On this day in movie history – Army of Shadows (1969 movie & novel):

Army of Shadows

a.k.a. L'armée des ombres,

directed and written by Jean-Pierre Melville,

based on the novel by Joseph Kessel,

released in France on September 12, 1969.

Music by Éric Demarsan.

Cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Claude Mann, Paul Crauchet, Christian Barbier, Serge Reggiani, André Dewavrin, Alain Dekok, Alain Mottet, Alain Libolt, Jean-Marie Robain, Albert Michel, Denis Sadier, Georges Sellier, Marco Perrin, Hubert de Lapparent, Colin Mann, Anthony Stuart, Michel Fretault, Gérard-Antoine Huart, Percival Russel, Michel Dacquin, Jeanne Pérez, Pierre Vaudier, Jacques Marbeuf, Franz Sauer, Marcel Bernier, Gaston Meunier, Françoise Bonnot, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Nathalie Delon, Jacques Léonard.

Recommended reading:

Army of Shadows

by Joseph Kessel.

Translated by Haakon Chevalier.
Published by Contra Mundum Press.
First published 1943.
ISBN-10: 194062522X
ISBN-13: 9781940625225

Description:

THIS IS THE TRUTH, THOUGH THE FORM IS FICTION…

The terrible and inspiring truth about the French underground, the way it's men and women operate, fight, die, a story full of nobility, heroism, and brutal violence. First published in its English translation in 1944, this is the fictionalized account of French writer Joseph Kessel's own experiences as a member of the French Resistance in World War II.

On this day in movie history - Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Five Easy Pieces

directed by Bob Rafelson, and written by Adrien Joyce,

based on a story by Bob Rafelson and Adrien Joyce,

was released in the United States on September 12, 1970.

Music credits:

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903, by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49, by Frédéric Chopin.
Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4, by Frédéric Chopin.
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Fantasy in D minor, K. 397, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Four songs by Tammy Wynette:

Stand by Your Man.
D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
Don't Touch Me.
When There's a Fire in Your Heart.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, Billy "Green" Bush, Irene Dailey, Toni Basil, Helena Kallianiotes, William Challee, John Ryan, Fannie Flagg, Marlena MacGuire, Sally Ann Struthers, Lorna Thayer, Richard Stahl, Garrett Cassell, Clay Greenbush, Bob Rafelson.

On this day in movie history - Until the End of the World (1991)

 

Until the End of the World

directed by Wim Wenders,

written by Peter Carey and Wim Wenders,

based on a story by Wim Wenders, Solveig Dommartin and Michael Almereyda,

was released in Germany on September 12, 1991.

Music by Graeme Revell.

 
Songs included on the movie soundtrack:

Opening Title, by Graeme Revell; Sax and Violins, by Talking Heads; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, by Julee Cruise; Move with Me (Dub), by Neneh Cherry; The Adversary, by Crime & the City Solution; What's Good, by Lou Reed; Last Night Sleep, by Can; Fretless, by R.E.M.; Days, by Elvis Costello; Claire's Theme, by Graeme Revell; (I'll Love You) Till the End of the World, by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds; It Takes Time, by Patti Smith (with Fred Smith); Death's Door, by Depeche Mode; Love Theme, by Graeme Revell; Calling All Angels (Remix Version), by Jane Siberry with k.d. lang; Humans from Earth, by T Bone Burnett; Sleeping in the Devil's Bed, by Daniel Lanois; Until the End of the World, by U2; Finale, by Graeme Revell; Trois Jeux d'enfants: Nze-nze-nze, performed by Aka Pygmies; Blood of Eden, written and performed by Peter Gabriel; Breakin' the Rules, written and performed by Robbie Robertson; Lagoons, performed by Gondwanaland; Travelin' Light, performed by the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra; The Twist, performed by Chubby Checker; Summer Kisses, Winter Tears, performed by Elvis Presley; La Vieil Homme De La Mer, performed by Laurent Petitgand.

 
Cast:

Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell, William Hurt, Adelle Lutz, Ernie Dingo, Jean-Charles Dumay, Sam Neill, Ernest Berk, Christine Oesterlein, Rüdiger Vogler, Diogo Dória, Amália Rodrigues, Elena Prudnikova, Jinzhan Zhang, Naoto Takenaka, Hiroshi Kanbe, Yugi Ogata, Miwako Fujitani, Kuniko Miyake, Chishû Ryû, Allen Garfield, Alec Jason, Lois Chiles, Lauren Graham, David Gulpilil, Fred Welsh, Charlie McMahon, Alfred Lynch, Jeanne Moreau, Justine Saunders, Kylie Belling, Bart Willoughby, Jimmy Little, Max von Sydow, Rhoda Roberts, Paul Livingston, Susan Leith, Detlef Winterberg, Jean-Marie Rase, Carmen Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin, Sylvette Dommartin, Peter Przygodda, Barbara Wenders, Hella Wenders, Michael Wenders, Erika Rabau, Lothar Wildhirth, Kazuhiko Uemura, Eric Beaver, Jerry Barrish, Michelle Cook, Bob Stewart, David Byrne, Tom Farrell, Tom Waits.