Network Gives Thanks to Clint with FeastwoodFilm Event as It Features Best of
Iconic Star
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
It will be all Clint, all the time on ION Television when the Network launches
Feastwood film event during Thanksgiving weekend, Thursday, November 26 through
Sunday, November 29. The announcement was made today by Leslie Chesloff,
Executive Vice President, Programming, ION Media Networks.
"Thanksgiving weekend for most is packed with meals and activities, so this year
ION Television is packed with Feastwood. While Clint supplies the non-stop
action on screen, all viewers have to do is kick back and be `positively
entertained`," said Chesloff.
ION Television`s themed programming event kicks off with "Pale Rider" (1985),
where Clint is a mysterious preacher who comes to a gold mining camp to save the
miners from a ruthless landowner who wants their land. But why is the preacher
such a good shot? And why is the sheriff afraid of him? Viewers can find out
when they tune-in on Friday, November 27 at 6:30 PM, ET when "Pale Rider"
airs(encore airing on Saturday, November 28 at 6:00 PM, ET).
For those fans of Dirty Harry, "Magnum Force" (1973) features Clint as Dirty
Harry on the trail of vigilante cops who are not above going beyond the law to
kill the city's undesirables. Airs on Saturday, November 28 at 3:30 PM, ET.
The Clint-festival moves into high gear with "The Rookie" (1990), when Clint
teams up with Charlie Sheen as they play a mismatched veteran cop-rookie cop
duo. Airs on Saturday, November 28 at 8:30 PM, ET (encores on Sunday, November
29 at 5:30 PM, ET).
On Sunday, November 28, two additional Clint films will make your day: Clint
reprises Dirty Harry in "The Enforcer" (1976) and now he must foil a terrorist
organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. Once again he is
mismatched with a rookie partner - and this time it`s a woman. Airs at 3:30 PM,
ET. Finally, in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976), Clint is a Missouri farmer who
joins a Confederate guerilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union
soldiers who murdered his family. "The Outlaw Josey Wales" will air at 8:00 PM,
ET.
About ION Television
ION Television (www.iontelevision.com) is a general entertainment network which
reaches over 96 million U.S. television households via its nationwide broadcast
television, cable and satellite distribution systems. Launched in 2006, ION
Television features popular TV series and movies from the award-winning
libraries of RHI Entertainment, CBS Television, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures
Television, Twentieth Television and Warner Bros. Parent company, ION Media
Networks, Inc., owns and operates the nation's largest broadcast television
station group. Using its digital multicasting capability, ION Media Networks has
launched the digital TV brands qubo, a channel for children focusing on literacy
and values, and ION Life, a channel dedicated to active living and personal
growth. It also has launched Open Mobile Ventures Corporation (OMVION), a
business unit focused on the research and development of portable, mobile and
out-of-home transmission technology using over-the-air digital television
spectrum. For more information, visit www.ionmedia.com.
ION Television
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or
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alan@sayleswinnikoff.com
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