30 November 2021

Terrence Malick

 Terrence Malick was born on November 30th, 1943. 

Terrence Malick

The reclusive director’s award winning credits span almost 50 years.

Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen in Badlands (1973)
with 
John Carter

Adrien Brody in The Thin Red Line (1998)

Sean Penn in The Tree of Life (2011)

August Diehl and Valerie Pachner in A Hidden Life (2019)

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29 November 2021

Diane Ladd

 Diane Ladd was born on November 29th, 1935. 

Diane Ladd

Chinatown (1974)

With Ellen Burstyn in
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
…and again on the sitcom Alice (1980-81)

Embryo (1976)

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

Not sure if I forgot that Diane Ladd was Laura Dern’s mom or if I just never knew. 

Wild At Heart (1990) with daughter Laura Dern 


28 November 2021

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

 Mary Elizabeth Winstead was born on November 28th, 1984.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead 

Final Destination 3 (2006)

Black Christmas (2006)

Death Proof (2007)

Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010)

The Thing (2011)

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

She is half of the duo “Got A Girl” with producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura. 


 


27 November 2021

Curtis Armstrong

 Curtis Armstrong was born on November 27th, 1953.

He’s played both Booger and Snot. 

Curtis Armstrong 

Miles Dalby in Risky Business (1983)

Booger in Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Charles De Bar in Better Off Dead (1985)
with Amanda Wyss
Taylor Negron, 
E.G. Daly and 
Vincent Schiavelli

Snot on American Dad


Also on this date:

Kathryn Bigelow was born in 1951



26 November 2021

Alien: Resurrection

 On November 26th, 1997, Alien: Resurrection was released in US theaters. 

Alien: Resurrection 

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and written by Joss Whedon. 

The Alien Hybrid

Set 200 years after Alien 3, Sigourney Weaver reprises her role as a cloned Ripley. 

Also starring Wynona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif, Dan Hedaya, Michael Wincott and Dominique Pinon

Perlman, Pinon, Weaver and Ryder

Brad Dourif

Dan Hedaya


Also on this date:

Actor John Carter was born in 1927

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Bolaji Badejo


25 November 2021

The Last Waltz

 On November 25th, 1976, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson and Rick Danko performed live for the last time as The Band. The concert took place at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

The Band

A parade of top notch talent at the time joined them on stage including but not limited to Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton and Joni Mitchell. 

Martin Scorsese filmed it and a documentary was released nearly two years later. In 2019 the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry. 



Also on this date:

Beverly Washburn was born in 1943

24 November 2021

Candy Darling

 Candy Darling was born on November 24th, 1944. 

Candy Darling (1944-1974)

Best known for her work with Andy Warhol, she is also the subject of the second verse of Lou Reed’s 1972 song “Walk on the Wild Side”.  

Flesh (1968)

Women in Revolt (1971)
with Holly Woodlawn 
and 
Sissy Spacek in her first movie as an extra

Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)

Also on this date:

Amanda Wyss was born in 1959

23 November 2021

Boris Karloff

On November 23rd, 1887, Boris Karloff was born in Surrey, England. 

Boris Karloff (1887-1969)


Frankenstein’s monster

With Dwight Frye and 
Edward Van Sloan in
Frankenstein (1931)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
with
Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester and Ernest Thesiger 

The Mummy (1932)
with Bramwell Fletcher and Edward Van Sloan


Scarface (1932)

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
with Angelo Rossitto

Narrator and Voice of Grinch in
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

Also on this date:

Dominique Dunne was born in 1959

22 November 2021

Jamie Lee Curtis

 On November 22nd, 1958, THE Final Girl was born. 


Jamie Lee Curtis

Halloween (1978) 
with P.J. Soles and Nancy Loomis

Terror Train (1980)
with Vanity

With Tom Atkins in The Fog (1980)

Prom Night (1980)
with Leslie Nielsen
 

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
with Tommy Lee Wallace

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
with Janet Leigh

Knives Out (2019)