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‘Robots’ to premiere on Star Movies this Friday night at 9

MUMBAI: This Friday, let the family fun begin!!! Star Movies presents a heart-warming story of an ambitious robot from a small town, which has a gift of inventing things and a hope of moving beyond his quaint surroundings. Tune in to the exclusive premiere of the fun filled animation film “Robots” starring Ewan McGregor, Mel Brooks, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey and Robin Williams this Friday, December 22nd at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

The pixel-happy production company Blue Sky follows its successful feature Ice Age with more animated antics in Robots. Rodney Copperbottom (voiced by Ewan McGregor) is a talented inventor who hopes to make his fortune by moving to Robot City and working among the nuts and bolts of the robotics industry. Rodney fantasizes about building robots for his boyhood hero and master inventor Big Weld (Mel Brooks), but when he meets him, Rodney’s dream threatens to turn rusty.

Big Weld reveals that his company is now being run by the evil Phineas T. Ratchet (Greg Kinnear), a merciless moneymaker who wants to rid the world of the antiquated robots that clutter up the streets of Robot City. This leaves Rodney’s aspirations needing a major oil change, and with little chance of finding work, he feels about as useful as a broken spare part.

So he takes to the streets, where he finds some unlikely salvation in a group of robots lead by Fender (Robin Williams). Fender urges Rodney to help save them from the scrap heap, while Ratchet and his company create threatening new policies on robot reconstruction. The ensuing action leads to a breathtaking set of adventures in the futuristic city.

A fun, dizzying delight, ROBOTS benefits from the many voices of Robin Williams, who is the perfect comic foil to Ewan McGregor’s central character. The special effects are masterfully handled, and the rendering of Robot City is a true sight to behold. Robots presents fast-paced animated entertainment at its finest.

So tune in to the exclusive premiere of Robots, this Friday night, December 22nd at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

June 25, 2006
‘Meet The Fockers’ on Star Movies

Don’t miss the exclusive premiere of the Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller starrer
‘Meet the Fockers’ this Friday, June 9th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies

Mumbai, June 07, 2006: Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller are back for a new session of disastrously funny family bonding in the hilarious sequel to Meet the Parents. Tune-in to the exclusive premiere of the rib-tickling comedy ‘Meet the Fockers’ this Friday, June 9th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

Following the knee-slapping hit MEET THE PARENTS, director Jay Roach once again keeps audiences roaring with laughter as he presents MEET THE FOCKERS. This time, young engaged couple Pam (Teri Polo) and Greg (Ben Stiller) are getting their parents together a few months before the wedding. Greg nervously plans out every detail of the trip, only to be usurped by Pam’s domineering ex-CIA-man father (Robert DeNiro).

Not only has he purchased an RV, insisting they’ll be driving from New York City to the Fockers’ home in Miami, but he’s bringing along his perfect baby grandson. When they finally arrive at the Fockers’ house, Greg’s parents, Bernie and Roz (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand), turn out to be sex-addicted hippies and not at all what the Byrnes (DeNiro and Blythe Danner) had expected. With one pitfall after the next, the film takes the concept of awkward in-law experiences to new heights, leaving no stone unturned from stories about past sexual experiences to detailed discussion of current ones. Every conversation is totally inappropriate and downright embarrassing, keeping audiences braced for the next disaster. Along the way, all six cast members turn in topnotch performances, with Hoffman, Streisand, and Stiller leading the charge in true Focker spirit.

So, make sure you tune in to this fun film ‘Meet the Fockers’ this Friday, June 9th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

About Star
STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts over 50 television services in nine languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel). STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com

For further information please contact:
In Mumbai
Zeenat Khan
Asst. Vice President – Publicity
STAR (India) Ltd.
Tel No. 91-22-56305555

June 20, 2006
Tune in to the exclusive premiere of ‘Dungeons and Dragons – 2’ this Friday night at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies

MUMBAI: Viewers are invited to return to Izmer once again in this sequel to the popular Dungeons & Dragons film. Fantastical adventures unravel, as five intrepid Izmer residents have to prove their worth, while constantly facing deadly threats such as giant dragons and other gruesome creatures.

