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May 2009 Programming Highlights

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The Girlfriend Experience
premieres Wednesday, May 20th at 8:00pm followed by encore presentations at 9:30pm and 11:00pm
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE is five days in the life of an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl (Sasha Grey) who thinks she has her life totally under control. She feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle. But when you're in the business of meeting people, you never know who you're going to meet...


PROGRAM SPECIAL

The Godfather – premieres Saturday, May 2nd at 6:00pm
Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton. Directed by Frances Ford Coppola
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Actor: Marlon Brando and Best Writing
Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Supporting Actor: James Caan,
Best Sound, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Motion Picture Actor:
Marlon Brando, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Al Pacino and Best Supporting Actor: James Caan

The Godfather Pt II – premieres Saturday, May 2nd at 9:00pm
Starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton. Directed by Frances Ford Coppola
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro,
Best Music – Original Dramatic Score, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Supporting Actor: Michael V. Gazzo, Best
Supporting Actress: Talia Shire, Best Supporting Actor: Lee Strasberg and Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Original Score and Most Promising Newcomer: Lee Strasberg

The Godfather Pt III –
premieres late night Saturday, May 2nd at 12:30am
Starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire. Directed by Frances Ford Coppola
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Music – Original Song, Best Supporting Actor: Andy Garcia, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Screenplay, Best Performance by an Actor: Al Pacino and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Andy Garcia


SPOTLIGHT FEATURES Highlighted feature films airing on HDNet Movies

Big Fish – premieres Saturday, May 16th at 8:30pm
Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange. Directed by Tim Burton
Academy Award nomination for Best Music – Original Song
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy, Best Original Score, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Albert Finney and Best Original Song

Blade 2: Bloodhunt – premieres Saturday, May 9th at 10:15pm
Starring Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman. Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Born on the Fourth of July -
premieres Saturday, May 23rd at 8:00pm
Starring Tom Cruise, Willem Defoe, Raymond J. Barry. Directed by Oliver Stone
Academy Award winner for Best Director and Best Film Editing
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor: Tom Cruise, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Writing, Best Music - Original Score
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Performance by and Actor: Tom Cruise, Best Screenplay Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score

Cold Mountain – premiers Tuesday, May 12th at 8:00pm
Starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger. Directed by Anthony Minghella
Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress: Renee Zellweger
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor: Jude Law, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music – Original Song (T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello), Best Music – Original Song (Sting), Best Music – Original Score
Golden Globe winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Renee Zellweger
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Performance by an Actor: Jude Law and Best Performance by an Actress: Nicole Kidman

Laws of Attraction – premieres Friday, May 8th at 8:05pm
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Michael Sheen. Directed by Peter Howitt

The Red Violin –
premieres Tuesday, May 5th at 8:00pm
Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Greta Scacchi, Carlo Cecchi. Directed by Francois Girard
Academy Award winner for Best Music – Original Score
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film

Twelve Monkeys –
premieres Saturday, May 9th at 8:00pm
Starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt. Directed by Terry Gilliam
Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt and Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Brad Pitt

HIGH DEFINITION PREMIERES Films broadcast in High Definition for the first time on television
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Blade 2: Bloodhunt
Starring Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman. Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Funny Farm

Starring Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith, Joseph Maher. Directed by George Roy Hill

The Girlfriend Experience

Starring Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, Peter Zizzo. Directed by Steven Soderbergh

The Godfather
Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton. Directed by Frances Ford Coppola
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Actor: Marlon Brando and Best Writing
Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Supporting Actor: James Caan,
Best Sound, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Motion Picture Actor: Marlon Brando, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Al Pacino and Best Supporting Actor: James Caan

Laws of Attraction
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Michael Sheen. Directed by Peter Howitt

Passenger 57
Starring Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore. Directed by Kevin Hooks


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Annie Hall

Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts. Directed by Woody Allen
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress: Diane Keaton, Best Writing
Academy Award nomination for Best Actor: Woody Allen
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture Actress: Diane Keaton
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy, Best Director, Best Motion Picture Actor: Woody Allen, Best Motion Picture Screenplay

The Godfather
Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton. Directed by Frances Ford Coppola
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Actor: Marlon Brando and Best Writing
Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Supporting Actor: James Caan, Best Sound, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Motion Picture Actor: Marlon Brando, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Al Pacino and Best Supporting Actor: James Caan

The Godfather Pt II
Starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton. Directed by Frances Ford Coppola
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro,
Best Music – Original Dramatic Score, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Supporting Actor: Michael V. Gazzo, Best
Supporting Actress: Talia Shire, Best Supporting Actor: Lee Strasberg and Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Original Score and Most Promising Newcomer: Lee Strasberg

