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 Entity (1982)

The Entity

directed by Sidney J. Furie,

written by Frank De Felitta, and based on the novel by Frank De Felitta,

was released in the United Kingdom on September 30, 1982.

Music by Charles Bernstein.

Cast:

Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe, Margaret Blye, Jacqueline Brookes, Richard Brestoff, Michael Alldredge, Raymond Singer, Allan Rich, Natasha Ryan, Melanie Gaffin, Alex Rocco, Sully Boyar, Tom Stern, Curt Lowens, Paula Victor, Lee Wilkof, Deborah Stevenson, Mark Weiner, Lisa Marie Gurley, Chris Howell, John Branagan, Daniel Furie, Amy Kirkpatrick, Todd Kutches, Pauline Lomas, Renee Neimark, Don Ramey Logan.

Born on this day – Ron Silver:

 

Actor

Director

Producer

July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009