Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: The Perfect Storm, and Twister.

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 Perfect Storm from 2000, and Twister from 1996.
The Perfect Storm is a 2000 American biographical disaster drama film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and based on the 1997 non-fiction book of the same name by Sebastian Junger.
The film was adapted by William D. Wittliff, with an uncredited rewrite by Bo Goldman, and tells the story of the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing vessel that was lost at sea with all hands after being caught in the Perfect Storm of 1991.
The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Bob Gunton, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and John C. Reilly.
It was released on 30 June 2000, by Warner Bros. and grossed $328 million worldwide.
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen.
Screenplay by: William D. Wittliff.
Based on: The Perfect Storm: by : Sebastian Junger.
Produced by: Paula Weinstein, Wolfgang Petersen, and Gail Katz.
Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Bob Gunton, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and John C. Reilly.
Cinematography: John Seale.
Edited by: Richard Francis-Bruce.
Music by: James Horner.
Production companies: Baltimore Pictures, and Radiant Productions.
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Release date: 30 June 2000.
File Length: 118 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $120 million.
Box office: $328.7 million.
Twister is a 1996 American epic disaster film directed by Jan de Bont from a screenplay by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin.
It was produced by Crichton, Kathleen Kennedy, and Ian Bryce, with Steven Spielberg, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, and Gerald R. Molen serving as executive producers.
The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Todd Field, and Jeremy Davies as a group of amateur but spirited storm chasers trying to deploy a tornado research device during a severe outbreak in Oklahoma.
Twister was officially released in theatres on 10 May 1996.
It is notable for being the first film to be released on DVD in the United States.
Twister grossed $495 million worldwide and became the second highest-grossing film of 1996 ; it sold an estimated 54.7 million tickets in the U.S.
It received generally positive reviews from critics, as some praised the visual effects and sound design, but others criticized the screenplay.
The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects
and Best Sound but lost both to Independence Day and The English Patient, respectively.
Directed by: Jan de Bont.
Written by: Michael Crichton, and Anne-Marie Martin.
Produced by: Ian Bryce, Michael Crichton , and Kathleen Kennedy.
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Todd Field, and Jeremy Davies.
Cinematography: Jack N. Green.
Edited by: Michael Kahn.
Music by: Mark Mancina, and Van Halen.
Production companies: Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and Amblin Entertainment.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. (North America and Philippines theatrical), and Universal Pictures (International; through United International Pictures).
Release date: 10 May 1996.
File Length: 114 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $88–92 million.
Box office: $495.7 million.
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