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 Fatal Attraction from 1987 and Top Gun from 1986.
Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American erotic psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film Diversion.
Starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer, the film centers on a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and becomes obsessed with him.
Fatal Attraction was released on September 18, 1987 by Paramount Pictures.
It received positive reviews from critics, but generated controversy at the time of its release.
The film became a huge box office success, grossing $320.1 million against a $14 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1987 worldwide.
At the 60th Academy Awards, it received 6 nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (for Close), Best Supporting Actress (for Archer), Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and Best Film Editing.
Directed by: Adrian Lyne.
Screenplay by: James Dearden.
Based on: Diversion: by James Dearden.
Produced by: Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer.
Cinematography: Howard Atherton.
Edited by: Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger.
Music by: Maurice Jarre.
Production company: Jaffe/Lansing Productions.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures.
Release date: 16 September , 1987 ( New York City), 18 September , 1987 (United States).
File Length: 123 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $14 million.
Box office: $320.1 million.
Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with Paramount Pictures.
The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article titled "Top Guns" published in California magazine three years earlier.
The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt.
Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.
He and his Radar Intercept Officer, LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Edwards) are given the chance to train at the US Navy's Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California.
Top Gun was released on 16 May, 1986.
Upon its release, the film received generally mixed reviews from film critics but many particularly praised the action sequences, the effects, the aerial stunts, and the acting performances with Cruise and McGillis receiving the most praise.
Four weeks after release, the number of theaters showing it increased by 45 percent.
Despite its initial mixed critical reaction, the film was a huge commercial hit grossing US$356 million against a production budget of only US$15 million.
The film maintained its popularity over the years and earned an IMAX 3D re-release in 2013.
Additionally, the soundtrack to the film has since become one of the most popular movie soundtracks to date, reaching 9× Platinum certification.
The movie won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Take My Breath Away" performed by Berlin.
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
A sequel, titled Top Gun: Maverick is scheduled to be release on 27 May, 2022, after facing multiple delays from summer 2019 release due to "allow the production to work out all the complex flight sequences", and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Directed by: Tony Scott.
Written by: Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr.
Based on: "Top Guns" by Ehud Yonay.
Produced by: Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards and Tom Skerritt.
Cinematography: Jeffrey L. Kimball.
Edited by: Chris Lebenzon and Billy Weber.
Music by: Harold Faltermeyer.
Production Company: Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures.
Release date: 12 May , 1986 (New York City) 16 May , 1986 (United States).
File Length: 116 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $15 million.
Box office: $357.1 million.
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