Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Aladdin.

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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 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl from 2003 and Aladdin from 1992.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 American fantasy supernatural swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski.
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the film is based on Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disney theme parks and the first film in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
The film stars Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley.
The story follows pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) and blacksmith Will Turner (Bloom) as they rescue the kidnapped Elizabeth Swann (Knightley) from the crew of the Black Pearl, captained by Hector Barbossa (Rush).
Barbossa's crew attempts to retrieve the final pieces of a hoard of Aztec gold to break the curse laid on them when they stole it.
Jay Wolpert developed a script in 2001, and Stuart Beattie rewrote it in early 2002.
Around that time, producer Jerry Bruckheimer became involved in the project; he had Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio work on the script, adding the plot device of a supernatural curse to the story to bring it in line with the original theme park ride.
Filming took place from October 2002 to March 2003 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and on sets constructed around Los Angeles, California.
The first film released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner to be rated PG-13 by the MPAA, The Curse of the Black Pearl had its world premiere at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, on 28 June 2003.
Defying low pre-release expectations, the film was a huge box-office success—it grossed $654.3 million worldwide, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of 2003.
It received generally positive reviews from critics, with Depp's performance receiving universal acclaim.
The film has been widely cited as the film that launched Depp as a box-office leading man after many years as a cult movie star.
Depp won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, in addition to Best Actor nominations at the Academy Awards, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes.
The Curse of the Black Pearl was also nominated for four other Academy Awards and BAFTAs.
The film became the first in a franchise and was followed by four sequels: Dead Man's Chest (2006), At World's End (2007), On Stranger Tides (2011), and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).
Directed by: Gore Verbinski.
Screenplay by: Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio.
Story by: Ted Elliott , Terry Rossio , Stuart Beattie, and Jay Wolpert.
Based on: Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean.
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and Jonathan Pryce.
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski.
Edited by: Craig Wood, Stephen Rivkin, and Arthur Schmidt.
Music by: Klaus Badelt.
Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Release dates: 28 June 2003 ( Disneyland Resort), and 9 July 2003 (United States).
File Length: 143 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $140 million.
Box office: $654.3 million.
Aladdin is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
The 31st Disney animated feature film and the fourth produced during the Disney Renaissance, it is based on the Arabic folktale of the same name from the One Thousand and One Nights.
The film was produced and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements from a screenplay they co-wrote with the writing team of Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.
Featuring the voices of Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, and Jonathan Freeman, the film follows the titular Aladdin, an Arabian street urchin, who finds a magic lamp containing a genie.
With the genie's help, Aladdin disguises himself as a wealthy prince and tries to impress the Sultan to win the heart of his free-spirited daughter, Princess Jasmine, as the Sultan's evil vizier Jafar plots to steal the magic lamp for his own uses.
Lyricist Howard Ashman first pitched the idea, and the screenplay went through three drafts before then-Disney Studios president Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to its production.
The animators based their designs on the work of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, and computers were used for both finishing the artwork and creating some animated elements.
The musical score was written by Alan Menken and features six songs with lyrics written by both Ashman and Tim Rice, who took over after Ashman's death.
Aladdin was released on 11 November 1992.
It received positive reviews from critics (particularly for Williams' performance).
It was a commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1992 with an earning of over $504 million in worldwide box office revenue.
Upon release, it became the first animated feature to reach the half-billion-dollar mark and was the highest-grossing animated film of all time until it was surpassed by The Lion King (1994).
Aladdin garnered two Academy Awards, as well as other accolades for its soundtrack, which had the first and only number from a Disney feature to earn a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, for the film's " A Whole New World," sung by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle.
The film's home video VHS release also set a sales record and grossed about $500 million in the United States.
Aladdin's success led to various derived works and other material inspired by the film, including two direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), an animated television series, and a Broadway adaptation.
A live-action film adaptation directed by Guy Ritchie was released on 24 May 2019.
Directed by: John Musker, and Ron Clements.
Screenplay by: Ron Clements , John Musker , Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio.
Story by: Burny Mattinson, Roger Allers, Daan Jippes, Kevin Harkey , Sue Nichols, Francis Glebas, Darrell Rooney, Larry Leker , James Fujii , Kirk Hanson , Kevin Lima, Rebecca Rees , David S. Smith , Chris Sanders, Brian Pimental, and Patrick A. Ventura.
Based on: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from One Thousand and One Nights.
Produced by: John Musker , and Ron Clements.
Starring: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, and Douglas Seale.
Edited by: H. Lee Peterson.
Music by: Alan Menken.
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures, and Walt Disney Feature Animation.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Release date: 11 November 1992.
File Length: 90 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $28 million.
Box office: $504.1 million.
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