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NMumbai, August 16, 2006: HBO, the world’s leading movie channel,
returns with the most critically acclaimed Emmy® Award winning
and Golden Globe® Award nominated series Huff Season 2 premiering
exclusively for the first time on Indian TV starting 24th August
at 11:15 pm and thereafter every Thursday right after the Prime-Time
Movie with two back-to-back brand new episodes.
The first season of `HUFF’, premiered on HBO last year, dexterously
chronicled the comedy and the pathos of a psychiatrist, Dr. Craig
‘Huff’ Huffstodt, entangled in a web of dilemma and dysfunction
in his personal life. This year, HBO celebrates the comeback of
the series with Heff Season 2, starring Hank Azaria (3-time Emmy®
Award Winner for Actor, as also an Emmy® Award 2005 Lead Actor
nominee), Oliver Platt (of ‘Kinsey’ and ‘Ice Harvest’
fame) and Blythe Danner (of ‘Meet the Parents’ and ‘Meet
the Fockers’ fame). While this season showcases the gripping
storylines that are distinctly characteristic of the series, it
also welcomes Emmy® Award winner Sharon Stone and Academy Award®
winner Anjelica Huston as guest stars in multi-episode arcs.
Celebrating the premiere of HUFF Season 2, Shruti Bajpai, Country
Manager, HBO South Asia, said, “We are proud to be associated
with an award winning series like Huff. This special presentation
of Huff Season 2 is part of our constant endeavor to bring the best
of English programming to our patrons.”
Returning for the second season, HUFF continues examining the professional
and personal life of a psychiatrist, Dr. Craig `Huff’ Huffstodt
(Hank Azaria), who finds he’s drifting perilously close to
the border between sanity and insanity. According to HUFF creator
Bob Lowry, “HUFF is about the unpredictability of human nature.
It is an episodic drama about people and their interactions with
each other – not so much about what they do as much as how
they react to what’s happening around them. We’re not
a formulaic show that you typically see on television”
HUFF Sesaon 2, spanning 13 episodes, finds the Huffstodt family
ties slowly coming undone. While Dr. Craig is still clad in the
guilt of the suicide of a 15-year-old gay patient in his office,
he is also deeply disturbed by the paranoid ramblings of his schizophrenic
younger brother Teddy (Andy Comeau). Huff’s once close friend,
Russell Tupper (Oliver Platt) continues to be an adorable alcoholic
misogynist drug addict. And HUFF finds an attractive new client
Dauri Rathbun (Sharon Stone), who is in desperate need of his legal
advice.
HBO brings the best of Hollywood by premiering the top blockbuster
movies on television first in South Asia through exclusive licensing
deals with four major Hollywood studios – Paramount, Sony Pictures
Entertainment (Columbia/ TriStar), Universal and Warner Bros.
Prime time viewing on HBO includes HBO Blockbuster Of The Month,
a special television event that premieres a mega blockbuster movie
every month, HBO Saturday Nights, which premieres a new box office
hit each week throughout the year; HBO Sunday Super Hits, which
showcases the blockbuster hits, star-studded hits, favourite genre
hits, Asian hits, highly acclaimed hits and so much more. In addition,
HBO features at least 3- 4 new movie showcases every month to offer
viewers an interesting mix of Hollywood movies based on exciting
themes.
For further information, please contact:
Manisha Manchanda, HBO Asia
Tel: 0124 - 4028888
manchanda_manisha@hboasia.com.sg
Nimisha Bhargava, CMCG India
Tel-: 022 24450991-6
nimisha.bhargava@cmcgindia.com
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