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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 Carr? 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.
