AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS Unleashes "MonsterFest 2001: YOU DON'T KNOW JACK ABOUT...MonsterFest" Beginning October 26.Entertainment Editors JERICHO Jericho, city, West Bank Jericho (jĕr`ĭkō) [Heb.,=fragrant, or city of the moon god], Arab. Ariha, town (2003 est. pop. , N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2001 Every Halloween, movie lovers turn to AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. for television's biggest and best festival of horror. For the fifth edition of its loved and feared Halloween festival, MonsterFest 2001: YOU DON'T KNOW JACK You Don't Know Jack is a series of computer games developed by Jellyvision and Berkeley Systems. YDKJ, promoted as the games "where high culture and pop culture collide," combine trivia with comedy. (R) About...MonsterFest, the network has teamed with the best name in classic horror film horror film n → película de terror or miedo horror film horror n → film m d'épouvante horror film horror n , Universal Studios, horror director/author Clive Barker, sexy screen siren Carmen Electra “Tara Patrick” redirects here. For the porn star, see Tera Patrick. Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra,[1] is an American glamour model, television personality, dancer, singer, and actress. and the hottest purveyor (World-Wide Web) Purveyor - A World-Wide Web server for Windows NT and Windows 95 (when available). http://process.com/. E-mail: <info@process.com>. of trivia in new media and television, "YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R)." The result is a fully converged Halloween festival, with a month of special online content culminating with six days of films, specials and exclusive and free online games dedicated to classic movie scares. Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, Wolfman & THE OMEN Trilogy AMC's MonsterFest 2001 will feature many of the greatest films starring those four horsemen Four Horsemen Name given by the sportswriter Grantland Rice to the backfield of the University of Notre Dame's undefeated football team of 1924: quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, halfbacks Don Miller and Jim Crowley, and fullback Elmer Layden. of horror - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy and Wolfman - along with an original documentary dedicated to one of filmdom's scariest movie sagas, THE OMEN. Each film during the festival, which runs from Friday, October 26 to the wee hours of Wednesday, October 31, will be introduced by Clive Barker, the director of legendary films such as HELLRAISER and author of fantasy best-sellers including Imajica and The Great and Secret Show, sexy screen siren Carmen Electra and Schmitty, the hilarious wise-cracking host featured in the popular CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). game, YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R). They will provide clues that can help viewers win games that will be unveiled at amctv.com each day of the festival. From Friday, October 26 - Monday, October 29, AMC will feature a nightly primetime line-up dedicated to Frankenstein and his Bride, the Mummy and Wolfman. In addition to the original Universal titles that launched their on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. legacies, AMC will feature contemporary movies such as the festival opener, FRIGHT NIGHT starring Roddy McDowall Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (September 17, 1928 – October 3, 1998) was an English/American actor. Biography Early life McDowall was born in Herne Hill, London, to Thomas Andrew McDowall, a Merchant Mariner of Scottish descent, and Winsfriede L. , and THE BRIDE with rocker Sting and FLASHDANCE phenom Jennifer Beals. On "Devil's Night," Halloween Eve, October 30 at 8:00 PM, AMC will premiere THE OMEN LEGACY. This 90-minute original documentary delves into the history and evil-doings of the anti-Christ child and the four films and television series his reckoning launched. It includes exclusive interviews with the films' stars and experts. A special airing of the first three features in the series, THE OMEN, DAMIEN: OMEN II and OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT, will follow. On Halloween Day, Wednesday, October 31 at 6:00 AM, AMC will air a 24-plus-hour marathon of Dracula movies. From Universal's original 1931 DRACULA and critically-acclaimed sequels like DRACULA'S DAUGHTER, to modern era entries like LOVE AT FIRST BITE with George Hamilton George Hamilton may refer to:
School "Transylvania Style" & Daily Games from "YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R)" To make this year's MonsterFest a cross-platform juggernaut Juggernaut, India: see Puri. Juggernaut (Jagannath) huge idol of Krishna drawn through streets annually, occasionally rolling over devotees. [Hindu Rel.: EB, V: 499] See : Destruction of horror, AMC has teamed with the creators of the CD-rom and television trivia game, "YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R)." AMC New Media is producing a month of rich interactive content designed to educate its users about the classic monsters featured in this year's festival. The online vehicle used to achieve this goal is a satirical take on the scholarly study of film, The Transylvania Film Institute (TFI TFI Tobacco Free Initiative (World Health Organization) TFI The Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) TFI The Fertilizer Institute TFI Technology Futures, Inc. ). AMC's cyber college provides a series of off-beat courses about the monsters and films featured in the on-air movie lineup. This content will debut on amctv.com on October 1, and will be updated throughout the month. Horror film fans can use the knowledge gained by visiting the Institute, and watching the films on AMC, to compete in seven exclusive games created by the makers of "YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R)." The games are exclusive to AMC, free to play and amctv.com is the only place to find original YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R) monster-trivia online. Amctv.com will unveil one new game each day from Friday, October 26 - Tuesday, October 30 focusing on the monster stars of the film's featured that day on the network, and two final games on Halloween Day, Wednesday, October 31, chronicling Dracula. Amctv.com will also showcase an exclusive "The Monster College Aptitude Tests The following organizations provide aptitude and proficiency tests in programming and