JERICHO, NEW YORK, May 26, 2004 – AMC salutes the nation’s veterans with a special Memorial Day movie marathon from Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. “American Movie Marathon” features classic war-themed films from several decades, including: THE FIGHTING SEABEES, IN HARM’S WAY, PATTON, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT and THE LONGEST DAY.
AMC’s “American Movie Marathon” begins on Saturday, May 29 at 6 am ET/PT with TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI. The festival continues all day Saturday, Sunday and Monday- Memorial Day- and ends with THE LONGEST DAY, airing at 1:55 am. A complete schedule is below:
| Saturday, May 29 | |
| 6 am | TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI |
| 7:45 am | THE FIGHTING SEABEES |
| 9:45 am | CATCH-22 |
| 12:15 pm | THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI |
| 2:30 pm | SAHARA |
| 4:30 pm | IN HARM’S WAY |
| 8 pm | NAVY SEALS |
| 10:30 pm | THE BOYS IN COMPANY C |
| 1 am | NAVY SEALS |
| 3:30 am | THE BOYS IN COMPANY C |
| Sunday, May 30 | |
| 6 am | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT |
| 8:45 am | TWELVE O’CLOCK HIGH |
| 11:30 am | IN HARM’S WAY |
| 3 pm | THE BOYS IN COMPANY C |
| 5:30 pm | NAVY SEALS |
| 8 pm | PATTON |
| 11:30 pm | STALAG 17 |
| 2 am | PATTON |
| Monday, May 31- Memorial Day | |
| 5:30 am | STALAG 17 |
| 8 am | THE YOUNG LIONS |
| 11:30 am | HALLS OF MONTEZUMA |
| 2 pm | STALAG 17 |
| 4:30 pm | PATTON |
| 8 pm | THE LONGEST DAY |
| 11:55 pm | THE ENEMY BELOW |
| 1:55 am | THE LONGEST DAY |
About AMC
AMC, a division of Rainbow Media’s Entertainment Services, which also includes WE: Women’s Entertainment and IFC Companies, is a 24-hour, movie-based network, dedicated to the American movie fan. The network, which reaches over 86,000,000 homes, offers a comprehensive library of popular movies and a critically-acclaimed slate of original programming that is a diverse, movie-based mix of original series, documentaries and specials. Over the past three years AMC has garnered many of the industry’s highest honors, including eight Emmy awards. AMC is “TV for movie people.”
About Rainbow Media Holdings LLC
A leader in sports, news and entertainment programming, Rainbow Media Holdings LLC is a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC). Rainbow Media owns and manages national networks: AMC, Fuse, IFC (The Independent Film Channel) and WE: Women’s Entertainment; as well as the on-demand services: Mag Rack, Uncensored On Demand, World Picks On Demand and World Picks Networks. Rainbow Media’s other businesses include its regional programming services – MetroChannels, News 12 Networks and Rainbow Sports Networks – in addition to the Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation and Rainbow Network Communications. Rainbow Media is also a 50 percent partner in Fox Sports Net.