On this day in movie history - Taxi Driver (1976)

Taxi Driver

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader,

was released in the United States on February 8, 1976.

Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Steven Prince, Harvey Keitel, Martin Scorsese, Harry Northup, Victor Argo, Joe Spinell, Diahnne Abbott.

On this day in movie history - Witness (1985)

Witness

directed by Peter Weir,

written by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley,

based on a story by Earl W. Wallace, Pamela Wallace and William Kelley,

was released in the United States on February 8, 1985.

Music by Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubeš, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover, Brent Jennings, Patti LuPone, Angus MacInnes, Viggo Mortensen, Frederick Rolf, John Garson, Ed Crowley, Timothy Carhart, Beverly May, Richard Chaves, Robert Earl Jones, Sylvia Kauders.

On this day in movie history - Cold Pursuit (2019)

Cold Pursuit

directed by Hans Petter Moland,

written by Frank Baldwin,

was released in the United States on February 8, 2019.

A remake of In Order of Disappearance a.k.a. Kraftidioten (2014),

directed by Hans Petter Moland.

Music by George Fenton.

Cast:

Liam Neeson, Tom Bateman, Tom Jackson, Emmy Rossum, Domenick Lombardozzi, Julia Jones, John Doman, Laura Dern, Aleks Paunovic, William Forsythe, Raoul Trujillo, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Michael Eklund, Bradley Stryker, David O'Hara, Christopher Logan, Nathaniel Arcand, Ben Cotton, Micheál Richardson, Mitchell Saddleback, Manna Nichols, Arnold Pinnock, Wesley MacInnes, Elysia Rotaru, Nicholas Holmes, Michael Adamthwaite, Elizabeth Thai, Gus Halper, Kyle Nobess, Glen Gould, Glenn Wrage, Michael Bean, Nels Lennarson.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation

 
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: The Masterpiece Society.

Released February 8, 1992.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Adam Belanoff, Michael Piller, James Kahn, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, John Snyder, Dey Young, Ron Canada, Sheila Franklin, Larry De Russy, Gunnel Eriksson, Daniel Fawcett, Star Halm, Grace Harrell, Andray Johnson, Mark Lentry, Marianne Lewis, Christina Wegler Miles, Joyce Robinson, Sissy Sessions, Warren Tabata, J.T. Thibodeau, Guy Vardaman.

On this day in music history - Rossini Recital by Cecilia Bartoli (1991) and Careless Loving by Roxanne Potvin (2004)

Rossini Recital

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released February 8, 1991.

Track list: La Pastorella; Belta Crudele; Il Trovatore; La Regata Veneziana; Mi Lagnero Tacendo; Il Risentimento; La Grande Coquette; Ariette a Lancienne; L'orpheline Du Tyrol; La Legende de Marguerita; Nizza; L'ame Delaissee; Canzonetta Spagnuola; Giovanni D'arco.

Careless Loving

Album by Roxanne Potvin,

released February 8, 2004.

Track list: I Don't Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You); Make Me Yours; Ain't It a Shame; If I Can't Have You; Missing You; My Book; Don't Get Close to Me; Careless Loving; Wild Wild Young Men; Long John Blues.

Saul Bellow, on writing:

 You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

- Saul Bellow.

Recommended reading - The Big Bounce

 

The Big Bounce

by Elmore Leonard.

Published by Mariner Books.
First published 1969.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0062184288
ISBN-13: 978-0062184283
 
Description:

Jack Ryan always wanted to play pro ball. But he couldn't hit a curveball, so he turned his attentions to less legal pursuits. A tough guy who likes walking the razor's edge, he's just met his match – and more – in Nancy. She's a rich man's plaything, seriously into thrills and risk, and together she and Jack are pure heat ready to explode. But when simple housebreaking and burglary give way to the deadly pursuit of a really big score, the stakes suddenly skyrocket. Because violence and double-crosses are the name of this game – and it's going to take every ounce of cunning Jack and Nancy possess to survive . . . each other.