23 January 2022

Rutger Hauer

 Rutger Hauer was born on January 23rd, 1944 in Breukelen, Netherlands. 

Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)

Paul Verhoeven’s Flesh + Blood (1985)
with Jennifer Jason Leigh 
and Susan Tyrrell

Nighthawks (1981)

Blade Runner (1982)

The Hitcher (1986)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Sin City (2005)

Hobo With a Shotgun (2011)

22 January 2022

Jim Jarmusch

 Jim Jarmusch was born on January 22nd, 1953 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Jim Jarmusch

Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

Mystery Train (1989)

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
with Henry Silva and Cliff Gorman



Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

Only Lover’s Left Alive (2013)
with Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston 

Paterson (2016)

The Dead Don’t Die (2019)






21 January 2022

Michael Wincott

 Michael Wincott was born on January 21st, 1958 in Ontario, Canada. 

Michael Wincott

This character actor is often cast in villainous roles because of his deep, raspy voice. 

The Doors (1991)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

The Crow (1994)

Basquiat (1996)

Alien: Resurrection (1997) 
dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet 
with Sigourney Weaver and 
Dominique Pinon



20 January 2022

Rolfe Sedan

 Rolfe Sedan was born on January 29th, 1896 in New York City. 

Rolfe Sedan (1896-1982)

Over his years as a character actor he played hundreds upon hundreds of roles, often times uncredited as an extra. 

Laurel and Hardy’s Double Whoopee (1929)

Sneak Easily (1932)

As the ballon ascensionist in
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Addams Family (1964-1966)

Young Frankenstein (1974) with
Gene WilderMarty FeldmanPeter Boyle
and 
Madeline Kahn



19 January 2022

Streets

On January 19th, 1990, Streets was released in US theaters. 

Streets (1990)

Directed and written by Katt Shea (co-written with Andy Ruben) and produced by Roger Corman. 

Streets (1990)

Starring Christina Applegate as an underaged, illiterate, drug addicted prostitute with a psycho cop problem living on the streets of Venice, California. 

Christina Applegate as Dawn

Also starring David Mendenhall and Eb Lottimer. The theme song (Dawn’s Theme) is Performed by Elizabeth Daily. Katt Shea went on to direct Poison Ivy (1992) and The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) starring Emily Bergl. 

 

18 January 2022

John Boorman

 John Boorman was born on January 18th, 1933 in Middlesex, England. 

John Boorman

Deliverance (1972)

Zardoz (1974)


The Exorcist II The Heretic

Excalibur (1981)

16 January 2022

John Carpenter

 John Carpenter was born on January 16th, 1948 in Carthage, New York. 

John Carpenter 

The filmmaker / artist / producer is responsible for a long list of successful horror, action and science fiction movies. 

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles and Nancy Loomis
in Halloween (1978)

The Fog (1980)
with 
Jamie Lee Curtis 
and Tom Atkins

Escape From New York (1981)
with Tom Atkins 
and 
Ernest Borgnine

The Thing (1982)
with Keith David

Christine (1983)

Prince of Darkness (1987)
with 
Donald Pleasence

They Live (1988) 
with Keith David


With collaborator Debra Hill

With Hill and special effects artist Rob Bottin
on the set of The Fog

the Coupe de Villes
John Carpenter, Nick Castle and Tommy Lee Wallace

The John Carpenter Band