On this day in movie history - Blow (2001)

Blow

directed by Ted Demme,

written by David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes,

based on the book by Bruce Porter,

was released in the United States on March 29, 2001.

Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens, Jordi Mollà, Cliff Curtis, Miguel Sandoval, Ethan Suplee, Ray Liotta, Kevin Gage, Max Perlich, Jesse James, Miguel Pérez, Dan Ferro, Tony Amendola, Bobcat Goldthwait, Michael Tucci, Monet Mazur, Lola Glaudini, Jennifer Gimenez, Emma Roberts, Jaime King.

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

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 28.

Episode entitled: Diary of a Bomber.

Released March 29, 1960.

Directed by Jerry Hopper.

Written by Adam Williams.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Debbie Megowan, Robert Carricart, Maggie McCarter, Mark Neiman, Robert Stevenson, Coleman Francis, Robert Nash.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek

Star Trek (1968)

Star Trek
Season 2. Episode 26.

Episode entitled: Assignment: Earth.

Released March 29, 1968.

Directed by Marc Daniels.

Written by Art Wallace, Gene Roddenberry.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Robert Lansing, Teri Garr, Don Keefer, Lincoln Demyan, Morgan Jones, Bruce Mars, Ted Gehring, Paul Baxley, Barbara Babcock, Bill Blackburn, Robert D'Arcy, Frank da Vinci, Rudy Doucette, Roger Holloway, Bob Johnson, Ken Kane, Esther Ying Lee, Eddie Paskey, Edwin Rochelle, April Tatro. 

On this day in music history: Anastacia by Anastacia, The Unforgiving by Within Temptation

Anastacia by Anastacia (2004)

The Unforgiving by Within Temptation (2011)

Anastacia

Album by Anastacia,

released March 29, 2004.

Track list: Seasons Change; Left Outside Alone; Time; Sick and Tired; Heavy on My Heart; I Do; Welcome to My Truth; Pretty Little Dum Dum; Sexy Single; Rearview; Where Do I Belong; Maybe Today.

The Unforgiving

Album by Within Temptation,

released March 29, 2011.

Track list: Why Not Me; Shot in the Dark; In the Middle of the Night; Faster; Fire and Ice; Iron; Where Is the Edge; Sinéad; Lost; Murder; A Demon's Fate; Stairway to the Skies.

On this day in movie and book history - Phantasm (1979)

Phantasm

directed and written by Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on March 28, 1979.

Music by Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave.

Cast:

A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Terrie Kalbus, Kenneth V. Jones, Susan Harper, Lynn Eastman-Rossi, David Arntzen, Ralph Richmond, Bill Cone, Laura Mann, Mary Ellen Shaw, Myrtle Scotton, Angus Scrimm, Dac Coscarelli, Kate Coscarelli.

Recommended reading:

Phantasm - The Novel

by Kate Coscarelli.

Based on the Original Screenplay by Don Coscarelli.

ASIN: B000NGVKQ4

Published by Pulp Xmachina.

Published 2002.

Description:

Young Mike Peterson has a problem.

His brother Jody is about to hit the road, two years after the tragic death of his parents. Terrified of being left alone by the one person he holds most dear, Mike becomes obsessed with shadowing his brother, peeping in on bar-hopping and midnight make-out sessions.

Until one gloomy morning, his snooping turns up more than he could have imagined: the horrifying, ancient secret of THE TALL MAN. And as the terrors mount, each unfolding like the twisted threads of some bizarre fever dream, the line between fantasy and reality blurs, setting Mike and Jody off on a desperate spiral of adventure and madness... until the final horror must be confronted within the darkest depths of a nightmare that never ends.

PHANTASM, is it a fantasy? An illusion? Whatever it is... if this novel doesn't scare you, you're already dead!

Liane Moriarty, on writing:

 

My real thinking and planning gets done when I'm doing something else,
like driving or walking or taking a shower.
- Liane Moriarty.

Born on this day – Grayce Hampton:

Grayce Hampton

Actress

March 28, 1876 – December 20, 1963

Credits:

A Kiss in the Dark (1949); Abroad with Two Yanks (1944); Almost Married (1932); Anna Lucasta (1949); April Showers (1948); Bride for Sale (1949); Broadminded (1931); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Caged (1950); Confidential Agent (1945); Down to Earth (1947); Ex-Bad Boy (1931); Forever Female (1953); Fun on a Weekend (1947); Gigolette (1935); Harvey (1950); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Hold That Blonde! (1945); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Kill the Umpire (1950); Lady Luck (1946); Looking Forward (1933); Love and Learn (1947); Love That Brute (1950); Ministry of Fear (1944); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Rio (1939); Silver River (1948); Sitting Pretty (1948); Souls at Sea (1937); Standing Room Only (1944); Stepping Sisters (1932); The Bat Whispers (1930); The Champion (1931); The Comeback (1930); The Exile (1947); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Lady Killer (1931); The Mating Season (1951); The Pursuing Vengeance (1916); The Shanghai Gesture (1941); The Snake Pit (1948); The Suspect (1944); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Women (1939); Three Sisters of the Moors (1944); Thru Thin and Thicket, or Who's Zoo in Africa (1933); Trouble Preferred (1948); Without Reservations (1946).