On this day in movie history - After Hours (1985)

After Hours

directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Joseph Minion,

based on a story by Joe Frank,

was released in the United States on September 11, 1985.

Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:

Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, John Heard, Cheech Marin, Catherine O'Hara, Dick Miller, Will Patton, Robert Plunket, Bronson Pinchot, Rocco Sisto, Larry Block, Victor Argo, Murray Moston, John P. Codiglia, Clarke Evans, Victor Bumbalo, Bill Elverman, Joel Jason, Rand Carr, Clarence Felder, Henry Judd Baker, Margo Winkler, Victor Magnotta, Robin Johnson, Stephen Lim, Frank Aquilino, Maree Catalano, Paula Raflo, Rockets Redglare, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, John Spacely.

On this day in movie history - Mindwalk (1990)

Mindwalk

directed by Bernt Capra,

written by Bernt Capra, Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra,

based on the book The Turning Point by Fritjof Capra,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada, on September 9, 1990.

Music by Philip Glass.

 

Cast:

Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, John Heard, Ione Skye, Emmanuel Montes, Jean Boursin, Gabrielle Danchick, Jeanne Van Phue, Penny White.

Recommended reading:

Mindwalk: The Screenplay
30th Anniversary Edition

by Fritjof Capra, Floyd Byars and Bernt Capra.

Published by Brass Tacks Press.

Published 2021.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0982014066

ISBN-13: 978-0982014066

Description:

Since its release in 1991, Mindwalk has become a cult classic, showing not only in theaters, but in college courses and business seminars. Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, and John Heard play the leads who meet on the tidal island of Mont-Saint-Michel in France and enter into a philosophical discussion.

Social and environmental concerns are at the heart of the film, which proposes alternative solutions based on Systems Theory, along with insights into Quantum Mechanics and Particle Physics.

The film is based on Fritjof Capra's book The Turning Point (1982).

The Turning Point
Science, Society, and the Rising Culture

by Fritjof Capra.

Published by Random House Publishing Group.
First published 1982.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0553345729
ISBN-13: 978-0553345728

Description:
“After a time of decay comes the turning point.” – I Ching.

A compelling vision of a new reality, a reconciliation of science and the human spirit for a future that will work.

The dynamics underlying the major problems of our time – cancer, crime, pollution, nuclear power, inflation, the energy shortage – are all the same. We have reached a time of dramatic and potentially dangerous change, a turning point for the planet as a whole. We need a new vision of reality, one that allows the forces transforming our world to flow together as a positive movement for social change. Now distinguished scientist Fritjof Capra gives us that vision, a holistic paradigm of science and spirit.

“This splendid and thoughtful book is an essential guide for anyone inquiring about the place of science and metascience in our contemporary culture. Those who enjoyed Fritjof Capra’s Tao of Physics should not expect a sequel; this is a much more ambitious book that attempts and succeeds in presenting a whole worldview from the viewpoint of a committed and experienced physicist who also writes from within the North American culture…. It is unusually detailed and thorough in its inclusion of the conventional and the alternative approaches to topics ranging from ecology through medicine and psychology to economics. It is at once scholarly and easy to read.” – Jim Lovelock, New Scientist.

On this day in movie history - Pollock (2000)

Pollock

directed by Ed Harris,

written by Barbara Turner and Susan Emshwiller,

based on the biography Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith,

was released in the United States on September 6, 2000.

Music by Jeff Beal.

Cast:

Ed Harris, Robert Knott, Molly Regan, Marcia Gay Harden, Sada Thompson, Eulala Scheel, Matthew Sussman, Bud Cort, Amy Madigan, Everett Quinton, Annabelle Gurwitch, John Rothman, John Heard, Kenny Scharf, Tom McGuinness, Val Kilmer, Jeffrey Tambor, Katherine Wallach, Cassandra Clewicki, Tom Bower, Sloane Shelton, Jake, Eduardo Machado, Moss Roberts, Robert O'Neill, Isabelle Townsend, Jennifer Piech, Rebecca Wisocky, Linda Emond, Tony Palazzolo, Barbara Garrick, David Cale, Claire Beckman, Stephen Beach, Jill Jackson, David Leary, Donna Mitchell, Sondra Jablonski, Frank Wood, Julie Anna Rose, Kyle Timothy Smith, April Petroski, Nicholas Petroski, Noah Petroski, Norbert Weisser, Stephanie Seymour, Trecker, Jennifer Connelly, Sally Murphy, Bob L. Harris, John Madigan, Matthew Hart Landfield, John Nesci.

Born on this day – John Heard:

John Heard

 Actor

March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017

Credits:

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On this day in movie history – Cutter’s Way (1981)

Cutter’s Way

a.k.a. Cutter and Bone,

directed by Ivan Passer,

written by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin,

based on the novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg,

was released in the United States on March 20, 1981.

Music by Jack Nitzsche.

Cast:

Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry, Stephen Elliott, Arthur Rosenberg, Nina van Pallandt, Patricia Donahue, Geraldine Baron, Katherine Pass, Francis X. McCarthy, George Planco, Jay Fletcher, George Dickerson, Jack Murdock, Essex Smith, Rod Gist, Leonard Lightfoot, Julia Duffy, Randall Hicks, Roy Hollis, Billy Drago, Caesar Cordova, Jonathan Terry, William Pelt, Ron Marcroft, Ted White, Tony Epper, Andy Epper, Chris Howell, H.P. Evetts, Ron Burke, Dan Pattarson, Fox Purtill, Paul Thomas, Mark Valenti.