Monday, May 13, 2024

On this day in movie history - La Reine Margot (1994)


La Reine Margot
a.k.a. Queen Margot,

directed by Patrice Chéreau,

written by Danièle Thompson and Patrice Chéreau,

based on the novel La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas,

was released in France on May 13, 1994.

Music by Goran Bregovic.


Cast:
Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc, Pascal Greggory, Claudio Amendola, Miguel Bosé, Asia Argento, Julien Rassam, Thomas Kretschmann, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Albano Guaetta, Johan Leysen, Dörte Lyssewski, Michelle Marquais, Laure Marsac, Alexis Nitzer, Emmanuel Salinger, Barbet Schroeder, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Otto Tausig, Bruno Todeschini, Tolsty, Bernard Verley, Ulrich Wildgruber, Laurent Arnal, Gérard Berlioz, Christophe Bernard, Marian Blicharz, Daniel Breton, Pierre Brilloit, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Cécile Caillaud, Marc Citti, Grégoire Colin, Erwan Dujardin, Jean Douchet, Philippe Duclos, Marina Golovine, Zygmunt Kargol, Carlos López, Orazio Massaro, Roman Massine, Charlie Nelson, Bernard Nissile, Julie-Anne Roth, Jean-Michel Tavernier, Béatrice Toussaint, Mélanie Vaudaine, Nicolas Vaude, Isabel Alarcão, José Alves, Ivo Canelas, Dalila Carmo, Hélène de Fougerolles, Ramon de Mello, Vanessa Dinger, Nuno Elias, Gonçalo Ferreira, Luís Gaspar, Fernando Lupach, Peter Michael, Florbela Oliveira, Andreas Piper, Margarida Reis, Victor Rocha, Maria Rueff, José Simão, Patrícia Tavares, AnabeTeixeira, Nuno Tudela, Carlos Vieira, Mafalda Vilhena.

On this day in movie history - The Crow (1994)


The Crow

directed by Alex Proyas,

written by David J. Schow and John Shirley,

based on the comic book series by James O’Barr,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1994.

Music by Graeme Revell.


Cast:
Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling, Sofia Shinas, Anna Thomson, David Patrick Kelly, Angel David, Laurence Mason, Michael Massee, Tony Todd, Jon Polito, Bill Raymond, Marco Rodríguez, Kim Sykes, Rock Taulbee, Norman Max Maxwell, Jeff Cadiente, Henry Kingi Jr., Erik Stabenau, Cassandra Lawton, Lou Criscuolo, Todd Brenner, Joe West, Thomas Rosales Jr., Jeff Imada, Tierre Turner, Tim Parati, Matt Adler, Charles Bazaldua, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Theodore Borders, Joseph Chapman, Holly Dorff, Judi M. Durand, Greg Finley, Spencer Garrett, Barbara Harris, Kathleen Kane, Carlyle King, Phillip Lucier, Peter Lurie, Juan Pope, David Randolph, Vernon Scott, Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, James Putnam, Eddie Ruscha, Elizabeth Thompson, Marston Daley, Laura Gomel, Rachel Hollingsworth, Charles Levi, Mark McCabe, Frank Nardiello, Brianne Brozey, Phoebe Dollar, Dale Frye, Aaron Jefford, James O’Barr, Hamilton Perkins, Kai Portman, David J. Schow, Michael Sinterniklaas, Tom Wayland.

On this day in movie history - Breathless (1983)


Breathless

directed by Jim McBride,

written by L. M. Kit Carson and Jim McBride,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1983.

A remake of Breathless, French title: À bout de souffle (1960), written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Music by Jack Nitzsche.

Cast:
Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan, William Tepper, Robert Dunn, Garry Goodrow, Lisa Jane Persky, James Hong, Waldemar Kalinowski, Jack Leustig, Eugène Lourié, Georg Olden, Miguel Pinero, Henry G. Sanders, Bruce Vilanch, Robert Mark Quesada, Nora Gaye, Andres Aybar, Isabel Cooley, L. Jerry Greenberg, Javier Grajeda, Robert Snively, John Wyler, Jeni Vici, Carl Munoz, Christopher White, Brien Varady, Keith Addis, Martin Erlichman, Peggy Ann Stevens, Raymond Bear, David Carson, Tracy McBride, Jesse McBride, Helen Kelly, Jennifer Leigh Rice, Bruce Scivally.

On this day in movie history - Blue Thunder (1983)


Blue Thunder

directed by John Badham,

written by Dan O’Bannon and Don Jakoby,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1983.

Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Cast:
Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern, Candy Clark, Warren Oates, Joe Santos, Paul Roebling, David Sheiner, Anthony James, Ed Bernard, Jason Bernard, Mario Machado, James Murtaugh, Pat McNamara, Jack Murdock, Clifford A. Pellow, Robin Braxton, Anna Forrest, Paul Lambert, Phil Feldman, John Garber, Ricky Slyter, Reid Cruickshanks, Billy Ray Sharkey, Fred Slyter, John Gladstein, Ross Reynolds, Karl A. Wickman, James W. Gavin, Thomas H. Friedkin, James Read, Mickey Gilbert, William T. Lane, Lolly Boroff, Patti Clifton, Ernest Harada, Frances E. Nealy, Jose Pepe R. Gonzales, Jerry Ziesmer, Tom Lawrence, John Ashby, Tony Brubaker, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Bill M. Ryusaki, Gary Davis, Thomas Rosales Jr., Larry Randles, Peter Miller, Mike H. McGaughy, Lucinda Crosby, John Badham, Bob Bowen, Calvin Bronx, Shaaron Claridge, Eurlyne Epper, Fritz Ford, Dorothy Hack, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, Clay Hodges, Ted King, Terry Leonard, Frank Morriss, Ve Neill, Danny Nero, Bernadette Pelletier, Hank Robinson, Walter Smith, Steve Wagner.


On this day in movie history - Underworld U.S.A. (1961)


Underworld U.S.A.
a.k.a. Underworld USA,

directed and written by Samuel Fuller,

was released in the United States on May 13, 1961.

Based on articles written by Joseph F. Dinneen, published in The Saturday Evening Post (1956).

Music by Harry Sukman.


Cast:
Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay, Paul Dubov, Robert Emhardt, Larry Gates, Richard Rust, Gerald Milton, Allan Gruener, David Kent, Tina Pine, Sally Mills, Robert P. Lieb, Neyle Morrow, Henry Norell, Alan Aaronson, James Bacon, Peter Brocco, Donald Douglas, David Fresco, Donald Gamble, Bernie Hamilton, Bob Hopkins, Tom London, Jerry Mann, William Meader, Joni Beth Morris, Cosmo Sardo, Rickie Sorensen, Charles Sterrett, Audrey Swanson.