the Head (2009); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); More Things That Happened (2007); Mulholland Drive (2001); Mulholland Drive: Making of (2004); My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014); My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009); My Suicide (2009); Mysteries of Love (2002); Nadja (1994); Nanoman (2013); National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (2017); Nederlands-Engels Woordenboek (2020); Night Ride The Director's Cut (2017); Nine Inch Nails: Came Back Haunted (2013); No Frank in Lumberton (1988); On Any Saturday (2008); On Meditation (2016); On the Air (1992); Out Yonder (2007); Out Yonder: Chicken (2007); Out Yonder: Teeth (2007); Parisienne People by David Lynch (1998); Pastewka (2005); Pearl Jam Twenty (2011); Peixe Vermelho (2009); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Petals (2010); Pierre and Sonny Jim (2001); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (1990–2002); PlayStation 2: The Third Place (2000); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); PP Studio: 13 (Years) + 10 (Years) = 1+3 (Releases Not Counting This) (2020); Premonition Following an Evil Deed (1995); Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997); Psych (2010); Psychopomp (2020); Quality Content (2018); Rabbits (2002); Readymade, Emile Reynaud et la peinture s'anima (2010); Reflections on the Phenomenon of 'Twin Peaks' (2002); Retour à Mulholland Drive (2003); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love (2014); Robot Chicken (2020–2022); Rocksteppy (2017); Roja Oscuridad (2018); Rooted in Peace (2016); Sailing with Bushnell Keeler (1967); Scene by Scene (1999); School of Thought (2008); Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks (2007); Shadows of Paradise (2016); Shangri-La (2019); Show Kafka's Dudes (2020); Side by Side (2012); Siskel & Ebert (1999 / 2001); Six Men Getting Sick (1967); Something Remotely Beautiful (2016); Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch (2004); Star (2014); Surveillance (2008); Surveillance: The Watched Are Watching (2008); Swipe (2014); t=E/x² (2020); Temps X (1985); Texas Monthly Talks (2007); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 1987 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1987); The 3 Rs (2011); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The A to Z of Separating People from Their Money (1998); The Adventures of Alan R. (2020); The Air Is on Fire: David Lynch Exposes at the Cartier Foundation, Paris 2007 (2009); The Alphabet (1969); The American Tetralogy (2012); The Art of Cinematography at Plus Camerimage (2013); The Black Ghiandola (2017); The Blockbuster Buster (2016); The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991); The Cleveland Show (2010–2013); The Company (2003); The Culture Show (2007); The Debridement of Rome (2012); The Directors (2003); The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed (2002); The Dream (2017); The Elephant Man (1980); The Elevator Storeys (2006); The Fabelmans (2022); The French as Seen by... (1988); The Grandmother (1970 / 1974); The Happy Worker (2025); The Johnny Vaughan Film Show (1999); The King of Ads / Segment: Yves Saint Laurent's Opium Parfum commercial (1991); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2008); The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (1997); The Looking Glass (2015); The Lost End (2020); The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017); The Media Show (1987); The Moon's Glow (2024); The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert (2015); The Nineties (2017); The Other Me (2022); The Peaceline Project (2009); The Pig Walks (2002); The Reality of Truth (2016); The Room Mate (2006); The Scarapist (2015); The Screen Savers (2002); The Short Films of David Lynch (2002); The Soul Detective (2009); The Spider and the Bee (2020); The Story of a Small Bug (2020); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Straight Story (1999); The Strange & Mysterious Life of Jackson Bean (2015); The Swan Girl (2016); The Terrible Secret of Mulholland Drive (2020); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1990); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–2001); The World's Best Sellers: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996); The Worst Batman Fanfilm Ever... Period (2016); Theremin (2008); This Is Pop (2021); Thought Gang: A Real Indication (1992); To Each His Own Cinema (2007); Today's Number Is... (2020); Too Young to Die (2012); Tracks (2007); Transcendendo Lynch (2011); Trash Theory (2023); Trasharella (2009); Twin Peaks (1989–1991); Twin Peaks (2017); Twin Peaks Actually Explained (No, Really) (2019); Twin Peaks Festival Greeting (2008); Twin Peaks VR (2019); Twin Peaks/Cop Rock: Behind the Scenes (1990); Twin Peaks: El fenómeno cultural de los 90 (2017); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014); Twin Peaks: The Phenomenom (2017); Un écran nommé désir (2006); Un matin partout dans le monde (2000); Undead Noise (2012); Unknown Movies (2017); Unrecorded Night (2025); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); Valkokangas (1985); Vedro (2016–2020); Viannale-Trailer 2011: The 3 Rs (2011); Weather Report (2005–2021); WEDU Arts Plus (2015); Welcome to the Basement (2012–2013); Welcome to Twin Peaks (1997); We'll Deliver 'em (2024); What Did Jack Do? (2017); What Is Cinema? (2013); What Is David Working on Today? (2020); What Is It? (2005); When Lynch Met Lucas (2010); Why Are We Creative: The Centipede's Dilemma (2018); Wild at Heart (1990); Will There Be Anything Else (2024); Working with Marilyn Manson (2007); X Japan: Longing - Togireta Melody / Music Video (1995); Your Total Health (2007); Yves Saint Laurent: Opium / commercial (1990); Zaratozom (2014); Zelly and Me (1988).

