Coming up on Saturday at the described Movies: Rent, and While You Were Sleeping

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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 Rent from 2005, and While You Were Sleeping from 1995.
Rent is a 2005 American musical drama film directed by Chris Columbus.
It is an adaptation of Jonathan Larson's 1996 Broadway musical of the same name, in turn based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, which is itself based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger.
The film, which features six of the eight original Broadway cast members reprising their lead roles, depicts the lives of several bohemians and their struggles with sexuality, drugs, paying their rent, and life under the shadow of AIDS in the gritty East Village of New York City from 1989 to 1990.
The film received mixed reviews from critics who praised the performances but criticized its writing, casting, and direction.
It failed to cover its production costs at the box office.
Directed by: Chris Columbus.
Screenplay by: Stephen Chbosky.
Based on: Rent by Jonathan Larson, La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, and Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger.
Produced by: Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, and Michael Barnathan.
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, and Tracie Thoms.
Cinematography: Stephen Goldblatt.
Edited by: Richard Pearson.
Music by: Jonathan Larson.
Production companies: Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, 1492 Pictures, and Tribeca Productions.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing.
Release dates: 17 November2005 ( Ziegfeld Theatre), and 23 November 2005 (United States).
File Length: 135 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $40 million.
Box office: $31.7 million.
While You Were Sleeping is a 1995 American romantic comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub and written by Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric Lebow.
It stars Sandra Bullock as Lucy, a Chicago Transit Authority token collector, and Bill Pullman as Jack, the brother of a man whose life she saves, along with Peter Gallagher as Peter, the man who is saved, Peter Boyle and Glynis Johns as members of Peter's family, and Jack Warden as a longtime family friend and neighbour.
The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $182 million at the box office.
Bullock and Pullman received praise for their performances.
Bullock also garnered a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub.
Written by: Daniel G. Sullivan, and Fredric Lebow.
Produced by: Roger Birnbaum, and Joe Roth.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Glynis Johns, and Jack Warden.
Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael, Jr.
Edited by: Bruce Green.
Music by: Randy Edelman.
Production Companies: Hollywood Pictures, and Caravan Pictures.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Release date: 21 April 1995.
File Length: 103 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $17 million.
Box office: $182 million.
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