August 2011 Programming Highlights
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*Please check the complete Program Schedule or www.hdnetmovies.com for additional films, dates and times
HDNet Movies Sneak Previews – Experience exclusive broadcasts of new films before they hit theaters and DVD
Magic Trip
Premieres Wednesday, August 3rd at 8:00pm followed by encore presentations at 10:00pm and 12:00am
Documentary footage featuring Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady and The Merry Band of Pranksters
Directed by: Alison Ellwood
In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled crosscountry road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of
counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the
driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus. Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip,
shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen. With MAGIC
TRIP, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the
Kesey family. They worked with the Film Foundation, HISTORY and the UCLA Film Archives to restore over 100 hours of
film and audiotape, and have shaped an invaluable document of this extraordinary piece of American history.
SPOTLIGHT FEATURES – Highlighted feature films airing throughout the month on HDNet Movies
See program schedule or www.hdnetmovies.com for additional listings of dates and times
Bridget Jones’s Diary – premieres Saturday August 6th at 10:00pm
Starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones. Directed by Sharon Maguire
Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Renee Zellweger. Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion
Picture-Musical or Comedy, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – premieres Sunday, August 7th at 8:05pm
Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Cloris Leachman. Directed by George Roy Hill
Academy Award winner for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced,
Best Music: Original Song, Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture, Best Cinematography. Academy Award
nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound. Golden Globe winner for Best Original Score. Golden Globe
nominations for Best Motion Picture: Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Original Song.
Gone Baby Gone – premieres Thursday, August 4th at 7:30pm
Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Amy Ryan. Directed by Ben Affleck
Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Amy Ryan. Golden Globe nomination
for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Amy Ryan
The Outlaw Josey Wales – Sunday, August 14th at 8:45pm
Starring Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sandra Locke. Directed by Clint Eastwood
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score
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Pulp Fiction – premieres Saturday, August 13th at 8:30pm
Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Eric Stolz, Bruce Willis, Ving
Rhames. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Academy Award winner for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the
Screen. Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role: John Travolta, Best Actor in a
Supporting Role: Samuel L. Jackson, Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Uma Thurman, Best Director, Best Film Editing.
Golden Globe winner for Best Screenplay-Motion Picture. Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture-Drama, Best
Director-Motion Picture, Best Performance by a an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama: John Travolta, Best Performance by an
Actor in a Supporting Role-Motion Picture: Samuel L. Jackson, Best Actress in a Supporting Role-Motion Picture: Uma
Thurman
Stranger Than Fiction – premieres Saturday, August 6th at 8:00pm
Starring Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Directed by Marc Forster.
Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by and Actor in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy: Will Ferrell
kidScene - “Because Great Movies Are Meant to be Shared” A morning block of kids films from 6:00am to 1:00pm daily
See program schedule or www.hdnetmovies.com for additional films and complete listings of dates and times
Highlights include…
Annie
Starring Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn, Tim Curry. Directed by John Huston
Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Music-Original Song and Its Adaptation or Best
Adaptation Score. Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical: Carol Burnett and
Aileen Quinn, New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture: Aileen Quinn. Young Artist Award winner for Best Young Motion
Picture Actress: Aileen Quinn, Young Artist Award nominations for Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Toni
Ann Gisondi, Best Family Feature-Animated Musical or Fantasy
The Goonies
Starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman. Directed by Richard Donner
Young Artist Awards winner for Best Performance by a Young Actor: Sean Astin - Young Artist Awards nominations for Best
Family Motion Picture, Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor: Jeff Cohen, Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor:
Corey Feldman, and Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress: Martha Plimpton
Howl’s Moving Castle
Voices of Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Film of the Year. Young Artist Award nomination for Best Family Feature
Film-Animation
James and the Giant Peach
Voices of Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Pete Postlethwaite, Jane Leeves. Directed by Henry Selick
Academy Award nomination for Best Music. Young Artist Award winner for Best Family Feature-Animation or Special Effects.
Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Voiceover-Young Artist: Paul Terry
kidScene “Friday Night” – An evening of family films every Friday night at 7:00pm.
See program schedule or www.hdnetmovies.com for additional films and complete listings of dates and times
Highlights include…
Babe
Starring James Cromwell, voices of Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Marolyes, Hugo Weaving. Directed by Chris Noonan.