The five characters at the center of the film must prove both their mental and physical agility to defeat the encroaching foes as the movie progresses. Starring Mark Dymond, Clemency Burton-Hill and Bruce Payne make sure you tune-in to the exclusive premiere of Dungeons and Dragons – 2 this Friday, December 15th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

Based on the phenomenally successful role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons 2 takes you deeper into the dark and fantastical world of this epic. When the evil sorcerer Damodar braves a perilous whirlwind vortex to steal the elemental black orb he declares a sinister plan of vengeance against the kingdom of Ismir.

Berek, a decorated warrior, and Melora, an amateur sorceress join four heroes representing Intelligence, Wisdom, Honor and Strength to battle against Damodar’s growing army of gruesome creatures, flying harpies and an ice dragon to reach a vault room holding the orb. Together, they build their own army to retrieve the orb using elemental forces to defeat Damodar before he summons the sleeping black dragon whose omnipotent evil powers could lay waste to the entire kingdom.

Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Gerry Lively. It is a straight-to-TV sequel to the 2000 film Dungeons & Dragons, which in turn was based on the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The only returning actor is Bruce Payne reprising his role as the evil Damodar.

So don’t forget to tune in to the exclusive premiere of Dungeons and Dragons – 2, this Friday, December 15th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

June 20, 2006
Bruce Willis starrer ‘Hostage’ this Friday at 9 pm only on Star Movies

Mumbai, June 28, 2006: Have you ever been faced with a situation when you had to make a tough decision? Well, it doesn’t get tougher than this! Imagine being given a choice between saving a family you don’t even know and saving your own family! Watch what Bruce Willis does, when given such a choice, in the exclusive premiere of Hostage, this Friday, June 30th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

In this well-made thriller, Bruce Willis plays Jeff Talley, a hostage negotiator who leaves Los Angeles to become police chief of upscale suburb Bristo Camino. He is haunted by his failure to save a child from a suicidal madman, but the ghosts of Tally’s previous field come back to haunt him when two brothers and their mysterious traveling companion Mars Krupchek take a suburbanite family hostage after a failed robbery. Unbeknownst to the gunmen, their hostage is actually a numbers runner for West Coast kingpin Sonny Benza, and the house contains evidence that put him away. Facing heat from associates in New York, Benza kidnaps Tally’s wife and daughter and blackmails him into procuring the incriminating evidence. But the situation escalates even further when Tally discovers that Mars is a serial killer who is eyeing the hostages, and possibly his accomplices, to be his next victims.

Florent Siri’s efficient direction keeps the action flowing in unexpected directions while allowing for plenty of interesting procedural details and sly bits of humor. The score is ominous and the performances are strong, with Ben Foster memorably creepy and Willis excellent as the frightened hero. This well-made thriller grossed US$ 34,617,915 at the worldwide box office.

So don’t forget to tune in to the exclusive premiere of the adrenaline-packed action movie, Hostage, on Friday, June 30th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

About Star
STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts over 50 television services in nine languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel). STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com

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June 20, 2006
‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’ starts 17 Dec on Star Movies

MUMBAI: Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Star Wars franchise (1977-2007) with STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA this December.

Starting 17 December, witness saber action for six spectacular weeks with all the six titles in the US$ 3.5 billion franchise, including the premiere of Star Wars Episode III- Revenge of the Sith, airing in sequence for the first time on Indian television. So fasten your seat belts and get set for an adventure as Star Movies takes you on a journey to a far away galaxy, every Sunday night at 9 pm.

Star Wars is a science fantasy saga and fictional galaxy created by writer / producer / director George Lucas during the 1970’s.

The saga began with the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), which was released on May 25 1977, by 20th Century Fox.

The film became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon – spawning five more feature films, three spin-off films, five television series and an extensive collection of licensed books, comics, video games, action figures, trading cards, card games, and other products – all of which are set within a fictional galaxy far, far away.

The all time US box office has all the six Star Wars blockbusters in its top 25, with each film earning over US$ 500 million worldwide. George Lucas’ franchise has also been a mainstay at the Academy Awards, honored with three special achievement awards and winning seven Oscars.

The Star Wars saga has had a significant impact on modern global pop culture. Science fiction since Star Wars, particularly in film, has often been influenced by and compared to Star Wars. References to the main characters and themes of Star Wars are casually made in Western society with the well-qualified assumption that others will understand the reference.

George Lucas is also famous for using the best possible cameras and technology in his movies. Many say that the visual and virtual effects that take over today’s movies would have never been created if not for Lucas’ revolutionising of the movie industry with Star Wars.

June 20, 2006
Star Movies ends the year with a bang!!!

