Coming up on Saturday at the Described movies: Forrest Gump and The Jungle Book

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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described Movies Forrest Gump from 1994, and The Jungle Book from 1967.
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth.
It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field.
The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump (Hanks), a slow-witted but kind-hearted man from Alabama who witnesses and unwittingly influences several defining historical events in the 20th century United States.
The film differs substantially from the novel.
Principal photography took place between August and December 1993, mainly in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate Hanks into archived footage and to develop other scenes.
The soundtrack features songs reflecting the different periods seen in the film.
Forrest Gump was released in the United States on 6 July, 1994 and received favourable reviews for Zemeckis's directing, Sinise and Hanks's performances, the visual effects, the music and the screenplay.
The film was an enormous success at the box office; it became the top-grossing film in America released that year and earned over US$677 million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1994, behind The Lion King.
The soundtrack sold over 12 million copies.
Forrest Gump won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing.
It received many award nominations, including Golden Globes, British Academy Film Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Varying interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film's political symbolism.
In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis.
Produced by: Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey.
Screenplay by: Eric Roth.
Based on: Forrest Gump: by: Winston Groom.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field.
Music by: Alan Silvestri.
Cinematography: Don Burgess.
Edited by: Arthur Schmidt.
Production company: The Tisch Company.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures.
Release date: 23 June , 1994 ( Los Angeles) and 6 July , 1994 (United States).
Track Length: 162:53 minutes including credits.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $55 million.
Box office: $683.1 million.
The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions.
Based on Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book of the same name, it is the 19th Disney animated feature film.
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the last film to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production.
The plot follows Mowgli, a feral child raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, as his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear try to convince him to leave the jungle before the evil tiger Shere Khan arrives.
The early versions of both the screenplay and the soundtrack followed Kipling's work more closely, with a dramatic, dark, and sinister tone which Disney did not want in his family film, leading to writer Bill Peet and songwriter Terry Gilkyson being replaced.
The casting employed famous actors and musicians Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders and Louis Prima, as well as Disney regulars such as Sterling Holloway, J. Pat O'Malley and Verna Felton, and the director's son, Bruce Reitherman, as Mowgli.
The Jungle Book was released on 18 October, 1967, to positive reception, with acclaim for its soundtrack, featuring five songs by the Sherman Brothers and one by Gilkyson, " The Bare Necessities".
The film initially became Disney's second-highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, and was also successful during its re-releases.
The film was also successful throughout the world, becoming Germany's highest-grossing film by number of admissions.
Disney released a live-action adaptation in 1994 and an animated sequel, The Jungle Book 2, in 2003; a live-action remake directed by Jon Favreau was released in 2016, with a sequel to that film in development.
Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman.
Produced by: Walt Disney.
Story by: Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, Vance Gerry and Bill Peet (uncredited).
Based on: The Jungle Book: By: Rudyard Kipling.
Starring: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, John Abbott, Louis Prima and Bruce Reitherman.
Narrated by: Sebastian Cabot.
Music by: George Bruns.
Edited by: Tom Acosta and Norman Carlisle.
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Distribution.
Release date: 18 October , 1967.
Track length: 77:2 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $4 million.
Box office: $378 million.
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