On this day in movie history - Excalibur (1981)

Excalibur

directed by John Boorman,

written by Rospo Pallenberg and John Boorman,

based on the prose The Death of Arthur by Thomas Malory,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1981.

Music by Trevor Jones.

Cast:

Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, Nicol Williamson, Robert Addie, Gabriel Byrne, Keith Buckley, Katrine Boorman, Liam Neeson, Corin Redgrave, Niall O'Brien, Patrick Stewart, Clive Swift, Ciarán Hinds, Liam O'Callaghan, Michael Muldoon, Charley Boorman, Gerard Mannix, Garrett Keogh, Emmet Bergin, Barbara Byrne, Brid Brennan, Kay McLaren, Eamon Kelly, Hilary Joyalle, Conor Lambert, Prudence Wright Holmes.

On this day in movie history - The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999)

The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

documentary directed by Paul Joyce,

was released in the United Kingdom on November 19, 1999.

Cast:

John Boorman, Tom Cruise, Jan Harlan, Nicole Kidman, Anya Kubrick, Christiane Kubrick, Katharina Kubrick, Sydney Pollack, Steven Spielberg.

On this day in movie history - Point Blank (1967)

Point Blank

directed by John Boorman,

written by Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse and Rafe Newhouse,

based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1967.

Music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, Lloyd Bochner, Michael Strong, John Vernon, Sharon Acker, James Sikking, Sandra Warner, Roberta Haynes, Kathleen Freeman, Victor Creatore, Lawrence Hauben, Susan Holloway, Sid Haig, Michael Bell, Priscilla Boyd, John McMurtry, Ron Walters, George Strattan, Nicole Rogell, Rico Cattani, Roland La Starza, Paul Bradley, Casey Brandon, George Bruggeman, George Calliga, Jerry Catron, Dick Cherney, Bud Cokes, Bonnie Dewberry, Richard Elmore, Barbara Feldon, Duke Fishman, Carey Foster, Stu Gardner, Rudy Germane, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Hickman, Chuck Hicks, George Hoagland, Harvey Karels, Joseph La Cava, Louise Lane, Ethelreda Leopold, Philo McCullough, Joseph Mell, Monty O'Grady, Andrew Orapeza, Murray Pollack, Anthony Redondo, Leoda Richards, Clark Ross, Cosmo Sardo, Jeffrey Sayre, Felix Silla, Norman Stevans, Karen Stride, Robert Strong, Tim Taylor, Sid Troy, Guy Way, Ted White, Louis Whitehill, Roseann Williams, John Zimeas.