On this day in movie history - Mad Max (1979)

Mad Max

directed by George Miller,

written by George Miller and James McCausland,

based on a story by George Miller and Byron Kennedy,

was released in Australia on April 12, 1979.

Music by Brian May.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Lisa Aldenhoven, David Bracks, Bertrand Cadart, David Cameron, Robina Chaffey, Stephen Clark, Mathew Constantine, Jerry Day, Reg Evans, Howard Eynon, Max Fairchild, John Farndale, Peter Felmingham, Sheila Florance, Nic Gazzana, Hunter Gibb, Andrew Gilmore, Jonathan Hardy, Brendan Heath, Paul Johnstone, Nick Lathouris, John Ley, Steve Millichamp, Phil Motherwell, George Novak, Geoff Parry, Lulu Pinkus, Neil Thompson, Billy Tisdall, Gil Tucker, Kim Sullivan, John Arnold, Tom Broadbridge, Peter Culpan, Peter Ford, Clive Hearne, Telford Jackson, Christine Kaman, Joan Letch, Kerry Miller, Janine Ogden, Di Trelour, Vernon Weaver, Paul Young, Brendan Young, Katy Brinson, Lisa Dombroski, Terry Gibson, Andrew Jones, James McCausland, Amanda Muggleton, Harry Peerce, Michael Ryan.

On this day in movie history - Original Sins (1995)

Original Sins

a.k.a. Acts of Contrition,

directed by Jan Egleson,

written by John Pielmeier,

was released in the United States on April 12, 1995.

Music by Gary Chang.

Cast:

Mark Harmon, Julianne Phillips, Ron Perlman, David Clennon, Gustave Johnson, Betty Miller, Sarah Trigger, Patrick Donnelly, Kate Bennis, William Young, Bronia Wheeler, Alexandra Loria, Jason Raposa, Bo Chun, William Mathis, Dorothy Brodesser, Bates Wilder, Leigh French, Kevin Foster McCarthy, Mike Nikitas.

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

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 30.

Episode entitled: A Gun for Mother’s Day.

Released April 12, 1960.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Jay D. Crowley and John Robinson.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Marvin Kaplan, Jeremy Slate, Frances Morris, Ed Nelson, Phil Tully, Alan Reynolds.

On this day in music history - Weight by Rollins Band, and Damayanti by 2002:

Weight by Rollins Band (1994)

Damayanti by 2002 (2011)

Weight

by Rollins Band,

was released on April 12, 1994.

Track list: Disconnect; Fool; Icon; Civilized; Divine; Liar; Step Back; Wrong Man; Volume 4; Tired; Alien Blueprint; Shine.

#HenryRollins #RollinsBand #Weight #Disconnect #Liar

Damayanti

by 2002,

released April 12, 2011.

Track list: Forever My Love; Flight of the Swan; Beauty and Grace; Challenge from Heaven; A Choice from the Heart; Cycle of Time; A Divine Encounter; Destinies; Enduring Love; Time Stands Still.

National Pet Day - April 11:

Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, filling an emptiness we don't even know we have.

- Thom Jones.

My animals are a really important part of my life. 

– Lisa Scottoline.

#NationalPetDay #Dog #Cat #BestFriend #GSD

Danielle LaPorte, on creativity:

I focus for periods of time on creative work and I'm very insular during those times - not a lot of socializing.

I play when I want.

That means I can take off on a retreat, catch a matinee, make friends.

My core desired feelings are my time management system.

- Danielle LaPorte.

On this day in movie and book history - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974 and 1959)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

directed by Ted Kotcheff,

written by Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd,

based on the novel by Mordecai Richler,

was released in the United States on April 11, 1974.

Music by Stanley Myers and Andrew Powell.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Henry Ramer, Joe Silver, Zvee Scooler, Robert Goodier, Alan Rosenthal, Barry Baldaro, Allan Kolman, Barry Pascal, Susan Friedman, Jacques Durette, Jonathan Robinson, Edward Resmini, Henry Gamer, Lou Levitt, Sonny Oppenheim, Lionel Schwartz, Mickey Eichen, Robert Desroches, Judith Gault, Norman Taviss.

Recommended reading:

 

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

by Mordecai Richler.
 
Filmed as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), directed by Ted Kotcheff.
 
Published by Gallery Books.
First published 1959.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671028472
ISBN-13: 978-0671028473
 
Description:

It is time to recognize Mr. Richler as one of North America's most powerful novelists. – The Washington Times.

A rasping humor pervades the book....It burgeons with its special talent and a vulgar vitality. – Chicago Tribune.
 
A fast-moving, entertaining, and bawdy novel. – The Washington Times.

Funny in the biting, subversive manner of Joseph Heller and Philip Roth. – Los Angeles Times.
 
Duddy Kravitz [is] Richler's most famous creation. – Minneapolis Star Tribune.
 

Richler has been praised for his clear-eyed vision and his realistic style.... The total effect is as brash and blatant as a sports car rally -- and as suggestive of power. It comes off brilliantly. – Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review.

From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one of literature's most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz -- in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books.

Duddy -- the third generation of a Jewish immigrant family in Montreal -- is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious. From his street days tormenting teachers at the Jewish academy to his time hustling four jobs at once in a grand plan to "be somebody," Duddy learns about living -- and the lesson is an outrageous roller-coaster ride through the human comedy. As Richler turns his blistering commentary on love, money, and politics, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz becomes a lesson for us all ... in laughter and in life.