11/5/2009
HBO CANADA DECEMBER 2009 PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
All Broadcast Times in Eastern Time (ET) / Mountain Time (MT)
Available in High Definition and On Demand
PROGRAMMING
ROBIN WILLIAMS: WEAPONS OF SELF DESTRUCTION (WORLD PREMIERE; COMEDY SPECIAL)
Sunday, December 6 at 9 p.m. (day-and-date with HBO in the U.S.)
Robin Williams returns to HBO with a unique stand-up event scheduled to be taped before a live audience at Washington’s DAR Constitution Hall in late November. Making his first solo comedy appearance on the network in seven years, this exclusive comedy event will feature the Oscar®-winner at one of the stops on his current sold-out national tour.
PONTYPOOL
(NETWORK PREMIERE; CANADIAN ORIGINAL FILM)
Saturday, December 19 at 8 p.m.
In this psychological thriller from Canada’s Bruce McDonald - director of Hard Core Logo and The Tracey Fragments - what begins as another boring day of snow cancellations in a rural Ontario town quickly turns into a bizarre and deadly outbreak that threatens the entire town and the staff at a small radio station. Based on Tony Burgess’ novel Pontypool Changes Everything, the film stars Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Riley and Rick Roberts.
EDISON AND LEO
(NETWORK PREMIERE; CANADIAN ORIGINAL FILM)
Sunday, December 20 at 8 p.m.
As Canada’s first stop motion animated feature, this surreal and quirky 2008 film tells the tale of eccentric scientist George Edison and his family: a deceased mother immortalized by a 12-metre metallic replica; a young son who has electricity literally crackling through his veins; and an older son who pledges to overthrow the entire family order.
A NUMBER
(NETWORK PREMIERE; HBO ORIGINAL FILM)
Wednesday, December 30 at 8 p.m.
Adapted by acclaimed English playwright Caryl Churchill from her original play of the same name, this HBO Films/BBC co-production examines the issue of human cloning via a surprising and haunting father-son drama. Salter , a man in his early 60s, is confronted by his adult son Bernard, a.k.a. B2, who has discovered that genetic replicas of him exist. Starring Tom Wilkinson and Rhys Ifans.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING NOTES AND PREMIERES ON HBO CANADA
- The network premiere of the HBO original film Dinner with Friends premieres Friday, December 4 at 8 p.m.
- The two-part network premiere of HBO’s original miniseries Empire Falls. Part one airs Saturday, December 26 at 8 p.m. and part two airs Sunday, December 27 at 8 p.m.
- The network premiere of the HBO original film Something the Lord Made on Friday, December 11 at 8 p.m.
- The network premiere of the HBO original film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers on Saturday, December 12 at 7:15 p.m.
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Media contacts:
The Movie Network (eastern Canada)
Nicolle Balen
(416) 956-8638
Movie Central (western Canada)
Owen McCorquodale
(416) 530-2249
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