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Mumbai, July 27: The best of Hollywood movies every day of the
month, a popular title in ‘Blockbuster of the month’ and
a brand new premiere of movies on ‘Saturday nights’! August
just got better as HBO; world’s leading movie channel, presents
the most desired premieres of Hitch, Miss Congeniality 2, Exorcist
– The beginning and many more collectively with HBO special
series ‘Huff 2’ and HBO Original Movie ‘Strip Search’.
HBO Blockbuster of the Month presents ‘Hitch’, an amiable
romantic comedy that maximizes the charms of its quartet of leads,
on 25th August at 9 pm. “No matter what, no matter when, no
matter who, any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet.
He just needs the right broom” - Alex ‘Hitch’ Hitchens
(Will Smith), a legendary and deliberately anonymous- New York City
‘date doctor’ who, for a fee, has helped countless men
woo the women of their dreams.
This August HBO Saturday Nights at 9 pm is all spiced up with the
best mix of Drama, Horror and Comedy. Meet the Olsen twins –
Ashley Olsen and Mary Kate Olsen, in New York, thrown into a series
of mishaps and thus forming a double team to get their way out,
in the premiere of the comedy ‘New York Minute’ on August
5.
Reeling from a broken romance and frustrated to find her newfound
fame is jeopardizing the undercover work she loves, Gracie (Sandra
Bullock) reluctantly lets her boss talk her into serving the Bureau
in the only way now possible: coifed and styled for the talk show
circuit as “the face of the FBI.” Catch Sandra Bullock
in action in her endearing role in ‘Miss Congeniality 2: Armed
And Fabulous’ on August 12.
A group of teenagers, in ‘The Perfect Score’ on August
19, steal the answers to the upcoming SATs – in order to get
admission in a college in the United States. A new chapter of evil
will begin now! Watch ‘Exorcist: The Beginning’ on August
26, prequel to the original Exorcist movie following Father Merrin
journeying to Africa where he encounters demonic forces for the
first time.
HBO invites you to a very special ‘Party Of 5’ with 2
back-to-back movies featuring 5 of your most loved movie stars every
Wednesday starting 9 pm. Don’t miss Arnold Schwarzenegger in
Eraser and Last Action Hero on 2nd August. Be awed by the hunky
Orlando Bloom in Troy and The Calcium Kid on 9th August. Join Julia
Roberts in Conspiracy Theory and The Pelican Brief on 16th August.
Catch Angelina Jolie in Sky Captain and The World Of Tomorrow and
The Bone Collector on 23rd August and finally unite with Jet Li
in Lethal Weapon 4 and Romeo Must Die on 30th August.
HBO Original Movie of the Month brings you a gripping psychological
drama ‘Strip Search’ on August 1 at 9 pm - A provocative
drama about the fragile state of U.S. civil liberties since the
Sept. 11 attack starring Golden Globe winning actress Glenn Close,
Maggie Gyllenhaal & Ellen Barkin. Director Sidney Lumet’s
drama consists of two main subplots involving an American woman
detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
HBO showcased the most critically acclaimed series ‘HUFF’
last year— which adroitly chronicles the comedy and pathos
of a psychiatrist embroiled in dilemma and dysfunction in his own
personal life. This year it returns with the first time exclusive
Asian TV premiere of the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed
Emmy Award winning And Golden Globe Award nominated series HUFF
2 starring Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt every Thursday night starting
24 Aug, right after the Prime-Time Movie with 2 back to back brand
new episodes. While this season showcases the absorbing storylines
that the series has quickly become recognized for, it also welcomes
Emmy Award winner Sharon Stone and Academy Award® winner Anjelica
Huston as guest stars in multi-episode arcs.
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:
Aparna Arora, Communications HBO Asia
Tel: 0120 - 4028888
E-mail: arora_aparna@hboasia.com.sg
Nimisha Bhargava, CMCG India
Tel-fax: 022 – 24450991-6
Email: nimisha.bhargava@cmcgindia.com
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