Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies, Public Enemies, and Blossoms in the Dust.

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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 Public Enemies from 2009, and Blossoms in the Dust from 1941.
Public Enemies is a 2009 American biographical crime drama film directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman.
It is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's 2004 non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34.
Set during the Great Depression, the film chronicles the final years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) as he is pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), Dillinger's relationship with Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard), as well as Purvis' pursuit of Dillinger's associates and fellow criminals John "Red" Hamilton (Jason Clarke), Homer Van Meter (Stephen Dorff), Harry Pierpont
(David Wenham) and Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham).
Burrough originally intended to make a television miniseries about the Depression-era crime wave in the United States but decided to write a book on the subject instead.
Mann developed the project, and some scenes were filmed on location where they occurred, though the film is not entirely historically accurate.
Released on 1 July 2009, the film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $214 million worldwide.
Directed by: Michael Mann: Screenplay by: Ronan Bennett, Ann Biderman, and Michael Mann.
Based on: Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34 by : Bryan Burrough.
Produced by: Michael Mann, and Kevin Misher.
Starring: , Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, and Stephen Lang.
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti.
Edited by: Paul Rubell, and Jeffrey Ford.
Music by: Elliot Goldenthal.
Production Companies: Relativity Media, Forward Pass, Misher Films, and TriBeCa Productions.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures.
Release dates: 19 June 2009
( Chicago), and 1 July 2009 (United States).
File Length: 140 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $80–100 million.
Box office: $214.1 million.
Blossoms in the Dust is a 1941 American biographical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden, and Samuel S. Hinds.
It tells the true story of Edna Gladney, who helped orphaned children find homes and began a campaign to remove the word "illegitimate" from Texas birth certificates, despite the opposition of "good" citizens.
The screenplay was by Anita Loos, with a story by Ralph Wheelwright.
The film was one of the biggest hits of 1941 for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and began the rise of Greer Garson as one of the largest stars of the decade.
Blossoms in the Dust won an Oscar for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Colour, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Garson), Best Cinematography, Colour, and Best Picture.
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy.
Screenplay by: Anita Loos.
Story by: Ralph Wheelwright. Based on: Life of Edna Gladney.
Produced by: Irving Asher.
Starring: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Felix Bressart.
Cinematography: Karl Freund, and W. Howard Greene.
Edited by: George Boemler.
Music by: Herbert Stothart.
Colour process: Technicolor
Production companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Mervyn LeRoy Productions.
Distributed by: Loew's Inc.
Release dates: 26 June 1941 (New York City), and 25 July 1941 (US)
File Length: 99 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $1,112,000.
Box office: $2,658,000.
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