The Life and Legacy of the Duke Showcased in Encore Western's Original Special 100 Years of John Wayne

The Life and Legacy of the Duke Showcased in Encore Western's Original Special 100 Years of John Wayne

Celebrate John Wayne's Centennial with the Exclusive Special Presentation, Along with a 100-Hour Movie Marathon Beginning Saturday, May 26

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- To commemorate what would be his 100th birthday, Encore Westerns presents "100 Years of John Wayne," an original special which premieres as part of "100 Years/100 Hours: The John Wayne Centennial" a 100-hour movie marathon of Wayne's films including The Searchers, Chisum, The War Wagon, Angel and the Badman, Cahill, U.S. Marshal and others. The marathon begins at 12 a.m. (ET/PT) Saturday, May 26.

Often referred to as "the best film cowboy in the world," John Wayne is credited for starring in 172 films and holds the record for most leading roles. "100 Years of John Wayne" is an up close and personal look at Wayne's life, exploring his numerous film appearances, as well as his philanthropic contributions, through interviews with his family and close friends. This special presentation includes comments from actor Andrew Prine, song writer and actor Johnny Western, Dean Smith who worked in 11 Wayne films, Dr. Miles Cabot of the John Wayne Cancer Institute, Paramount Pictures producer A.C. Lyles, and memories from Wayne's children Ethan, Marisa and Patrick and from his widow Pilar.

"I have no complaints about my childhood," Ethan Wayne says in the special. "When you're a kid, he's just your dad -- he could be doing anything. We just seemed to get a lot more mail than any of my friends."

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 15.5 million and 27.3 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group.

Contacts: Rhiannon Hendrickson Robin Mesger
Starz Entertainment The Lippin Group
(720) 852-5802 (323) 965-1990
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.comrmesger@lippingroup.com

100 Years/100 Hours: The John Wayne Centennial

Celebrate the Duke's birthday as Encore Westerns presents a 100-hour movie marathon of John Wayne's films including the exclusive Encore Westerns presentations of "100 Years of John Wayne," a 15-minute look at his life and legacy including commentary from his family and friends.

(All times ET/PT)
Saturday, May 26
* Chisum at 12 a.m. - (John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George)
* West of the Divide at 2 a.m. - (John Wayne, Virginia Brown Faire,
Lloyd Whitlock)
* The Lucky Texan at 3 a.m. - (John Wayne, Barbara Sheldon,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* The Man from Utah at 4 a.m. - (John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes,
Polly Ann Young)
* Sagebrush Trail at 5 a.m. - (John Wayne, Lane Chandler, Nancy Shubert)
* Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs: The History of Movie Westerns at 6 a.m.
- (John Wayne, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix)
* The Star Packer at 7:40 a.m. - (John Wayne, Verna Hillie,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* War of the Wildcats at 8:35 a.m. - (John Wayne, Martha Scott,
Albert Dekker)
* Cahill, U.S. Marshal at 10:20 a.m. - (John Wayne, George Kennedy,
Gary Grimes)
* The Searchers at 12:05 p.m. - (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter,
Natalie Wood)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 2:10 p.m.
* War of the Wildcats at 2:35 p.m. - (John Wayne, Martha Scott,
Albert Dekker)
* The War Wagon at 4:20 p.m. - (John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel)
* Chisum at 6:05 p.m. - (John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 8 p.m.
* The Searchers at 8:30 p.m. - (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood)
* The War Wagon at 10:30 p.m. - (John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel)

Sunday, May 27
* Randy Rides Alone at 12:15 a.m. - (John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* The Star Packer at 1:10 a.m. - (John Wayne, Verna Hillie,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* Blue Steel at 2:05 a.m. - (John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* The Trail Beyond at 3:05 a.m. - (John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr.,
Noah Beery Jr.)
* The Desert Trail at 4:05 a.m. - (John Wayne, Mary Kornman,
Eddy Chandler)
* The Dawn Rider at 5 a.m. - (John Wayne, Marion Burns, Yakima Canutt)
* The Searchers at 6 a.m. - (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood)
* Angel and the Badman at 8:10 a.m. - (John Wayne, Gail Russell,
Harry Carey)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 10 a.m.
* Chisum at 10:30 a.m. - (John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George)
* Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs: The History of Movie Westerns at
12:30 p.m. - (John Wayne, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix)
* Riders of Destiny at 2:10 p.m. - (John Wayne, Cecelia Parker,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* Cahill, U.S. Marshal at 3:05 p.m. - (John Wayne, George Kennedy,
Gary Grimes)
* In Old California at 4:50 p.m. - (John Wayne, Binnie Barnes,
Albert Dekker)
* Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs: The History of Movie Westerns at
6:20 p.m. - (John Wayne, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix)
* Chisum at 8 p.m. - (John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George)
* Cahill, U.S. Marshal at 10 p.m. - (John Wayne, George Kennedy,
Gary Grimes)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 11:45 p.m.

