Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Dead Poets Society and Splash.

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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies Dead Poets Society from 1989 and Splash from 1984.
Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American teen drama film written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter Weir, and starring Robin Williams.
Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative Vermont boarding school Welton Academy, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry.
The film was a commercial success and received numerous accolades, including Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Actor for Robin Williams.
The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, the César Award for Best Foreign Film and the David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film.
Schulman received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his work.
Directed by: Peter Weir.
Produced by: Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas.
Written by: Tom Schulman.
Starring: Robin Williams.
Music by: Maurice Jarre.
Cinematography: John Seale.
Edited by: William Anderson.
Production companies: Touchstone Pictures and Silver Screen Partners IV.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Release date: 2 June , 1989.
File Length: 128 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $16.4 million.
Box office: $235.9 million.
Splash is a 1984 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, and Eugene Levy.
It involves a young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who is secretly a mermaid.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
The film is notable for being the first film released by Touchstone Pictures, a film label created by Walt Disney Studios that same year in an effort to release films targeted at adult audiences, with mature content not appropriate for the studio's flagship Walt Disney Pictures banner.
Splash had received a PG-rating for some profanity and brief nudity.
Directed by: Ron Howard.
Produced by: Brian Grazer.
Screenplay by: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman.
Story by: Bruce Jay Friedman and Brian Grazer.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy and John Candy.
Music by: Lee Holdridge.
Cinematography: Donald Peterman.
Edited by: Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill.
Production company: Touchstone Films.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Distribution.
Release date: 9 March , 1984.
File Length: 109 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $11 million.
Box office: $69.8 million.
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