Friday, June 24, 2005
CNN to include HBO Clips in G8 Summit Coverage
Source: CNN Pressroom In an unprecedented effort to provide in-depth
understanding of the upcoming G8 Summit in Scotland, CNN is deploying correspondents around the world to examine global issues on the summit agenda as well as partnering with HBO to spotlight the problem of extreme poverty in Africa.CNN will air an hour-long special, “Can You Save Them?” on Saturday, July 2, at 7 p.m. (ET) and again on Sunday, July 3, at 10 a.m., which examines whether industrialized nations can eradicate poverty around the world through a concerted effort at the upcoming summit. This is the theme of HBO’s film The Girl in the Café, which “Can You Save Him?” uses as a launching point for CNN original reports and interviews on the subject. The news special features an exclusive interview by CNN’s chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, chairman of the G8 Summit.
“I’m not sure many Americans know a great deal about the G8 Summit nor why it matters,” said CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein. “Through humor and romance, HBO’s film vividly illustrates the key issues facing the summit participants. CNN’s correspondent corps then picks up the ball and separates fact from fiction.”The Girl in the Café, written by Four Weddings and a Funeral screenwriter Richard Curtis, stars Bill Nighy as a civil servant working for the British delegation to the 2005 G8 Summit. Both CNN and HBO are divisions of Time Warner Inc. MORE
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