On this day in movie history - Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Leaving Las Vegas

directed and written by Mike Figgis,

based on the semi-autobiographical novel by John O'Brien,

was released in the United States on October 27, 1995.

Music by Mike Figgis.

Cast:

Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber, Kim Adams, Emily Procter, Stuart Regen, Valeria Golino, Graham Beckel, Albert Henderson, Shashi Bhatia, Carey Lowell, Anne Lange, Thomas Kopache, Vincent Ward, Lucinda Jenney, French Stewart, Ed Lauter, Waldemar Kalinowski, Mike Figgis, David Kriegel, Bill Thompson, Marek Stabrowski, R. Lee Ermey, Mariska Hargitay, Danny Huston, Laurie Metcalf, David Brisbin, Shawnee Smith, Paul Quinn, Julian Lennon, Tracy Thorne, Bob Rafelson, Susan Barnes, Marc Coppola, Michael A. Goorjian, Jeremy Jordan, Davidlee Willson, Xander Berkeley, Sergio Premoli, Gordon Michaels, Lou Rawls, Sunit Gupta, Camille King, Greg Miller.

On this day in movie history - Red, White and Blues (2003)

Red, White and Blues

documentary directed by Mike Figgis,

part 6 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 3, 2003.

Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.

Cast:

Ginger Baker, Chris Barber, Jeff Beck, Booker T. & the M.G.s, Big Bill Broonzy, Jack Bruce, Eric Burdon, Eric Clapton, Jon Cleary, Elvis Costello, James Cotton, Cream, Lonnie Donegan, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe, Mick Fleetwood, Davy Graham, Peter Green, Bert Jansch, Ian Jennings, Tom Jones, B.B. King, Pete King, Alexis Korner, Leadbelly, Albert Lee, John Lennon, Lulu, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Brownie McGhee, Joe Meek, George Melly, Mark Mondesir, Van Morrison, The Plastic Ono Band, The Rolling Stones, Otis Spann, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Christine Tobin, Muddy Waters, Steve Winwood.

On this day in movie history - Internal Affairs (1990)

Internal Affairs

directed by Mike Figgis,

written by Henry Bean,

was released in the United States on January 12, 1990.

Music by Brian Banks, Mike Figgis and Anthony Marinelli.

Cast:

Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin, Michael Beach, Katherine Borowitz, Faye Grant, John Kapelos, Xander Berkeley, John Capodice, Victoria Dillard, Pamella D'Pella, Susan Forristal, Allan Havey, Lew Hopson, Tyde Kierney, Dinah Lenney, Scott Lincoln, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Harry S. Murphy, Billie Neal, Heather Lauren Olson, Marco Rodríguez, Annabella Sciorra, Arlen Dean Snyder, Ron Vawter, Deryn Warren, Valerie Wildman, Elijah Wood, Domingo Adkins, Hamlet Arman, Camilla Bergstrom, Mitchell Claman, Mark A. Cuttin, Justin De Rosa, Mike Figgis, Geoffrey Grider, Andrew Herman, Brian Eric Johnson, Waldemar Kalinowski, Helen Lin, Frank Mancuso Jr., Christopher Raymond Mullane, Hank McGill, Jimmy Ortega, Grant Sawyer, Richard B. Whitaker, Keri-Anne Bilotta, Jeff Bornstein, David Fisher, John Forker, Bj Korros, Jim Rhine, David Schied.