Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: One True Thing, and Carol.

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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 5pm Saturday in NZ, 3pm in Sydney and 4am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies One True Thing from 1998, and Carol from 2015.
One True Thing is a 1998 American drama film directed by Carl Franklin.
It tells the story of a woman in her 20s who is forced to put her life on hold to care for her mother, who is dying of cancer.
The script was adapted by Karen Croner from the novel by Anna Quindlen, with the story being based on Quindlen's own struggle with the death of her mother, Prudence Pantano Quindlen, from ovarian cancer in 1972.
The film stars Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, and Tom Everett Scott.
Bette Midler sings the lead song, " My One True Friend ", over the end credits.
The track was first released on Midler's 1998 album Bathhouse Betty.
The film was shot in Morristown, New Jersey and Maplewood, New Jersey, as well as at the campus of Princeton University.
Directed by: Carl Franklin.
Written by: Karen Croner.
Based on: One True Thing by Anna Quindlen.
Produced by: Jesse Beaton, Leslie Morgan, Harry J. Ufland, and William W. Wilson III.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Nicky Katt, and Lauren Graham.
Cinematography: Declan Quinn.
Edited by: Carole Kravetz.
Music by: Cliff Eidelman.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures.
Release date: 18 September 1998.
File Length: 122 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $30 million.
Box office: $26.6 million.
Carol is a 2015 historical drama romance film directed by Todd Haynes.
The screenplay by Phyllis Nagy is based on the 1952 romance novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (republished as Carol in 1990).
The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, and Kyle Chandler.
Set in 1950s New York City, the story is about a forbidden affair between an aspiring female photographer and an older woman going through a difficult divorce.
Carol was in development since 1997, when Nagy wrote the first draft of the screenplay.
British company Film4 Productions and its then-chief executive Tessa Ross financed development.
The film was in development hell, facing problems with financing, rights, scheduling conflicts, and accessibility.
Number 9 Films came on board as a producer in 2011, when Elizabeth Karlsen secured the rights to the novel.
The film is co-produced by New York–based Killer Films, which joined the project in 2013 after Haynes's collaborator Christine Vachon approached him to direct.
Principal photography on the British American production began in March 2014, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lasted 34 days.
Cinematographer Edward Lachman shot Carol on Super 16 mm film.
Carol premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2015, and was released in the United States on 20 November and in the United Kingdom on 27 November.
Grossing over $42 million on an $11 million budget, the film received widespread acclaim for Haynes's direction and the performances of Blanchett and Mara and was the best-reviewed film of 2015.
It competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, where Mara tied with Emmanuelle Bercot for the Best Actress award.
The film received many accolades, including nominations for six Academy Awards, nine BAFTA Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.
It also won five Dorian Awards and awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and National Society of Film Critics.
Carol was ranked by the British Film Institute as the best LGBTQ film of all time and named one of the greatest films of the 21st Century by the BBC.
Directed by: Todd Haynes.
Screenplay by: Phyllis Nagy.
Based on: The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith.
Produced by: Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, and Christine Vachon.
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, and Kyle Chandler.
Cinematography: Edward Lachman.
Edited by: Affonso Gonçalves.
Music by: Carter Burwell.
Production Companies: Number 9 Films, Film4 Productions, and Killer Films.
Distributed by: StudioCanal (United Kingdom), and The Weinstein Company (United States).
Release dates: 17 May 2015 (Cannes), 20 November 2015 (United States), and 27 November 2015 (United Kingdom).
File Length: 114 minutes.
Countries: United Kingdom, and United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $11.8 million.
Box office: $42.5 million.
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