On this day in movie history - Wizards (1977)

Wizards

directed and written by Ralph Bakshi,

was released in the United States on February 9, 1977.

Narrated by Susan Tyrrell.

Music by Andrew Belling.

 

Cast:

Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Steve Gravers, James Connell, Mark Hamill, Susan Tyrrell, Ralph Bakshi, Angelo Grisanti.

On this day in movie history - Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)

 

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

Directors: Victor Cook, Mike Disa, Sangjin Kim, Lee Seung-Gyu, Shukou Murase, Jong-Sik Nam, Yasoumi Umetsu.

Written by Brandon Auman.

Based on the video game by Jonathan Knight.

Inspired by the poem Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri.

Music by Christopher Tin.

Released in the United States on February 9, 2010.

Cast:

Graham McTavish, Vanessa Branch, Steve Blum, Peter Jessop, Mark Hamill, Victoria Tennant, Bart McCarthy, Kevin Michael Richardson, JP Karliak, Tom Tate, J. Grant Albrecht, Nika Futterman, Charlotte Cornwell, Vanessa Marshall, Grey DeLisle, H. Richard Greene, Greg Ellis, Shelley O'Neill, Nicholas Guest, Steve Apostolina, Wendy E. Cutler, Lia Sargent, Mark Sussman, Dave Zyler.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

 

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: The Man with Frank’s Face.

Released February 9, 1960.

Directed by Don Taylor.

Written by Stuart Jerome.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert Bailey, Herbert Ellis, John Harmon, Wolfe Barzell, Tom Reese, Greta Thyssen, Jim Hayward.

On this day in television history - Justified (2011)

Justified
Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Moonshine War.

Released February 9, 2011.

Directed by Adam Arkin.

Written by Graham Yost, Elmore Leonard, Benjamin Cavell and VJ Boyd.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Davies, Alexandra Barreto, Jordi Caballero, Matt Craven, Kaitlyn Dever, Brad William Henke, Chris Mulkey, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Billy Miller, Peter Murnik, Mark Irvingsen, John Kelly, Michelle Dunker, Reggie Jordan, Omar Avila, M.C. Gainey.

On this day in television history – James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons (2011)

 

James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons

Documentary.

Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Dames and Delinquents.
Released: February 9, 2011.
Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.
 
Cast:
James Ellroy, Anna Bazarkina, Deanna Morris.

Rachel Carson, on writing:

Writing is largely a matter of application and hard work, or writing endlessly until you are satisfied that you have said what you want to say as clearly and simply as possible.

For me, that usually means many, many revisions.

- Rachel Carson.

Recommended reading - TCM Underground

 

TCM Underground

50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema

by Millie De Chirico & Quatoyiah Murry.

Foreword by Patton Oswalt.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
 
Published by Running Press Adult.
Published 2022.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0762480009
ISBN-13: 978-0762480005

Description:

With knowledge, humor and an appropriately twisted perspective, [the authors] give readers a fuller realization of what late-night cinema offers. With a foreword by Patton Oswalt, this celebration of strangeness is well worth exploring. – Pop Culture Classics.

Based on the Turner Classic Movies series, TCM Underground is the movie-lover's guide to 50 of the most campy, kitschy, shocking, and weirdly wonderful cult films you need to see.

In the pages of this book, you'll explore this unique order of films – primarily from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s – with insightful reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, subgenre sidebars, and full-color and black-and-white photography throughout. Go along for the ride with new takes on crime films, including The Honeymoon Killers and The Harder They Come. Witness one-of-a-kind horror in Bill Gunn's landmark vampire film Ganja and Hess and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s infamous and indescribable Hausu. Absorb the boundary-pushing documentary-style trilogy The Decline of Western Civilization, which throws you into indelible moments in the punk and metal music scenes. And marvel at pure '80s oddities like Mac and Me and The Garbage Pail Kids.

 

From Possession to Polyester and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls to Xanadu, no two films are alike in this compendium. Just sit back and prepare to be surprised, amused, and entertained by this celebration of the stars, filmmakers, and stories behind fifty of the most beguiling and unforgettable movies ever to hit the screen.