Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Birds.
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 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance from 1962 and The Birds from 1963.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 1962 American dramatic Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and James Stewart.
The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a 1953 short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson.
In 2007, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Directed by: John Ford.
Screenplay by: James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck.
Based on: A 1953 short story by Dorothy M. Johnson.
Produced by: Willis Goldbeck.
Starring: John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin and Vera Miles.
Cinematography: William H. Clothier.
Edited by: Otho Lovering.
Music by: Cyril J. Mockridge.
Colour process: Black and white.
Production company: John Ford Productions.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures.
Release date: 22 April , 1962 (USA).
File length: 118 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $3.2 million.
Box office: $8 million.
The Birds is a 1963 American natural horror-thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, it focuses on a series of sudden and unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California, over the course of a few days.
The film stars Tippi Hedren in her screen debut, alongside Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright.
The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du Maurier's title and concept of unexplained bird attacks.
In 2016, The Birds was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry.
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock.
Screenplay by: Evan Hunter.
Based on: "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier.
Produced by: Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Tippi Hedren.
Cinematography: Robert Burks.
Edited by: George Tomasini.
Production company: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions.
Distributed by: Universal-International Pictures.
Release date: 28 March , 1963.
File length: 114 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $3.3 million.
Box office: $11.4 million.
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