Cable network Ovation TV will host the world television premiere of a new animated feature titled Dante’s Inferno on Thursday, June 19 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) as part of its week-long programming event dubbed ‘Unreal Worlds: The Art of Animation.’ Currently running, the program also includes a screening of the documentary Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story, which airs tonight (Wednesday) at 8 p.m.
Featuring hand-drawn images, hand-made special effects and the puppetry of Paul Zaloom, Dante’s Inferno is a contemporary re-telling of the literary classic. After a night of carousing, Dante (voiced by Dermot Mulroney) awakes in a modern American City and is led through circles of Hell by Virgil (James Cromwell). The controversial production has been descrbed as an apocalyptic graphic novel and is meant for mature viewers. An encore presentation will air on Sunday, June 22 at 8 p.m.
Ovation’s ‘Unreal Worlds: The Art of Animation’ launched on June 15 with an airing of Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning feature Spirited Away, and continued with the Academy Award-nominated French toon The Triplets of Belleville and an Aardman Animations documentary titled Wallace and Gromit Go to Hollywood. Satoshi Kon’s acclaimed anime feature Tokyo Godfathers will air on Saturday, June 21 at 8 p.m. For more information on Ovation TV programming, go to www.OvationTV.com.
