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Encore's Xmas present: The best '80s films beginning Dec. 25

By April MacIntyre Dec 7, 2009, 17:27 GMT

Perfect host Cyndi Lauper EPA/PETER FOLEY

The 1980's era in film was dominated by director John Hughes, who had hit after hit with a key group of actors who became known as the "Brat Pack."

Hughes' work will be celebrated this coming Christmas, as Encore delivers a TiVo and DVR dream lineup of some of the best flicks from the decade.

Now you can relive the ‘80s Weekend” in December on Encore.  What a line up of great '80s films it is.

Included in this event is the World Television premiere of Don’t You Forget About Me, a poignant search for Director John Hughes, shot a year before his untimely death by a group of young filmmakers. 

The documentary includes appearances by Kevin Smith, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, Alan Ruck, Kelly LeBrock, Justin Henry, Roger Ebert, Jason Reitman, and Richard Roeper.

Don’t You Forget About Me premieres December 25 at 6:40 p.m. and repeats on December 26 at 3:00 p.m.

Cyndi Lauper will present all the awesome films from the ‘80s  including The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Weekend at Bernie’s, The Outsiders and one we think is Ms. Lauper’s favorite – Girls Just Want to Have Fun. 

A totally awesome marathon of ‘80s movies beginning 12/25 at 8:00 p.m.

Here is the schedule, from Encore:

·         The Breakfast Club 8:00 p.m. (Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson)

·         Sixteen Candles 9:40 p.m. (Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling)

·         Weird Science 11:15 p.m. (Kelly LeBrock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith)

·         Fletch 12:50 a.m. (Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Tim Matheson)

·         Back to the Future 2:35 a.m. (Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover)

·         Lost in America 4:35 a.m.  (Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Michael Greene)

·         Weekend at Bernie’s 6:10 a.m. (Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser)

·         Real Genius 7:50 a.m. (Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, William Atherton)

·         Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise  9:40 a.m. (Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Tim Busfield)

·         Parenthood  11:15 a.m. (Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest)

·         The Legend of Billie Jean 1:20 p.m. (Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater)

·         Don’t You Forget About Me 3:00 p.m. (Kevin Smith, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson)

·         The Breakfast Club  4:20 p.m. (Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson)

·         The Goonies 6:00 p.m. (Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman)

·         Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure 8:00 p.m. (Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton)

·         Fast Times at Ridgemont High 9:35 p.m. (Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh)

·         Porky’s 11:05 p.m. (Cyril O’Reilly, Dan Monahan, Chuck Mitchell)

·         Scarface 12:45 a.m. (Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer)

·         Creepshow 3:35 a.m. (Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall)

·         The Legend of Billie Jean 6:10 a.m. (Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater)

·         Girls Just Want To Have Fun 7:50 a.m. (Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Lee Montgomery)

·         Vision Quest  9:20 a.m. (Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Ronny Cox)

·         The Outsiders 11:15 a.m. (Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio)

·         Wildcats  12:50 p.m. (Goldie Hawn, Nipsey Russell, Swoosie Kurtz)

·         All the Right Moves 2:45 p.m. (Tom Cruise, Craig Nelson, Lea Thompson)

·         One Crazy Summer 4:20 p.m. (John Cusack, Demi Moore, Joel Murray)

·         Back to the Future 6:00 p.m. (Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover)

·         The Blues Brothers 8:00 p.m. (John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown)

·         Purple Rain 10:15 p.m. (Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day)