Dudes, Get Out Your Kajagoogoo Album It's 'Encore's Big '80s Weekend' On Labor Day Weekend

Dudes, Get Out Your Kajagoogoo Album It's 'Encore's Big '80s Weekend' On Labor Day Weekend

Original VJs Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman & Alan Hunter To Host

80 Hour Marathon of '80s Movies, Music, Trivia & More ...

'Weird Science,' 'The Karate Kid,' 'Mr. Mom,' 'Back to School,' 'Working Girl' ...

Interviews With Ralph Macchio, Corey Haim, Astronaut Sally K. Ride and Others

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Do you remember the '80s? I can't remember what I did yesterday, and for those of you who also have bad memories, here's pretty much what you missed:

Ronald Reagan, MTV, Duran Duran, Thriller, the Rubik's Cube, Cabbage
Patch Dolls, Luke and Laura, the Walkman, CNN, USA Today, Post-It Notes,
Charles and Diana, the Smurfs, Member's Only jackets, the CD is released,
Yuppies "do lunch," Sally K. Ride, Swatch watches, Frankie says "Relax,"
Apple Macintosh, Jason, Freddy, Gorbachev, Challenger, Halley's Comet,
Mike Tyson, Stock Market crashes, The Brat Pack, Boy George, Max
Headroom, Valley Girls, "Alf," "Miami Vice," "Hill Street Blues," St.
Elsewhere," "Punky Brewster," "Pee Wee," Bill and Ted's Excellent
Adventure, David Letterman and oh so much more ... .

The '80s awesomely take over Encore with the first of a totally tubular annual event featuring 80 hours of all things '80s over the Labor Day weekend. Viewers will be able to see the young Julia Roberts, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, John Cusack, Val Kilmer, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Phoebe Cates, Kevin Bacon and many others. In addition to your favorite stars, we've got 43 '80s movies (including Weird Science, The Karate Kid, Mr. Mom ... ), plus a look at classic '80s pop culture, from trivia, news and movie trailers, to music videos. Plus interviews with Ralph Macchio, Corey Haim, Astronaut Sally K. Ride and others.

And it's all hosted by original VJs Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman and Alan Hunter.

"The '80s was the decade that (good or bad) changed pop culture through movies, music, fashion and just about everything else," says Michael Ruggiero, vice president of programming and scheduling. "Encore celebrates that wild and oftentimes strange era, with a collection of movies and much more, hosted by the original VJs who were there from the start."

Encore's Big '80s Weekend
Beginning at 8:00 pm on Fri, Sept. 2nd thru Mon, Sept 5th

Friday, September 2
8 p.m. - The Karate Kid
10:15 p.m. - First Blood
11:50 p.m. - Private School

Saturday, September 3
1:30 a.m. - Code of Silence
3:20 a.m. - Runaway
5:10 a.m. - Up the Creek
7:00 a.m. - A Night in Heaven
8:30 a.m. - Quicksilver
10:30 a.m. - Nine to Five
12:30 p.m. - Stakeout
2:40 p.m. - The Heavenly Kid
4:20 p.m. - Mr. Mom
6:00 p.m. - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
8:00 p.m. - Weird Science
9:40 p.m. - About Last Night
11:35 p.m. - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Sunday, September 4
1:05 a.m. - F/X
3:00 a.m. - Maid to Order
4:35 a.m. - Parenthood
6:40 a.m. - Rhinestone
8:45 a.m. - Three Men and a Baby
10:40 a.m. - Turner & Hooch
12:30 p.m. - The Pick-Up Artist
2:05 p.m. - Vision Quest
4:05 p.m. - No Small Affair
6:00 p.m. - Christine
8:00 p.m. - Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
9:35 p.m. - Real Genius
11:30 p.m. - Back to School

Monday, September 5
1:10 a.m. - No Way Out
3:05 a.m. - Outrageous Fortune
2:00 a.m. - Sign 'o' the Times
3:10 a.m. - The Morning After
4:45 a.m. - Satisfaction
6:20 a.m. - Lucas
8:05 a.m. - Who's Harry Crumb?
9:40 a.m. - Lover Boy
11:20 a.m. - Cannonball Run II
1:15 p.m. - Vice Versa
3:00 p.m. - Blind Date
4:40 p.m. - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
6:15 p.m. - My Bodyguard
8:00 p.m. - Working Girl
10:00 p.m. - Class
11:40 p.m. - Jagged Edge

Contact: Steve Belgard/Starz Entertainment Group Tom Chen/MPRM
(720) 852-5843 (323) 933-3399
steve.belgard@starz.comtchen@mprm.com

Source: Encore

CONTACT: Steve Belgard of Starz Entertainment Group, +1-720-852-5843,
steve.belgard@starz.com; or Tom Chen of MPRM, +1-323-933-3399, tchen@mprm.com,
both for Encore

NOTE TO EDITORS: Photos Available on Request.

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