Message in a Bottle 1999 premiere
by nightopeningfan | created - 21 Jun 2020 | updated - 21 Jun 2020 | PublicMonday February 8th, Regency Village Theatre 961 Broxton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024
1. Kevin Costner
Actor | The Postman
Kevin Michael Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner (née Tedrick), a welfare worker. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle ...
2. John Savage
Actor | The Last Full Measure
John Savage is an American actor best known for his roles in The Deer Hunter (1978), The Onion Field (1979), Hair (1979), Salvador (1986), The Last Full Measure (2019), In Dubious Battle (2016), and the television shows Goliath (2016), Twin Peaks (2017), and Dark Angel (2000). He was born in Old ...
3. Buzz Aldrin
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and, as Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the...
4. Nicholas Sparks
Writer | Safe Haven
Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1988 and is one of the more critically-acclaimed authors of the past 5 years. He is the author of 5 best-selling books, including "The Notebook" and "The Rescue". Eleven of his books, ...
5. Illeana Douglas
Actress | Stir of Echoes
Illeana Douglas is an actress, writer, and producer. Born with show business in her blood, she is the granddaughter of screen legend Melvyn Douglas. Illeana began studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. While working in New York as a stand-up comedian and sketch comedy artist, ...
6. Sean Penn
Actor | Mystic River
Sean Penn is a powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work, who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private life and political viewpoints.
Sean Justin Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the ...
7. Robin Wright
Actress | Forrest Gump
Robin Gayle Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), a national director at Mary Kay, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. She grew up in San Diego, California. She started her professional career as a model in 1980 at age 14, and worked both in Paris and Japan. After ...
8. Andy Garcia
Actor | Ocean's Eleven
One of Hollywood's most private and guarded leading men, Andy Garcia has created iconic characters while at the same time staying true to his acting roots and personal projects.
Garcia was born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez on April 12, 1956, in Havana, Cuba, to Amelie Menéndez, a teacher of English...
9. Luis Mandoki
Director | Voces inocentes
Luis Mandoki was born on August 17, 1954 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a director and producer, known for Innocent Voices (2004), Angel Eyes (2001) and Trapped (2002).
10. Lynn Redgrave
Actress | Gods and Monsters
Actress of both the English and American stage and screen, Lynn Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, England, into one of the world's most famous acting dynasties. As the daughter of Rachel Kempson and Sir Michael Redgrave, sister of Vanessa Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, and granddaughter of Roy...
11. Charisma Carpenter
Actress | Angel
Charisma Carpenter first made her television debut with a guest spot on Baywatch (1989), before receiving a call from legendary producer Aaron Spelling and subsequently being cast on the prime time soap opera, Malibu Shores (1996). But her big break - and the one that would forever change the ...
12. Natalie Raitano
Actress | V.I.P.
Natalie Raitano was born on October 3, 1966 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for V.I.P. (1998), One More Round (2005) and Pink (2007).
13. Sandi Schultz
Actress | Assignment
Sandi Schultz is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and UCT Drama School. Highlights of her earlier stage career include a year-long run as Magenta in the original South African production of The Rocky Horror Show, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Hermia in Midsummer Night's Dream. On ...
14. Jennifer Youngs
Actress | Angelo My Love
Born into show business in New York City, Jennifer Youngs grew up on movie sets. She spent the 1990s working as an actress. After three years of playing Ingrid on "Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman", her character was killed off. Youngs decided to put all her energy into her music. She made a CD ...
15. Garcelle Beauvais
Actress | Spider-Man: Homecoming
Named one of People Magazine's highly coveted 50 Most Beautiful in 2014, Haitian-born actress Garcelle Beauvais immigrated to the United States at the age of seven with her mother and sisters, and has since charmed audiences with her dramatic and comedic abilities. A seasoned actress, Garcelle ...
16. Joe Costner
Actor | The Postman
Joe Costner was born on January 31, 1988 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Postman (1997), Tin Cup (1996) and Better Than Yourself.
