..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..R.J. Matson
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Michael Wilmington

February 19, 2004

For Immediate Release

FILM CRITICS ROGER EBERT AND RICHARD ROEPER TO AIR EXCLUSIVE EARLY REVIEW OF THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST ON "EBERT & ROEPER," FEBRUARY 21-22, 2004

After months of intense controversy that reached all the way to the Vatican, this weekend America's most prominent film critics, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, are set to air an exclusive early review of the completed version of Mel Gibson's new film The Passion of the Christ. This special edition of "Ebert & Roeper" will air in national syndication this weekend February 21-22, 2004.

(Check local listings or http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/today.html for time and station information)