Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: In Her Shoes and Coming to America.
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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 In Her Shoes from 2005 and Coming to America from 1988.
In Her Shoes is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Susannah Grant, based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Jennifer Weiner.
It stars Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, and Shirley MacLaine.
The film focuses on the relationship between two sisters and their grandmother.
In Her Shoes premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in the United States on 7 October 2005, by 20th Century Fox.
It grossed $83.6 million worldwide against a $35 million budget and received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Directed by: Curtis Hanson.
Screenplay by: Susannah Grant.
Based on: In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner.
Produced by: Curtis Hanson, Ridley Scott, and Tony Scott.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Brooke Smith, Candice Azzara, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein, and Ken Howard.
Cinematography: Terry Stacey.
Edited by: Lisa Zeno Churgin, and Craig Kitson.
Music by: Mark Isham.
Production Companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, Scott Free Productions, and Deuce Three Productions.
Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Release dates: 14 September 2005 (TIFF), and 7 October 2005 (United States).
File Length: 121 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $35 million.
Box office: $83.6 million.
Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also stars in the lead role.
The film also co-stars Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, and Shari Headley.
The film was released in the United States on 29 June 1988.
Eddie Murphy plays Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda who travels to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry and will love him for who he is, not for his status or for having been trained to please him.
In 1989, a pilot for a planned spin-off television series was made, although this was never picked up for a series.
A sequel, Coming 2 America, was released on March 4, 2021.
Directed by: John Landis.
Screenplay by: David Sheffield, and Barry W. Blaustein.
Story by: Eddie Murphy.
Produced by: George Folsey Jr., and Robert D. Wachs.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, and Shari Headley.
Cinematography: Woody Omens.
Edited by: Malcolm Campbell, and George Folsey Jr.
Music by: Nile Rodgers.
Production Company: Eddie Murphy Productions.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures.
Release date: 29 June 1988.
File Length: 117 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $36 million.
Box office: $288.8–350 million.
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