Raging Bull
Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty. Directed by Martin Scorsese
Academy Award winner for Best Actor: Robert De Niro, Best Film Editing
Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actress: Cathy Moriarty, Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture Actor: Robert De Niro
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best
Supporting Motion Picture Actress: Cathy Moriarty, Best Supporting Motion Picture Actor: Joe Pesci, Best
Motion Picture Screenplay and New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture: Cathy Moriarty

Sweet Smell of Success
Starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick

The Wild Bunch

Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan. Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score and Best Writing

In Retro Memorable Classic movies airing Sunday Nights

Support Your Local Sheriff! – Sunday, May 3rd at 8:35pm
Starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan. Directed by Burt Kennedy

The In-Laws – Sunday, May 3rd at 10:15pm
Starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini. Directed by Arthur Hiller
My Fair Lady – Sunday, May 10th at 6:05pm
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway. Directed by George Cukor
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor: Rex Harrison, Best Cinematography, Best
Art Direction- Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Scoring of Music
Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Gladys Cooper, Best Actor in a
Supporting Role: Stanley Holloway, Best Writing and Best Film Editing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy, Best Motion Picture Director, Best
Motion Picture Actor: Rex Harrison
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actress: Audrey Hepburn and Best Supporting
Actor: Stanley Holloway

Annie Hall –
Sunday, May 10th at 9:00pm
Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts. Directed by Woody Allen
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress: Diane Keaton, Best Writing
Academy Award nomination for Best Actor: Woody Allen
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture Actress: Diane Keaton
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy, Best Director, Best Motion
Picture Actor: Woody Allen, Best Motion Picture Screenplay

The Godfather –
Sunday, May 17th at 5:00pm
Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton. Directed by Frances Ford Coppola
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Actor: Marlon Brando and Best Writing
Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Supporting Actor: James Caan, Best Sound, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing
Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Motion Picture Actor: Marlon Brando, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor: Al Pacino and Best Supporting Actor: James
Caan

The Godfather Pt II – Sunday, May 17th at 8:00pm
Starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton. Directed by Frances Ford Coppola
Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro,
Best Music – Original Dramatic Score, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Supporting Actor: Michael V. Gazzo, Best
Supporting Actress: Talia Shire, Best Supporting Actor: Lee Strasberg and Best Costume Design
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture Director, Best
Screenplay, Best Actor: Al Pacino, Best Original Score and Most Promising Newcomer: Lee Strasberg

Big Jake - Sunday, May 24th at 6:05pm
Starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne. Directed by George Sherman

Rio Bravo – Sunday, May 24th at 8:00pm
Starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson. Directed by Howard Hawks

The Wild Bunch – Sunday, May 31st at 6:05pm
Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan. Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score and Best Writing

Once Upon a Time in the West -
Sunday, May 31st at 8:35pm
Starring Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson. Directed by Sergio Leone


ART HOUSE CINEMA
Independent films, foreign films and documentaries airing Tuesday Nights

The Red Violin – premieres Tuesday, May 5th at 8:00pm
Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Greta Scacchi, Carlo Cecchi. Directed by Francois Girard
Academy Award winner for Best Music – Original Score
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film

Eve’s Bayou –
Tuesday, May 5th at 10:15pm
Starring Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield. Directed by Kasi Lemmons

Cold Mountain – premieres Tuesday, May 12th at 8:00pm
Starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger. Directed by Anthony Minghella
Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress: Renee Zellweger
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor: Jude Law, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music – Original Song (T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello), Best Music – Original Song (Sting), Best Music – Original Score
Golden Globe winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Renee Zellweger
Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best
Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Performance by an Actor: Jude Law and Best Performance by an
Actress: Nicole Kidman

Lone Star –
Tuesday, May 12th at 10:45pm
Starring Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey. Directed by John Sayles
Academy Award nomination for Best Writing
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Billy Elliot – Tuesday, May 19th at 8:00pm
Starring Julie Walters, Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven. Directed by Stephen Daldry.
Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Julie Walters and Best Writing Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture Drama and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture: Julie Walters

Songcatcher – Tuesday, May 19th at 10:00pm
Starring Janet McTeer, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin. Directed by Maggie Greenwald

Vanity Fair – Tuesday, May 26th 9:00pm
Starring Reese Witherspoon, Gabriel Byrne, Bob Hoskins. Directed by Mira Nair

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love – Tuesday, May 26th at 11:30pm
Starring Indira Varma, Sarita Choudhury, Naveen Andrews. Directed by Mira Nair

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