Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Dunkirk, and East of Eden.

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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 Dunkirk from 1958, and East of Eden from 1955.
Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee.
The film is based on the novels The Big Pick-Up by Elleston Trevor and Dunkirk co-authored by Lt Col Ewan Butler and Major J. S. Bradford.
Directed by: Leslie Norman.
Written by: J. S. Bradford (book), Ewan Butler (book), and David Divine (screenplay).
Produced by: Michael Balcon.
Starring: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee.
Cinematography: Paul Beeson.
Edited by: Gordon Stone.
Music by: Malcolm Arnold.
Production Company: Ealing Studios.
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Release date: 20 March 1958.
File length: 129 minutes.
Country: United Kingdom.
Language: English.
Budget: $1,025,000 or £400,000.
Box office: $2,060,000.
East of Eden is a 1955 American period drama film directed by Elia Kazan and written by Paul Osborn, adapted from the fourth and final part of John Steinbeck's epic 1952 novel of the same name.
It stars James Dean as a wayward young man who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the affection of his deeply religious father against his favoured brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel.
Appearing in supporting roles are Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, and Jo Van Fleet.
Although set in early 20th century Monterey, California, much of the film was shot on location in Mendocino, California.
Some scenes were filmed in the Salinas Valley.
Of the three films in which James Dean played the lead, this is the only one to have been released during his lifetime.
East of Eden, along with Dean's other films Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956), was named one of the 400 best American films of all time by the American Film Institute.
In 2016, 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: Elia Kazan.
Screenplay by: Paul Osborn.
Based on East of Eden 1952 novel by : John Steinbeck.
Produced by: Elia Kazan.
Starring: Julie Harris, James Dean, and Raymond Massey.
Cinematography: Ted D. McCord.
Edited by: Owen Marks.
Music by: Leonard Rosenman.
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Release dates: 9 March 1955 (New York City), and 10 April 1955 (United States).
File Length: 110 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Box office: $5 million.
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