EPIX Invites You To Celebrate Christmas With 'The Family'
NEW YORK—(Dec 21, 2009)—This holiday season EPIX(TM) would like you to spend a little quality with The Family. Christmas With The Family unwraps a festive marathon of gifts you can’t refuse - beginning Christmas Eve, experience a non-stop string of mob hits including the HD re-master of Academy Award(R) Winning director Francis Ford Coppola’s legendary “The Godfather” Trilogy, Academy Award(R) Winning director Jonathan Demme’s “Married To The Mob,” Ridley Scott’s stunning Yakuza epic “Black Rain,” and Brian DePalma’s untouchable masterpiece, “The Untouchables,” staring Kevin Costner and Sean Connery. This Christmas. Leave the gun. Take the fruitcake.
And, just in case you miss a minute of the action because you were too busy taking care of that thing with the guy in the red suit - fugetaboutit — the entire lineup is available anytime on FiOS video-on-demand and online at EpixHD.com.
Christmas with the Family on EPIX begins on Thursday, December 24 at 5:00PM (ET):
Thursday, December 24
5:00PM (ET) - "The Godfather"
8:00PM (ET) - "The Godfather: Part II"
11:30PM (ET) - "The Godfather: Part III"
2:30AM (ET) - "Romeo is Bleeding"
4:30AM (ET) - "Black Rain"
Friday, December 25
6:45AM (ET) - "Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife"
8:30AM (ET) - "The Godfather"
11:30AM (ET) - "The Godfather: Part II"
3:00PM (ET) - "The Godfather: Part III"
6:00PM (ET) - "The Untouchables"
8:00PM (ET) - "Married to the Mob"
10:00PM (ET) - "State of Grace"
12:15AM (ET) - "Raw Deal"
2:00AM (ET) - "29 Palms"
4:00AM (ET) - "Truth Be Told"
5:30AM (ET) - "The Untouchables"
You’ve been warned. Unless you’re sleeping with the fishes, there’s no excuse to miss these two days of power, crime, love, hate, deceit, murder, respect……and simply great cinema on EPIX.
About EPIX
EPIX, a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), is a next-generation multiplatform premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service that launched on October 30, 2009. With access to more than 15,000 motion pictures spanning the vast libraries of the partner studios, EPIX delivers films from Paramount, Paramount Vantage, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies released theatrically on or after January 1, 2008 and MGM, United Artists and Lionsgate titles released theatrically on or after January 1, 2009, which are available exclusively to its subscribers.
Providing a powerful entertainment experience with more feature films on demand and online and more HD movies than any other service, EPIX airs new Hollywood titles plus classic feature films, original series, and music and comedy specials. It is the only premium service providing its entire monthly line-up on video-on-demand, online and on the linear channel. Further, EPIX has made the commitment to deliver the industry’s most expansive online collection of movies, making more than 3,000 titles available online to subscribers via its enhanced service EPIX Megaplex.
The joint venture controls all rights to EPIX’s programming and Viacom provides operational support, including marketing and affiliate services through its MTV Networks division. EPIX is distributed by Verizon FiOS on channel 396 in standard def and channel 895 in high def.
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