Coming up on Saturday at the described movies: To Kill a Mockingbird, and 12 Angry Men.

Only on Mushroom escape:
http://www.mushroomfm.com/escape
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 To Kill a Mockingbird from 1962, and 12 Angry Men from 1957.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan.
The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize –winning novel of the same name.
The film stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout.
Small-town Alabama, 1932.
Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck) is a lawyer and a widower.
He has two young children, Jem, and Scout.
Atticus Finch is currently defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Meanwhile, Jem and Scout are intrigued by their neighbours, the Radleys, and the mysterious, seldom-seen Boo Radley in particular.
It marked the film debut of Robert Duvall, William Windom, and Alice Ghostley.
It gained overwhelmingly positive reception from both the critics and the public; a box-office success, it earned more than six times its budget.
The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture.
In 1995, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In 2003, the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century.
In 2007, the film ranked twenty-fifth on the AFI's 10th anniversary list of the greatest American movies of all time.
In 2020, the British Film Institute included it in their list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 15.
The film was restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD in 2012, as part of the 100th anniversary of Universal Pictures.
Directed by: Robert Mulligan.
Screenplay by: Horton Foote.
Based on: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Produced by: Alan J. Pakula.
Starring: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Ruth White, Paul Fix, Brock Peters, Frank Overton, and James Anderson.
Cinematography: Russell Harlan, A.S.C.
Edited by: Aaron Stell, A.C.E.
Music by: Elmer Bernstein.
Production company: Brentwood Productions.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures.
Release date: 25 December 1962.
File Length: 131 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $2 million.
Box office: $13.1 million.
12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose.
The film tells the story of a jury of 12 men as they deliberate the conviction or acquittal of a teenager charged with murder based on reasonable doubt; disagreement and conflict among them force the jurors to question their morals and values.
It stars Henry Fonda (who also produced the film with Reginald Rose), Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E. G. Marshall, and Jack Warden.
12 Angry Men explores many techniques of consensus-building and the difficulties encountered in the process among this group of men whose range of personalities adds to the intensity and conflict.
The jury members are identified only by number; no names are revealed until an exchange of dialogue at the very end.
The film forces the audience to evaluate their own self-image through observing the personalities, experiences, and actions of the jurors.
The film is also notable for its almost exclusive use of one set, where all but three minutes of the film takes place.
The film was selected as the second-best courtroom drama ever (after 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird) by the American Film Institute for their AFI's 10 Top 10 list.
It is regarded by many as one of the greatest films ever made.
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: Sidney Lumet.
Screenplay by: Reginald Rose.
Based on: Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose.
Produced by: Henry Fonda, and Reginald Rose.
Starring: Henry Fonda , Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, and Jack Warden.
Cinematography: Boris Kaufman.
Edited by: Carl Lerner.
Music by: Kenyon Hopkins.
Production Company: Orion-Nova Productions.
Distributed by: United Artists.
Release date: 10 April 1957 ( Fox Wilshire Theatre).
File Length: 92 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $337,000.
Box office: $2 million (rentals).
Any questions, comments, or ideas for future described movies: e-mail me: anthony at mushroomfm dot com (e-mail address written that way to cut down on
spam)
Enjoy the movies,