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MUMBAI: This February, HBO pays a tribute to the acclaimed, academy
award winning movies in HBO Reel Gold, every Sunday night after
the 8 pm movie bringing you the best in screenplay, direction, audio
effects, cinematography and phenomenal performances.
 Catch
the movie which broke the $1 billion box-office mark worldwide,
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’, on Febuary
4, Sunday, at 10:30 pm. The final treat of ‘The Lord of the
Rings’ trilogy ‘The Return of the King’ directed
by Peter Jackson - won awards for 11 categories during the 2004
Academy Awards® from Best Film to Best Director to Best Visual
Effects. The Return of the King is an astounding conclusion of the
epic journey of men, hobbits, elves, dwarves, and the rest of middle
earth’s creatures and cultures as they wage the ultimate fight
for good against evil. Join Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin)
in their fight to save the middle earth.
Watch the winner of 4 Academy Awards®, Unforgiven on Sunday,
February 11 at 10:15 pm. It’s the story of a retired gunslinger
who takes on one more jobs for the money. It stars Clint Eastwood,
Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. Satisfied with Little Bill's (Gene
Hackman) justice, the sex workers put a bounty on the cowboys. The
bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid',
and aging killer William Munny (Clint Eastwood). Munny calls his
old partner Ned (Morgan Freeman), saddles his ornery nag, and rides
off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and
villainy, man and myth.
 Winner
of 3 Academy Awards®, King Kong is the story of a scheming and
bankrupt filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) who embarks on a desperate
plan to get the studio and the creditors off his back and relies
on playwright Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) to finish the pages of
a half-baked screenplay. Denham talks starving vaudeville performer
Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) into joining them on a film shoot to a
far-flung island called the Skull Island that is rumoured to be
inhabited by a huge monster. Catch King Kong on Sunday,18 February
at 10 pm.
Catch Jamie Foxx in the biopic of a legendary soul and R&B
singer Ray Charles in Ray, winner of two Academy Awards®, on
Sunday, 25 February at 10:15 pm. Growing up poor, black, and blind
in the rural south, Ray Charles learns under the tutelage of his
tough-love mother to turn these handicaps into assets. The high
cost of fame leads him to engage in abusive relationships, manipulative
behavior, and struggles with drug and alcohol problems.
Stay home every Saturday night as HBO brings you a brand new movie
every Saturday at 9pm. Disguised as extreme adventures, a group
of high profile thieves lead a group of wealthy tourists on an expedition
through an abandoned salt mine not prepared for the gravest danger
of all in Caved In on 3 February . Don’t fail to watch what
the Academy Award® winning movie, The Constant Gardener on 10
February.
Based on the best-selling John le Carré novel, it unfolds
two stories; that of diplomat Justin Quayle’s (Ralph Fiennes)
relationship with his wife, activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz);
and Tessa’s fierce and untiring devotion to the African people.
The crew of the ship Serenity must discover the mystery of the planet
Miranda and eventually defend its entrance to a galaxy-wide broadcasting
station in Serenity on 17 February. 50 million people used to watch
him on TV. Now he washes their cars .Watch Dickie Roberts (David
Spade) finding out the hard way in Dickie Roberts: Former Child
Star on 24 February.
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.
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