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A Tale of Fame, Fortune and Family in TNT’s Holiday Drama A PERFECT DAY, A JOHNSON & JOHNSON SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION® movie, Starring Rob Lowe

Paget Brewster, Frances Conroy and Christopher Lloyd Co-Star
Film Based on Best-Selling Novel by Richard Paul Evans

Slated to Premiere on TNT Monday, Dec. 18

A first-time author hits the big time with a bestselling book, but soon loses sight of what’s truly important in life in the holiday-themed TNT Original movie A PERFECT DAY, starring Emmy® nominee Rob Lowe (The West Wing, TNT’s Salem’s Lot).   This JOHNSON & JOHNSON SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION® movie co-stars Paget Brewster (Huff, Friends), Golden Globe® winner and four-time Emmy® nominee Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under, The Wicker Man) and three-time Emmy® winner Christopher Lloyd (Taxi, Back to the Future).   It is based on the bestseller by Richard Paul Evans (The Christmas Box) and is directed by two-time Emmy® nominee Peter Levin (Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, The Lyon’s Den) from a teleplay by four-time Emmy®-nominated writer Joyce Eliason (We Were the Mulvaneys).

A PERFECT DAY comes to TNT from Sony Pictures Television,   MAGNA Global Entertainment and Stephanie Germain Productions, Inc. with Stephanie Germain (The Day after Tomorrow) and MAGNA Global’s Sunta Izzicupo (Buffalo Girls) and Frances Croke Page (Saving Milly, The Wool Cap) serving as executive producers.   It is slated to premiere Monday, Dec. 18, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

In A PERFECT DAY, Lowe plays Robert Harlan, a man who, after being unexpectedly fired from his job, pursues his lifetime dream of writing a book.   Basing it on his wife’s experience with the death of her father, he constructs a heartwarming book that quickly captures the imagination of readers everywhere.   But after he achieves enormous success, he begins to lose sight of the things he loves the most, including his wife (Brewster), his young daughter (Meggie Geisland) and his friendship with his agent (Conroy).   It takes a disturbing prophecy from a mysterious stranger named Michael (Lloyd) to wake him up and make him realize how much he has truly lost.

Lowe’s character learns a difficult lesson on the price of fame.   “He literally has this dream come true and gets fame and fortune and validation as a writer and as an artist,” Lowe says.   “He goes on this amazing ride that some of us are lucky enough to get in our lifetimes.   But there’s a huge dark side to that if you let yourself be wooed.   And he falls into that.”

In writing the original book for A PERFECT DAY, Evans drew from his own experience of how monumental success nearly tore him from his family.   “My first book was about learning the value of your own family and children and putting priorities right,” he says.   “It was a week before Christmas, and I was leaving home to be on a TV show.  I went to kiss my daughter goodbye, and she said, ‘Dad, why did you write a book about spending time with your children, and now you’re leaving again?’   I felt a stab right through the heart.”

A PERFECT DAY is the ninth TNT Original movie to be produced under the JOHNSON & JOHNSON SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION® movie banner.   The critically acclaimed, award-winning Door to Door, starring Emmy-winner William H. Macy as a successful door-to-door salesman with cerebral palsy, kicked off the series of movies in July 2002.   It was followed by Miss Lettie and Me, starring Mary Tyler Moore and Burt Reynolds, in December 2002; Wilder Days, starring Peter Falk and Tim Daly, in October 2003; and The Winning Season, with Matthew Modine and Kristin Davis, in April 2004.

In November 2004, Door to Door’s Emmy-winning actor/writer William H. Macy and writer/director Steven Schachter re-teamed for the Emmy-nominated The Wool Cap.   It was followed by 14 Hours, with JoBeth Williams, Rick Schroder and Kris Kristofferson, in April 2005; The Engagement Ring, a romantic comedy/drama starring Patricia Heaton, in November 2005; and most recently The Ron Clark Story, starring Matthew Perry as a dynamic teacher working with inner-city kids, in August 2006.

The JOHNSON & JOHNSON SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION® movie series development effort was initiated by Interpublic’s MAGNA Global Entertainment.   Johnson & Johnson has long supported the creation of quality programming, and through the JOHNSON & JOHNSON SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION® movie series, the company’s advertising affiliate has collaborated with TNT to bring inspirational stories to the American viewing public.

MAGNA Global Entertainment (MGE) is a division of Interpublic’s MAGNA Global USA.  MGE has produced 87 hours of original programming and more than 370 hours of total television viewing on seven networks for 19 clients.   Notable successes include the four-time Emmy®-nominated JOHNSON & JOHNSON SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION® movie The Wool Cap and the six-time Emmy®-winning JOHNSON & JOHNSON SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION® movie Door to Door; the critically acclaimed hit series The Restaurant on NBC and Blow Out on Bravo; and the CBS MOW Saving Milly, sponsored by members of the Family Friendly Programming Forum.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is one of the television industry’s leading content providers.   SPT produces and distributes top-rated, award-winning programming in every genre, including series, movies and family entertainment for network and cable television; first-run syndicated series; off-network syndicated programs; and theatrical releases.   SPT (www.sonypicturestelevision.com) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.

Stephanie Germain Productions, Inc. specializes in event entertainment from highly rated, award nominated television movies to a blockbuster summer film.   Principal Stephanie Germain was originally attracted to the novel A PERFECT DAY because of its potential to become a perennial holiday film.   The company is also presently producing four films based on bestselling publishing phenomenon Nora Roberts’ books Angels Fall, Blue Smoke, Carolina Moon and Montana Sky, set to air this February on Lifetime.

Turner Network Television (TNT), a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television’s destination for drama and one of cable’s top-rated networks.   It offers original movies and series, including the blockbuster detective series The Closer, starring Emmy®, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards nominee Kyra Sedgwick, and next year’s eagerly anticipated television event The Company, executive-produced by Ridley Scott and starring Chris O’Donnell, Michael Keaton and Alfred Molina.   TNT is also home to powerful one-hour dramas, such as Without a Trace, Law & Order, Las Vegas, Cold Case, ER, Charmed and Judging Amy; broadcast premiere movies; compelling prime-time specials, such as the Screen Actors Guild Awards; and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR and the NBA.   TNT is also available in high-definition.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming to the basic cable industry.

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