On this day in movie history - Legend (1985 / 1986)

Legend

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by William Hjortsberg,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1986.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith and Tangerine Dream.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Peter O'Farrell, Kiran Shah, Annabelle Lanyon, Robert Picardo, Tina Martin, Ian Longmur, Michael Crane, Liz Gilbert, Eddie Powell, Ian Stewart, Jeff Davies, Sally Dewhurst, Jane Devonshire, Amanda Rose, Joey Baxter, Sharon Brown, Nicky Dewhurst, Debbie Greenwell, Helene Holland, Anna Kipling, Samantha Newbury, Belinda Payne, Gabriel Piatrowski, Jerome Sax, Mike Edmonds.

On this day in movie history - 88 Minutes (2007 / 2008)

88 Minutes

directed by Jon Avnet,

written by Gary Scott Thompson,

was released in the United States on April 18, 2008.

Music by Edward Shearmur.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Ben McKenzie, Neal McDonough, Leah Cairns, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Redman, Trilby Glover, Damien Leake, Brendan Fletcher, Michael Eklund, Kristina Copeland, Tammy Hui, Vicky Huang, Bob Stephenson, Philip Moon, Victoria Tennant, Michal Yannai, Paul Campbell, Brenda McDonald, Carrie Genzel, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Heather Dawn, Julian Christopher, Tim Henry, Mike Dopud, Brad Turner, Michael Adamthwaite, Jean Montanti, Tim Perez, Marcus Hondro, Rebecca Chunn, Elan Even, Celeste White Steele, Linley Subryan.

On this day in movie history - Transcendence (2014)

Transcendence

directed by Wally Pfister,

written by Jack Paglen,

was released in the United States on April 18, 2014.

Music by Mychael Danna.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara, Cole Hauser, Morgan Freeman, Clifton Collins Jr., Cory Hardrict, Falk Hentschel, Josh Stewart, Luce Rains, Fernando Chien, Steven Liu, Xander Berkeley, Lukas Haas, Wallace Langham, James Burnett, Sam Quinn, Sam Webb, Chris Gartin, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Abe Bueno-Jallad, Lauren Sivan, Laramie Cooley, Nancy Jeris, Colin Jones, Dylan Kenin, Chad Brummett, Antonio Del Prete, Jon Kristian Moore, John Trejo, Matthew Berke, Darren P. Leis, Donna Brown, Richard Daniel, Zack Carpenter, Christina Lancellotti, Kristen DeVore Rakes, Seth Adkins.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 30.

Episode entitled: The Fight.

Released April 18, 1958.

Directed by Don Taylor.

Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Rachel Ames, Rusty Lane, Paul Newlan, John Harmon, Leonard Bell.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)
Star Trek: Voyager (2001)
Star Trek: Discovery (2019 & 2024)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Cost Of Living.

Released April 18, 1992.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Peter Allan Fields, 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, Majel Barrett, Brian Bonsall, Tony Jay, Carel Struycken, David Oliver, Albie Selznick, Patrick Cronin, Tracey D'Arcy, George Ede, Christopher Halsted, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Lena Banks, Tonya Chianis, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Denise Deuschle, Dustin Diamond, Inez Edwards, Lanier Edwards, Gunnel Eriksson, Holiday Freeman, Eben Ham, Larry Hankin, Christi Haydon, Arvo Katajisto, Mark Lentry, Christina Wegler Miles, Keith Rayve, Jennifer Richards, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, Laura Schlessinger, John Alex Tampoya, Mikki Val.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Author, Author.

Released April 18, 2001.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Brannon Braga, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Richard Herd, Barry Gordon, Joseph Campanella, Lorinne Vozoff, Juan Garcia, Robert Ito, Irene Tsu, Dwight Schultz, Brock Burnett, Jennifer Hammon, Heather Young, Majel Barrett, Gilley Grey, Matt Hanson, Susan Henley, Dino Juico, Joyce Lasley, Alicia Lewis, Brita Nowak, Stephen Pisani, Keith Rayve, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 2. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2.

Released April 18, 2019.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Shazad Latif, Anson Mount, Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, Yadira Guevara-Prip, Mia Kirshner, Tig Notaro, Ethan Peck, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Van Sprang, Rachael Ancheril, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Raven Dauda, Julianne Grossman, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Glenn Hetrick, Thom Marriott, Hannah Spear, Samora Smallwood, Hanneke Talbot, Kyana Teresa, Chai Valladares, Nicole Dickinson, Arista Arhin, Avaah Blackwell, Ante Dekovic, Liam Hughes, Taylor Martin, Kenneth Mitchell.

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 5. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Face the Strange.

Released April 18, 2024.

Directed by Lee Rose.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Sean Cochran, Brandon Schultz, Lauren Wilkinson, Carlos Cisco, Eric J. Robbins.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Callum Keith Rennie, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Annabelle Wallis, Hannah Cheesman, Eve Harlow, Elias Toufexis, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Josh Bainbridge, James Cade, Minh Ly, Ian Alexander, Avaah Blackwell, Zarrin Darnell-Martin.

J.K. Rowling, on writing:

 

Writing for me is a kind of compulsion,
so I don't think anyone could have made me do it,
or prevented me from doing it.
- J.K. Rowling.