HOLLYWOOD STARS FILM PACKAGE
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HOLLYWOOD STARS FILM PACKAGE, available for station use from 2011 until 2014, is a significant new collection of movies showcasing the work of a number of major stars. The package, which includes many films never-before-seen on public television, explores the work of legendary actors and actresses through many important films from their careers. From Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop and Audrey Hepburn in The Nun's Story to Sigourney Weaver in Aliens and Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke, viewers will have the chance to enjoy an exciting array of noteworthy performances.

FEBRUARY TITLES:

Local Hero (1983, PG, 2/1/12 - 4/30/12, 4 Exhibition days per Film window)
An oilman goes native in a quirky Scottish town his Texas boss expects him to buy.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, R, 2/1/12 - 2/21/12, 2 Exhibition days per Film window)
Adapted from a novel by Ken Kesey, mental patients rise up and follow social-misfit hero Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson).

People Will Talk (1951, NR, 2/1/12 - 3/31/12, 3 Exhibition days per Film window)
A doctor's (Cary Grant) unconventional theories of medicine and his relationship with a young student (Jeanne Crain) place his reputation in jeopardy.

Run Silent, Run Deep (1958, NR, 2/1/12 - 2/29/12, 2 Exhibition days per Film window)
A U.S. sub commander (Clark Gable) obsessed with sinking a Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer (Burt Lancaster) and crew.

Witness For the Prosecution (1958, NR, 2/1/12 - 2/29/12, 2 Exhibition days per Film window)
An aging barrister (Charles Laughton) defends a man (Tyrone Power) for murder despite damaging testimony from the accused's wife (Marlene Dietrich).

MARCH TITLES:

Bus Stop (1956, NR, 3/1/12 - 4/30/12, 3 Exhibitions days per film window)
A brash young cowboy (Don Murray) gets off the bus in Phoenix where he courts a cafe singer (Marilyn Monroe).

Hoosiers (1986, PG, 3/1/12 - 3/31/12, 2 Exhibition days per film window)
A college basketball coach leaves the Navy in 1951 and becomes coach of an underdog Indiana high-school team.

Papillon (1973, PG, 3/1/12 - 5/31/12, 4 Exhibition days/during broadcast window)
Safecracker Henri ''The Butterfly'' Charriere (Steve McQueen) tries to escape from Devil's Island with counterfeiter Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman).

APRIL TITLES:

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, NR 4/1/12 - 6/30/12, 4 Exhibition days/during broadcast window)
A theater critic (Cary Grant) learns his two elderly aunts serve poisoned elderberry wine to lonely gentlemen callers.

Bringing Up Baby (1938, NR, 4/1/12 - 6/30/12, 4 Exhibition days/during broadcast window)
A paleontologist (Cary Grant) loses a dinosaur bone to a dog whose heiress owner (Katharine Hepburn) also has a pet leopard, called Baby.

Bullitt (1968, PG, 4/1/12 - 6/30/12, 4 Exhibition days/during broadcast window)
A San Francisco police detective (Steve McQueen) gets hold of a mob-witness/corruption case and won't let go.

The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981, R, 4/1/12 - 4/30/12, 2 Exhibition days per Film window)
The relationship of two actors (Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons) in a movie production parallels that of the Victorian characters they are portraying.

The Great Train Robbery (1979, PG, 4/1/12 - 4/30/12, 2 Exhibition days per Film window)
Michael Crichton directed this adaptation of his novel chronicling the first robbery of a moving train in 1855.

Key Largo (1948, NR 4/1/12, 4/1/12 - 6/30/12 WB 4 Exhibition days/during broadcast window)
A gangster (Edward G. Robinson) holds a GI (Humphrey Bogart) and others hostage in a run-down Florida Keys hotel.

EPISODE LISTINGS

DISTRIBUTOR: American Public Television
APT PROGRAM SERVICE: Syndication
PRODUCER: Warner Brothers/MGM/20th Century Fox

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Contract period: 09/01/2011-09/30/2014


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