MUMBAI: Having showcased the biggest and the best of blockbusters and capturing the fancy of the audiences with the premiere’s of the biggest hits and showcasing the entire Bond collection Star Movies is now all set to end the year with a big bang!!! This December, Star Movies celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars franchise by showcasing all six titles in sequence for the first time on Indian television.

And now, on New Year’s it brings to you the premiere of one of the biggest movies ever! Tune in to the exclusive back-to-back premiere of Star Wars: Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith on Sunday, December 31st, 9 p.m. onwards only on Star Movies!!!

Starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman, Star Wars: Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith is the final chapter of the six-part Star Wars series, which began a long time ago (1977) in a galaxy far, far away… Anakin Skywalker (Christensen) remains the Jedi apprentice of master Obi-Wan Kenobi (McGregor).

After battling dark forces that threaten the Republic, Anakin has become an intimidating warrior with superior knowledge of the Force, a pawn that Chancellor Palpatine finds… intriguing. Meanwhile, Padme (Portman), the senator and former queen who is secretly married to Anakin, is pregnant, and Anakin is tortured by dreams of her dying in childbirth.

Anakin’s moodiness and glowering are a clear precursor to his inevitable, terrifying metamorphosis into Darth Vader, the dark leader of the evil Empire who haunts the remainder of the series. No one, not his mentor Obi-Wan, not Yoda or Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson), can stop his terrifying descent into the Dark Side.

Nominated at the Academy Awards® in 2006 for Best Achievement in Makeup, Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith features the unmatched digital animation and special effects of George Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic. The highly anticipated finale to the series has a domestic box office gross of US$380 million, a worldwide box office of US$850 million, and set records for top 4 and 5 day grosses, bringing the lifetime gross total for the STAR WARS film franchise to US$2.1 billion.

This New Years’ Eve, grab your space on the couch, get your popcorn ready and tune-in, as Star Movies brings to you the exclusive back-to-back premiere of the Star Wars Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith, 9:00 p.m. onwards!!!

June 11, 2006
‘Spymate’ to premiere this friday night at 9 on Star Movies

MUMBAI: When his partner decides to leave the secret agent business, chimpanzee spy Minkey is left to his own devices. Unsure of what to do with his time, Minkey joins the circus, where he quickly becomes a very popular attraction.

After 10 years of lying low, Minkey is called on by his former partner, whose own daughter has been kidnapped. Together, will this unusual human-monkey secret-agent team be able to solve the case? Find out this Friday night, December 29th at 9 p.m. on the exclusive premiere of “Spymate” only on Star Movies!!!

Minkey, a super-spy primate, and his partner Mike were the two best spies in the business. For years, they made every mission possible… But when Mike retired to raise his baby girl, Amelia, he never predicted that life would come full circle.

Ten years later, Amelia — who has invented a revolutionary chemical drill — is kidnapped and whisked off to Japan by her hero, Dr. Farley, who is planning a highly dangerous experiment that could cause a massive earthquake and destroy the entire world. Mike and Minkey partner up one last time for their most important mission ever: saving Amelia — and the world — from the clutches of the evil Dr. Farley.

So tune in to the exclusive premiere of Spymate, this Friday night, December 29th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

June 11, 2006
Star Movies to focus on Donald Trump, Templars next month

MUMBAI: Star Movies will air a film next month Trump Unauthorised.This movie on the life of real estate tycoon Donald Trump hits all the high and lowlights. It includes Trump’s real estate triumphs, failures and his first two marriages. Trump of course hosts the business based reality show The Apprentice which airs in India on Star World.

The film was shot in Toronto and the decision to make this film makes sense since Trump has been catapulted into the limelight, courtesy television.

The channel will also air a three hour mini series Blood Of the Templars. According to legend, the Templars no longer exist, extinguished long ago in the fog of time. But throughout the centuries there have been constant reports that the mystic and secret order does still exist.

What the legend does not say is that there was a schism within the Knights Templar that lead to the formation of a breakaway group, the Priory of Sion, and that this group is still very much with us. Of course both the book and the film The Da Vinci Code mention this group a lot. For thousands of years the two warring sides have fought for possession of the Holy Grail. But where is it and what powers does it have?

June 5, 2006
Star Movies gets caught in ‘The Triangle’ over the weekend

MUMBAI: English movie channel Star Movies will air a three part sci-fi adventure mini series The Triangle this weekend.

