On this day in movie history - Anne Frank Remembered (1995)

Anne Frank Remembered

directed and written by Jon Blair,

based on the diary of Anne Frank,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1995.

Music by Carl Davis.

Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.

 

Cast:

Isa Baschwitz, Mary Bos, Kenneth Branagh, Janny Brandes-Brilslijper, Glenn Close, Rose De Liema, Sal De Liema, Buddy Elias, Bloeme Evers, Alice Frank, Anne Frank, Helene Frank, Margot Frank, Otto Frank, Robert Frank, Miep Gies, Kitty Gokkel-Egyedi, Hanneli Goslar, Abraham Holländer, Charlotte Kaletta, Juultje Ketellapper, Nelson Mandela, Frieda Menco, Laureen Nussbaum, Peter Pepper, Werner Peter Pfeffer, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Joely Richardson, Rosa Stern, Rie Swillens, Rachel Van Amerongen-Frankfoorder, Henk van Beersekamp, Martha van den Berg, Lucie van Dijk, Jacqueline van Maarsen, Elisabeth van Wijk-Voskuijl, Hans Wijnberg, Edith Frank, Jan Gies, Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler, Fritz Pfeffer, Auguste van Pels, Herman van Pels, Peter van Pels. 

On this day in movie history - Moonshine Highway (1996)

Moonshine Highway

directed and written by Andy Armstrong,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1996.

Music by Steve Dorff.

Cast:

Kyle MacLachlan, Randy Quaid, Maria del Mar, Alex Carter, Gary Farmer, Jeremy Ratchford, Leslie Carlson, Dennis Fitzgerald, Raliegh Wilson, Michael Copeman, Jody Racicot, Rick Roberts, Lori Hallier, Eleanor Joy Lind, Dick Callahan, Doug Lennox, David Cronenberg, Beau Starr, Andy Armstrong, Stuart Hughes, J. Winston Carroll, Todd Schroeder, Mike Lee, Jason Deline.

On this day in movie history - Gladiator (2000)

Gladiator

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson,

based on a story by David Franzoni,

was released in the United States on May 5, 2000.

Inspired by the book Those About to Die (The Way of the Gladiator) by Daniel P. Mannix.

Music by Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris, Ralf Möller, Tommy Flanagan, David Schofield, John Shrapnel, Tomas Arana, Spencer Treat Clark, David Hemmings, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Omid Djalili, Giannina Facio, Giorgio Cantarini, Adam Levy, Nicholas McGaughey, Chris Kell, Tony Curran, Mark Lewis, John Quinn, Alun Raglan, David Bailie, Chick Allan, David J. Nicholls, Al Ashton, Billy Dowd, Ray Calleja, Allan Corduner, Michael Mellinger, Said Amel, Gilly Gilchrist, Paul Bateman, Nick Beardshaw, Corey Booth, Michael Dickins, Malcolm Ellul, Simon Faulkner, James Fiddy, Peter Francis-Wemyss, Ruth Frendo, Kjeld Gogosha-Clark, Cara Higgins, Earl Hundt, Brad Jacobowitz, Mehdi Kashani, Tom Kay, Phil Lowes, Nic Main, Ray Mangion, Antonio Meitin, João Costa Menezes, Mike Mitchell, Arnold Montey, Antone Pagán, Norman Campbell Rees, Neil Roche, Paul Sacks, Steve Saunders, Christopher Say, Christian Simpson, Brian Smyj, Richard Stride, Tony Tomlinson, Paul Woodadge, Michael Yale.

On this day in movie history - Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

documentary directed by Craig McCall,

was released in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2010.

Music by Mark Sayer-Wade.

Cast:

Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, John Mills, Alan Parker, Thelma Schoonmaker, Freddie Francis, Raffaella De Laurentiis, Richard Fleischer, Peter Yates, Kathleen Byron, Christopher Challis, Kevin McClory, Ian Christie, Moira Shearer, Peter Handford, George E. Turner, Michel Ciment, Michael Powell, Marlene Dietrich, Henry Hathaway, Orson Welles, John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Errol Flynn, Leslie Caron, Ava Gardner, John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sylvester Stallone, Niki Cardiff, Tony Curtis, Dustin Hoffman, Deborah Kerr, Craig McCall. 

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise, Picard:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)
Star Trek: Voyager (1999)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: The Most Toys.

Released May 5, 1990.

Directed by Timothy Bond.

Written by Shari Goodhartz, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Nehemiah Persoff, Jane Daly, Colm Meaney, Saul Rubinek, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, George B. Colucci Jr., Denise Crosby, Eben Ham, Dennis Madalone, Lorine Mendell.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: 11:59.

Released May 5, 1999.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Kevin Tighe, Bradley Pierce, John Carroll Lynch, Christopher Curry, James Greene, Kristina Hayes, Majel Barrett, Neil Armstrong, Tarik Ergin, Michael N. Fujimoto, Linda Harcharic, Kerry Hoyt, Ron Kapp, Al Kroft, Lemuel Perry, Linnea Soohoo, David Trotti, William Ward.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: E².

Released May 5, 2004.

Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Randy Oglesby, Tucker Smallwood, Rick Worthy, Tess Lina, David Andrews, Tom Schanley, Steve Truitt, Alexandrea Ortiz.

 

Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Farewell.

Released May 5, 2022.

Directed by Michael Weaver.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Christopher Monfette, Akiva Goldsman, Matt Okumura, Juliana James, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, Isa Briones, Brent Spiner, Whoopi Goldberg, John de Lancie, Wil Wheaton, Penelope Mitchell, Sol Rodriguez, Steve Gutierrez, Ren Hanami, Richard Jin, Geri-Nikole Love, Adele Pomerenke, Anushka Rani, Alyma Dorsey, Claudine Quadrat, Dylan Von Halle, Madeline Wise.

Confucius, on reading:

No matter how busy you may think you are,

you must find time for reading,

or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

- Confucius. 

Born on this day – Owen McGiveney:

Owen McGiveney

Actor

May 4, 1884 – July 31, 1967

Credits:

36 Hours (1964); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953); Auntie Mame (1958); Batman (1967); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Bewitched (1966); Big Town (1955); Brigadoon (1954); Fluffy (1965); Handle with Care (1958); Hong Kong Confidential (1958); House of Numbers (1957); If Winter Comes (1947); In the Money (1958); It's a Dog's Life (1955); I've Got a Secret (1961); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); Key Witness (1960); Les Girls (1957); Matinee Theatre (1955); Merry Andrew (1958); My Fair Lady (1964); My Three Sons (1963); Pat and Mike (1952); Perry Mason (1961); Peter Gunn (1960–1961); Plymouth Adventure (1952); Profiles in Courage (1965); Raintree County (1957); Scandal at Scourie (1953); Scaramouche (1952); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Show Boat (1951); Slander (1956); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Band Wagon (1953); The Ed Sullivan Show (1948); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Fastest Gun Alive (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Garry Moore Show (1954); The Gazebo (1959); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The King's Thief (1955); The Mating Game (1959); The Maze (1953); The Mickey Mouse Club (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1954); The Monkees (1966); The Outer Limits (1964); The Power and the Prize (1956); The Scarlet Coat (1955); The Seventh Sin (1957); The Tab Hunter Show (1961); The True Story of Jesse James (1957); Titanic (1953); Where the Boys Are (1960).