On this day in movie history - Collateral (2004)

Collateral

directed by Michael Mann,

written by Stuart Beattie,

was released in the United States on August 6, 2004.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall, Barry Shabaka Henley, Richard T. Jones, Klea Scott, Bodhi Elfman, Debi Mazar, Javier Bardem, Emilio Rivera, Jamie McBride, Ken Waters, Charlie E. Schmidt, Michael Bentt, Ian Hannin, Robert Deamer, David Mersault, Anthony Ochoa, Edgar Sánchez, Cosme Urquiola, Thomas Rosales Jr., Wade Williams, Paul Adelstein, Jessica Ferrarone, Troy Blendell, Inmo Yuon, Howard Bachrach, Chic Daniel, Corinne Chooey, JoNell Kennedy, Steven Kozlowski, Roger Stoneburner, Rodney Sandberg, George Petrina, Donald Dean, Elliott Newman, Trevor Ware, Bobby English, Auggie Cavanagh, Ronald Muldrow, Peter McKernan, Ivor Shier, Daniel Luján, Eddie Diaz, Joey Burns, John Convertino, Josh Cruze, Martin Flores, Rick Garcia, Larry G. Goldman, Maurilio Pineda, Dan Sistos, Jacob Valenzuela, Luis Villegas, Yussi Wenger, Jason Statham, Angelo Tiffe, Ismeal Vidrio, Ron Eckert, Manuel Urrego, Jessie Bernard, Luis Moncada, Dyna Teal, Sandi Schroeder, Michael-John Wolfe, Addie Yungmee, J.D. McElroy, Megan Hiratzka, Kate Gopacco, Christy Yi, Lisa Marie Basada, Wilson Wong, Mark Stainbrook, Brandon Molale, Marianne M. Arreaga, Spike Silver, Ben Mihm, Niles Roth, Linda Asuma, Esther K. Chae, Danny Del Toro, Tara Erickson, Melissa Gomez, Annabella Gutman, Janet Linn, Gino Montesinos, Janessa Mun, Masami Okada, Janice Paik, Neil Patil, Gary Rodriguez, Erina Sako, Emily VanSonnenberg, Emily Ming-An Wang, Michael Waxman, Henry T. Yamada.

On this day in movie history - Public Enemies (2009)

Public Enemies

directed by Michael Mann,

written by Ronan Bennett, Ann Biderman and Michael Mann,

was released in the United States on June 19, 2009.

Based on the book Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34 by Bryan Burrough.

Music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Stephen Lang, Michael Bentt, Stephen Graham, Jason Clarke, David Wenham, Spencer Garrett, Christian Stolte, Giovanni Ribisi, John Ortiz, Domenick Lombardozzi, Bill Camp, Rory Cochrane, Richard Short, Carey Mulligan, John Michael Bolger, Branka Katić, Emilie de Ravin, Shawn Hatosy, Don Frye, Matt Craven, Channing Tatum, Lili Taylor, David Warshofsky, Peter Gerety, Michael Vieau, Casey Siemaszko, Adam Mucci, Leelee Sobieski, James Russo, Chandler Williams, John Hoogenakker.

On this day in movie history - Ali (2001)

Ali

directed by Michael Mann,

written by Michael Mann, Eric Roth, Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson,

based on a story by Gregory Allen Howard,

was released in the United States on December 25, 2001.

Music by Pieter Bourke and Lisa Gerrard.

Cast:

Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Bentt, Robert Sale, James Toney, Charles Shufford, Mykelti Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona Gaye, Michael Michele, Joe Morton, Paul Rodriguez, Bruce McGill, Barry Shabaka Henley, Albert Hall, Giancarlo Esposito, David Haines, Laurence Mason, LeVar Burton, David Cubitt, Leon Robinson, Ted Levine, Malick Bowens, Victoria Dillard, David Elliott, Brad Greenquist.

On this day in movie history – The Keep (1983 movie & novel):

The Keep

directed and written by Michael Mann,

based on the novel by F. Paul Wilson,

released in the United States on December 16, 1983.

Music by Tangerine Dream.

Cast:

Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne, Ian McKellen, William Morgan Sheppard, Royston Tickner, Michael Carter, Phillip Joseph, John Vine, Jona Jones, Wolf Kahler, Rosalie Crutchley, Frederick Warder, Bruce Payne, David Cardy, John Eastham, Philip Bloomfield, Yashar Adem, Stephen Whittaker, Ian Ruskin, Stephen Jenn, Benedick Blythe, Robin Langford, Renny Krupinski, Peter Guinness, Sean Baker, Timothy Block, Owain Gwyn, Ralph G. Morse, Doug Robinson, Peter Ross-Murray.

Recommended reading:
 

The Keep

by F. Paul Wilson.

Published by New English Library.
First published 1981.

ISBN 13: 9780450054556
ISBN 10: 0450054551
ASIN: 0450054551

Description:

“Request immediate relocation. Something is murdering my men.”
The message, sent by Captain Klaus Woermann to German Army High Command.
The location: a medieval fortress overlooking the Dinu Pass, high in the Transylvanian Alps.

Where the German garrison was being taken and murdered one by one, night after night, and left, throats torn out, to drive the survivors mad with fear.

The solution: a reinforcing squad of terror-hardened SS Einsatzkommandos.

The mistake: ignorance. The legends of Transylvania meant nothing to them. Nor the existence of an evil centuries older and hideously more powerful than anything in even the most diseased imaginings of an SS killer.

On this day in movie history - Heat (1995)

Heat

directed and written by Michael Mann,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1995.

Previous filmed by Michael Mann as the TV movie L.A. Takedown (1986).

Music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, William Fichtner, Natalie Portman, Tom Noonan, Kevin Gage, Hank Azaria, Susan Traylor, Kim Staunton, Danny Trejo, Henry Rollins, Jerry Trimble, Tone Loc, Ricky Harris, Ray Buktenica, Jeremy Piven, Xander Berkeley, Martin Ferrero, Hazelle Goodman, Paul Herman, Cindy Katz, Dan Martin, Rick Avery, Bill McIntosh, Thomas Rosales Jr., Patricia Healy, Yvonne Zima, Farrah Forke.