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 Beaches from 1988 and Murder in the First from 1995.
Beaches (also known as Forever Friends) is a 1988 American comedy-drama film adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue and based on Iris Rainer Dart's 1985 novel of the same name.
It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan.
When the New York child performer CC Bloom and San Francisco rich kid Hillary meet in a holiday resort in Atlantic City, it marks the start of a lifetime friendship between them.
The two-stay connected through letters for several years until Hillary, now a successful lawyer moves to New York to stay with struggling singer CC.
The movie shows the various stages of their friendship and their romances including their love for the same man.
Despite generally negative reviews from critics, the film was a commercial success, grossing $59 million in the box office.
A sequel, based on the 1991 novel Beaches II: I'll Be There was planned with Barbara Eden but never filmed.
Directed by: Garry Marshall.
Written by: Mary Agnes Donoghue.
Based on: Beaches: by : Iris Rainer Dart.
Produced by: Bonnie Bruckheimer-Martell, Bette Midler, and Margaret Jeuth.
Starring: Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey.
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti.
Edited by: Richard Halsey.
Music by: Georges Delerue.
Production companies: Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, and All Girl Productions.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Release date: 21 December 1988.
File Length: 123 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $20 million.
Box office: $57 million.
Murder in the First is a 1995 American legal drama film, directed by Marc Rocco, about a petty criminal named Henri Young (Kevin Bacon) who is put on trial for murder in the first degree.
The film also stars Christian Slater and Gary Oldman.
Directed by: Marc Rocco.
Written by: Dan Gordon.
Produced by: Marc Frydman, and Mark Wolper.
Starring: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Brad Dourif, William H. Macy, and R. Lee Ermey.
Cinematography: Fred Murphy.
Edited by: Russell Livingstone.
Music by: Christopher Young.
Production companies: Le Studio Canal+, and The Wolper Organization.
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Release date: 20 January 1995.
File Length: 114 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $23 million.
Box office: $29.5 million.
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