On this day in movie history - Being John Malkovich (1999)

Being John Malkovich

directed by Spike Jonze,

written by Charlie Kaufman,

was shown in the United States on October 29, 1999.

Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Ned Bellamy, Eric Weinstein, Madison Lanc, Octavia Spencer, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean, Catherine Keener, K.K. Dodds, Reginald C. Hayes, Byrne Piven, Judith Wetzell, John Malkovich, Kevin Carroll, Willie Garson, W. Earl Brown, Charlie Sheen, Gerald Emerick, Bill M. Ryusaki, Carlos Jacott, James Murray, Richard Fancy, Patti Tippo, Daniel Hansen, Mariah O'Brien, Gregory Sporleder, Kelly Teacher, Jacqueline Benoît, William Buck, Christine D. Coleman, Jeanne Diehl, Audrey Gelfund, Yetta Ginsburg, Sylvester Jenkins, Roy C. Johnson, Eddie J. Low, Ralph W. Spaulding, David Wyler, Flori Wyler, Kevin Lee, Marlowe Bassett, Jennifer Canzoneri, Kristie Cordle, Denise Dabrowski, Kristin Condon, Charlene Grimsley, Christine Krejer, Erica Long, Yvonne Montelius, Jessica Neuberger, Sara Rifkin, Elizabeth Rivera, Chelsa Sjostrom, Pamela Hayden, Jayne Hess, Michelle Madden, Greg O'Neill, Neil Ross, Bill Wittman, Lance Bangs, Kacee DeMasi, Andy Dick, Eddie L. Fauria, David Fincher, Jester Hairston, Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Isaac, Spike Jonze, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Patrick Ryan, Winona Ryder, Gary Sinise, Trevor Lawrence Young.

Recommended reading - Roller Ball Murder and Other Stories (1975)

 

Roller Ball Murder and Other Stories
by William Harrison (1975).
 
ISBN-10: 0860078655
ISBN-13: 978-0860078654
 
Anthology of short stories.
 
Contents:
 

Preface; The Warrior (1971); The Hermit (1968); Down the Blue Hole (1973); Eating It (1970); The Pinball Machines (1968); Roller Ball Murder (1973); The Blurb King (1971); A Cook’s Tale (1966); The Arsons of Desire (1972); The Good Ship Erasmus (1971); Under the House (1972); Nirvana, Götterdämmerung, and the Shot Put (1972); Weatherman: A Theological Narrative (1973).

 

Description:
 

Rollerball Murder – the deadly game of the twenty-first century. At a signal forty players run, skate and bike for their lives around a high banked, hardwood track, dodging the careening 25-pound oval balls which scatter and maim and over 300 miles an hour.

 

No rules, no rest periods, no substitutes. It’s play up or die. Just two hours of brute speed and crowd-pleasing carnage viewed simultaneously the world over on multivision …

 

Rollerball Murder is one of thirteen tightly written, provocative and, ultimately, unforgettable stories of the past, present and the horrifying future.

Born on this day – Julia Swayne Gordon:

Julia Swayne Gordon

Actress

October 29, 1878 – May 28, 1933

Credits:

