Showing posts with label September 23. Show all posts
Showing posts with label September 23. Show all posts

Saturday, September 23, 2023

On this day in movie history - A History of Violence (2005)


A History of Violence

directed by David Cronenberg,

written by Josh Olson,

was released in the United States on September 23, 2005.

Based on the graphic novel written by John Wagner and illustrated by Vince Locke.

Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:
Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes, Peter MacNeill, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Kyle Schmid, Sumela Kay, Gerry Quigley, Deborah Drakeford, Heidi Hayes, Aidan Devine, Bill MacDonald, Michelle McCree, Ian Matthews, R.D. Reid, Morgan Kelly, Martha Reilly, Jason Barbeck, Bruce Beaton, Neven Pajkic, Brendan Connor, Nick Antonacci, John Watson, Don Allison, Brittany Payer, Mitch Boughs, April Mullen, George King, Shawn Campbell, Stephen Arbuckle, Connor Price, Jacob Rolfe, Evan Rose, Michael Stevens.


On this day in movie history - Dead Ringers (1988)

Dead Ringers

directed by David Cronenberg, written by David Cronenberg and Norman Snider,

was released in the United States on September 23, 1988.

Based on the novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland and inspired by the true story of the identical twin gynecologists Stewart and Cyril Marcus (June 2, 1930 – July 1975).

Music by Howard Shore.

“Oh, doctor … you’ve cured me!”

– Geneviève Bujold, as Claire.


Cast:
Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack, Nick Nichols, Lynne Cormack, Damir Andrei, Miriam Newhouse, David Hughes, Richard W. Farrell, Warren Davis, Jonathan Haley, Nicholas Haley, Marsha Moreau, Denis Akiyama, Dee McCafferty, Susan Markle, Murray Cruchley, Jane Luk, Tita Trevisan, Jacqueline Hennessy, Jill Hennessy, David Walden, Liliane Stillwell, Denise McLeod, Bob Bainborough, Nicholas Rice, Joe Matheson, Hadley Kay, Cynthia Eastman, Nora Colpman, Rena Polley, Madeleine Atkinson, John Bayliss, Graham Evans, David Cronenberg, Alan Gough, Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio, Julian-Peter Marcantonio, Greg Van Riel.


On this day in music history - Some Girls Do, by Lee Aaron (1991)

 

The album Some Girls Do,

by Lee Aaron,

was released on September 23, 1991.




Born on this day – Elizabeth Peña:


Actress

Writer

Musician

September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014



Born on this day – Romy Schneider:


Actress

September 23, 1938 – May 29, 1982



Born on this day – Charles B. Griffith:


Writer

Actor

Director

September 23, 1930 – September 28, 2007



Born on this day – Colin Blakely:


Actor

September 23, 1930 – May 7, 1987



Born on this day – Henry Silva:

 

Actor

September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022



Born on this day – Eleonora Rossi Drago:


Actress

September 23, 1925 – December 2, 2007




Born on this day – Mickey Rooney:


Actor

September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014



Born on this day – Albert Lewin:


Director

Producer

Writer

September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968



Born on this day – J. Parker Read Jr.:


Director

Producer

September 23, 1885 – August 21, 1942