On this day in movie history - Killing Them Softly (2012)

Killing Them Softly

directed and written by Andrew Dominik,

based on the novel Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins,

was released in the United States on November 30, 2012.

Music by Marc Streitenfeld.

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, Trevor Long, Max Casella, Sam Shepard, George Carroll, Linara Washington, Ross Brodar, Wade Allen, Christopher Berry, Kenneth Brown Jr., Mustafa Harris, Dared Wright, John McConnell, Bryan Billingsley, Shannon Brewer, Roger Pfeiffer, Joe Chrest.

Born on this day – Sam Shepard:

Sam Shepard

Actor

Writer

Director

November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017

On this day in movie history - Paris, Texas (1984)

Paris, Texas

directed by Wim Wenders,

written by L. M. Kit Carson and Sam Shepard,

was released in the United States on November 2, 1984.

Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast:

Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Claresie Mobley, Hunter Carson, Viva Auder, Socorro Valdez, Edward Fayton, Justin Hogg, Nastassja Kinski, Tom Farrell, John Lurie, Jeni Vici, Sally Norvell, Sharon Menzel, The Mydolls, Brandy Tipton.

On this day in movie history - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

directed and written by Andrew Dominik and based on the novel by Ron Hansen,

was released in the United States on September 2, 2007.

Narrated by Hugh Ross.

Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Renner, Sam Rockwell, Paul Schneider, Mary-Louise Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Garret Dillahunt, Ted Levine, James Carville, Alison Elliott, Michael Parks, Tom Aldredge, Pat Healy, Michael Copeman, Ron Hansen, Hugh Ross.

On this day in movie history - Cold in July (2014)

 

Cold in July

directed by Jim Mickle,

written by Nick Damici and Jim Mickle,

based on the novel by Joe R. Lansdale,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 18, 2014.

Music by Jeff Grace.

Cast:

Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, Vinessa Shaw, Ken Holmes, Nick Damici, Brogan Hall, Rachel Zeiger-Haag, Lanny Flaherty, Kristin Griffith, Happy Anderson, Kris Eivers, Joseph Harrell, Joe Lanza, Soraya Butler, Wyatt Russell, Tim Lajcik, Brianda Agramonte, Gregory Russell Cook, Bill Sage, Bitsy (the dog), Anastasia Veronica Lee, Norman Aaronson, Lorenzo Beronilla, Joseph K. Bevilacqua, Ralph Cashen, Julie E. Davis, Heidi K. Eklund, Rosemary Howard, Zoe Hunter, Joseph Anthony Jerez, Emery Kalinov, Vivian Kalinov, Samantha Kelly, Linda Kutrubes, Maximilian Amadeus Meisner, Sophie Elise Meissner, Steven Patrick O'Connor, Lily Autumn Page, Kat Pasion, Heidi Philipsen, Wayne Pyle, Willoughby Pyle, Laurent Rejto, Casey Roberts, Dannielle Rose, Bettina Skye, Dorothea Swiac, Robert Burke Warren.

On this day in movie history - The Pledge (2001)

The Pledge

directed by Sean Penn,

written by Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski,

based on the novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt,

was released in the United States on January 9, 2001.

Music by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Patricia Clarkson, Benicio del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Tom Noonan, Robin Wright Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard, Harry Dean Stanton, Dale Dickey, Costas Mandylor, Michael O'Keefe, Mickey Rourke, Lois Smith, Brittany Tiplady, Eileen Ryan.