17. Annabel Clark
Annabel Clark was born on July 10, 1981 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She is known for Kinsey (2004), Starting Out in the Evening (2007) and Portal Runner (2021). She has been married to Eduardo Garabal since August 1, 2009.
18. Annie Costner
Actress | The Postman
In 2014, Costner founded Sound Off Films. Sound Off Films is a boutique production company focused on documentary and non-fiction storytelling. Founded with producer/ partner Adrienne Hall. Sound Off Films opened an office in 2016 in Ventura, California. Annie & Adrienne met during production on ...
19. Lily Costner
Actress | The Postman
Lily Costner was born on August 4, 1986 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Postman (1997), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) and Black or White (2014).
20. Jonathan Axelrod
Producer | Garage Sale Mysteries
Jonathan Axelrod was born on July 9, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Garage Sale Mysteries (2013), Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972) and Hollywood Babylon (1992). He was previously married to Katy Garretson, Illeana Douglas and Shelley Smith.
21. Mariel Hemingway
Actress | Manhattan
Mariel Hemingway was born on November 22, 1961 in Mill Valley, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Manhattan (1979), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) and The Sex Monster (1999). She was previously married to Stephen Crisman.
22. Rachel Hunter
Actress | The Benchwarmers
Rachel Hunter was born on September 8, 1969 in Auckland, New Zealand. She is an actress and producer, known for The Benchwarmers (2006), Rock Star (2001) and Dead Write (2007). She was previously married to Rod Stewart.
24. Harry Dean Stanton
Actor | Lucky
Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a barber and tobacco farmer. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944. Drafted into the Navy, he served as a cook in the U.S. Navy during ...
25. Bob Gorelick
Camera_department | The Dark Knight
Bob Gorelick has been active in the film business since 1981. A graduate of NYU Film school, he began his career in New York as a production assistant. He then worked as a film loader, 2nd ac, 1st ac, and later a Steadicam and conventional camera operator. Bob's early influences came mostly from ...
26. Chris Penn
Actor | Reservoir Dogs
Christopher Shannon Penn was born on October 10, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, the third son of actress Eileen Ryan (née Annucci) and director, actor, and writer Leo Penn. His siblings are musician Michael Penn and actor Sean Penn. His father was from a Lithuanian Jewish/Russian Jewish family, ...
27. Zooey Deschanel
Actress | New Girl
Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for The Passion of the Christ (2004)) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir), is an actress who appeared in Twin Peaks (1990). Her paternal ...
28. Jesse James
Actor | As Good as It Gets
Jesse James was born in Southern California to Shane and Jaime. He started acting when his father was getting head-shots of himself taken. Shane asked the photographer, who was also a manager, to take photos of Jesse. The photographer/manager agreed and was amazed by the vibrant personality of the ...
30. Paul Newman
Actor | The Hustler
Screen legend, superstar, and the man with the most famous blue eyes in movie history, Paul Leonard Newman was born on January 26, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, the second son of Arthur Sigmund Newman (died 1950) and Theresa Fetsko (died 1982). His elder brother was Arthur S. Newman Jr., named for ...
31. Susan Brightbill
Writer | Sold Out
Susan Brightbill was born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Sold Out (2021), Message in a Bottle (1999) and The Postman (1997).
32. Robbie Coltrane
Actor | Cracker
Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's most popular comedians who was head of debating society at school and won prizes for his art, is now a film star who played in two James Bond films and in the "Harry Potter" franchise.
Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, in Rutherglen, a ...
33. Bethel Leslie
Actress | Message in a Bottle
The daughter of a well-to-do attorney and a socialite, Jane Bethel Leslie was born on August 3, 1929, in New York City. She was a 15-year-old student at the Brearley School on the Upper East Side when she was discovered by legendary producer George Abbott for the Broadway play "Snafu" in 1944. She ...
34. Tom Aldredge
Actor | What About Bob?
Tom Aldredge was born on February 28, 1928, in Dayton, Ohio. First appearing off-Broadway in 1957 in "Electra" and on Broadway in 1959 in "The Nervous Set," Aldredge has appeared in over 30 Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Others include "On Golden Pond," "The Litte Foxes" (opposite Elizabeth...
