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 and book 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.

Recommended reading:

Blade Runner: The Inside Story

by Don Shay.

Published by Titan Books.
Published 2003.

ISBN-10: 1840232102
ISBN-13: 9781840232103
 
Description:

In 1982, to coincide with Blade Runner's original release, Cinefex, the respected magazine devoted to movie design and special effects devoted an entire, extended issue to Ridley Scott's sci-fi masterpiece. That issue has been out of print since then, but in constant demand – copies now sell on the collector's market for over $100. Titan Books is proud to bring this classic back into print, in a remastered hardcover edition.

Described as 'the single most comprehensive examination of Blade Runner's special effects', this must-have book contains scores of images not available elsewhere, as well as authoritative text, containing in-depth, exclusive interviews with director Ridley Scott and the legendary designer Syd Mead.

Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner,

by Paul M. Sammon (2017).

Revised & Updated Edition.

ISBN-10: 0062699466

ISBN-13: 978-0062699466

Description from back cover:

The ultimate guide to Ridley Scott’s transformative sci-fi classic Blade Runner.

Ridley Scott’s 2007 “Final Cut” confirmed the international film cognoscenti’s judgment: Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick’s brilliant and troubling science fiction masterpiece Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is among the most visually dense, thematically challenging, and influential science fiction films ever made. Future Noir Revised & Updated Edition offers a deeper understanding of this cinematic phenomenon that is storytelling and visual filmmaking at its best. 

In this intensive, intimate, and anything-but-glamorous behind-the-scenes account, film insider and cinephile Paul M. Sammon explores how Ridley Scott purposefully used his creative genius to transform the work of science fiction’s most uncompromising author into a critical sensation and cult classic that would reinvent the genre. Sammon reveals how the making of the original Blade Runner was a seven-year odyssey that would test the stamina and the imagination of writers, producers, special effects wizards, and the most innovative art directors and set designers in the industry at the time it was made. This revised and expanded edition of Future Noir includes:

An overview of Blade Runner’s impact on moviemaking and its acknowledged significance in popular culture since the book’s original 1996 publication.

An exploration of the history of Blade Runner: The Final Cut and its theatrical release in 2007.

A look at its long-awaited sequel, Blade Runner 2049.

The longest interview Harrison Ford has ever granted about Blade Runner.

Exclusive new interviews with Rutger Hauer and Sean Young.

A fascinating look at the ever-shifting interface between commerce and art, illustrated with production photos and stills, Future Noir provides an eye-opening and enduring look at modern moviemaking, the business of Hollywood, and one of the greatest films of all time.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick.

Filmed as Blade Runner (1982), directed by Ridley Scott.

ASIN: 0586036059

Published by Voyager.

First published 1968.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0006482805

ISBN-13: 978-0586036051

Description:

21st Century Bounty Hunter.

Through the mean streets of a grim 21st century megalopolis, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, searching out the renegade replicants who were his prey. But this assignment involved Nexus-6 targets and as a result Deckard quickly found himself involved in a nightmare kaleidoscope of violence and subterfuge – and the threat of death for the hunter rather than the hunted…

“A marvelous and complex book, simply written but leaving all kinds of resonance in the mind.” – Brian W. Aldiss.

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:

Rutger Hauer

Actor

January 23, 1944 – July 19, 2019

Credits:

