AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS Pays Tribute to Jason Robards On January 4.Entertainment Editors BETHPAGE, N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 29, 2000 AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS will pay tribute to Hollywood icon Jason Robards Jason Nelson Robards, Jr., (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an Emmy-, Tony-, and Academy Award-winning American actor. He became famous playing works of American dramatist Eugene O'Neill, and would regularly play O'Neill's works throughout his career. on January 4, featuring his last broadcast television interview as well as a two film salute. AMC's daytime host John Burke For other persons named John Burke, see John Burke (disambiguation). John Burke (February 25 1859–May 14 1937) was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader from North Dakota. Burke was born in Keokuk County, Iowa and moved to the Dakota Territory. will host the tribute. The tribute will include a showcase of Robards' last broadcast television interview as well as a two film salute. The line-up of films includes, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976) at 8:00 PM and 2:30 AM (ET), and ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE St. Valentine’s Day Massacre murder of seven members of a gang of bootleggers in Chicago (1929). [Am. Hist.: EB, VII: 797] See : Massacre (1967) at 10:30 PM. The interview originally ran on AMC's weekly Sunday night series, "Behind the Screen," on December 10. In the interview, the actor discussed his back-to-back Oscar(R) wins for ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN and JULIA as well as his other ground-breaking roles in major motion pictures. AMC's "Behind the Screen" is a weekly series that showcases classic and contemporary Hollywood and explores the links between them. Hosted by John Burke, the series features conversations with the top stars of today such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Raquel Welch, Tommy Lee Jones For the musician, see . Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. Biography Early life Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. and Estelle Parsons, and the stars of yesterday including Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh, Diahann Carroll and Ossie Davis. AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS is the premiere 24-hour movie network featuring award-winning original productions about the world of American film. AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. is available in 75 million homes. |
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