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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 The Martian from 2015 and Event Horizon from 1997.
The Martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon.
Drew Goddard adapted the screenplay from The Martian, a 2011 novel by Andy Weir.
The film depicts an astronaut's ( Matt Damon) lone struggle to survive on Mars after being left behind, and efforts to rescue him and bring him home to Earth.
It also stars Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, and Benedict Wong.
Produced through 20th Century Fox, the film is a co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States.
Producer Simon Kinberg began developing the film after Fox optioned the novel in March 2013, which Drew Goddard adapted into a screenplay and was initially attached to direct, but the film did not move forward.
Scott replaced Goddard as director, and with Damon in place as the main character, production was approved.
Filming began in November 2014 and lasted approximately seventy days.
Twenty sets were built on one of the largest sound stages in the world in Budapest, Hungary.
Wadi Rum in Jordan was also used for exterior filming.
The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September, 2015, while the London premiere was held on 24 September, 2015.
The film was released in the United Kingdom on 30 September, 2015, and in the United States on 2 October, 2015, in 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D and 4DX.
It received positive reviews and grossed over $630 million worldwide, becoming Scott's highest-grossing film to date, as well as the 10th-highest-grossing film of 2015.
The Martian received praise for its direction, visual effects, musical score, screenplay, scientific accuracy, and likability, largely due to Damon's performance.
It received several accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, seven nominations at the 88th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for Goddard, and the 2016 long form Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Damon won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and was nominated for several awards including the Academy Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor.
Directed by: Ridley Scott.
Produced by: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott , Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam.
Written by: Drew Goddard.
Based on: The Martian by Andy Weir.
Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Mackenzie Davis, Benedict Wong, Donald Glover and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Music by: Harry Gregson-Williams.
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski.
Edited by: Pietro Scalia.
Production companies: Scott Free Productions, Kinberg Genre and TSG Entertainment.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox.
Release date: 11 September , 2015 (TIFF), 30 September , 2015 (United Kingdom) and 2 October , 2015 (United States).
Track length: 141 minutes.
Country: United Kingdom and United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $108 million.
Box office: $630.2 million.
Event Horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and written by Philip Eisner.
It stars Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan and Joely Richardson.
Set in 2047, it follows a crew of astronauts sent on a rescue mission, after a missing spaceship, the Event Horizon, spontaneously appears in orbit around Neptune.
Searching the ship for signs of life, the rescue crew learns that the Event Horizon was a test bed for an experimental engine that opened a rift in the space–time continuum and left our universe entirely, allowing a malevolent entity to possess the ship.
The film had a troubled production history, with filming and editing rushed by Paramount when it became clear that Titanic would not meet its projected release date.
The original 130-minute cut of the film was heavily edited by demand of the studio, to the consternation of director Paul W. S. Anderson.
Upon release, the film was a commercial and critical failure, grossing $42 million on a $60 million production budget. Even so, it began to sell well on home video; its initial DVD release sold so well that Paramount contacted Anderson shortly after its release to begin working on a restoration of the deleted footage.
However, it turned out that the footage had either been lost or destroyed.
In the years since, the film has slowly built a cult following and is often referenced in other works of popular culture.
Directed by: Paul W. S. Anderson.
Produced by: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin and Jeremy Bolt.
Written by: Philip Eisner.
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan and Joely Richardson.
Music by: Michael Kamen.
Cinematography: Adrian Biddle.
Edited by: Martin Hunter.
Production companies: Paramount Pictures, Golar Productions and Impact Pictures.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures.
Release date: 15 August 1997 (United States) and 22 August 1997 (United Kingdom).
Track length: 91 minutes.
Country: United Kingdom and United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $60 million.
Box office: $42 million.
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