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 The Dirty Dozen from 1967 and Stand by Me from 1986.
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin with an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, and Robert Webber.
Set in 1944 during the Second World War, it was filmed in England at MGM-British Studios and released by MGM.
The film was a box office success and won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968.
In 2001, the American Film Institute placed it at number 65 on their 100 Years... 100 Thrills list.
The screenplay is based on the 1965 bestseller by E. M. Nathanson which was inspired by a real-life WWII unit of behind-the-lines demolition specialists from the 101st Airborne Division named the " Filthy Thirteen".
Another possible inspiration was the public offer to President Franklin D. Roosevelt by 44 prisoners serving life sentences at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary to serve in the Pacific on suicide missions against the Japanese.
Directed by: Robert Aldrich.
Screenplay by: Nunnally Johnson, and Lukas Heller.
Based on: The Dirty Dozen: by : E. M. Nathanson.
Produced by: Kenneth Hyman.
Starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini Lopez, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, and Robert Webber.
Cinematography: Edward Scaife.
Edited by: Michael Luciano.
Music by: Frank De Vol.
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Release date: 15 June 1967 .
File Length: 150minutes.
Countries: United States, and United Kingdom.
Languages: English, German, and French.
Budget: $5.4 million.
Box office: $45.3 million.
Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age film directed by Rob Reiner.
It is based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, and the title derives from the song by Ben E. King.
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell star as four boys who, in 1959, go on a hike to find the dead body of a missing boy.
Stand by Me was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and for two Golden Globe Awards: one for Best Drama Motion Picture and one for Best Director.
Directed by: Rob Reiner.
Screenplay by: Bruce A. Evans, and Raynold Gideon.
Based on: The Body: by : Stephen King.
Produced by: Bruce A. Evans , Raynold Gideon , and Andrew Scheinman.
Starring: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland.
Cinematography: Thomas Del Ruth.
Edited by: Robert Leighton.
Music by: Jack Nitzsche.
Production company: Act III Productions.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures.
Release dates: 8 August 1986 (limited) , and 22 August 1986 (wide).
File Length: 88 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $7.5–8 million.
Box office: $52.3 million.
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