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MOVIE PREMIERES ON RTÉ TELEVISION THIS CHRISTMAS

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Image Name: "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES" Description: "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES" JOHNNY DEPP portrays the irreverent trickster pirate Captain Jack Sparrow. Ph: Peter Mountain ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Image Name: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Description: "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES" The fearsome Blackbeard (IAN McSHANE) holds Captain Jack Sparrow’s (JOHNNY DEPP) famous compass, as Queen Anne’s Revenge crew member Garheng (YUKI MATSUZAKI) awaits the outcome of the standoff. Ph: Peter Mountain ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Image Name: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Description: "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES" Captain Jack Sparrow (JOHNNY DEPP), Angelica (PENÉLOPE CRUZ) and Blackbeard (IAN McSHANE) make their way through thick jungle in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth. Ph: Peter Mountain ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Image Name: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Description: "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES" Captain Jack Sparrow (JOHNNY DEPP) and his old nemesis Captain Barbossa (GEOFFREY RUSH) are thrown together by fate in the search for the Fountain of Youth. Ph: Peter Mountain ©Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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BRIDESMAIDS Image Name: BRIDESMAIDS Description: (L to R) Annie (KRISTEN WIIG) tolerates Helen (ROSE BYRNE) in Bridesmaids. In the comedy, Wiig stars as a maid of honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend and a group of colorful bridesmaids on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Credit: Suzanne Hanover
BRIDESMAIDS Image Name: BRIDESMAIDS Description: (L to R) MELISSA MCCARTHY, ELLIE KEMPER, ROSE BYRNE, WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY, MAYA RUDOLPH and KRISTEN WIIG in Bridesmaids. In the comedy, Wiig stars as Annie, a maid of honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Rudolph), and a group of colorful bridesmaids on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Credit: Suzanne Hanover
Bridesmaids Image Name: Bridesmaids Description: (L to R) ELLIE KEMPER, MELISSA MCCARTHY, KRISTEN WIIG, ROSE BYRNE, MAYA RUDOLPH and WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY in Bridesmaids. In the comedy, Wiig stars as Annie, a maid of honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Rudolph), and a group of colorful bridesmaids on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Credit: Suzanne Hanover
BRIDESMAIDS Image Name: BRIDESMAIDS Description: Annie (KRISTEN WIIG) and Officer Rhodes (CHRIS O’DOWD) flirt in Bridesmaids. In the comedy, Wiig stars a maid of honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend and a group of colorful bridesmaids on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Credit: Suzanne Hanover
BRIDESMAIDS Image Name: BRIDESMAIDS Description: (L to R) Annie (KRISTEN WIIG) is freaked out by a nervous fellow flier (co-writer ANNIE MUMOLO) in Bridesmaids. In the comedy, Wiig stars a maid of honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend and a group of colorful bridesmaids on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Credit: Suzanne Hanover
Untitled Robin Hood Image Name: Untitled Robin Hood Description: RUSSELL CROWE stars in Robin Hood, the epic action-adventure about the legendary figure whose exploits have endured in popular mythology and ignited the imagination of those who share his spirit of adventure and righteousness. Credit: David Appleby
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Broadcast Details: Tuesday 24th December, 9.00pm

With over 100 movies, many in HD, on the Christmas schedules across RTÉ One and RTÉ Two, there’s a movie for everyone to curl up with over the Christmas period. Movie Premières this Christmas include Shrek Forever After, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Bridesmaids, Robin Hood, The Guard, Kung Fu Panda 2 and The Dark Knight

RTÉ One

 

Shrek Forever After (Christmas Day, 2.35pm)

(2010, Animation) Mike Myers (Voice), Cameron Diaz (Voice). Director: Mike Mitchell. Rumpelstiltskin tricks a mid-life crisis burdened Shrek into allowing himself to be erased from existence and cast in a dark alternate timeline where Rumpel rules supreme. (HD)

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Christmas Day, 4.00pm)

(2010, Fantasy/Adventure) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson. As Harry races against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, he uncovers the existence of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows. (HD)

 

Bridesmaids (Christmas Day, 10.05pm)

(2011, Comedy) Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. Director: Paul Feig. Competition between the maid of honour and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride’s best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.(HD)

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (St Stephen’s Day, 4.50pm)

(2011, Fantasy/Adventure) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson. Director: David Yates. Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord. (HD)

 

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Friday 27 December, 6.30pm)

(2011, Fantasy/Adventures) Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz. Director: Rob Marshall. Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too (HD)

 

The Guard (St Stephen’s Day, 9.20pm)

(2010, Crime/Comedy) Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle. Director: John Michael McDonagh. An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.

 

Kung Fu Panda 2 (Saturday 28 December, 6.35pm)

(2011, Animation) Jack Black (Voice), Angelina Jolie (Voice). Director: Jennifer Yuh. Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past. (HD)

 

Robin Hood (New Year’s Day, 9.30pm)

(2010, Action/Adventure) Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett. Director: Ridley Scott..In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. (HD)

 

RTÉ Two

The Dark Knight (Christmas Day, 9.25pm)

(2008, Action/Crime) Christian Bale, Heath Ledger. Director: Christopher Nolan. When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level.