‘TROY’ MAKES TELEVISION DEBUT ON AMC

Starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger

Triple Play Premieres on Three Consecutive Nights:
Saturday, December 1, Sunday, December 2 and Monday, December 3
at 8 PM ET & PT/7C

AMC presents Wolfgang Peterson’s 2004 historical action drama TROY from Warner Bros. Pictures and starring BRAD PITT and ERIC BANA. The film also stars ORLANDO BLOOM, DIANE KRUGER, BRIAN COX, SEAN BEAN, BRENDAN GLEESON and PETER O’TOOLE. TROY premieres on three consecutive nights: December 1 at 8 PM ET & PT/7C with two additional presentations on Sunday, December 2 at 8 PM ET & PT/7C and Monday, December 3 at 8 PM ET & PT/7C.

To mark AMC’s premiere of TROY, interviews with Brad Pitt and Wolfgang Peterson, among others, will be featured throughout the broadcast. Additionally, exclusive footage from the Troy Director’s Cut DVD never before seen on television will air throughout the week on AMC and can also be viewed at www.amctv.com. These vignettes will include behind the scenes stories from the film.

The screen’s biggest names embody an epic adventure in ancient Greece where the passion of two of literature’s most notorious lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy (ORLANDO BLOOM) and Helen (DIANE KRUGER), Queen of Sparta, ignites a war that will devastate a civilization. When Paris spirits Helen away from her husband, King Menelaus (BRENDAN GLEESON), it is an insult that cannot be suffered. Familial pride dictates that an affront to Menelaus is an affront to his brother Agamemnon (BRIAN COX), powerful King of the Mycenaeans, who soon unites all the massive tribes of Greece to steal Helen back from Troy in defense of his brother’s honor.

In truth, Agamemnon’s pursuit of honor is corrupted by his overwhelming greed – he needs to conquer Troy to seize control of the Aegean, thus ensuring the supremacy of his already vast empire. The walled city, under the leadership of King Priam (PETER O’TOOLE) and defended by mighty Prince Hector (ERIC BANA), is a citadel that no army has ever been able to breach. One man alone stands as the key to victory or defeat over Troy – Achilles (BRAD PITT), believed to be the greatest warrior alive.

Arrogant, rebellious and seemingly invincible, Achilles has allegiance to nothing and no one, save his own glory. It is his insatiable hunger for eternal renown that leads him to attack the gates of Troy under Agamemnon’s banner – but it will be love that ultimately decides his fate.

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