computer topics. Berger Series A set of proficiency and aptitude tests from Psychometrics, Inc., Henderson, NV (www.psy-test.com). " (MCAT's) produced exclusively for AMC by Jellyvision that quizzes users on their personality traits to tell them --"what kind of monster are you?" The top 500 players from the six-days of competitions will each win a Compaq iPAQ "Pocket PC." In addition, visitors to the MonsterFest area of amctv.com can enter a national sweepstakes to win a trip to Transylvania. YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R), the CD-ROM game, developed by Jellyvision, Inc. and published by Sierra, has emerged as one of the most successful CD-ROM games in interactive history garnering over 50 awards since its creation in 1995. The latest release YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R) 5th Dementia is now available. For more information: www.ydkj.com. Jellyvision (www.jellyvision.com) is a creative company specializing in the invention of completely original interactive games and entertainment. Best known as the creators and developers of two of the best-selling mass-market CD-ROM properties ever: YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R) and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Jellyvision is unusual because it is a writing company at the forefront of the computer software industry. The company's focus is to pioneer a form of interactivity that is, unlike a web site, a full-screen audio-visual experience with the pacing of television and the creative production values Production values is a media term for "production cost." It refers to the professional look, or "polish," of a production. Factors that affect perceived production value may include video and audio quality, lighting, number of errors, and amount and quality of special effects. to engage a truly mass audience. Sierra On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com, a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing and part of its Games division, is one of the original developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity software. Sierra is renowned for releasing critically acclaimed and award winning titles that represent a wide variety of computer entertainment on both next generation console and PC platforms. Vivendi Universal Publishing is a world leader in mass-market multimedia communications. The Company has 22,000 employees and 300 brands in 40 countries and aims to become the unchallenged leader in each of its operating sectors. VU Publishing had 2000 pro-forma revenues of 3.6 billion euros. A leading publisher of online and PC and Console-based interactive content, the Company's portfolio of entertainment software brands includes Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, is an American computer game developer and publisher headquartered in Irvine, California. History Blizzard Entertainment was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce as Silicon & Synapse , Flipside.com, Sierra and Universal Interactive Studios. Interactive entertainment is one of parent company Vivendi Universal's key content areas, along with Movies, Music and other Publishing activities. AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS is the nation's premier classic movie network, bringing timeless favorites to a broad audience by placing them in a fresh and contemporary context. Award-winning original documentaries, series and specials are infused with the energy and excitement of Hollywood past and present. Launched in 1984, AMC is currently available in 81 million homes. Amctv.com is AMC's complementary interactive destination website, powered by the exclusive AMC Movie Companion Database. It features AMC's 20-year wealth of movie information, games, resources and behind-the-scenes Hollywood and celebrity entertainment for movie-lovers of all ages online. AMC is owned and managed by Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. A subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CVC See CSC. ) and NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , Rainbow manages American Movie Classics, WE: Women's Entertainment, Bravo, The Independent Film Channel, MuchMusic USA, Rainbow Sports, News 12 Networks and MetroChannels as well as the Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation and Rainbow Network Communications. In addition, Rainbow is a fifty-percent partner in FOX Sports Net. AMC is one of the assets included in a new series of Cablevision common stock -- Rainbow Media Group tracking stock (NYSE:RMG RMG Roularta Media Group RMG RiskMetrics Group, Inc. RMG Revenu Minimum Garanti (French: Guaranteed Minimum Income) RMG Risk Management Group RMG Ready Made Garment RMG Raw Materials Group (mining industry) ) -- which began trading on the NYSE on March 30th. MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. (NYSE:MGM) owns a 20 percent stake in four of Rainbow's national networks - AMC, Bravo, IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. and WE: Women's Entertainment. YOU DON'T KNOW JACK is a registered trademark of Jellyvision, Inc. All rights reserved.
AMC'S MONSTERFEST 2001:
YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R) About...MonsterFest
PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26
8:00 PM Fright Night (1985)
10:00 PM Young Frankenstein (1974)
12:00 AM Frankenstein (1931)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27
8:00 PM The Bride (1985)
10:00 PM Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28
8:00 PM The Mummy (1932)
9:30 PM Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 29
8:00 PM The Wolf Man (1941)
9:30 PM Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30-
"Devil's Night" festival
8:00 PM The Omen Legacy (an AMC original special)
10:00 PM The Omen (1976)
12:00 PM Damien: Omen II (1978)
2:00 AM Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31
Halloween Day
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6:00 AM Dracula (1931)
7:15 AM Spanish Dracula (1931)
8:45 AM Son of Dracula (1943)
10:15 AM Dracula's Daughter (1936)
11:30 AM Dracula (1931)
1:00 PM Dracula's Daughter (1936)
2:15 PM Son of Dracula (1943)
3:45 PM House of Dracula (1945)
5:00 PM Blood of Dracula (1957)
6:30 PM Brides of Dracula (1960)
8:00 PM Fright Night (1985)
10:00 PM Love at First Bite (1979)
12:00 AM Dracula (1931)
1:30 AM Fright Night (1985)
3:30 AM Dracula's Daughter (1936)
5:00 AM Son of Dracula (1943)
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