Academy Award winner for Best Effects-Visual Effects. Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor in a
Supporting Role: James Cromwell, Best Director, Best Writing-Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Best Art
Direction-Set Decoration, Best Film Editing. Golden Globe winner for Best Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical. Kids’ Choice
Awards nomination for Favorite Animal Star: Babe the Pig. Young Artists Awards nomination for Best Family Feature-Musical
or Comedy.
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Babe: Pig in the City
Starring James Cromwell, Mickey Rooney, voices of E.G. Daily, Glenne Headly, Myles Jeffrey. Directed by George Miller
Academy Award nomination for Best Music, Original Song.
Kids’ Choice Awards nomination for Favorite Animal Actor: Babe. Young Artists Award nominations for Best Performance in
a Voice Over in a Feature or TV-Best Young Actor: Myles Jeffrey, Best Family Feature-Animated.
Young Star Awards winner for Best Performance in a Voice Over Talent: Myles Jeffrey
Phenomenon
Starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall. Directed by Jon Turteltaub
MTV Movie Awards nominations for Best Male Performance: John Travolta, Best Movie Song: Eric Clapton, Best Kiss, John
Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick. Young Artist Awards nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film-Actress Age Ten or
Under: Ashley Buccille
Splash
Starring Tome Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy. Directed by Ron Howard
Academy Award nomination for Best Writing
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/ Musical
Young Artist Award nomination for Best Family Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
In Retro – Memorable Classic movies every Sunday Night
See program schedule or www.hdnetmovies.com for additional listings of dates and times
Highlights include…
The African Queen – Sunday, August 28th at 6:15pm
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull. Directed by John Huston
Academy Award winner Best Actor in a Leading Role: Humphrey Bogart, Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a
Leading Role: Katharine Hepburn, Best Director, Best Writing-Screenplay
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – premieres Sunday, August 7th at 8:05pm
Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Cloris Leachman. Directed by George Roy Hill
Academy Award winner for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced,
Best Music: Original Song, Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture, Best Cinematography. Academy Award
nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound. Golden Globe winner for Best Original Score. Golden Globe
nominations for Best Motion Picture: Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Original Song.
Cool Hand Luke – Sunday, August 7th at 10:00pm
Starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Jo Van Fleet, Clifton James. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
Academy Award winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role: George Kennedy. Academy Award nominations for Best Actor
in a Leading Role: Paul Newman, Best Writing-Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Best Music-Original
Score. Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor-Drama: Paul Newman, Best Supporting Actor: George
Kennedy
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral – Sunday, August 21st at 7:05pm
Starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, Dennis Hopper. Directed by John Sturges
Academy Award nominations for Best Sound, Best Film Editing
The Outlaw Josey Wales – Sunday, August 14th at 8:45pm
Starring Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sandra Locke. Directed by Clint Eastwood
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score
True Grit – Sunday, August 14th at 6:30pm
Starring John Wayne, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Glen Campbell. Directed by Henry Hathaway
Academy Award winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role: John Wayne.
Academy Award nomination for Best Music. Golden Globe winner for Best Motion Picture Actor-Drama: John Wayne.
Golden Globe nominations for Most Promising Newcomer-Male: Glen Campbell, Best Original Song
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NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY – HDNet Movies presents American Films selected by the Library of Congress for historical
and cultural preservation. For more information on film preservation, visit www.loc.gov/film and www.filmpreservation.org
See program schedule or www.hdnetmovies.com for additional listings of dates and times
The African Queen
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull. Directed by John Huston
Academy Award winner Best Actor in a Leading Role: Humphrey Bogart, Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a
Leading Role: Katharine Hepburn, Best Director, Best Writing-Screenplay
Airplane!
Starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges. Directed by Jim Abrahams
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical/ Comedy
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid
Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Cloris Leachman. Directed by George Roy Hill
Academy Award winner for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced,
Best Music: Original Song, Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture, Best Cinematography. Academy Award
nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound. Golden Globe winner for Best Original Score. Golden Globe
nominations for Best Motion Picture: Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Original Song.
Cool Hand Luke
Starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Jo Van Fleet, Clifton James. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
Academy Award winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role: George Kennedy. Academy Award nominations for Best Actor
in a Leading Role: Paul Newman, Best Writing-Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Best Music-Original
Score. Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture Actor-Drama: Paul Newman, Best Supporting Actor: George
Kennedy
Outlaw Josey Wales, The
Starring Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sandra Locke. Directed by Clint Eastwood
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score
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