On this day in movie history - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Bohemian Rhapsody

directed by Bryan Singer,

written by Anthony McCarten,

based on a story by Anthony McCarten and Peter Morgan,

was released in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2018.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers, Aaron McCusker, Meneka Das, Ace Bhatti, Priya Blackburn, Tim Plester, Dermot Murphy, Dickie Beau, Jack Roth, Max Bennett, Neil Fox-Roberts, Michelle Duncan, Adam Lambert, Luke Deacon, Emily May.

On this day in movie history - Papillon (2017)

Papillon

directed by Michael Noer,

written by Aaron Guzikowski,

based on the books Papillon and Banco by Henri Charrière,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Canada, on September 7, 2017.

Music by David Buckley.

Cast:

Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Christopher Fairbank, Yorick van Wageningen, Roland Møller, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson, Michael Socha, Brian Vernel, Ian Beattie, Nicholas Asbury, Nikola Kent, Slavko Sobin, Joel Basman, Luka Peroš, Demetri Goritsas.

Recommended reading:

Papillon

by Henri Charriere.

ASIN: B01N8YET21

Published by William Morrow.

First published 1969.

Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken. Charrière's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then, it has become a treasured classic -- the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who would not be defeated.

 

Banco:
The Further Adventures of Papillon

by Henri Charrière.

Published by Granada Publishing Limited.

First published 1972.

ISBN 13: 9780586040102

ISBN 10: 0586040102

ASIN: 0586040102

The sensational sequel to Papillon. Banco continues the adventures of Henri Charriere – nicknamed Papillon – in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man, Charriere is soon involved in hair-raiding exploits with goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers and revolutionaries – robbing and being robbed, his lust for life as strong as ever. He also runs night clubs in Caracas until an earthquake ruins him in 1967 – when he decides to write the book that brings his international fame.

On this day in movie history – Nuremberg (2025 movie & book):

Nuremberg

directed by James Vanderbilt,

written by James Vanderbilt,

based on the book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 7, 

2025.

Music by Brian Tyler.

Cast: Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Richard E. Grant, Michael Shannon, Leo Woodall, Colin Hanks, John Slattery, Wrenn Schmidt, Lotte Verbeek, Andreas Pietschmann, Mark O'Brien, Lydia Peckham, Steven Pacey, Roderick Hill, Dan Cade, Paul Antony-Barber, Wolfgang Cerny, Donald Sage Mackay, Tamas Nadas, Alex Diehl, Jeremy Wheeler, Dieter Riesle, Tom Keune, Barney Taylor, Philippe Jacq, Gyula Mesterházy, András Korcsmáros, Billy Rayner, Ralph Berkin, Laura Bóta, Blake Kubena, Wayne Brett, Carl Achleitner, Brett Keating, Laurence Pears, Michael Sheldon, Fleur Bremmer, Sam Newman, Richard Kerékgyártó, Vazul Magyar, Szüle István, Adam Pelyhe, István Áldott.

Recommended reading:

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

by Jack El-Hai.

Published by PublicAffairs.
First published 2013.

ISBN-10: 1610394631
ISBN-13: 9781610394635
 
Description:
 
The book is a page turner. – NPR.

In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. Joining him in the detention center were fifty-one senior Nazis, of whom Göring was the dominant figure.

To ensure that the captives were fit for trial at Nuremberg, the US army sent an ambitious army psychiatrist, Captain Douglas M. Kelley, to supervise and evaluate them. To Kelley, it was the professional opportunity of a lifetime: to discover a distinguishing trait among these arch-criminals that would mark them as psychologically different from the rest of humanity. But evil has its charms....

On this day in television history - The Pacific (2010)

The Pacific

10-part mini-series.

Produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, HBO, Playtone, DreamWorks, Seven Network and Sky Movies.

Based on the books With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie.

Released in the United States on March 14, 2010.

Music by Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli and Hans Zimmer.

Episode titles:

Guadalcanal / Leckie; Basilone; Melbourne; Gloucester / Pavuvu / Banika; Peleliu Landing; Peleliu Airfield; Peleliu Hills; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; Home. 

Cast:

James Badge Dale, Ashton Holmes, Josh Helman, Keith Nobbs, Jacob Pitts, Toby Leonard Moore, Henry Nixon, Tom Budge, Caroline Dhavernas, Joseph Mazzello, Rami Malek, Martin McCann, Brendan Fletcher, Linda Cropper, Conor O'Farrell, Dylan Young, Leon Ford, Scott Gibson, Gary Sweet, Jon Seda, Joshua Bitton, William Sadler, Jon Bernthal, Annie Parisse.