Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Walk the Line and Cadillac records.

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 Walk the line from 2005 and Cadillac Records from 2008.
Walk the Line is a 2005 German American biographical musical romantic drama film directed by James Mangold.
The screenplay, written by Mangold and Gill Dennis, is based on two autobiographies authored by singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, 1975's Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words and 1997's Cash: The Autobiography.
The film follows Cash's early life, his romance with June Carter, and his ascent in the country music scene.
It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Cash, Reese Witherspoon as Carter, Ginnifer Goodwin as Cash's first wife Vivian Liberto, and Robert Patrick as Cash's father.
Walk the Line premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on 4 September 2005 and was theatrically released by 20th Century Fox on 18 November.
The film received positive reviews and grossed $187 million on a $28 million budget.
It received five nominations at the 78th Academy Awards: Best Actress (For Witherspoon, which she won), Best Actor (For Phoenix), Best Sound, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing.
Directed by: James Mangold.
Screenplay by: Gill Dennis, and James Mangold.
Based on: Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words , and Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash.
Produced by: James Keach, and Cathy Konrad.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Robert Patrick.
Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael.
Edited by: Michael McCusker.
Music by: T Bone Burnett.
Production company: Fox 2000 Pictures.
Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Release dates: 4 September 2005 ( Telluride Film Festival) and 18 November 2005 (United States).
File Length: 127 minutes.
Countries: United States, and Germany.
Language: English.
Budget: $28 million.
Box office: $186.8 million.
Cadillac Records is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin.
The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records.
The film stars Adrien Brody, as Leonard Chess, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf, and Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James.
The film was released in North America on 5 December 2008, by TriStar Pictures.
Soundtrack released on Music World/Columbia on Sony Music.
Directed by: Darnell Martin.
Written by: Darnell Martin.
Produced by: Sofia Sondervan, and Andrew Lack.
Starring: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eamonn Walker, Mos Def, and Beyoncé Knowles.
Cinematography: Anastas Michos.
Edited by: Peter C. Frank.
Music by: Terence Blanchard, and Steve Jordan.
Production companies: TriStar Pictures, Sony Music Film, and Parkwood Entertainment.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing.
Release dates: 24 November 2008, and 5 December 2008 (United States).
File Length: 103 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $12 million.
Box office: $8.9 million.
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