ADVISORY/MODA Entertainment and Paramount Pictures Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of SHANE with Gala Tribute Screening March 1.

Entertainment Editors/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Monday (March 1st)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

What
MODA Entertainment and Paramount Pictures Celebrate
the 50th Anniversary of SHANE with Gala Tribute Screening March 1

Who
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Academy Award winning actor. The gala
evening will feature special guest speakers that include Alan Ladd's
sons Alan Ladd, Jr. and David Ladd and director George Stevens' son,
George Stevens, Jr. and John Mulholland (writer/director of the
upcoming Shane documentary). Other celebrities scheduled to attend
include Julia Stiles, Maria Cooper, daughter of Gary Cooper, Celeste
Holm Sidney Lumet, Stephen Bogart (son of Humphrey Bogart & Lauren
Bacall), Mrs. Al Hirschfeld, John Katzenbach, Tony Goldwyn and many
others.

Where & When
Date:   Monday, March 1st, 2004
Time:   6:30 - 7:00 PM - Press Arrival / Check In
        7:30 - 8:00 PM - Arrivals
Place:  Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
        1941 Broadway at West 65th Street
        New York, New York 10023

Why
"SHANE- The greatest western ever made"

MODA Entertainment is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the
legendary western Shane - which starred Alan Ladd, Van Heflin and Jean
Arthur, nominated for six Academy Awards, won for best cinematography
and went on to become one of the most popular and enduring westerns of
all time - by screening a new 35mm print with a "never seen before"
extended ending. This ending was cut before the film was ever
released. This will be the first time an audience has ever seen the
movie with this ending.

MORGAN FREEMAN STATEMENT: "I have been greatly affected by the western
Shane, and the performances, ever since I was young, and even now.
This particular western transcends the regular shoot-em up bang-bang
sentiment that was normally associated with the quickly-made, and
easily produced films typical of the genre and the times."

Contacts:
MODA Entertainment (to call for Press Credentials), 212.873.3324 Kate
Horgan

PRESS CREDENTIALS ARE REQUIRED