On this day in movie history - Murder in the First (1995)

Murder in the First

directed by Marc Rocco,

written by Dan Gordon,

was released in the United States on January 20, 1995.

Music by Christopher Young.

Cast:

Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, William H. Macy, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Mia Kirshner, Ben Slack, Stefan Gierasch, Kyra Sedgwick, Alex Bookston, Richie Allan, Herb Ritts, Charles Boswell, David Michael Sterling, Michael Melvin, George Maguire, Nick Scoggin, Douglas Bennett, Joseph Richards, Julius Varnado, Tony Barr, Stuart Nisbet, Gary Ballard, Randy Pelish, Neil Summers, Sonny King, Eddie Bowz, Brian Leckner, Time Winters, James Keane, Lance Brady, Michael Merrins, Ray Quartermus, Lee Mathis, Wayne Parks, Warren Spottswood, Thomas Fenske, Robert Lee, Sheldon Feldner, Fred Franklin, Danny Kovacs, Joseph Lucas, William Hall, Bill Barretta, Randall Dudley, Wally Rose, Amanda Borden, Eve Brenner, Joseph Cole, Richard Kwong, Gary Lee Davis, Paul Abbaszadeh, Mel Allen, Cabran E. Chamberlain, Bundy Chanock, Tory Christopher, William Cleere, Annie Coffey, Sean Coffey, James Anthony Cotton, Charles Cyphers, Mike Ferrante, Laird Macintosh, Mary Mackey, Daniel Mandehr, Theo Mayes, Dennis Pappalardo, Douglas W. Randall, Bob Shuttleworth, Rafael Siegel, Joseph Quinn Simpkins, James A. Swan, Nicole Vigil, Erick Vinther, Ryken Zane.

On this day in movie history - The Prophecy II (1998)

The Prophecy II

directed by Greg Spence,

written by Matt Greenberg and Greg Spence,

was released in the United States on January 20, 1998.

Music by David Williams.

 

Cast:

Christopher Walken, Russell Wong, Jennifer Beals, Brittany Murphy, Eric Roberts, Glenn Danzig, Steve Hytner, Bruce Abbott, William Prael, Renee Victor, Elizabeth Dennehy, J.G. Hertzler, Nicki Micheaux, Tom Towles, Danny Strong, David Lea, Jenna Rose, Stephen Earnhart, Jake Eberle, James Krieg, Jim White, Ethan Embry, David Kavin, Stephen Ramsey, Gary Paul, Michael Jimenez, Gil Zuniga, Alma Collins, Leonard O. Turner, Paul Muni, Kathryn Morris, Michael Raimi, Louis E. Rosas, Guri Weinberg, Jennifer Wellings.

On this day in movie and book history - American Splendor (2003 movie & books):

American Splendor

directed and written by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini,

based on the comic book American Splendor by Harvey Pekar,

and the graphic novel Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner,

released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 20, 2003.

Music by Mark Suozzo.

Paul Giamatti (left), Harvey Pekar (right), at the Sundance Film Festival screening for American Splendor (2003).

Cast:

Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar, Shari Springer Berman, James Urbaniak, Hope Davis, Chris Ambrose, Joey Krajcar, Josh Hutcherson, Cameron Carter, Daniel Tay, Mary Faktor, Larry John Meyers/Myers, Vivienne Benesch, Barbara Brown, Earl Billings, Danny Hoch, Eli Ganias, Sylvia Kauders, Rebecca Borger, Nick Baxter, Allen Branstein, Dick Prochaska, Charles Eduardos, Judah Friedlander, Robert Pulcini, Toby Radloff, Bianca Santos, Maggie Moore, Mike Rad, Amy K. Harmon, Joyce Brabner, Donal Logue, Molly Shannon, Eytan Mirsky, Rob Grader, Terrence Sullivan, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Patrick Lafferty, Jesse Perez, Jeff Peters, Ola Creston, Robert J. Williams, James McCaffrey, Madylin Sweeten, Danielle Batone, Jason Stevens, Todd Cummings, Rae Sunshine Lee, Marcus Wynnycky.

Recommended reading:

The New American Splendor Anthology: From Off the Streets of Cleveland

by Harvey Pekar.

