New York, NY, - AMC is embarking on the network's largest marketing initiative to date for its first-ever original movie event, 'Broken Trail'.
Executive produced by and starring Academy Award® winner Robert Duvall, the four-hour, two-part movie event, will make its world premiere on AMC on June 25 and June 26 at 8:00 pm ET/PT.
Renowned musicians and composers David Mansfield and Van Dyke Parks have been named as composers for Broken Trail. Both Mansfield and Parks have a successful and extensive history working in the film and music industry creating original music that has captivated audiences. They will collaborate to create an original score for 'Broken Trail 'that compliments the epic tales homage to the popular, timeless genre of the western.
'Broken Trail' is an epic story set in the American West at the close of the 19th century. Academy Award®-nominated actor Thomas Haden Church (Sideways, Spider-Man 3) co-stars with Duvall, and Rob Carliner (The Apostle) and Stanley M. Brooks (Living with the Dead) join Duvall in executive producing the mini-series.
'Broken Trail' is directed by legendary filmmaker and Emmy Award winner Walter Hill (48 Hrs., Deadwood) and was written by Alan Geoffrion. Also featured in the cast is Greta Scacchi (The Player, Shattered).
Western-themed programming has proved to be successful for AMC. The network's recent exclusive licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures provided the network with 32 of John Wayne's greatest films, including the world premiere of the fully restored, digitally remastered 'High and the Mighty' and 'Island in the Sky.' The premieres of these movies, as well as the premiere of the 20th Anniversary of Clint Eastwood's 'Pale Rider,' rank as AMC's highest rated telecasts ever, furthering the network's ratings success.
'Broken Trail' joins a list of strong original network programming on AMC, including the successful network series Sunday Morning Shoot Out and Movies 101. AMC's commitment to the original programming genre garnered record ratings growth for 2005 leading to the best year ever in the history of the network. 2005 ranked as the network's strongest year in Primetime HH ratings, Household, and A18-49 & A25-54 deliveries. Additionally, AMC ranked among the top 20 networks in primetime performance of key demos.
Broken Trail is co-executive produced by Robert Duvall, Stanley M. Brooks (Living with the Dead) and Rob Carliner (The Apostle). The film is produced by Butchers Run Films and Once Upon a Time Films in association with Sony Pictures Television. Chad Oakes' and Mike Frislev's Nomadic Pictures provided production services in Alberta. Alan Geoffrion, Ron Parker, Chad Oakes and Damian Ganczewski are the producers. International Creative Management (ICM) brokered the deal.
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