HDNET MOVIES SHOWCASES 2017 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES MERYL STREEP, NICOLE KIDMAN, JEFF BRIDGES AND DEV PATEL IN MONTH-LONG ‘AND THE OSCAR® GOES TO’ EVENT STARTING JAN. 29
The 40-Film, 29-Day Event Features ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Jan. 29, ‘The Hours’ Feb. 13, and ‘The Last Picture Show’ Feb. 19
Los Angeles – January 26, 2017 – HDNET MOVIES shines the spotlight on Hollywood’s biggest night with “And The Oscar® Goes To” Presented By Richard Roeper all month long, including 2017 Academy Award nominees Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Jeff Bridges and Dev Patel. The 29-day event hosted by acclaimed film critic Richard Roeper, features 40 Academy Award-winning films airing every night.
The event kicks off this Sunday, Jan. 29 at 10:25pE with Dev Patel, who is nominated this year for Best Supporting Actor for Lion, in his breakout role in Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight Oscars® including best picture in 2009.
HDNET MOVIES premieres The Hours Monday, Feb. 13 at 8pE starring two of this year’s nominees: Meryl Streep, who is nominated for Best Actress for Florence Foster Jenkins, and Nicole Kidman, who is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Lion and won Best Actress for The Hours among the film’s nine Oscar® nominations in 2003.
Jeff Bridges, nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Hell or High Water, stars in The Last Picture Show on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8pE. Including Bridges’ nomination for Best Supporting Actor, The Last Picture Show was nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1972, winning two.
The full schedule for HDNET MOVIES’ “And The Oscar® Goes To” Presented By Richard Roeper is listed below, culminating in a weekend-long marathon of films. For more information about the event visit hdnetmovies.com/oscars.
Jan. 29 – MYSTIC RIVER (2003) – 8pE
Jan. 29 – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008) – 10:25pE
Jan. 30 – LEGENDS OF THE FALL (1994) – 8pE
Jan. 30 – A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (1992) – 10:20pE
Jan. 31 – THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008) – 8pE
Jan. 31 – THELMA & LOUISE (1991) – 10:50pE
Jan. 31 – BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992) – 1:05aE
Feb. 1 – THE DEFIANT ONES (1958) – 8pE
Feb. 1 – LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006) – 9:40pE
Feb. 1 – MISSISSIPPI BURNING (1988) – 12:05aE
Feb. 2 – FLASHDANCE (1983) – 8pE
Feb. 2 –SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) – 9:40pE
Feb. 3 – THE DESCENDANTS (2011) – 8pE
Feb. 3 – SIDEWAYS (2004) – 10pE
Feb. 4 – PULP FICTION (1994) – 8pE
Feb. 4 – CRASH (2004) – 10:40pE
Feb. 5 – THE SEA INSIDE (2004) – 8pE
Feb. 5 – CINEMA PARADISO (1988) – 10:10pE
Feb. 6 – GIANT (1956) – 8pE
Feb. 6 – AMERICAN DREAM (1990) – 11:25pE
Feb. 7 – NORMA RAE (1979) – 8pE
Feb. 7 – PLACES IN THE HEART (1984) – 10pE
Feb. 8 – WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) – 8pE
Feb. 9 – BLUE JASMINE (2013) – 8pE
Feb. 10 – FUNNY GIRL (1968) – 8pE
Feb. 11 – SHAMPOO (1975) – 8pE
Feb. 12 – CHICAGO (2002) – 8pE
Feb. 13 – THE HOURS (2002) – 8pE
Feb. 14 – POLLOCK (2000) – 8pE
Feb. 15 – STALAG 17 (1953) – 8pE
Feb. 15 – LILIES OF THE FIELD (1963) – 10:05pE
Feb. 16 – MY LEFT FOOT (1989) – 8pE
Feb. 17 – THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007) – 8pE
Feb. 18 – THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (1999) – 8pE
Feb. 19 – THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971) – 8pE
Feb. 20 – THE KING AND I (1956) – 8pE
Feb. 21 – THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) – 8pE
Feb. 22 – FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953) – 8pE
Feb. 23 – MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004) – 8pE
Feb. 24 – UNFORGIVEN (1992) – 8pE
Oscar® Weekend Marathon—Fri, February 24 to Sun., February 26
February 24
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007) – 10:15pE
February 25
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006) – 1aE
MISSISSIPPI BURNING (1988) – 3:25aE
THE DEFIANT ONES (1958) – 6aE
POLLOCK (200) – 7:45aE
NORMA RAE (1979) – 9:55aE
PLACES IN THE HEART (1984) – 11:55aE
SHAMPOO (1975) – 1:50pE
FLASHDANCE (1983) – 3:45pE
UNFORGIVEN (1992) – 5:25pE
THE DESCENDANTS (2011) – 7:40pE
SIDEWAYS (2004) – 9:40pE
PULP FICTION (1994) – 11:50pE
February 26
THE HOURS (2002) – 2:30aE
LILIES OF THE FIELD (1963) – 4:30aE
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (1999) – 6:10aE
MY LEFT FOOT (1989) – 8:25aE
BLUE JASMINE (2013) 10:15aE
THE KING AND I (1956) – 12pE
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF (1966) 2:20pE
GIANT (1956) – 4:35pE
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953) – 8pE
FUNNY GIRL (1968) – 10:05pE
MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004) – 12:35aE
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) – 2:55aE
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