Oscar fever grips STAR Movies

With the 82nd Annual Academy Awards coming up in March, STAR Movies tunes-in to the Oscar mania!

February 9th, Mumbai: STAR Movies is bringing you the Oscars this year like NEVER before! This month, the leading English Movie channel will be the one stop destination for fans to get all the information on the 82nd Academy Awards to be held next month. Counting down to the grand event in March, STAR Movies will update viewers with the latest news on Oscars through special programming modules and Oscar Fever this month!

For the first time, Star Movies brings you more than just an event. It’s a season filled with some of the most exciting and interesting updates on the 82nd Academy Awards. Paying tribute to some of the greatest titles that have won the Oscars in the past few years, STAR Movies presents a special movie festival titled ‘Oscar Fever’. Every Monday and Tuesday, fans can catch an Oscar winning masterpiece after the 9pm movie. Various Oscar winning movies like Braveheart, Michael Clayton etc. will adorn the 11pm slot every Monday and Tuesday this month till the Grand Finale Event on 8th March..

In addition to a movie festival and the Main Event, STAR Movies will showcase a series of 2 minute fillers from the end of January right up to the main event and beyond!

Date	Timing	Movie
8^th Feb	11pm	Braveheart
9^th Feb	11pm	Michael Clayton
15^th Feb	10.45pm	Dick Tracy
16^th Feb	11.10pm	Pulp Fiction
22^nd Feb	10.55pm	Raiders of the Lost Ark
23^rd Feb	11pm	The Road to Perdition
2^nd March	11pm	The Silence of the Lambs
3^rd March	11pm	The Reader

The channel will also have special segments with interviews of Indians who have previously attended the Oscars as also comments / views of film critics on who has a good chance to win this year.

A week before the main event STAR Movies will have an anchored compilation of the major contenders, which will include a film critic giving his/her predictions on the winners. This special show titled ‘And the Oscar Goes to…’ will air on 28^th February at 8.30pm.

The 82^nd Annual Academy Awards will air LIVE from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on 8^th March at 6.30am on STAR Movies. The awards show will have a prime time repeat (8.30pm) on the same day. Following the Oscars, STAR Movies will also present fillers about the Oscar winners this year.