| MUMBAI:
Come October and HBO
promises a treat for its viewers with non-stop Blockbusters, dazzling stars, exciting
action, fun romantic comedies all through the month.
Every Saturday night at 9 pm, viewers can tune in to watch films like
Without a Paddle, Stealth, The Interpreter and Cellular. Two friends try
to fulfill their dead friend's dream in Without a Paddle on 7 October.
Humanity must save itself from a computer in Stealth premiering on 14
October. The
Interpreter starring Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn will
be shown on 21 October0. And Cellular on October 28.
Every Saturday
night after the 9 pm movie and every Sunday night after the 8 pm movie, HBO will
show hits like- Hitch, Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King, Spiderman
2, Troy, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous,The Last Samurai, Collateral,
Hellboya and Resident Evil. And
every weekday from Monday to Friday, Diwali Fun Fare at 11:30 am will treat its
viewers to Julia Roberts film Mona Lisa Smile. The ultimate bachelor will
face the ultimate challenge in 50 First Dates. And a 13 year old girl who
plays a game on her birthday and wakes up the next day as a 30 year old woman
in 13 going on 30. Besides Mean Girls, A Cinderella Story,
Peter Pan, and many more films will be shown as part of Diwali Fun Fare.
Every Thursday, 'Diwali Laughs night' after the 9 pm movie will make
the viewers laugh, with comedies like Connie and Carla, The Guru,
The Nutty Professor and Almost Heroes.
Drawing inspiration
from the spirit of Diwali, HBO presents Diwali Treat: The Good Always Wins every
Monday night at 9 pm. Catch the battle upfront in Boa Vs Python, Dinocroc,
Gargoyles's Revenge, Pterodactyl and Anaconda. The heroes,
the heroines, the legends, the art- its Kung Fu invasion in Diwali Kung Fu every
Tuesday night right after your 9 pm movie with adrenaline pumping movies like
The New Legend of Shaolin, The Bride with White Hair, Wonder
Course, American Shaolin and The King of Kingboxers.
HBO's multi-award winning Original series Deadwood returns with a brand
new addictive second season premiering 18 October after the 9 pm movie and thereafter
every Wednesday night after the 9 pm movie. Set in an ungoverned stretch of South
Dakota soon after the 1876 Custer massacre, Deadwood concerns a lawless,
evolving town attracting fortune-seekers, drifters, tyrants, and burned-out adventurers
searching for a card game and a place to die.
Gus Van Sant's gripping
drama Elephant in the HBO Original Movie of the Month on October 3 at 9
pm. The
movie explores the contemporary reality of high schools in America, a reality
that has been transformed in recent years by school shootings like the 1999 Columbine
High School massacre.
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. | 
