The '80s Awesomely Invade Encore for 80 Hours This Labor Day Weekend

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- This Labor Day weekend, get ready for an invasion from the '80s. You don't need a License to Drive to take this holiday trip with the "Big 80s Weekend" on Encore beginning at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Friday, Aug. 31.
"Due to its immense popularity, Encore is taking another blast to the past for our third annual "Big 80s Weekend" marathon this Labor Day weekend," said Jonathan Shair, vice president of network operations, Starz Entertainment. "Hosted by one of the original MTV VJs, Alan Hunter, Encore will celebrate the decade that defined pop culture with its over-the-top fashion, big hair, movies and music with a weekend of programming that will bring you back in time."

For 80 awesome hours the "Big 80s Weekend" will feature 48 '80s movies, a look at classic '80s pop culture with trivia, news, movie videos, and more. Plus interviews with '80s rockers Ted Nugent, Bret Michaels, and others. Original MTV VJ Alan Hunter will host the weekend festivities.

The "Big 80s Weekend" schedule (all times are ET/PT):
Friday, Aug. 31
-- 8 p.m. - Revenge of the Nerds
-- 9:35 p.m. - Wall Street
-- 11:45 p.m. - Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

Saturday, Sept. 1
-- 1:20 a.m. - The Wild Life
-- 3 a.m. - Amazon Women on the Moon
-- 4:30 a.m. - The Woman in Red
-- 6 a.m. - Vice Versa
-- 7:40 a.m. - The Care Bears Movie
-- 9 a.m. - Conan the Destroyer
-- 10:45 a.m. - Project X
-- 12:35 p.m. - Broadcast News
-- 2:50 p.m. - The Fabulous Baker Boys
-- 4:45 p.m. - Cujo
-- 6:30 p.m. - Doctor Detroit
-- 8 p.m. - Dirty Dancing
-- 9:45 p.m. - Romancing the Stone
-- 11:35 p.m. - Less Than Zero

Sunday, Sept. 2
-- 1:15 a.m. - A Little Sex
-- 2:50 a.m. - Hollywood Shuffle
-- 4:20 a.m. - The Pirate Movie
-- 6 a.m. - North Shore
-- 7:40 a.m. - Solarbabies
-- 9:20 a.m. - Three O'Clock High
-- 10:50 a.m. - The Legend of Billie Jean
-- 12:30 p.m. - Say Anything ...
-- 2:20 p.m. - Wargames
-- 4:20 p.m. - Howard the Duck
-- 6:15 p.m. - Big
-- 8 p.m. - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
-- 9:35 p.m. - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
-- 11:30 p.m. - License to Drive

Monday, Sept. 3
-- 1:05 a.m. - The Allnighter
-- 2:50 a.m. - Summer Lovers
-- 4:35 a.m. - Fresh Horses
-- 6:20 a.m. - Full Moon High
-- 8 a.m. - Gleaming the Cube
-- 9:50 a.m. - Bustin' Loose
-- 11:30 a.m. - Continental Divide
-- 1:15 p.m. - The Incredible Shrinking Woman
-- 2:45 p.m. - History of the World, Part I
-- 4:20 p.m. - F/X
-- 6:15 p.m. - Tango & Cash
-- 8 p.m. - Commando
-- 9:35 p.m. - Red Heat
-- 11:30 p.m. - Rambo: First Blood Part II

Tuesday, Sept. 4
-- 1:10 a.m. - He's My Girl
-- 3 a.m. - The Hotel New Hampshire
-- 4:50 a.m. - Little Monsters

This programming will also be available to view on Encore On Demand. An interactive "Big 80s Weekend" website featuring '80s trivia, exclusive videos and more will also be available to visit at http://www.encoretv.com/.

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 16.1 million and 28.4 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo®. Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group.