Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Independence Day and Encino Man.

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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, Independence Day from 1996 and Encino Man from 1992.
Independence Day (also promoted as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin.
It stars an ensemble cast that consists of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, and Harvey Fierstein.
The film focuses on disparate groups of people who converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by a powerful extraterrestrial race.
With the other people of the world, they launch a counterattack on July 4— Independence Day in the United States.
While promoting Stargate in Europe, Emmerich conceived the film while answering a question about his belief in the existence of alien life.
Devlin and Emmerich decided to incorporate a large-scale attack having noticed that aliens in most invasion films travel long distances in outer space only to remain hidden when reaching Earth.
Shooting began on 28 July 1995, in New York City, and the film was completed on 8 October 1995.
Considered a significant turning point in the history of the Hollywood blockbuster, Independence Day was at the forefront of the large-scale disaster film and sci-fi resurgence of the mid-late 1990s.
It was released worldwide on 3 July 1996, but began showing on 2 July (the same day the film's story begins) in original release because of a high level of anticipation among moviegoers.
The film received mixed reviews, with praise for the performances, musical score, and visual effects, but criticism for its characters.
It grossed over $817.4 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1996 and the second highest-grossing film ever at the time, behind Jurassic Park (1993).
The film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound, losing the latter to The English Patient.
The sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, was released 20 years later 24 June 2016, as part of a planned series of films.
Directed by: Roland Emmerich.
Written by: Dean Devlin, and Roland Emmerich.
Produced by: Dean Devlin.
Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Vivica A. Fox, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, and Harvey Fierstein.
Cinematography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub.
Edited by: David Brenner.
Music by: David Arnold.
Production Company: Centropolis Entertainment.
Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Release date: 3 July 1996.
File Length: 145 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $75 million.
Box office: $817.4 million.
Encino Man (known as California Man in several territories) is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Les Mayfield in his directorial debut.
The film stars Sean Astin, with a supporting cast of Brendan Fraser, Mariette Hartley, Richard Masur, Pauly Shore, Robin Tunney, Michael DeLuise, and Ke Huy Quan.
In the film, two teenagers discover and thaw a frozen caveman, who must adjust to 20th-century society while teaching them life lessons of his own.
The film was released on 22 May 1992, by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (under its Hollywood Pictures label).
Despite negative reviews, Encino Man was a box-office success, grossing $40.7 million worldwide on a $7 million budget.
It was followed by a made-for-television spin-off, Encino Woman, in 1996.
Directed by: Les Mayfield.
Written by: George Zaloom , and Shawn Schepps.
Produced by: George Zaloom , Hilton A. Green, and Michael Rotenberg.
Starring: Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Megan Ward, Mariette Hartley, Richard Masur, and Pauly Shore.
Cinematography: Robert Brinkmann.
Edited by: Michael Kelly , and Eric A. Sears.
Music by: J. Peter Robinson.
Production companies: Hollywood Pictures, and Touchwood Pacific Partners I.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Release date: 22 May 1992.
File Length: 88 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $7 million.
Box office: $40.7 million.
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