Summer begins on HBO with a celebration of Hollywood’s Biggest Premieres and a host of incredibly entertaining hits

Summer begins on HBO with a celebration of Hollywood's Biggest Premieres and a host of incredibly entertaining hits

Summer begins on HBO with a celebration of Hollywood’s Biggest Premieres and a host of incredibly entertaining hits

Summer begins on HBO with a celebration of Hollywood’s Biggest Premieres and a host of incredibly entertaining hits

New Delhi, April 30, 2010: The heat is on and HBO’s summer fiesta is all set to treat you with the latest movie premieres this May. We start the month with the speedy ‘Fast & Furious 4’ as the HBO Blockbuster of the Month, which is sure to give you an adrenaline rush.  There is more in store with the new HBO Housefull which kicks off with the highly-anticipated premiere of ‘Body of Lies’, followed by chartbusters every Saturday night. So get ready for some sizzling entertainment as things are getting really hot, only on your favourite English movie channel – HBO!

HBO Blockbuster Movie of the Month: Fast & Furious 4 : HBO takes you to an action movie territory as Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez star in the fast-paced thriller ‘Fast and Furious 4’, the latest and fastest of the series as the HBO Blockbuster Movie of the Month.

This action-adventure takes you inside the world of street racing where you live life 1/4th mile at a time.  Heading back to the streets where it all began, two men rejoin two women to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert.  A crime brings them back to L.A., and fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) re-ignites his feud with agent Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.

If you have a need for speed, then you just cannot miss the premiere of ‘Fast and Furious 4’, one of the Top 16 movies at the box office across the world in 2009. Catch it on Friday 28th May at 9:00 PM only on HBO.

HBO Housefull on Saturday Nights at 9 PM : Make sure you’re home on Saturday as HBO brings you highly acclaimed hits every week with the all-new HBO Housefull, which brings to you, for the first time on Indian television, one of the most awaited blockbusters – ‘Body of Lies’.

Premiering on Saturday, 1st May at 9 PM only on HBO, Body of Lies is the story of an idealistic CIA agent Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is stationed in Jordan after being wounded in Iraq. He dedicates his life to stopping further attacks by the Al Qaeda. Roger plants the suspicion among the terrorists that their leaders are collaborating with the Americans. But as the stakes rise and Roger finds himself in the crosshairs, the plot he starts spirals into an outcome he could never have foreseen.

Don’t miss this thriller starring Academy Award® nominated Leonardo Dicaprio, Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe, Mark Strong and Golshifte Farahani, on 1st May at 9:00 PM, only on HBO.

There are more reasons to stay home with HBO’s Housefull: Join Ron Perlman as he discovers that saving the world can be a hell of a job in Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Find out if Brendan Fraser is up against a Dragon Emperor and his terracotta warriors in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Catch all the action as Robert Downey Jr., builds a high-tech suit of armor in Iron Man. Get ready to unleash the beast in The Incredible Hulk, only on HBO.

HBO See it First : Catch star-studded premieres of five blockbuster movies with some of Hollywood’s greatest stars on HBO See It First every Sunday of the month.

Revolutionary Road : Frank and April Wheeler, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves as special and different. Yet they find themselves becoming exactly what they didn’t expect: a good man with a routine job whose nerve has gone missing; a less-than-happy homemaker starving for fulfillment and passion. With three Academy Award® nominations, and powerhouse performances by Leonardo Dicaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, and Michael Shannon, watch the Wheelers overcome the seven-year itch, in this romantic drama on 2nd May at 9 PM, only on HBO.

Rendition : When an Egyptian engineer “disappears” on a flight from Africa to Washington, his American wife and a CIA analyst who witnesses his torture, find their ordered worlds spinning out of control in their struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility in the Middle East.

Catch this thriller starring Academy Award® winners Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, as well as Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, on 9th May, at 9 pm, only on HBO.

Frost/Nixon : A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon, this movie garnered five Academy Award® nominations, including one for the ‘Best Motion Picture of the Year’.

Get a dollop of history with this engrossing drama starring Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones and Frank Langella on 16th May at 9 pm only on HBO.

Hairspray : High school hair-hopper Tracy Turnblad stars on The Corny Collins Show, wins the heart of resident hunk Link Larkin and kicks down the barriers to racial integration on local television – all without messing up her hair!

Also starring Academy Award® nominated actors John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and Queen Latifah, along with Amanda Bynes and Christopher Walken, catch this laugh riot on 23rd May at 9:00 PM, only on HBO.

Nights in Rodanthe : Adrienne Willis (Diane Lane) must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. She flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe. But when a major storm starts moving in, it appears that Adrienne’s perfect getaway will be ruined until a guest named Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) arrives. Paul has come to Rodanthe to escape his own shattered past. The two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort and set in motion feelings that will resonate for the rest of their lives.

Catch Richard Gere and Diane Lane, as they try to get a second chance, in this romantic, yet emotional movie, on 30th May at 9 PM, only on HBO.

There’s more…

HBO’s Original Movie of the Month in May is Taking Chance, an emotional war-based film which is sure to touch your heart.

It is a 2009 historical drama based upon the experiences of Lt. Col. Michael Strobl (Kevin Bacon) escorting the body of a Marine, PFC Chance Phelps, back to his hometown from the Iraq War. From Dover to Phelps’ home in Wyoming – person after person pays respects. Kind words, small gifts, and gratitude are given Strobl to deliver to the family on this soul-searching journey. What are his own discoveries? Find out in the premiere of ‘Taking Chance’, starring Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge and Nicholas Art, on 25th May at 10:45 PM only on HBO.

And that’s not all…

There are also 9pm treats every Friday on HBO Friday Blockbusters.

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