On this day in movie history - Eureka (1983)

Eureka

directed by Nicolas Roeg,

written by Paul Mayersberg,

based on the book Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by Marshall Houts,

was released in the United States on October 5, 1984.

Inspired by the true 1943 Sir Harry Oakes murder case.

Music by Stanley Myers.

Poem quoted in final scene is a verse from Spell of the Yukon by Robert W. Service:

There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting;
It’s luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Ed Lauter, Joe Pesci, Helena Kallianiotes, Cavan Kendall, Corin Redgrave, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Michael Scott Addis, Norman Beaton, Emrys James, James Faulkner, Ann Thornton, Emma Relph, Mickey Rourke, John Vine, Tim Van Rellim, Ellis Dale, Mico Blanco Group, Aklowa Master Drummers, Lloyd Berry, Tom Heaton, Timothy Scott, Geri Dewson, Annie Kidder, Ian Tracey, Brad Sakiyama, Sandra Friesen, Raimund Stamm, Suzette Collins, Tommy Lane.

On this day in movie history - Nostradamus (1994)

Nostradamus

directed by Roger Christian,

written by Piers Ashworth, Roger Christian and Knut Boeser,

was released in the United States on September 16, 1994.

Music by Barrington Pheloung.

Cast:

Tchéky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer, Julia Ormond, Assumpta Serna, Anthony Higgins, Diana Quick, Michael Gough, Maia Morgenstern, Magdalena Ritter, Bruce Myers, Leon Lissek, Michael Byrne, Bruce Alexander, Oana Pellea, Matthew Morley, Thomas Christian, David Gwillim, Amanda Walker, Richenda Carey, Razvan Popa, Amanda Boxer, Serban Celea, Adrian Pintea, Eugenia Maci, Stefan Patoli, Mihai Niculescu, Florin Calinescu, Eugen Cristea, Sergiu Anghel, Tomi Cristin, Doina Anghel, Maria Varsami, Florin Busuioc, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Michael Verbitky, Rudy Rosenfeld, Dan Sandulescu, Adrian Titieni, Vasile Popa, Mihai Cibu, Ioan Brancu, Gheorghe Visu, Manuela Golescu, Anca Danilescu, Viviana Ghita, Sandu Mihai Gruia, Andrei Peniuc.

On this day in movie history - Blade Runner (1982)

Blade Runner

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples,

based on the novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick,

was released in the United States on June 25, 1982.

Music by Vangelis.

Cast:

Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Joanna Cassidy, James Hong, Morgan Paull, Hy Pyke.

On this day in movie history - The Hitcher (1986)

The Hitcher

directed by Robert Harmon,

written by Eric Red,

was released in the United States on February 21, 1986.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Greenbush, Jack Thibeau, Armin Shimerman, Gene Davis, Jon Van Ness, Henry Darrow, Tony Epper.

Born on this day – Rutger Hauer:

Actor

January 23, 1944 – July 19, 2019

On this day in movie history - Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

directed by Gary Sherman,

written by Michael Patrick Goodman, Brian Taggert and Gary Sherman,

was released in the United States on January 16, 1987.

Music by Joe Renzetti.

Cast:

Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume, Mel Harris, William Russ, Susan MacDonald, Jerry Hardin, Hugh Gillin, Robert Harper, Eli Danker, Joseph Nasser, Suzanne Wouk, Gerald Papasian, Nick Faltas, Hammam Shafie, Tyler Tyhurst, Ted White, Neil Summers, Dennis Burkley, DeeDee Rescher, Jesse Aragon, Shere Thu Thuy, Tu Ban Nguyen, Garry Scott, Tiiu Leek, Bill Smith, R.J. Miller, Charles Shapiro, David Boyle, Jeffrey Josephson, Patrick Puccinelli, James Edgcomb, Buddy Farmer, Gary Werntz, Rif Hutton, Richard Partlow, Rick Goldman, George Shannon, Ed Brodow, Patrick Gorman, Hubie Kerns Jr., Danny Costa, Greg Wayne Elam, John-Clay Scott, Jerry Gatlin, Sam Longoria.