By April MacIntyre Sep 16, 2009, 0:27 GMT
Encore celebrates the late Patrick Swayze with three films on Saturday, September 19 beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Flowers, candles and messages adorn US actor Patrick Swayze's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, USA, 15 September 2009. Swayze died after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, on 14 September 2009. EPA/PAUL BUCK
Mr. Swayze, age 57, passed away with family at his side Monday, September 14.
The actor had kept working despite the grim diagnosis, putting together a memoir with his wife and shooting "The Beast," a critically acclaimed A&E drama series.
The show ran 13 episodes last winter, but A&E had decided against renewing it for a second season.
Swayze told Barbara Walters in a past interview that he opted not to use painkillers while making the show because they would have taken the edge off his performance.
Encore has featured three movies that star Patrick Swayze for fans to enjoy.
4:00 p.m. – City of Joy
Swayze plays a disenchanted American surgeon who arrives in Calcutta seeking enlightenment - instead he's mugged and taken to a free clinic in the slums, where he finds a new purpose for his life.
6:15 p.m. – Youngblood
As young hockey hotshots, Rob Lowe, Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze make an unbeatable team in a film that counterpoints a tender love story with thrilling, on-ice action.
8:10 p.m. – Point Break
An FBI agent goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of crazed surfers who rob banks - while disguised as presidents - to support their free-spirited lifestyle in this action-packed crime drama.
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