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HBO has announced a special programme line-up in the lead
up to the Academy Awards. The promotion, called Oscar Marathon,
will see 32 movies that have won an astounding 33 Oscars
and 123 Oscar Nominations being telecast on the channel.
Weekdays
on March will be replete with Oscar winners on the channel
followed by an Oscar nominee at 9:30 pm with no repeats.
HBO MD South Asia James Marturano feels the channel has
a lethal combination of volume and quality to celebrate
the Oscars.
Movies
in the Marathon include Steven Spielberg's scary Jaws
that won Oscars for Sound, Editing and Music Score, Witness
with Harrison Ford that won awards for the screenplay, An
Officer And A Gentleman, aerial thriller Top Gun,
Sense And Sensibility and Martin Scorcese's thrill
a minute Cape Fear. Ivory Merchant's The Remains
of the day will also be showcased.
The
complete schedule is as follows :
|
DATE
|
WINNERS
|
NOMINEES
|
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1 March |
Jaws
|
The
Remains Of The Day |
| 4
March |
Witness
|
Stuart Little |
| 5
March |
An
Officer And A Gentleman |
Casino |
| 6
March |
Spartacus
|
Black
Rain |
| 7
March |
Top
Gun |
One
True Thing |
| 8
March |
Babe
|
Scrooged |
| 11
March |
The
Ten Commandments |
Star
Trek: First Contact |
| 12
March |
The
Accused |
Fly
Away Home |
| 13
March |
The
Godfather Part II |
Cape
Fear |
| 14
March |
Ghost
|
Fatal
Attraction |
| 15
March |
Sleepy
Hollow |
1941 |
| 18
March |
Sense
And Sensibility |
The
Mummy |
| 19
March |
Death
Becomes Her |
Runaway
Train |
| 20
March |
JFK
|
Coming
To America |
| 21
March |
The
Untouchables |
The
Natural |
| 22
March |
The
Matrix |
The
Addams Family |
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