35. Hayden Panettiere
Actress | Heroes
Hayden Lesley Panettiere was born on August 21, 1989 in Palisades, New York, to actress Lesley Vogel and fire department captain Skip Panettiere. Her younger brother was actor Jansen Panettiere (1994-2023). Her parents are both of half Italian descent, along with German and English. Her mother got ...
36. Rosemary Murphy
Actress | To Kill a Mockingbird
Rosemary Murphy was born on January 13, 1925 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and Mighty Aphrodite (1995). She was married to Reginald Marsh. She died on July 5, 2014 in New York City, New York, USA.
37. Denise Di Novi
Producer | Heathers
Denise Di Novi was born on March 21, 1956 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Heathers (1988), Little Women (2019) and Ed Wood (1994).
38. Jim Wilson
Producer | The Postman
Jim Wilson is known for The Postman (1997), Dances with Wolves (1990) and Wyatt Earp (1994).
39. Gerald Di Pego
Writer | Phenomenon
Gerald Di Pego was born in 1941. He is a writer and producer, known for Phenomenon (1996), Message in a Bottle (1999) and The Forgotten (2004). He has been married to Christine DiPego since 1992. He was previously married to Janet Kapsin.
40. Gabriel Yared
Composer | The Talented Mr. Ripley
Gabriel Yared stopped his law studies at the age of 20 to work as a professional music composer. He studied with Henri Dutilleux and Maurice Ohana. He worked as a composer, orchestrator or producer for such singers as Françoise Hardy, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bécaud and Mireille Mathieu. He made ...
41. Caleb Deschanel
Cinematographer | The Passion of the Christ
Caleb Deschanel is an American film cinematographer and film/television director. He has been nominated for six Academy Awards, each time in the field of cinematography. The first nomination came in 1983 for the film The Right Stuff (1983). His second was in 1984 for The Natural (1984), the third ...
42. Steven Weisberg
Editor | Men in Black II
Steven Weisberg was born on January 16, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an editor, known for Men in Black II (2002), The Cable Guy (1996) and Man of the Year (2006). He was married to Susan Ellicott. He died on October 16, 2023 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
43. Ciarán Brennan
Soundtrack | Warriors of Virtue
Ciarán Brennan is known for Warriors of Virtue (1997), Bassie & Adriaan (1978) and Switch (1991).
44. Maire Brennan
Soundtrack | King Arthur
As lead singer of Irish Celtic pioneers, Clannad, Moya has released over 20 albums and sold 10 million in her career. Clannad initiated what is now known as Celtic music, blending Irish traditional arrangements with an elemental sound, overlayered with Moya's ethereal vocal layering. Clannad have ...
45. Pol Brennan
Music_department | Patriot Games
Pol Brennan is known for Patriot Games (1992), Robin Hood (1984) and Kings (2007).
46. Noel Duggan
Soundtrack | Baywatch
Noel Duggan was born on January 23, 1949 in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Baywatch (1989), Clannad: Theme from Harry's Game (1982) and Clannad Live at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (2012). He died on October 15, 2022 in Greencastle, County Donegal, Ireland.
47. Padraig Duggan
Soundtrack | Baywatch
Padraig Duggan was born on January 23, 1949 in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. He was an actor and composer, known for Baywatch (1989), 1916, Souls of Freedom (2015) and Clannad: Theme from Harry's Game (1982). He was married to Jan. He died on August 9, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland.
48. Richard Marx
Soundtrack | Tequila Sunrise
Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
Marx's self-titled debut album went triple-platinum in 1987, and his first single, "Don't Mean Nothing", reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Between 1987...
49. Laura Pausini
Soundtrack | La vita davanti a sé
Laura Pausini is one of the most successful and admired Italian artist around the world, with over 70 million albums sold, several songs performed in six languages, and multiple awards under her belt including a GRAMMY - becoming the first Italian female artist to win this award - four Latin ...
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