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Encore to Present Thanksgiving Marathons

By: Oct. 24, 2012
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This Thanksgiving, ENCORE LOVE and ENCORE ACTION will serve up several helpings of blockbuster and fan favorite films with two special marathons, including a "Tuneful Thanksgiving Marathon" featuring such festive fare as La Bamba, Evita, Oklahoma!, Honey, Rent and more, on Thanksgiving Day.

Then digest with three days of action packed films including Men in Black, Species, Godzilla, Ghostbusters, The Abyss and The Last Starfighter, as part of ENCORE ACTION'S "Sci-Fi Invasion," kicking off Friday, November 23rd. Thanksgiving week, ENCORE will feature the six-time EMMY(R) and two-time Golden Globe(R) Award-winning miniseries, "Lonesome Dove," beginning on Monday, November 19th and concluding on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22nd at 8pm ET/PT as part of "The Big Miniseries Showcase."

ENCORE, ENCORE LOVE and ENCORE ACTION'S Thanksgiving Programming Includes:

ENCORE LOVE "Tuneful Thanksgiving Marathon"

Thursday, November 22 Beginning at 4:20am

All times are ET/PT and subject to change:

4:20am La Bamba
6:15am Oklahoma!
8:40am Evita
11:00am Honey
12:35pm Under the Cherry Moon
2:20pm Rent
4:40pm Rhinestone
6:35pm Oklahoma!
9:00pm Bye Bye Birdie
11:15pm Cry-Baby

ENCORE'S "THE BIG MINISERIES SHOWCASE" PRESENTS: LONESOME DOVE (1988)

Monday November 19 -Thursday November 22 at 8pm (followed by a marathon on Sunday, November 25 beginning at 11:30am)

The four-part, epic western tale "Lonesome Dove" tells the story of a pair of old friends - former Texas Rangers and ranching partners - who decide to drive a cattle herd to Montana, facing bad weather, murderers, accidents and romantic peril along the way. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones and Danny Glover lead an all-star cast in this grand adventure about a Montana cattle drive. "The Big Miniseries Showcase" is a weekly programming destination of fan favorites and classic titles, premiering every Monday night on ENCORE.

ENCORE ACTION Thanksgiving Weekend "Sci-Fi Invasion"

Friday, November 23 at 8:20pm - Sunday, November 25

All times are ET/PT and subject to change:

Nov 23 8:20pm Men in Black
Nov 23 10:00pm The Abyss (Director's Cut)
Nov 24 1:00am Species
Nov 24 2:50am Species II
Nov 24 5:15am Repo Man
Nov 24 6:50am Flash Gordon
Nov 24 8:45am The Philadelphia Experiment
Nov 24 10:30am Enemy Mine
Nov 24 12:20pm The Abyss (Director's Cut)
Nov 24 3:20pm Men in Black
Nov 24 5:05pm The Last Starfighter
Nov 24 6:50pm Timecop
Nov 24 8:30pm Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Nov 24 10:00pm Godzilla
Nov 25 12:20am Tank Girl
Nov 25 2:10am Screamers
Nov 25 4:05am 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Nov 25 5:45am The Last Starfighter
Nov 25 7:35am Krull
Nov 25 9:45am Gattaca
Nov 25 11:40am Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Nov 25 1:10pm Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
Nov 25 2:45pm Godzilla
Nov 25 5:10pm Justice League: The New Frontier
Nov 25 6:30pm Spawn
Nov 25 8:10pm Ghostbusters
Nov 25 10:00pm Ghostbusters II
Nov 25 11:50pm Twelve Monkeys



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