Monday, May 28
* The Lawless Frontier at 12:10 a.m. - (John Wayne, Sheila Terry,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* Paradise Canyon at 1:05 a.m. - (John Wayne, Marion Burns,
Earle Hodgins)
* Texas Terror at 2 a.m. - (John Wayne, Lucile Browne, Leroy Mason)
* Riders of Destiny at 3 a.m. - (John Wayne, Cecelia Parker,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* Dakota at 4 a.m. - (John Wayne, Vera Hruba Ralston, Walter Brennan)
* 'Neath the Arizona Skies at 5:35 a.m. - (John Wayne,
George "Gabby" Hayes, Harry L. Fraser)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 6:35 a.m.
* Cahill, U.S. Marshal at 7:05 a.m. - (John Wayne, George Kennedy,
Gary Grimes)
* The Lawless Frontier at 8:50 a.m. - (John Wayne, Sheila Terry,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* The Searchers at 9:45 a.m. - (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood)
* War of the Wildcats at 11:50 a.m. - (John Wayne, Martha Scott,
Albert Dekker)
* Cahill, U.S. Marshal at 1:40 p.m. - (John Wayne, George Kennedy,
Gary Grimes)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 3:30 p.m.
* The Searchers at 4 p.m. - (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood)
* Texas Terror at 6:05 p.m. - (John Wayne, Lucile Browne, Leroy Mason)
* The Lucky Texan at 7:05 p.m. - (John Wayne, Barbara Sheldon,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* Cahill, U.S. Marshal at 8 p.m. - (John Wayne, George Kennedy,
Gary Grimes)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 9:45 p.m.
* Angel and the Badman at 10:10 p.m. - (John Wayne, Gail Russell,
Harry Carey)

Tuesday, May 29
* The Searchers at 12 a.m. - (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood)
* War of the Wildcats at 2:05 a.m. - (John Wayne, Martha Scott,
Albert Dekker)
* Three Faces West at 3:50 a.m. - (John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie,
Charles Coburn)
* Chisum at 5:10 a.m. - (John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George)
* Randy Rides Alone at 7:05 a.m. - (John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn,
George "Gabby" Hayes)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 8 a.m.
* West of the Divide at 8:30 a.m. - (John Wayne, Virginia Brown Faire,
Lloyd Whitlock)
* Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs: The History of Movie Westerns at
9:30 a.m. - (John Wayne, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix)
* Cahill, U.S. Marshal at 11:05 a.m. - (John Wayne, George Kennedy,
Gary Grimes)
* The Searchers at 1 p.m. - (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood)
* Blue Steel at 3 p.m. - (John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, George "Gabby" Hayes)
* Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs: The History of Movie Westerns at 4 p.m.
- (John Wayne, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix)
* Chisum at 5:40 p.m. - (John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 7:35 p.m.
* The War Wagon at 8 p.m. - (John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel)
* The Searchers at 9:45 p.m. - (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood)
* Cahill, U.S. Marshal at 11:50 p.m. - (John Wayne, George Kennedy,
Gary Grimes)

Wednesday, May 30
* Overland Stage Riders at 1:40 a.m. - (John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan,
Max Terhune)
* "100 Years of John Wayne" at 2:40 a.m.
* The Star Packer at 3:05 a.m. - (John Wayne, Verna Hillie,
George "Gabby" Hayes)

Source: Starz Entertainment, LLC

CONTACT: Rhiannon Hendrickson of Starz Entertainment, +1-720-852-5802,
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.com; or Robin Mesger of The Lippin Group,
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