The show will air from 2 to 4 June at 9 pm.

The six hour hour mini-series focuses on a disparate group of professionals, who investigate the dangerous truth behind one of the greatest legends of our time, the Bermuda Triangle.

The series has been executive produced by Bryan Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns) and Dean Devlin (Independence Day). The show stars Eric Stoltz Catherine Bell, Michael Rodgers, Bruce Davison, Lou Diamond Phillips and Sam Neill.

With his crews and cargo ships disappearing at an alarming rate around the Bermuda Triangle, a billionaire, Eric Benirall (Neill) hires a crew full of specialists to understand why. Hand picked by the man himself, the crew consists of a skeptical tabloid journalist Howard Thomas (Stoltz), ocean resource engineer Emily Patterson (Bell), scientist/adventurer Bruce Gellar (Rodgers) and psychic Stan Latham (Davison).

Pulled together with the promise of unlimited funding for their research and the chance for once-in-a-lifetime riches, the team sets out to solve this most daunting of anomalies. When a jetliner disappears over the Triangle, bizarre, unexplainable occurrences begin to affect each member of Benirall’s team.

When the government takes an alarming interest in their work, the crew is drawn into something far more dangerous than they had believed possible. A research expedition with the promise of riches soon becomes a frantic, head-turning ride through the unstoppable force, that is, the Triangle.

May 22, 2006
Star Movies presents X-MEN Special

Mumbai, May 17, 2006: X’treme action fans are in for a treat this Sunday. Star Movies gives you the perfect way to end your weekend with the X-Men Special! Star Movies builds the excitement with the back-to-back airing of X-Men and X-2: X Men United to get your adrenaline rushing. If that’s not enough, it presents a sneak peek into the much-awaited X-Men 3: The Last Stand, the final chapter in the X-Men motion picture trilogy. So don’t forget to tune in to the X-Men Special, from 3:50 pm onwards this Sunday evening, 21 May only on Star Movies!

For starters, tune in to X-Men at 3:50 p.m. to watch unusual children born with an added twist to their genetic code- the “X-factor” which allows them to perform extraordinary feats. At 5:50 p.m. watch X 2, in which the X-Men band together to find a mutant assassin who has made an attempt on the president’s life. To end the perfect evening, Star Movies presents a dream come true for any “X-Men” fan with Opening Night. Watch some never seen before footage and special glimpses of the making of X-Men 3: The Last Stand at 8:30 p.m.

Opening Night will not only showcase clippings of the unreleased movie, but will also take you behind the scenes where you can watch Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry and the rest of the cast talk about their experiences while shooting this most ambitious work of the trilogy. They discuss how it required complex strategic maneuvering to bring the entire cast back for this project, due to their busy schedules and how their participation was never in doubt as it was key to the story and character relationships, and important to the fans who love these films. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby discuss how it never occurred to them forty years ago that the characters created by them for Marvel Comics would result in such magnificent movies. In this film the characters undergo significant changes and the action is taken to a whole new level.

X-Men 3: The Last Stand, a “cure” for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them, or give up their powers and become human. The opposing viewpoints of mutant leaders Charles Xavier, who preaches tolerance and Magneto, who believes in the survival of the fittest, are put to the ultimate test – triggering the war to end all wars.

Presented by rising star Terence Yin (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life, New Police Story), Opening Night gives you an up-close and intimate view of the most anticipated films before their general release. Previous episodes of this hit show has featured Hollywood blockbusters like Pink Panther, Ice Age 2, Chicken Little, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Fantastic Four, Robots, Ocean’s Twelve, I- Robot, Ladder 49, Lemony Snickets: A series of unfortunate events, Kingdom of Heaven, The Goal and King Kong.

So don’t forget to tune in to Star Movies on Sunday, May 21st for X-Men Special from 3:50 p.m. onwards, with the back to back airing of X-Men and X-2, followed by an exclusive sneak peek into the making of X -Men 3: The Last Stand.

About Star
STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts over 50 television services in nine languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel). STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com

For further information please contact:
In Mumbai
Zeenat Khan Shiraz Bhavnani / Aditi Chada
Asst. Vice President – Publicity Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
STAR (India) Ltd. Tel: 91-22-5656 8787
Tel No. 91-22-56305555 Fax: 91-22-5656 8788
Email :sbhavnani@vccpl.com / achada@vccpl.com

May 17, 2006