Hello, Everybody! (1933); Secrets of the French Police (1932); The Golden West (1932); Girl Crazy (1932); Broken Lullaby (1932); The False Madonna (1931); The Common Law (1931); Up for Murder (1931); The Drums of Jeopardy (1931); The Primrose Path (1931); Misbehaving Ladies (1931); Captain Applejack (1930); Today (1930); For the Love o' Lil (1930); The Dude Wrangler (1930); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Is Everybody Happy? (1929); Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929); The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929); Scandal (1929); The Eternal Woman (1929); The Younger Generation (1929); The Divine Lady (1928); Three Week Ends (1928); The Viking (1928); Road House (1928); The Scarlet Dove (1928); The Smart Set (1928); Hearts of Men (1928); 13 Washington Square (1928); Wings (1927); The King of Kings (1927); Children of Divorce (1927); Heaven on Earth (1927); It (1927); Diplomacy (1926); Early to Wed (1926); Bride of the Storm (1926); The Far Cry (1926); Lights of Old Broadway (1925); The Wheel (1925); Not So Long Ago (1925); Scaramouche (1923); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923); The Tie That Binds (1923); Dark Secrets (1923); The Darling of the Rich (1922); Women Men Marry (1922); Till We Meet Again (1922); How Women Love (1922); When the Desert Calls (1922); Wildness of Youth (1922); What's Wrong with the Women? (1922); My Old Kentucky Home (1922); Shams of Society (1921); Handcuffs or Kisses (1921); Why Girls Leave Home (1921); Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921); Love, Hate and a Woman (1921); Behind Masks (1921); The Silver Lining (1921); The Passionate Pilgrim (1921); Heliotrope (1920); For Love or Money (1920); A Child for Sale (1920); Lifting Shadows (1920); The Friendly Call (1920); Greater Than Fame (1920); The Moonshine Trail (1919); The Bramble Bush (1919); The Girl-Woman (1919); Shadows of the Past (1919); The Painted World (1919); A Stitch in Time (1919); Two Women (1919); Miss Dulcie from Dixie (1919); The Girl Problem (1919); The Captain's Captain (1919); Love Watches (1918); The Soap Girl (1918); Over the Top (1918); The Desired Woman (1918); In the Balance (1917); Soldiers of Chance (1917); The Message of the Mouse (1917); A Son of the Hills (1917); The Maelstrom (1917); The Soul Master (1917); Clover's Rebellion (1917); The Hawk (1917); Arsene Lupin (1917); Battle Hymn of the Republic (1917); Her Right to Live (1917); The Missing Chapter (1916); The Enemy (1916); The Scarlet Runner (1916); The Daring of Diana (1916); The Suspect (1916); Out of the Quagmire (1916); The Island of Surprise (1916); My Lady's Slipper (1916); The Thirteenth (1915); Wasted Lives (1915); Hearts Ablaze (1915); The Tigress (1915); Life's Yesterdays (1915); The Battle Cry of Peace (1915); The Esterbrook Case (1915); Mr. Jarr's Magnetic Friend (1915); Mr. Jarr and the Lady Reformer (1915); Lifting the Ban of Coventry (1915); The Juggernaut (1915); 413 (1914); The Sins of the Mothers (1914); An Affair for the Police (1914); Two Women (1914); Four Thirteen (1914); The Hidden Letters (1914); The Painted World (1914); Uncle Bill (1914); Shadows of the Past (1914); The Vanity Case (1914); He Never Knew (1914); The Battle of the Weak (1914); The Girl from Prosperity (1914); Old Reliable (1914); The Idler (1914); Back to Broadway (1914); A Million Bid (1914); Hearts of Women (1914); The Whimsical Threads of Destiny (1913); Daniel (1913); The Warmakers (1913); Luella's Love Story (1913); The Fruits of Vengeance (1913); The Kiss of Retribution (1913); The Lady and the Glove (1913); The Tiger Lily (1913); The Lion's Bride (1913); The Drop of Blood (1913); His House in Order; or, the Widower's Quest (1913); Tricks of the Trade (1913); The Artist's Great Madonna (1913); His Honor, the Mayor (1913); Red and White Roses (1913); Beau Brummel (1913); Buttercups (1913); When Mary Grew Up (1913); The Vengeance of Durand; or, the Two Portraits (1913); Thou Shalt Not Kill (1913); The Wings of a Moth (1913); Days of Terror (1912); Freckles (1912); Two Women and Two Men (1912); Ida's Christmas (1912); Song of the Shell (1912); Lord Browning and Cinderella (1912); Bettina's Substitute; or, There's No Fool Like an Old Fool (1912); Father's Hot Toddy (1912); Her Choice (1912); The Higher Mercy (1912); Coronets and Hearts (1912); Flirt or Heroine (1912); Vultures and Doves (1912); Conscience (1912); A Bunch of Violets (1912); The Troublesome Step-Daughters (1912); The Gamblers (1912); The Days of Terror; or, in the Reign of Terror (1912); The Light That Failed (1912); The Cylinder's Secret (1912); The Lady of the Lake (1912); The Victoria Cross (1912); The Pink Pajama Girl (1912); The Woman Haters (1912); The Jocular Winds of Fate (1912); At Scrogginses' Corner (1912); Burnt Cork (1912); Mrs. Carter's Necklace (1912); Cardinal Wolsey (1912); The Diamond Brooch (1912); Stenographers Wanted (1912); Her Last Shot (1912); The Love of John Ruskin (1912); The Chocolate Revolver (1912); Playmates (1912); Her Boy (1912); Tom Tilling's Baby (1912); The Meeting of the Ways (1912); Captain Jenks' Dilemma (1912); Fires of Driftwood (1911); Saving the Special (1911); Suffer Little Children (1911); A Message from Beyond (1911); The Foolishness of Jealousy (1911); Lady Godiva (1911); The Cabin Boy (1911); Selecting His Heiress (1911); Forgotten; or, an Answered Prayer (1911); A Friendly Marriage (1911); How Betty Won the School (1911); Billy the Kid (1911); Treasure Trove (1911); The Lure of Vanity (1911); Snowbound with a Woman Hater (1911); In Northern Forests (1911); The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1911); Courage of Sorts (1911); A Quaker Mother (1911); Barriers Burned Away (1911); The Sacrifice (1911); The Ends of the Earth (1911); A Dead Man's Honor (1911); The Welcome of the Unwelcome (1911); Hungry Hearts; or, the Children of Social Favorites (1911); The Peace Offering; or, the Absconding Bridget (1911); A Klondike Steal; or, the Stolen Claim (1911); Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet (1911); An Aching Void (1911); A Tale of Two Cities (1911); Society and the Man (1911); Clancy (1910); Jean Goes Fishing (1910); Twelfth Night (1910); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909); Napoleon and the Empress Josephine (1909); King Lear (1909); The Merchant of Venice (1908); Richard III (1908); Othello (1908).

