On this day in movie history - Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Farewell, My Lovely

directed by Dick Richards,

written by David Zelag Goodman,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on August 8, 1975.

Music by David Shire.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack O’Halloran, Joe Spinell, Sylvester Stallone, Rainbeaux Smith, Kate Murtagh, John O’Leary, Walter McGinn, Burton Gilliam, Jim Thompson, Jimmie Archer, Ted Gehring.

On this day in movie history - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie,

written by Terry Hayes and George Miller,

was released in Australia on August 8, 1985.

Music by Maurice Jarre.

Songs by Tina Turner: One of the Living and We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome).

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn, Tina Turner, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossitto, Paul Larsson, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, George Spartels, Edwin Hodgeman, Bob Hornery, Andrew Oh, Ollie Hall, Lee Rice, Max Worrall, Susan Leonard, Robert Simper, Virginia Wark, Geeling Ching, Ray Turnbull, Brian Ellison, Gerard Armstrong, Helen Buday, Mark Spain, Mark Kounnas, Rod Zuanic, Justine Clarke, Shane Tickner, Toni Allaylis, James Wingrove, Adam Scougall, Tom Jennings, Gerry D’Angelo, Travis Latter, Miguel López, Paul Daniel, Tushka Bergen, Emily Stocker, Sandie Lillingston, Adam Willits, Ben Chesterman, Liam Nikkinen, Dan Chesterman, Christopher Norton, Katharine Cullen, Heilan Robertson, Gabriel Dilworth, Hugh Sands, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Marion Sands, Shari Flood, Kate Tatar, Rachael Graham, Pega Williams, Emma Howard, Tarah Williams, Joanna McCarroll, Daniel Willits, Toby Messiter, Tonya Wright, Charlie Kenney, Amanda Nikkinen, Flynn Kenney, Luke Panic, William Manning, James Robertson, Adam McCreadie, Sally Morton, Ross Bombaci, Susan Boyd, David Buchanan, Margaret Cardin, Margaret Dupre, Stephen Hayes, Christian Manon.

On this day in television history - Justified: City Primeval (2023)

 

Justified: City Primeval
Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: You Good?

Released August 8, 2023.

Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan.

Written by Eisa Davis, Chris Provenzano, Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Cole Quirk.

Based on City Primeval and Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Mark Isham.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook, David Cross, Paul Calderon, Amin Joseph, Kenn E. Head, Regina Taylor, Joseph Anthony Byrd, Ronald L. Conner, Penelope Walker, Andre Bellos, Greg Collins, Russ Panzarella, Brent Whitlock.

On this day in music history - Phobia, by Breaking Benjamin (2006)

Phobia

by Breaking Benjamin,

was released on August 8, 2006.

Track list:

Disc 1: Intro; Diary of Jane; Breath; You; Evil Angel; Until the End; Dance with the Devil; Topless; Here We Are; Unknown Soldier; Had Enough; You Fight Me; Outro; Diary of Jane (Version); (CD-ROM Track). / Disc 2: Polyamorous (DVD); Home (DVD); Shallow Bay (DVD); Breakdown (DVD); Topless (DVD); Away (DVD); Diary of Jane (DVD); Dance with the Devil (DVD); Until the End (DVD); Had Enough (DVD); Sooner or Later (DVD); Break My Fall (DVD); So Cold (DVD); Breath (DVD); Evil Angel (DVD).

#TheDiaryOfJane #Breath #UntilTheEnd

Lisa Scottoline, on books:

 

Do you know what they call people who hoard books?
Smart.
- Lisa Scottoline.

Recommended reading - Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City (2012).

Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City

by John Tiech.

Published by The History Press.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1540207331

ISBN-13: 978-1540207333

Contents:

The Genesis of Pittsburgh Film; Pittsburgh Classics; Chilly Billy; Fred Rogers and His Legacy; Night of the Living Legends; The Straggling Seventies; Dawn of the Pittsburgh Film Industry; Diverse Filmmaking; Day of the Dead; Hollywood of the East; Demme God; The Remake; The Pittsburgh Film Office; Five Years of Full Time; The Canadian Effect; Lights! Camera! Life Support!; Perseverance; Pittsburgh Rises.

Description:

Pittsburgh has been part of the film industry since the days of silent film. Yet, it was not until the 1951 classic Angels in the Outfield – set at Forbes Field – that the Steel City had its first major role on the silver screen. Greater Pittsburgh’s film and television industry has since produced everything from the beloved children s program Mister Roger’s Neighborhood to the cult classic Night of the Living Dead. Most recently, Christopher Nolan has chosen to set the conclusion to his Batman trilogy in the city. From the first nickelodeon and “film row” of those early days to the locations and cutting-edge sets of today, local author John Tiech takes a behind-the-scenes tour of Pittsburgh cinema. 

Recommended reading - Find a Victim (1954).

 

Find a Victim

by Ross Macdonald.

Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0446358924
ISBN-13: 978-0446358927
 
Description:
 

The hitchhiker rose to his knees on the side of the dark road. When Archer stopped the car and got to him, he knew he was in for a ride – for this boy was dying of a gunshot wound. In a matter of hours, Archer would be suspected by the law, hired by a target-shooting trucking magnate, and propositioned by an adulterer’s wife. A hijacked load of hootch and a band of sinners are on the loose in the hills and desert around this nice Southern California town. So is this L.A. private eye, who keeps getting blood on his hands…

 

“[The] American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brough to its zenith by Macdonald.” – New York Times Book Review.
 
A selection of the mysterious book club.