Published by Running Press Adult.
First published 1991.
First Edition

ISBN-10: 0941423646
ISBN-13: 9780941423649

Description:

American Splendor is the series that sparked a revolution in comics and brought graphic novels to the attention of post-adolescent readers everywhere. Here is the best of American Splendor and other comics by Harvey Pekar, including never-before-seen material.

 

American Splendor and More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar

by Harvey Pekar.

Introduced by Robert Crumb.
Published by Ballantine Books.
This edition published 2003.
Originally published 1986.

ISBN-10: 0345468309
ISBN-13: 9780345468307

Description:

The inspiration for the award-winning movie from HBO Films and Fine Line 

Features.

AMERICAN SPLENDOR: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar.

Two classic comic anthologies in one volume.

Stories by Harvey Pekar.

Introduction by R. Crumb.

Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray.

The classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie American Splendor, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

American Splendor is the world’s first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. Pekar has been compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. But he is truly more than all of them – he is himself.

“Mr. Pekar has . . . proven that comics can address the ambiguities of daily living, that like the finest fiction, they can hold a mirror up to life.” – The New York Times.

“[Pekar] has a vision that makes daily city life – a ride on the bus, a run-in with a boss, or simply buying bread – dramatic.” – Chicago Sun-Times.

“Simply stated, American Splendor is the most superb literary endeavor to come off the streets of Cleveland in decades.” – The Plain Dealer (Cleveland).

“Mr. Pekar lets all of life flood into his panels: the humdrum and the heroic, the gritty and the grand.” – The New York Times Book Review.
 

Our Cancer Year

by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner.

Illustrated by Frank Stack.
Published by Running Press.
Published 1994.

ISBN-10: 1568580118
ISBN-13: 9781568580111

Description:

It was the year of Desert Storm that Harvey Pekar and his wife, Joyce Brabner, discovered Harvey had cancer. Pekar, a man who has made a profession of chronicling the Kafkaesque absurdities of an ordinary life – if any life is ordinary – suddenly found himself incapacitated. But he had a better-than-average chance to beat cancer and he took it – kicking, screaming and complaining all the way. The Pekar/Brabner coalition draws upon this and other trials to paint a portrait of a man beset with fears real and imagined – who survives.

On this day in movie history - Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

a documentary directed by Alex Gibney,

written by Alex Gibney,

based on the writing of Hunter S. Thompson,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 20, 2008.

Music by David Schwartz.

Narrated by Johnny Depp.

On this day in movie history - Before Midnight (2013)

 

Before Midnight

directed by Richard Linklater,

written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke,

based on a story by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 20, 2013.

Music by Graham Reynolds.

Cast:

Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Prior, Charlotte Prior, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Walter Lassally, Ariane Labed, Yiannis Papadopoulos, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Panos Koronis, Enrico Focardi, Manolis Goussias, Anouk Servera, Yota Argyropoulou, Serafeim Radis, Tety Kalafati, John Sloss.

On this day in movie history - Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

a documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim,

written by Michael J. Fox,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 20, 2023.

Music by John Powell.

 
Cast:

Michael J. Fox, Tracy Pollan, Sam Fox, Aquinnah Fox, Schuyler Fox, Esmé Fox, Susan Bressman, Ryan Orser, Siobhan Murphy, Danny Irizarry, Hannah Galway, Miles Meacham, Kai Kreinman, Sherry Klassen, Darren Zimmer, David Diamond, Mike Kus, Shayn Walker, Jason Calder, Angela Galanopoulos, Donna Lysell, Zachary Coumont, Michael McDonald, Paul Killeen, Bradley Reid, Bradley Peters, Chad Sayn, Ivan Pecuh, Rick Pearce, Liam Raymond Dib, Andrew Barber, Allison Klause, Brandon Mindel.

On this day in the Star Trek universe (1999)

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Latent Image.

Released January 20, 1999.

Directed by Mike/Michael Vejar.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Eileen Connors, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Nancy Bell, Scarlett Pomers, Majel Barrett, Marvin De Baca, Tarik Ergin, Erin Leigh Price, John Alex Tampoya, Phoenix Wong.

On this day in music history - Letters From Far Away, by Heidi Breyer (2015)

 

Letters From Far Away

by Heidi Breyer

released January 20, 2015.

 
Track list:

All the Good Things (Solo); Small Cafe (Solo); 1960 (Solo); First Impressions (Solo); Old Photograph (Solo); Touchstone (Solo); Letters from Far Away (Solo); Welton (Solo); Scarborough Fair (Solo); No Man Is an Island (Solo); Starry Pond (Solo); All the Good Things (Instrumental); Small Cafe (Instrumental); 1960 (Instrumental); First Impressions (Instrumental); Old Photograph (Instrumental); Touchstone (Instrumental); Letters from Far Away (Instrumental); Welton (Instrumental); Scarborough Fair (Instrumental); No Man Is an Island (Instrumental); Starry Pond (Instrumental).