Shirley Valentine (film) Shirley Valentine (film) Shirley Valentine is an award-winning 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title, which follows middle aged Shirley Valentine in an unexpected discovery of herself, and rekindling of her childhood dreams and youthful love of life. Pauline Collins reprises the titular lead role as middle-aged housewife Shirley, which she had previously played in the stage production in London's West End and on Broadway, and Tom Conti plays Costas Dimitriades, the owner of a Greek tavern with whom she has a
Blood Brothers (EP) Blood Brothers (EP) Blood Brothers is a five-song EP by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, released in 1996. The EP was originally released along with a film, also titled "Blood Brothers", which documented the 1995 temporary reuniting of Springsteen with the band to record extra tracks for his "Greatest Hits" release of that year. Long out of print, the EP was re-released in January 2014 to ITunes, Spotify and other download sites. Four of the five songs on the EP were written and recorded in 1995 during the band's "Greatest Hits" sessions while "Murder Incorporated" was recorded live