TV stations gear up for school holidays<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): School holidays start tomorrow. Forget homework,
\ndo outdoor activities like camping or fishing, and after a long
\nand tiring day, you can watch some interesting programs on
\ntelevision during your weeklong holidays.<\/p>\n
Three local television stations, TPI, SCTV and RCTI have
\nalready prepared special holiday programs, which include
\ncartoons, films and entertainment shows.<\/p>\n
RCTI will air the blockbuster Petualangan Sherina (The
\nAdventures of Sherina) on March 15 at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
Petualangan Sherina, whose leading star is Indonesia's
\npopular child actress and singer, Sherina Munaf, was released on
\nJune 14, 2000.<\/p>\n
Directed by talented young directors Riri Riza and Mira
\nLesmana, Petualangan Sherina also stars Didi Petet, Mathias
\nMuchus, Butet Kertaredjasa, Djadoek Ferianto and Teater Koma's
\nRatna Riantiarno.<\/p>\n
The 114-minute musical is about friendship, children and
\nfamily relationships, and has beautiful views of Lembang in
\nBandung where the movie was shot.<\/p>\n
Sherina plays the daughter of Darmawan (Mathias Muchus), a
\nJapanese-educated agronomist, opposite model Derby Romero, who
\nplays Sadam, the scion of the Ardiwilagas.<\/p>\n
The film begins with Sherina leaving her close friends to move
\nto Lembang with her family where her father has been assigned to
\nwork for the Ardiwilaga family who is in the plantation business.<\/p>\n
In her new school, Sherina makes new friends, but her friends
\nand her are bullied by Sadam and his gang. Soon after she learns
\nmore about him, she encourages others to \"knock him out\".<\/p>\n
When Sherina and her family visit the hillside home of the
\nArdiwilagas, she sees Sadam there. Sadam challenges her to walk
\nfrom his home to the famed Boscha Observatory. Sherina's
\nadventure begins here.<\/p>\n
The film, which cost about Rp 2 billion to make, is produced
\nby Miles Production, owned by Mira Lesmana.<\/p>\n
Mira is noted for her film Kuldesak, where she used young
\ndirectors including Riri Reza and Nan T. Achnas. She shot to fame
\nwith Kuldesak and was named one of the country's promising young
\nfilm producers, despite the slowdown in the national film
\nindustry.<\/p>\n
RCTI will also air a documentary on the making of Petualangan
\nSherina titled Oops Aku Salah, on March 15 at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n
Another TV station SCTV is also preparing special programs to
\nentertain TV viewers, especially children, from March 10 through
\nMarch 18.<\/p>\n
The following films will be aired at 1 p.m.: Excalibur Kid
\n(March 10), Bushwhacked (March 11), The Sleeping Spell (March
\n12), Johnny and Clyde (March 16), Edward Scissorhands (March 17)
\nandWhite Water Summer (March 18).<\/p>\n
White Water Summer, directed by Jeff Bleckner, is about the
\ncamping experience of Alan (Sean Austin) and his three friends
\nwho are accompanied by an experienced guide, Vic (Kevin Bacon),
\nduring their school holidays. On their way to the camp site, Vic
\naccidentally breaks his leg and has to rely on the students to
\nsurvive.<\/p>\n
Kevin Bacon starred in Quicksilver (1986), Criminal Law (1989)
\nand Apollo 13 (1995).<\/p>\n
SCTV, which was chosen by the Far Eastern Economic Review
\n(FEER) magazine as one of the 200 best companies in Asia last
\nyear, has also prepared comedies like Little Indian, Big City
\n(March 1 at 1 p.m.) and The Young and Old Wanderers, (March 17 at
\n9 a.m.), and cartoons The Hunchback of Notre Dame (March 10 at 8
\na.m.)and The Adventures of Raggie Rabbit (March 17 at 8 a.m.).<\/p>\n
TPI will be proudly broadcasting a children's musical show
\nKring Ola La, featuring child singers, from March 12 through
\nMarch 15 at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
TPI's announced that it will air an animation titled Conan,
\nThe Adventures every Friday at 3 p.m. starting March 30. Make the
\nmost of your holidays!
\n(Sri Ramadani)<\/p>",
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