Sundance Channel salutes the Academy Awards with two nights of programming showcasing Oscar® winners and nominees. Thursday, March 4 brings two feature films starring Oscar winning actors. The programming begins with A Prairie Home Companion, a backstage comedy featuring two-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep as a country singer; the 2006 film was the last directed by five-time nominee Robert Altman, who took home an Honorary Award that year. It’s followed by Patty Jenkins’s fact-based 2004 drama Monster, starring Charlize Theron in an Oscar-winning turn as convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Short films take the spotlight on Saturday, March 6, when Sundance Channel presents a 90-minute block of nominees and winners, all U.S. television premieres.
The schedule for Sundance Channel’s Academy Awards programming is as follows:
Thursday, March 4:
8:00pm: A Prairie Home Companion
9:50pm: Monster
Saturday, March 6 at 7:30pm:
La Maison En Petits Cubes (Winner) (U.S. Television Premiere)
Manon On The Asphalt (Nominee) (U.S. Television Premiere)
New Boy (Nominee) (U.S. Television Premiere)
Oktapodi (Nominee) (U.S. Television Premiere)
On The Line (Nominee) (U.S. Television Premiere)
Toyland (Winner) (U.S. Television Premiere)
In addition, to celebrate the Oscars, Sundance Channel will be airing encore presentations of the provocative documentary The Red Carpet Issue.
Sundance Channel celebrates the Oscars® on March 7th with the provocative documentary The Red Carpet Issue. With sharp insight and plenty of humor, The Red Carpet Issue looks at the transformation of the red carpet ceremony from a private event into a media phenomenon and multi-million dollar business.
The Red Carpet Issue will air on the following schedule:
Thursday March 4 – 7pm et/pt
Saturday March 6 – 3:15am et/pt
Sunday March 7 (Oscar® night) – 4:00pm, 1:30am et/pt
Thursday March 11 – 8:00pm, 2:15am
Sunday March 14 – 6:15pm
The Red Carpet Issue considers the risks and rewards of playing the red carpet game for designers, celebrities and the media, with fascinating comments from some of the biggest names in the world of fashion including designers Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Roberto Cavalli, Nicolas Ghesquière and Kate and Laura Melleavy of Rodarte, stylists Mary Alice Stephenson and Phillip Bloch, historian Valerie Steele, journalists Anne Slowey and Daphne Merkin and actresses including Monica Bellucci. The Red Carpet Issue – which premiered on US television last month as part of the Full Frontal Fashion (http://www.sundancechannel.com/fullfrontalfashion/) – is the latest documentary from Lalala Productions, France’s leading producers of fashion programming (“Signé Chanel,” ”Habillees”).
About Sundance Channel
Under the creative direction of Robert Redford, Sundance Channel is the television destination for independent-minded viewers seeking something different. Bold, imaginative and uncompromising, Sundance Channel offers audiences a diverse and engaging selection of films, documentaries and original programs. Launched in 1996, Sundance Channel is a subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC. Sundance Channel operates independently of the non-profit Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival, but shares the overall Sundance mission of encouraging artistic freedom of expression. Sundance Channel’s website is www.sundancechannel.com.
About Rainbow Media Holdings LLC
Rainbow Media Holdings LLC is a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC). Rainbow Media owns and operates some of the world’s most popular and award-winning entertainment brands, including AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv, Wedding Central and IFC Entertainment (IFC Center, IFC Festival Direct, IFC Films, IFC In Theaters and IFC Productions). Additional information about Rainbow Media’s multiplatform brands is available at www.rainbow-media.com.