Foxtel Movie Greats

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Email message to Foxtel Movie subscribers

The new channel, Foxtel Movie Greats, will launch on Friday March 23 and will be available at no extra charge as part of the Movies pack.

We know how much our customers love movies and we understand how important it is for you to have an extensive library to choose from. We also recognised a gap in not providing a service dedicated to the all-time movie greats. Our new channel, Foxtel Movie Greats screens movies of every genre and celebrated film favourites from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. I have also received a number of emails from some of you about the closure of Turner Classic Movies in 2016 so I hope this new movie channel, along with the Fox Classics channel, will provide plenty of opportunity to enjoy some of the greatest movies ever made.

Foxtel Movie Greats will be carefully curated with a wide selection of outstanding motion pictures from every major Hollywood studio, including 20th Century Fox, Disney, Warners, Sony, Paramount, Universal and MGM. The channel will feature titles from Hollywood’s illustrious past through to modern classics. It will mean that you will now have the choice of 10 dedicated movie channels, including our incredibly successful Pop-Up Movie channels. We have secured brand new digitally remastered prints of many of the titles which will add to the magic.

All movies are ad-break free with fresh titles added to the line-up every week – combined with over 1200 movies to watch On Demand^ – including the World Movies service.

Key titles during the launch of Foxtel Movie Greats, will include Pretty In Pink, The Goonies, St. Elmo’s Fire, Trading Places, King Kong, An Officer And A Gentleman, Kramer vs. Kramer, Saturday Night Fever, The Godfather, Greatest Show On Earth, Risky Business, Flying High and Flying High 2, Chariots of Fire, Escape from Alcatraz, Death On The Nile, Murder On The Orient Express and all time classics such as My Fair Lady, Cleopatra, The Great Escape, Ben-Hur, War & Peace, The Ten Commandments and many more.

In addition to the introduction of Foxtel Movie Greats, I am also delighted to let you know that veteran movie critic, Bill Collins, will be part of an expanded On Demand library service available to you, also from March 23. Bill’s popular “Golden Years Of Hollywood” will be available via a dedicated section of the On Demand library boasting a large number of Bill’s personal favourites and the all-time classics from Hollywood’s golden age.

At launch, the titles available in Bill Collins’ On Demand library will include All About Eve, All That Heaven Allows, Sunset Boulevard, The Wizard Of Oz, Singin’ In The Rain, An American In Paris, Casablanca, The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen, Auntie Mame, The Postman Always Rings Twice and Magnificent Obsession.

I hope you enjoy the new services and remember you can also enjoy some outstanding motion pictures, all commercial free, every day of the week, on the Fox Classics channel. Movies are screened every day at 12 noon, 2pm and every night from 8.30pm.

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Foxtel Movie Greats launches Friday March 23

Foxtel boosts movie line up – adds new channel and expands On Demand library

Foxtel has announced changes to its popular movie services, including the addition of a new channel dedicated to the all-time greatest movies ever made and a new “golden oldies” library available On Demand.

The new channel, Foxtel Movie Greats, will launch on Friday March 23 and will also be available on streaming service, Foxtel Now.

Brian Walsh, Foxtel Executive Director of Television, said: “We know how much our customers love movies and we recognise how important it is for them to have choice. That includes movies of every genre and from every decade. We recognised a gap in not providing a service dedicated to the all-time movie greats and that is why this new channel has been added to the line-up.

“Foxtel Movie Greats will be carefully curated with a wide selection of outstanding motion pictures from every major Hollywood studio, including 20th Century Fox, Disney, Warners, Sony, Paramount, Universal and MGM. The channel will feature titles from Hollywood’s illustrious past through to modern classics. It will mean that Foxtel customers will now have the choice of 10 dedicated movie channels, including our incredibly successful Pop-Up Movie channel,” he said.

“All movies on Foxtel are available in HD and ad-break free with fresh titles added to the line-up every week – combined with over 1200 movies to watch On Demand – including the World Movies service, making the Foxtel Movies offer compelling and the best currently available on the market.”

The new Foxtel Movie Greats channel will feature the most-acclaimed actors and actresses of all time including Meryl Streep, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood, Kiefer Sutherland, Tom Cruise, as well as notable comics Eddie Murphy, Goldie Hawn and Dan Aykroyd, and fan favourites Molly Ringwald, John Travolta, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, and Sean Astin.

Key titles during launch include King Kong, An Officer And A Gentleman, Kramer vs. Kramer, Saturday Night Fever, The Godfather, Greatest Show On Earth, Risky Business, Flying High and Flying High 2, Chariots of Fire, Escape from Alcatraz, Death On The Nile, Murder On The Orient Express, Pretty In Pink, The Goonies, St. Elmo’s Fire, Trading Places, and all time classics such as My Fair Lady, Cleopatra, The Great Escape, Ben-Hur, War & Peace, The Ten Commandments and many more.

Brian Walsh added: “We have secured brand new digitally remastered prints of many of the titles, which look stunning. For a great many of the movies, this is the first time they will be seen in glorious HD, which will add to the magic,” he said.

In addition to the introduction of Movie Greats, Foxtel has also announced that veteran movie critic, Bill Collins, will be part of an expanded On Demand library service available to subscribers, also from March 23.

“Bill is a much loved and highly respected movie reviewer, currently celebrating 55 years on Australian television, 23 of those with Foxtel,” continued Brian Walsh. “From next month, Bill’s popular “Golden Years Of Hollywood” will be available On Demand, with a dedicated section of the On Demand library boasting a large number of Bill’s personal favourites and the all-time classics from Hollywood’s golden age. It will be a real treasure trove of movie masterpieces,” he said.

Titles available in Bill Collins’ On Demand library, will include, at launch, All About Eve, All That Heaven Allows, Sunset Boulevard, The Wizard Of Oz, Singin In The Rain, An American In Paris, Casablanca, The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen, Auntie Mame, The Postman Always Rings Twice and Magnificent Obsession.

“There really hasn’t been a better time to have Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Movies On Demand,” concluded Brian Walsh. “All the movie premieres, all the masterpieces, all the blockbusters and the much loved favourites, available both through our dedicated channels and the On Demand library. Lights down, curtain up!”

The Foxtel Movie Greats channel will be available in HD to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on Channel 403. Over 60 of the key films from the new Foxtel Movie Greats channel will be available to watch from Foxtel’s On Demand library and will be streamed on Foxtel Now.