Born on this day – Anzia Yezierska:

Anzia Yezierska

Writer

October 29, 1880 – November 20, 1970

Credits:

All I Could Never Be (1932); Arrogant Beggar (1927); Bread Givers (1925); Children of Loneliness (1923); Growing Up Female (1993); How I Found America (1991); Hungry Hearts and Other Stories (1920); Red Ribbon On a White Horse (1950); Salome of the Tenements (1923); The Open Cage (1979).

Movies and television:

Hungry Hearts (1922); Salome of the Tenements (1925).

Born on this day – Fanny Brice:

Fanny Brice

Actress

Comedian

Singer

October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951

Credits:

The Popsicle Parade of Stars (1950); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Everybody Sing (1938); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); Crime Without Passion (1934); The Man from Blankley's (1930); Be Yourself! (1930); Night Club (1929); My Man (1928).

Born on this day – Edwige Feuillère:

Edwige Feuillère

Actress

October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998

Credits:

A Taste for Women (1964); A Touch of Venus (1968); Adorable Creatures (1952); Amore (1935); As Long As I Live (1946); Au cinéma ce soir (1970–1972); Au théâtre ce soir (1969); Avis de recherche (1989); Barcarolle (1935); Behold the Man (1935); Bouillon de culture (1992); Cabaret du soir (1957); Ces messieurs de la Santé (1934); Champs-Elysées (1982–1986); Chantons sous l'occupation (1976); Cinéma (1988); Cinépanorama (1964); Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique (2013); Compression (2023); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022); Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas! (1993); Discorama (1959–1960); École des vedettes (1959); Edwige Feuillère en scène (1993); Edwige Feuillère, la rêveuse éveillée (1981); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982); Famous Love Affairs (1961); Feu! (1937); From Mayerling to Sarajevo (1940); Fruits of Summer (1955); Gérard Philipe (1966); Grand Amphi (1971); Grand écran (1972); Il suffit d'une fois (1946); J'étais une aventurière (1938); Julie de Carneilhan (1950); La bonne occase (1965); La dame aux camélias (1998); La dame de Malacca (1937); La duchesse de Langeais (1995); La fine combine (1931); La folle de Chaillot (1976); La joie de vivre (1956–1969); La Norvège sans les Vikings (1948); La Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part (2022); La nuit des César (1977–1984); La nuit des Molières (1988–1993); La part de l'ombre (1945); La perle (1932); La route d'un homme (1967); La route heureuse (1936); La voix du métal (1934); Le bateau pour Lipaïa (1979); Le beau role (1932); Le cap de l'espérance (1951); Le chef de famille (1982); Le clair de terre (1970); Le cordon bleu (1932); Le grand échiquier (1983); Le miroir aux alouettes (1935); Le Septième Commandement (1957); Le tueur triste (1984); L'émigrante (1940); L'énigme Charlotte Rampling (2023); Les aventures du roi Pausole (1933); Les dames de la côte (1979–1980); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Les joies de la vie (1957); Les mercredis de la vie (1993); Les Nuits de France Culture (2013–2019); L'honorable Catherine (1943); L'idiot (1946); Life as a Couple (1958); L'invité du dimanche (1968); Listen, Let's Make Love (1968); L'oeil en coulisses (1988); Lost Souvenirs (1950); Love Is My Profession (1958); Lucrèce (1943); Lucrezia Borgia (1935); Mam'zelle Bonaparte (1942); Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931); Maquillage (1932); Marthe Richard (1937); Matricule 33 (1933); Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren (1990); Midi-Première (1977); Monsieur Albert (1932); Monsieur Cinéma (1968); Mr. Flow (1936); Olivia (1951); OSS 117 prend des vacances (1970); Passez donc me voir (1980); Propos et Confidences (1970–1991); Quand la femme s'en mêle (1957); Reflets de Cannes (1954–1962); Sacrée soirée (1988); Stars (1980); Stradivarius (1935); The Eagle with Two Heads (1948); The Flesh of the Orchid (1975); The Immature Grain (1954); There's No Tomorrow (1939); Toi que j'adore (1934); Topaze (1933); Un château au soleil (1988); Une petite femme dans le train (1932); Wicked Duchess (1942); Woman Hater (1948).

