Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Get Out
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From this Saturday at 2am Eastern, that’s 7pm Saturday in NZ, 5pm in Sydney and 7am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movie Get Out from 2017.
Get Out is a 2017 American horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele in his directorial debut.
It stars Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, Catherine Keener, and Lakeith Stanfield.
Get Out follows Chris Washington (Kaluuya), a young African-American man who uncovers a disturbing secret when he meets the family of his white girlfriend, Rose Armitage (Williams).
Principal photography began in February 2016 in Fairhope, Alabama, then moved to Barton Academy and the Ashland Place Historic District in Mobile, Alabama.
The entire film was shot in 23 days.
Get Out premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 23 January, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on 24 February, 2017, by Universal Pictures.
It received positive reviews from critics, with praise directed at Peele's direction and screenplay, Kaluuya's performance and its themes. It was also a massive commercial success, grossing $255 million worldwide on a $4.5 million budget, with a net profit of $124.8 million, making it the tenth-most profitable film of 2017.
It was chosen by the National Board of Review, the American Film Institute and Time as one of the top 10 films of the year. At the 90th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for four awards, including Best Picture; Peele won for Best Original Screenplay.
It also earned five nominations at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, two at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, and two at the 71st British Academy Film Awards.
It has been featured in multiple listings of the best films of the 2010s.
Directed by: Jordan Peele.
Produced by: Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele.
Written by: Jordan Peele.
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root and Catherine Keener.
Music by: Michael Abels.
Cinematography: Toby Oliver.
Edited by: Gregory Plotkin.
Production company: Blumhouse Productions, QC Entertainment and Monkeypaw Productions.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures.
Release date: 23 January, 2017 (Sundance) and 24 February, 2017 (United States).
Running time: 104 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $4.5 million.
Box office: $255.4 million.
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