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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 Ray from 2004, and Silent Running from 1972.
Ray is a 2004 American biographical film focusing on 30 years in the life of rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles.
The independently produced film was co-produced and directed by Taylor Hackford, and written by James L. White from a story by Hackford and White.
It stars Jamie Foxx in the title role, along with Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Terrence Dashon Howard, Larenz Tate, Richard Schiff and Regina King.
Along with Hackford, the film was also produced by Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin and Karen Baldwin.
It was released on 29 October, 2004 by Universal Pictures.
It received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for Foxx's performance.
It was also a commercial success, grossing $124.7 million worldwide against a production budget of $40 million.
Ray received many accolades and nominations and was nominated twice at the 77th Academy Awards.
For his performance, Foxx won the Academy Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild, and Critics' Choice, becoming the second actor to win all five major lead actor awards for the same performance, and the only one to win the Golden Globe in the Musical or Comedy category, rather than in Drama.
Charles was set to attend an opening of the completed film, but died of liver disease in June 2004, months prior to the premiere.
Directed by: Taylor Hackford.
Produced by: Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin and Karen Baldwin.
Screenplay by: James L. White.
Story by: Taylor Hackford and James L. White.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Terrence Dashon Howard, Larenz Tate, Richard Schiff and Regina King.
Music by: Craig Armstrong.
Cinematography: Paweł Edelman.
Edited by: Paul Hirsch.
Production company: Bristol Bay Productions, Anvil Films and Baldwin Entertainment Group.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures.
Release date: 29 October , 2004.
Track length: 152 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $40 million.
Box office: $124 million.
Silent Running is a 1972 environmental-themed American post-apocalyptic science fiction film.
It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin and Jesse Vint.
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft.
When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell, who loves the forest and its creatures.
Directed by: Douglas Trumbull.
Produced by: Michael Gruskoff, Marty Hornstein and Douglas Trumbull.
Written by: Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino and Steven Bochco.
Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin and Jesse Vint.
Music by: Peter Schickele.
Cinematography: Charles F. Wheeler.
Edited by: Aaron Stell.
Production Company: Universal Pictures.
Release date: 10 March , 1972
Track length: 85 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $1 million.
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