Born on this day – Eddie Constantine:

Eddie Constantine

Actor

Singer

October 29, 1913 – February 25, 1993

Credits:

A Fat Head (1962); A Second Spring (1975); À tout casser (1968); Alphaville (1965); As If It Were Raining (1963); Avanzi di galera (1954); Beware of a Holy Whore (1971); Black Sequence (1984); Bloedverwanten (1977); Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1960); Bonne chance, Charlie (1962); Bonsoir Paris (1956); Boxoffice (1982); Ça va barder (1955); Ça va être ta fête (1960); Car-Napping - Bestellt, geklaut, geliefert (1980); Cartes sur table (1966); Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956); Ces dames s'en mêlent (1965); Ces messieurs de la famille (1968); Cet homme est dangereux (1953); Chien de pique (1960); Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962); Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur? (1964); Das Mikado-Projekt (1983); De bien étranges affaires (1982); Der Idiot im Hintergrund (1979); Der Schnüffler (1983); Des frissons partout (1963); Destination Fury (1961); Diamond Machine (1955); Die Alptraumfrau (1981); Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau (1964); Die Hinrichtung (1981); Dimension 1991-2024 (2010); Dishonorable Discharge (1957); Egypt by Three (1953); Ein Fall für Männdli (1976); Eine Rose für Jane (1970); Et par ici la sortie (1957); Europa (1991); Europa, abends (1989); Exit... nur keine Panik (1980); Faites vos jeux, mesdames (1965); Flight to Berlin (1984); Folies-Bergère (1956); Frankenstein's Aunt (1987); Freak Orlando (1981); Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987); Geen paniek (1973); Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991); Hail, Mafia (1965); Haytabo (1971); Heiter bis meschugge (1974); Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987); Hochkant (1982); Honor Thy Father (1986); Hoppla, jetzt kommt Eddie (1958); Hot Money Girl (1959); How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965); Incognito (1958); It Lives Again (1978); Je suis un sentimental (1955); Jumbo - Ein Elefantenleben (1970); Keep Talking, Baby (1961); Kottan ermittelt (1983); La bête noire (1983); L'agence (1989); Laissez tirer les tireurs (1964); Le couple témoin (1977); Le grand bluff (1957); Le moulin à remonter le poivre (1982); Le retour de Lemmy Caution (1989); Lemmy pour les dames... (1962); L'empire de la nuit (1962); Les brigades du Tigre (1982); Les cinq dernières minutes (1988); Les femmes d'abord (1963); Les femmes s'en balancent (1954); Les fugitifs (1981); License to Kill (1964); Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969); Lucky Jo (1964); Makaroni Blues (1986); Malatesta (1970); Man and Child (1956); Me faire ça à moi (1961); Minute papillon (1983); Neige (1981); Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965); Nous irons à Deauville (1962); Oasis (1982); Panische Zeiten (1980); Pariser Nächte (1973); Paul Chevrolet en de ultieme hallucinatie (1985); Pepe Carvalho (1986); Perlico – Perlaco (1971); Pfuri Gorps & Kniri im Hotel (1981); Poison Ivy (1953); Quei trentasei gradini (1984); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Rambo Zambo (1984); Ravissante (1960); Red Love (1982); Residencia para espías (1966); Riff Raff Girls (1959); Rivalen der Rennbahn (1989); Roncalli (1986); Room 43 (1958); Seifenblasen (1984); SOS Pacific (1959); Souvenir of Gibraltar (1975); Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen (1971); Tango durch Deutschland (1980); Tarzana (1978); The Fiancés of the Bridge Mac Donald (1961); The Gangsters (1957); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Third Generation (1979); Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993); Ticket of No Return (1979); Tiger - Frühling in Wien (1984); Tokyo Holiday (1991); Une aventure de Phil Perfect (1984); Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents (1974); Uno scugnizzo a New York (1984); Victor (1979); Votre dévoué Blake (1954); Wir sind drei (1972); Women Are Like That (1960); World on a Wire (1973); Your Turn, Darling (1963); Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978); Zwischen Mond und Sonne (1981).