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Mumbai, November 30, 2006: Come December and Star Movies takes
you through a joyous and action-packed ride! For the first time
on Indian television, Star Movies presents Star Wars: The Complete
Saga featuring all six titles for six spectacular weeks every Sunday
night from December 17th onwards!
Celebrate Christmas with a special line-up of movies that truly
reflect the spirit of the festival of joy, taking viewers through
all the festivities with the best movies from Hollywood! And of
course from Friday Night Premiere of the latest Hollywood blockbusters
to the exclusive limited series presenting action-packed drama and
mind-blowing adventure, it is all happening on Star Movies. So,
get hooked to your television sets and celebrate festivities this
December with the magic of movies!
The all-time favourite science fantasy saga Star Wars airs exclusively
on Star Movies this month! Every Sunday at 9 p.m. from December
17 to January 21st, Star Wars: The Complete Saga features all six
titles in the US$3.5 billion franchise airing in sequence for the
first time on Indian television. Kicking off the Star Wars mania
will be The Phantom Menace on December 17th and The Attack of the
Clones on December 24th. And that's not all, catch the exclusive
premiere of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith on December
31st only on Star Movies!
On Christmas day, Star Movies presents a special line-up of movies
including 12 Dogs of Christmas, The Grinch, Crazy for Christmas,
Noel and Surviving Christmas that are sure to make you believe in
miracles, be thankful and forgiving and just be joyous this holiday
season!
This month, Star Movies also presents the exclusive limited series
- Covert One: The Hades Factor and Ring Of The Nibelungs. On December
2nd & 3rd at 9 p.m. make sure you catch Covert One: The Hades
Factor, a thrilling action packed drama that pits the law enforcement
agencies against the threat of biological warfare. The series quite
accurately depicts the global crisis facing today's world. Ring
Of The Nibelungs, which will air on December 9th and 10th at 9 p.m.
is a mind-blowing adventure based on the Germanic myth "Das
Nibelungenlied" and the Nordic "Volsunga Saga" which
also inspired the four-opera cycle by Richard Wagner and J.R.R.
Tolkien's epic "The Lord of the Rings".
Every Friday night this month, Star Movies premieres the latest
Hollywood blockbusters starring superstars Mike Myers, Ioan Gruffudd,
Jessica Alba, Alec Baldwin, Robin Williams, Ewan McGregor, Halle
Berry and Mel Brooks. Tune-in to watch the exclusive premieres of
Fantastic Four, Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat, Dungeons and Dragons
2, Robots, and Spymate every Friday night.
And if that's not enough … catch an exclusive sneak peek into
the soon-to-release Hollywood movie, Eragon on December 10th as
Opening Night gives you an up-close and intimate view before the
release.
So this December tune in to Star Movies and catch all the fun,
action, excitement and adventure, all through the month.
About Star
STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR
broadcasts over 50 television services in nine languages to more
than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels
cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing
Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay,
Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese
Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and
current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel).
STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming
and also owns the world's largest contemporary Chinese film library,
with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie
Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies
in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television
production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial
TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly
owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com
For further information please contact:
In Mumbai
Zeenat Khan
Asst. Vice President - Publicity
STAR (India) Ltd
Tel No. 91-22-28523880
Shiraz Bhavnani / Aditi Chada
Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
Tel: 91-22-6656 8787
Fax: 91-22-6656 8788
Email:sbhavnani@vccpl.com / achada@vccpl.com
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