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Mumbai, April 30, 2007: This
summer, HBO, the world’s greatest movie channel gives you 60
reasons to chill at home every night as it brings you ‘Summer
Cocktail’, a fantastic repertoire of successful Hollywood movies
guaranteed to set your heart thumping. An eclectic mix of action,
drama, adventure romance, comedy, superhero movies. This exciting
movie bonanza includes HBO Blockbuster of the Month, HBO Saturday
Nights, HBO Friday Blockbusters, HBO Sunday Superhits and much more.
Jennifer
Lopez meets the mother-in-law from hell in Monster-in-law, HBO Blockbuster
of the Month premiering on May 18 at 9 pm. After years of looking
for Mr. Right, Charlotte `Charlie' Cantilini (Jennifer Lopez) finally
finds the man of her dreams in Kevin Fields (Michael Vartan). She,
however, later on discovers that his mother, Viola (Jane Fonda)
is the woman of her nightmares. Viola is determined to scare off
Charlie who in turn is not ready to be outdone. The gloves come
off as the two women battle it out right under Kevin’s nose.
Grab
some ice cream and take a front row seat as HBO this summer thrills
and excites with a brand new premiere every Saturday night at 9
pm in HBO Saturday Nights. We take you on a trip to the North Pole
to meet Santa in The Polar Express on May 19. A lonely boy, wondering
over Santa’s existence, gets an invitation to take an extraordinary
ride to the North Pole. He finds other children in the express to
the North Pole and becomes a fortunate receiver of an extraordinary
gift that only the believers of Santa can experience.
Revisit
the world that existed 65 years ago in A Sound of Thunder on May
5. Meet Julian Morris as Owen Mitchelle who along with his friends
plays a prank rumouring via emails about a serial killer -The Wolf.
Watch Owen’s effort to save his friends and himself from being
the next victim in Cry Wolf on May 12. The supernatural world comes
alive as a compelling hybrid of horror and courtroom drama, spawns
a whole set of disturbing and thought-provoking questions on ones
beliefs in evil and supernatural in The Exorcism of Emily Rose on
May 26.
Looking
forward to spending quality time with the whole family this summer
vacation? Tune in to HBO Friday Blockbusters, every Friday night
at 9 pm. A small reel of 8mm changes the life of a surveillance
expert Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) in 8MM on May 4. Bugs Bunny challenges
the bad guys to a game of basketball and then recruits basketball
legend Michael Jordan to help bring them down in defeat! Enjoy the
looniest basketball match on May 11 in Space Jam. Enjoy a night
of romance with Will Smith on May 25 with Hitch.
HBO
Sunday Superhits brings all time hits to your TV screen every Sunday
night at 8 pm with Suspect Zero on May 6, Virtuosity on May 13,
Child’s Play 2 on May 20 and Child’s Play 3 on May 27.
Summer
holidays are a time for fun and adventure! HBO promises to entertain
every night at 9 pm in May with special themes such as Reptilian
Rhapsody (Every Tuesday Night at 9pm), Extreme Edge (Every Wednesday
Night at 9pm), and Team Double (Every Thursday Night at 9pm).
Be
the first to take a sneak peek into the making of Pirates of Caribbean
- At World’s End only on HBO First Look on May 20 at 7:30pm.
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
more information on HBO log on to www.hbosouthasia.com.
For further information, please contact
Ruchika Chaudhry
HBO Asia
Tel: 0124 4028888
E-mail: ruchika_chaudhry@hboasia.com.sg
Nimisha Bhargava
CMCG India
Tel: 022- 24450991-6 / 9820968866
Email: nimisha.bhargava@cmcgindia.com
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