M-Net Movies Showcase to spoil Steven Spielberg fans in March

In March, M-Net Movies Showcase (DStv channel 108) will be screening more than 50 films by Steven Spielberg – undoubtedly one of the greatest film makers of all time – from early work such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) to Spielberg classics from the eighties like Jaws, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial and The Color Purple; sensations like Jurassic Park and Hook; serious fare such as Schindler’s List, Lincoln and Saving Private Ryan; and special effect showpieces like the majestic War of the Worlds.

“Having so many Spielberg films on a movie channel in one month is an extra-ordinary feat,” says M-Net’s Head of Publicity and Special Projects, Lani Lombard.

“This is the biggest Spielberg television extravaganza ever, and the result of more than two years of planning and hard work on the side of our M-Net movie team. In the late nineties M-Net ran a Spielberg movie festival that captured the imagination of our viewers. This one is way bigger and a comprehensive update of his massive oeuvre. It’s a mega treat for movie lovers.

“While some viewers will dip into the schedule to watch their favourite Spielberg movies again or find out what the fuss was about, some others – cinema buffs- will be able to track in detail the way movies changed over the years, the Spielberg way,” she adds.

There will be at least one movie directed or produced by Spielberg scheduled in prime time on the M-Net Movies Showcase channel in March, but on most dates movie lovers will be able to enjoy more than one. In addition to this, M-Net Movies Showcase will also screen the two critically acclaimed mini-series The Band of Brothers and The Pacific.

The following films directed by Steven Spielberg will be on the M-Net Movies Showcase March line-up:

ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
Always
Jurassic Park
The Lost World – Jurassic Park
The Color Purple
Amistad
Munich
Saving Private Ryan
The Terminal
The Adventures of Tin Tin: Secret of the Unicorn
The Twilight Zone
Schindler’s List
AI Artificial Intelligence
War of the Worlds
War Horse
Lincoln on Thursday, 27 March at 17:45 on M-Net Movies Premiere.
Sugarland Express
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (director’s cut)
1941
Empire of the Sun
Hook
Minority Report
Catch me if you can
Duel

The list of titles on the schedule for which he acted as producer or executive producer include:

Men In Black
Men In Black II
Men In Black III
Cowboys & Aliens
Monster House
Jurassic Park III
Casper
Balto
The Flintstones
Cape Fear
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Back to the Future
Back to the Future II
Back to the Future III
The Goonies
Twister
Land Before Time
Batteries Not Included
American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Money Pit
Band of Brothers (10 part mini-series)
The Pacific (10 part mini-series)