Break (2020); Ecstasy (2019); Iron Mask (2019); Porters (2017–2019); Kingdom Hearts III (2019); Alien: Out of the Shadows (2018); The Sonata (2018); The Sisters Brothers (2018); Corbin Nash (2018); Channel Zero (2018); Samson (2018); The Broken Key (2017); 24 Hours to Live (2017); Observer (2017); Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017); Gangsterdam (2017); Mata Hari (2016); Drawing Home (2016); Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016); Cuba libre (2016); Genderness (2016); The Last Kingdom (2015); Clones (2015); WAX: We Are the X (2015); The Admiral (2015); Galavant (2015); The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015); Francesco (2014); True Blood (2013–2014); 2047: Sights of Death (2014); Wilfred (2014); The Letters (2014); Isip the Warrior (2013); I Turned Her to the Left (2013); Real Playing Game (2013); Flight of the Storks (2013); Il Futuro (2013); Metal Hurlant Chronicles (2012); Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra (2012); Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt (2012); Bachelor Trip (2012); Dracula 3D (2012); Requiem 2019 (2011); The Heineken Kidnapping (2011); The Reverend (2011); Portable Life (2011); The Cardboard Village (2011); Klyuch salamandry (2011); All for One (2011); Black Butterflies (2011); The Rite (2011); The Mill and the Cross (2011); Hobo with a Shotgun (2011); Spoon (2010); Happiness Runs (2010); Sword of War (2009); 3 (2009); Dazzle (2009); The Prince of Motor City (2008); The Rhapsody (2008); Bride Flight (2008); Magic Flute Diaries (2008); Starting Over (2007); Sweet Betty (2007); Moving McAllister (2007); Dead Tone (2007); Goal II: Living the Dream (2007); Starfish Tango (2006); Mentor (2006); Minotaur (2006); The Hunt for Eagle One (2006); The Poseidon Adventure (2005); Dracula III: Legacy (2005); Batman Begins (2005); Sin City (2005); In the Shadow of the Cobra (2004); Camera ascunsa (2004); Salem's Lot (2004); Tempesta (2004); Smallville (2003); Dracula II: Ascension (2003); Alias (2003); Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002); Warrior Angels (2002); Scorcher (2002); I banchieri di Dio (2002); The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (2001); The Room (2001); Flying Virus (2001); Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001); Lying in Wait (2001); Slow Burn (2000); Kylie Minogue: On a Night Like This (2000); The 10th Kingdom (2000); Partners in Crime (2000); New World Disorder (1999); Simon Magus (1999); Bone Daddy (1998); Merlin (1998); Tactical Assault (1998); The Ruby Ring (1997); Redline (1997); Bleeders (1997); Screen One (1997); Lexx (1997); Blast (1997); Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997); The Call of the Wild (1997); Omega Doom (1996); Crossworlds (1996); Precious Find (1996); Mr. Stitch (1995); Blood of the Innocent (1994); Fatherland (1994); The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994); Nostradamus (1994); Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994); Surviving the Game (1994); Arctic Blue (1993); Voyage (1993); Blind Side (1993); T.V. (1992); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Split Second (1992); Guinness: Art (1991); Beyond Justice (1991); Past Midnight (1991); Wedlock (1991); The Law of the Desert (1991); Submitting (1989); Guinness: Just a Nightmare (1989); Guinness: Sauna (1989); The Blood of Heroes (1989); Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love (1989); The Edge (1989); Blind Fury (1989); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989); The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988); Escape from Sobibor (1987); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986); The Hitcher (1986); Flesh+Blood (1985); Ladyhawke (1985); A Breed Apart (1984); The Osterman Weekend (1983); Eureka (1983); Blade Runner (1982); Inside the Third Reich (1982); Chanel Solitaire (1981); Nighthawks (1981); Spetters (1980); Duel in de diepte (1979); Grijpstra & De Gier (1979); Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf (1979); Es begann bei Tiffany (1979); Voor koningin en vaderland (1979); Mysteries (1978); Pastorale 1943 (1978); Heilige Jeanne (1978); Soldier of Orange (1977); Max Havelaar (1976); La donneuse (1976); Floris von Rosemund (1975); Cyrano de Bergerac (1975); Het jaar van de kreeft (1975); Cold Blood (1975); Katie Tippel (1975); The Wilby Conspiracy (1975); Hard to Remember (1974); Repelsteeltje (1973); Waaldrecht (1973); Turkish Delight (1973); Pathfinders (1972); Floris (1969); Monsieur Hawarden (1968).

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.

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.