Encore Original Production 'Midnight Movies' Gets Midnight Premiere at 58th Annual Cannes Film Festival

Encore Original Production 'Midnight Movies' Gets Midnight Premiere at 58th Annual Cannes Film Festival

First Encore Original Production to Premiere at Prestigious Festival

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Encore Original Productions' "Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream" has been chosen to premiere at a midnight screening at the 58th Annual Cannes Film Festival (date TBD). This is the first time an original production from Starz Entertainment Group has been selected to premiere at this prestigious film festival.

"Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream" will be shown in the "out of competition" category generally geared for films that do not fit into any other section of Cannes. They are typically special events or films that the Festival feels deserve the honor of screening at Cannes.

"Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream" focuses on the phenomenon of 1970's cult films, and the major continuing influence they have had on pop culture and modern society. The special, based on the book of the same name by noted film scholar and documentary filmmaker Stuart Samuels (who produces and directs), is set to air on Encore August 5th at midnight. Appearing in the documentary are directors John Waters ("Pink Flamingos"), David Lynch ("Eraserhead"), George Romero ("Night of the Living Dead"), A. Jodorowsky ("El Topo"), Perry Henzell ("The Harder They Come"), Richard O'Brien (creator and star of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"), noted author and film critic Roger Ebert, and Rocky Horror producer Lou Adler, among others.

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is the largest provider of premium movie services in the United States with approximately 173 million pay units. SEG offerings include the Starz Encore Movie Pack with 13 digital movie channels and more than 750 movies per month, Starz HDTV, Starz On Demand, and Starz Ticket, the first and only on-demand premium TV subscription service available on the broadband platform. Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, www.starz.com.

Contact:

Steve Belgard/Starz Entertainment Group Tom Chen/mPRm (720) 852-5843 (323) 933-3399 steve.belgard@starz.comtchen@mprm.com

Source: Starz Entertainment Group LLC

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