On this day in movie history - The Abyss (1989)

The Abyss

directed and written by James Cameron,

was released in the United States on August 9, 1989.

Music by Alan Silvestri.

Cast:

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Captain Kidd Brewer Jr., George Robert Klek, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson, Dick Warlock, Jimmie Ray Weeks, J. Kenneth Campbell, Ken Jenkins, Chris Elliott, Peter Ratray, Michael Beach, Brad Sullivan, Frank Lloyd, Phillip Darlington, Joseph C. Nemec III, Joe Farago, William Wisher, Marcus K. Mukai, Wendy Gordon, Paula Cross, Thomas F. Duffy, Chris Anastasio, Emily Yancy, Michael Chapman, Tom Isbell, Mike Cameron, Daren Dochterman, Candice Hill, Randy Robertson, Robert Searle.

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On this day in movie history - Blood Work (2002)

Blood Work

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Brian Helgeland,

based on the novel by Michael Connelly,

was released in the United States on August 9, 2002.

Music by Lennie Niehaus.

 

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay, Igor Jijikine, Dina Eastwood, Beverly Leech, June Kyoto Lu, Chao Li Chi, Glenn Morshower, Robert Harvey, Matt Huffman, Mark Thomason, Maria Quiban, Brent Hinkley, Natalia Ongaro, Amanda Carlin, Ted Rooney, P.J. Byrne, Sam Jaeger, Derric Nugent, Craig Hosking, James W. Gavin, Dan Andreiu, Todd Bryant, Bryan Hanna, Ted Hollis, Michael Keyes, Greg Stechman, Sandie West.

Happy International Cat Day - August 8:

Every day is cat day in our home, but today we celebrate International Cat Day.

Bodhi's reaction to it all...

Happy International Cat Day to all from Bodhi and Pepper.

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Haruki Murakami, on writing:

You have to dream intentionally.

Most people dream a dream when they are asleep.

But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.

- Haruki Murakami.

Recommended reading - Mildred Pierce (1941).

 

Mildred Pierce

by James M. Cain.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Paperback.

 

ISBN-10: 0679723218
ISBN-13: 978-0679723219

Description:

Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for men and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter. Out of these elements James M. Cain created a novel of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and suffering are never less than recognizable.

Born on this day – Sylvia Sidney:

Sylvia Sidney

Actress

August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999

Credits:

A Small Killing (1981); A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley (2013); Accent on Youth (1935); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (1989–2001); American Playhouse (1982–1990); An American Tragedy (1931); An Early Frost (1985); Beetlejuice (1988); Behind the High Wall (1956); Behold My Wife! (1934); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (2002); Blood on the Sun (1945); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Broadway Nights (1927); Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1953); California Fever (1979); Cameo Theatre (1952); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956); City Streets (1931); Climax! (1955–1957); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Damien: Omen II (1978); Dead End (1937); Dear John (1988); Death at Love House (1976); Diagnosis Murder (1993); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971); Domestic Life (1984); Eight Is Enough (1977); Equal Justice (1990); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Fantasy Island (1998–1999); Finnegan Begin Again (1985); Five Minutes from the Station (1930); Fury (1936); General Electric Theater (1960); Girl Talk (1965–1967); God Told Me To (1976); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988); Good Dame (1934); Gypsy (1965–1967); Hammett (1982); Having It All (1982); Here's Hollywood (1960); Home (1956); I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); Joseph Schildkraut Presents (1953); Kaz (1978); Kraft Theatre (1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Les Miserables (1952); Love from a Stranger (1947); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Madame Butterfly (1932); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Make Me a Star (1932); Mars Attacks! (1996); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Matinee Theatre (1957); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Mr. Ace (1946); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Three Sons (1969); Naked City (1961); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); ...One Third of a Nation... (1939); Order of Death (1983); Pals (1987); Pick-up (1933); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Playwrights '56 (1955); Ponds Theater (1953–1955); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Route 66 (1961–1964); Ryan's Four (1983); Ryan's Hope (1975–1976); Sabotage (1936); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949); Screen Snapshots: The Skolsky Party (1946); Siege (1978); Snowbeast (1977); Star Stage (1955); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Street Scene (1931); Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973); Supertrain (1979); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Talking Pictures (1988); That's Life (1979); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Bob Braun Show (1973); The Brass Ring (1983); The Defenders (1962); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Equalizer (1989); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Gossip Columnist (1980); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Joan Rivers Show (1969); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Love Boat (1981); The Man in the Family (1991); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1970); The Miracle Man (1932); The Polly Bergen Show (1957); The Searching Wind (1946); The Secret Night Caller (1975); The Shadow Box (1980); The Sorrows of Satan (1926); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Thirtysomething (1989); Thru Different Eyes (1929); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); Used People (1992); Violent Saturday (1955); Westside Medical (1977); Whiz Kids (1984); Winner Take All (1975); WKRP in Cincinnati (1978); You and Me (1938); You Only Live Once (1937).

Born on this day – Eve Miller:

Eve Miller

Actress

August 8, 1923 – August 17, 1973

Credits:

Annie Oakley (1955–1956); April in Paris (1952); Arctic Fury (1951); Artists and Models (1955); Beyond the Forest (1949); Broadway Jungle (1955); Buckaroo from Powder River (1947); City Detective (1955); Code 3 (1957); Coronado 9 (1961); Crossroads (1955–1957); Diamond Horseshoe (1945); Fireside Theatre (1950–1953); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Frontier Doctor (1959); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); Inner Sanctum (1948); Kansas Pacific (1953); Lassie (1957); Mayor of the Town (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); Navy Log (1957); Never Fear (1950); Perry Mason (1958); Pier 23 (1951); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); She's Working Her Way Through College (1952); Telephone Time (1956); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Big Bluff (1955); The Big Trees (1952); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Desperate Women (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); The Lineup (1954–1959); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955); The Range Rider (1951); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Story of Will Rogers (1952); The Vicious Years (1950); The Whistler (1955); The Winning Team (1952); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This My Son (1954); Trackdown (1957); Wire Service (1956); Your Show Time (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).