Starz Edge to Show World Television Premiere of 'House of Flying Daggers'

Starz Edge to Show World Television Premiere of 'House of Flying Daggers'

24-Hour Marathon 'House of FU' Features Kung-Fu Action Beginning on October 28th at 9 p.m./ET

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Edge flies into kung fu battle with the "House of FU" marathon featuring 8 action films filled with chops, kicks and amazing stunts culminating in the world television premiere of the Oscar(R)-nominated "House of Flying Daggers," Saturday, October 29th at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). The "House of FU," a 24-hour marathon of kung fu action, celebrates the influence of Asian martial arts on American films and directors. Movies such as "The Matrix" Trilogy owe much to the genre, as do Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill Vol. 1" and "Kill Bill Vol. 2." "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" have also done exceptionally well stateside, reiterating the genre's popularity in American culture. The marathon will feature the following films:

October 28th * "Hero" (9:00 p.m.) -- Nameless (Jet Li) is an assassin on a mission to kill a powerful warlord and ruthless leader in China. Our hero defeats three other assassins, Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung), Broken Sword (Tony Leung) and Sky (Donnie Yen) in his quest to kill the king. * "Kill Bill Vol. 1" (10:45 p.m.) -- The Bride (Uma Thurman) is set on revenge against her ex-lover, Bill (David Carradine) and fellow assassins, who leave her for dead on her wedding day.

October 29th * "Infernal Affairs" (12:45 a.m.) -- A police officer (Shawn Yue) is sent to infiltrate the mafia while at the same time, a mafia member (Eric Tsang) is sent to infiltrate the police force. Things come to a head as their counterparts (Andy Lau, Tony Leung) race to expose the traitor amongst them. * "Mortal Kombat Annihilation" (2:35 a.m.) -- In a race against time to save the Earth from certain doom, a portal to Outworld has been opened by evil leader Shao Kahn (Brian Thompson) and warriors led by Lord Rayden (James Remar) and Liu Kang (Robin Shou) must fight to close it. * "Once Upon a Time in China" (6:10 a.m.) -- An embodiment of traditional Chinese values, Wong Fei-hung (Jet Li) battles the infiltration of foreign forces and influences in China. * "Once Upon a Time in China II" (10:00 a.m.) -- Full of classic fight scenes, the second in the series finds our hero, Wong Fei-hung (Jet Li), battling European control of Canton. * "Once Upon a Time in China III" (1:45 p.m.) -- No longer battling the foreign forces, Wong Fei-hung (Jet Li) and his companion Aunt Yee (Rosamund Kwan) find themselves in Peking where Wong enters a Lion Dance martial arts contest. * "House of Flying Daggers" (9:00 p.m.) -- In a series of plot twists that keep you guessing until the end, a young dancer Mei (Ziyi Zhang) is investigated by Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro), for having ties to a secret organization. He wants to earn her trust in hopes that she might reveal their leader.

Note: Only premiering times have been listed, there will be encore airings of these films throughout the marathon.

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Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is the largest provider of premium movie services in the United States with approximately 179 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, an on-demand premium Internet movie subscription service available on the broadband platform. Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, www.starz.com.

Contacts: Alesya Holick Jonathan Taylor Starz Entertainment Group The Lippin Group (720) 852-6033 (323)965-1990 Alesya.holick@starz.comjtaylor@lippingroup.com

Source: Starz Entertainment Group LLC

CONTACT: Alesya Holick of Starz Entertainment Group, +1-720-852-6033, Alesya.holick@starz.com; or Jonathan Taylor of The Lippin Group, +1-323-965-1990, jtaylor@lippingroup.com, for Starz Entertainment Group LLC

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