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Posted: Thu., Apr. 30, 2009, 12:24pm PT

McCain to host AMC movie marathon

Network fetes war heroes on Memorial Day

Sen. John McCain will speak about his wartime experiences as part of a Memorial Day AMC movie marathon.

The former Republican presidential candidate will talk about being a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War during “War Heroes” marathon, which begins at 8 a.m. Films to be shown on the cabler include “Midway,” “Patton,” “The Longest Day,” “Hamburger Hill,” “Tora! Tora! Tora!” and “Battle of the Bulge.”

AMC will air other heroes-related marathons in May, including super heroes, action heroes, western heroes and anti-heroes.

Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

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