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DELHI: As the spirit of festivities sets in, HBO, the leading English
movie channel brings to its viewers innumerable reasons to celebrate
throughout October. This month look forward to a special Diwali
buffet which offers collection of superhits in five special themes:
Let’s Salsa, Kids Power, Blockbuster Mania, Fantastic Portal
and The Great comedy challenge created by HBO exclusively for Diwali
celebration.
HBO
Blockbuster of the Month, HBO See It First, HBO Friday Blockbusters
and HBO Sunday Superhits offer firecracker movies throughout the
month. In addition to the blockbusters HBO also brings the premiere
of another Emmy Award winning Original Series- Rome- Season II to
add zing to the celebration.
HBO
Blockbuster of the Month, ‘Miami Vice’ premiering on 19th
September at 9pm promises to be a zestful treat to the viewers.
Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell team up as undercover cops to take
on a drug lord. While Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) is urbane and dead smart,
Sonny Crockett (Farrell) is charismatic and flirtatious. Things
get sizzling and go really wrong when Sonny falls for Isabella (Gong
Li), the drug lord's banker
HBO
See It First on every Saturday night at 9pm is a colourful sparkler
of movies that are premiering for the first time on Indian Television,
52 weeks in a year! Blockbusters premiering this October on HBO
See It First will bring to you big movies with even bigger stars.
Watch
North Country, Academy Award -nominated film directed by Niki Caro,
on 6th October starring Charlize Theron and Sean Bean. Tickle your
funny bone with You, Me and Dupree on 13th October starring Owen
Wilson, Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson, Mindhunters on 20th October
starring Christian Slater and Val Kilmer and Rumor Has It on 27th
October starring Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Costner.
Don’t
miss HBO Friday Blockbusters at 9:00 p.m. which brings to you movies
that have set the box office on fire. Action packed Friday nights
in October will include movies like Rush Hour 2 that become the
4th top grossing film of 2001, Enter the Dragon the first Kung Fu
film to have been made by a Hollywood studio and universally one
of the most appreciated movie- King Kong on 5th, 12th and 26th October
respectively.
Tune
in to HBO Sunday Super Hits, every Sunday night at 9pm as HBO brings
to its viewers smashing hits like The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Harry
Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, Two Brothers and House of Wax.
This
month HBO also premieres the season II of HBO Original Series Rome,
which recently won 3 Emmy® Awards. The series is a historical
drama depicting the period of history surrounding the violent transformation
of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire; a change driven by
civil warfare between populists and conservatives, the decay of
political institutions, and the actions of ambitious men and women.
Viewers will be able to enjoy two back to back episodes every Monday
after the 9pm movie.
HBO
brings the best of Hollywood by premiering top blockbusters 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 See It First, 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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