On this day in movie history - Moonshine Highway (1996)

Moonshine Highway

directed and written by Andy Armstrong,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1996.

Music by Steve Dorff.

Cast:

Kyle MacLachlan, Randy Quaid, Maria del Mar, Alex Carter, Gary Farmer, Jeremy Ratchford, Leslie Carlson, Dennis Fitzgerald, Raliegh Wilson, Michael Copeman, Jody Racicot, Rick Roberts, Lori Hallier, Eleanor Joy Lind, Dick Callahan, Doug Lennox, David Cronenberg, Beau Starr, Andy Armstrong, Stuart Hughes, J. Winston Carroll, Todd Schroeder, Mike Lee, Jason Deline.

On this day in movie history - The Gladiator (1986)

The Gladiator

directed by Abel Ferrara,

written by William Bleich, Tom Schulman and Jeffrey Walker,

based on a story by William Bleich,

was released in the United States on February 3, 1986.

Music by David Frank.

Cast:

Ken Wahl, Nancy Allen, Robert Culp, Stan Shaw, Rosemary Forsyth, Bart Braverman, Brian Robbins, Rick Dees, Michael Young, Harry Beer, Garry Goodrow, Robert Phalen, Linda Thorson, Mary Baldwin, Thom Bierdz, José Flores, Stephen Anthony Henry, Gary Lev, Jan Merlin, Georgie Paul, Mort Sertner, Jim Wilkey, Royce D. Applegate, Jeannie Epper, Lyle Gold, Helen Kelly, Mark Munski, George A. Sack Jr., Chris Sundlee.

On this day in movie history - Gladiator (2000)

Gladiator

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson,

based on a story by David Franzoni,

was released in the United States on May 5, 2000.

Inspired by the book Those About to Die (The Way of the Gladiator) by Daniel P. Mannix.

Music by Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris, Ralf Möller, Tommy Flanagan, David Schofield, John Shrapnel, Tomas Arana, Spencer Treat Clark, David Hemmings, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Omid Djalili, Giannina Facio, Giorgio Cantarini, Adam Levy, Nicholas McGaughey, Chris Kell, Tony Curran, Mark Lewis, John Quinn, Alun Raglan, David Bailie, Chick Allan, David J. Nicholls, Al Ashton, Billy Dowd, Ray Calleja, Allan Corduner, Michael Mellinger, Said Amel, Gilly Gilchrist, Paul Bateman, Nick Beardshaw, Corey Booth, Michael Dickins, Malcolm Ellul, Simon Faulkner, James Fiddy, Peter Francis-Wemyss, Ruth Frendo, Kjeld Gogosha-Clark, Cara Higgins, Earl Hundt, Brad Jacobowitz, Mehdi Kashani, Tom Kay, Phil Lowes, Nic Main, Ray Mangion, Antonio Meitin, João Costa Menezes, Mike Mitchell, Arnold Montey, Antone Pagán, Norman Campbell Rees, Neil Roche, Paul Sacks, Steve Saunders, Christopher Say, Christian Simpson, Brian Smyj, Richard Stride, Tony Tomlinson, Paul Woodadge, Michael Yale.

Born on this day – Phillip Borsos:

 
Phillip Borsos

Director

Producer

Writer

May 5, 1953 – February 2, 1995

Credits:

Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Cooperage (1976); Do It with Joy (1977); Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995); Highway Heartbreaker (1992); Hollywood North (2003); Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003); Nails (1979); One Magic Christmas (1985); Spartree (1978); The Cider House Rules (1999); The Grey Fox (1982); The Mean Season (1985); The Night Before the Morning After (1980); The Shadow (1994); Tootsie (1982); Weird Science (1985); We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992).

On this day in movie history - Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

documentary directed by Craig McCall,

was released in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2010.

Music by Mark Sayer-Wade.

Cast:

Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, John Mills, Alan Parker, Thelma Schoonmaker, Freddie Francis, Raffaella De Laurentiis, Richard Fleischer, Peter Yates, Kathleen Byron, Christopher Challis, Kevin McClory, Ian Christie, Moira Shearer, Peter Handford, George E. Turner, Michel Ciment, Michael Powell, Marlene Dietrich, Henry Hathaway, Orson Welles, John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Errol Flynn, Leslie Caron, Ava Gardner, John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sylvester Stallone, Niki Cardiff, Tony Curtis, Dustin Hoffman, Deborah Kerr, Craig McCall. 

On this day in television history - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)

 

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet,

was released in the United States on May 5, 2022.

Theme music by Jeff Russo.

Composed by Nami Melumad.

 
Main cast:

Anson Mount, Babs Olusanmokun, Bruce Horak, Celia Rose Gooding, Christina Chong, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Melissa Navia, Rebecca Romijn.

Confucius, on reading:

No matter how busy you may think you are,

you must find time for reading,

or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

- Confucius.