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Category Television  Date 2/28/2007

Lonestar - March 2007 Fast Picks

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Weekend Matinee Double Bills Starring
John Wayne – Saturday, March 10 @ 12 p.m. ET
Billy Crystal & City Slickers – Saturday, March 17 @ 12 p.m. ET
Kevin Costner – Sunday, March 25 @ 12 p.m. ET
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Heroes Shine With More New Movies on
Lonestar Cinema Weekends
Saturday, March 10 – John Wayne Double Bill
12 p.m. ET - Cahill: U.S. Marshall
J.D. Cahill (John Wayne) is the toughest U.S. Marshall around. His sole desire to track down lawbreakers puts a strain on his relationship with his teenaged sons who turn to a life of crime. (2 hrs, 15 min)
2:15 p.m. ET - Rio Bravo
In Howard Hawks’ award-winning film. John T. Chance (John Wayne) is a no-nonsense small town sheriff who fights of mercenary gunmen in order to keep a murderer in custody. He enlists the help of the most unlikely group of volunteers this side of the Texas border. Also starring Dean Martin and Angie Dickinson. (3 hrs, 15 min)

Saturday, March 17 – City Slickers Double Bill
12 p.m. ET - City Slickers
A depressed ad executive (Billy Crystal) searches for the meaning of life, and finds it as embarks on a fantasy cattle drive with his two best friends. Featuring Jack Palance in his Academy-Award winning role as Curly. (2 hrs)
2 p.m. ET - City Slickers II The Legend of Curly’s Gold
The urban cowboys saddle up once more on a quest to find their late trail boss’ hidden treasure. When Mitch (Billy Crystal) finds Curly’s secret map, it reunites the three urban cowboys and Curly’s twin brother (Jack Palance). (2 hrs)

Sunday, March 25 – Kevin Costner Double Bill
12 p.m. ET - Wyatt Earp
An epic tale following legendary lawman Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner), tracing the early development of his strong sense of family loyalty and following his career as a marshal alongside his brothers and friend Doc Holliday (Dennis Quaid). (3.5 hrs)
3:30 p.m. ET - The Postman
In this futuristic epic, post-war America is a wasteland of separated communities without a national government. A vagabond (Kevin Costner) who travels through performing Shakespeare is captured by marauders and thrown into a totalitarian labor camp run by a fierce dictator (Will Patton). (3 hrs)


More Lonestar Cinema Movie Highlights…
Sunday, Mar. 11 @ 12 p.m. ET
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
The story of western legend Pat Garrett (James Coburn) who was once an outlaw, but now a lawman. He must capture his old friend and gunslinger, Billy The Kid (Kris Kristofferson). But his challenge results in a deadly confrontation.
Sunday, Mar. 18 @ 12 p.m. ET
Maverick
A gunslinging con man (Mel Gibson) develops a tricky scheme to make a killing at a major poker tournament in this comic Western inspired by the popular television show. Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson) is a handsome rogue who hopes to cheat his way to success.
Saturday, Mar. 24@ 12 p.m. ET
Jeremiah Johnson
A solitary man named Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford), battles ruthless Indians, who use him as the target of a long-awaited vendetta and the merciless elements of nature, in search of peace.

*Movie start/run times subject to change
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