Showtime is mounting a big push in the documentary arena with a new slate of acquisitions and original productions to air under the Sho Exposure banner. The monthly documentary showcase will kick off Oct. 14 with the premiere of Orson Welles: The One Man Band, a narrated by director Peter Bogdanovich, a friend and confidant of Welles' in the years leading up to the legendary helmer's death in 1985 at age 70. "This is a form of programming that people seem to be responding to right now," Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt said, citing the success of recent docus like Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine, which will have its pay TV premiere on Showtime next year. "We wanted to give it a higher-profile slot and put everything that we're doing in documentaries under one (branding) umbrella."...
- 10/7/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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