Sam, Anne renew sizzling chemistry in “Babe, I Love You”

April 8, 2010 - PRLog -- One of the country’s top loveteams on Philippine television, Sam Milby and Anne Curtis, renew the chemistry they forged in the megahit TFC teleseryes Maging Sino Ka Man and Diyosa and take it to the big screen in Star Cinema’s Babe, I Love You.  ABS-CBN’s Starry Starry Store is bringing the film to seven U.S. cities this April: San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Seattle, Los Angeles-Cerritos, Honolulu, and New Jersey-Bergenfield.

While Babe, I Love You is the first movie team-up of Sam and Anne, movie audiences in the U.S. have trooped to their earlier films shown by Starry Starry Store: Anne in When Love Begins with Aga Muhlach and Cute Ng Ina Mo with Ai Ai delas Alas and Luis Manzano; Sam in My Big Love with Toni Gonzaga and in And I Love You So, a top—grossing film, with Bea Alonzo and Derek Ramsay.

Babe, I Love You, which earned P12 million on its opening day recently in the Philippines (second only to Miss You Like Crazy which took P18 million on its first day), combines the acting strengths of this former real-life couple to fashion a highly entertaining romantic comedy.  At the helm is successful TV director Mae Czarina Cruz who is directing her first full-length feature film.  She is, however, familiar with the on-screen capabilities and smoldering sex appeal of Sam and Anne, having directed them in Maging Sino Ka Man.

Can two people from opposite worlds actually fall in love and make it work?  This is the question that Babe, I Love You tries to answer.

Nico Veneracion (Sam) is the academe’s Golden Boy: a young, smart, respected, affluent and good-looking Architecture professor on his way to becoming the next Vice Dean of the Department.  He has been working hard for this to win back his mother (played by award-winning actress-director Laurice Guillen) who indirectly blames him for the death of his father.

On the other hand, Sasa Sanchez (Anne) couldn’t be living more in a parallel universe: this loud-mouthed promo girl is poor, unapologetically style- and sensibility-challenged, but never short of confidence and hope for bigger things in life.  Being sexy and pretty, she loves joining beauty contests only to tank at the Q&A portion.

When the worlds of Nico and Sasa first collide, the result is cat-and-dog repulsion towards each other.  But love works in mysterious ways and soon, their clashes turn into an inexplicable attraction.  Addictingly drawn to each other, Nico and Sasa now need to face the next challenge in their relationship: discovering your loved one’s hidden past and finding out if you made the right decision to have a relationship in the first place.  Is their love true and strong enough to be able to move on? Or is it just a strange chemical attraction?

“Fans have long clamored for a Sam-Anne movie team-up and we strongly believe that Babe, I Love You is the perfect vehicle for this loveteam to break into the big screen,” said Kerwin Du, ABS-CBN International’s Head of Theatricals and Retail. “This romantic comedy is also a perfect offering for Spring when love is in the air, everything is in bloom, and people are generally very upbeat and hopeful.  We’re confident that Sam and Anne will not disappoint with their film debut.”

Babe, I Love You will be shown in the following dates, cities and theaters:

April 16-22

SAN FRANCISCO
UA Stonestown Twin
501 Buckingham Way
San Francisco, CA 94132

SAN DIEGO
UA Horton Plaza
475 Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101

LAS VEGAS
Regal Village Square Stadium
9400 W Sahara Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89058

SEATTLE
Parkway Plaza Stadium 12
5910 South 180th Street
Tukwila, WA 98188

April 16-29

LOS ANGELES-CERRITOS
Cerritos Stadium Cinema
12761 Towne Center Drive
Cerritos, CA 90701

April 30-May 6

HONOLULU
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18
735 Iwilei Road #B
Honolulu, HI 96817

April 30-May 13

NEW JERSEY-BERGENFIELD
Clearview Bergenfield Cinemas
58 South Washington Avenue

Bergenfield, NJ  07621
www.MovieTickets.com

For more information, please visit www.abs-cbnglobalmovies.com.  You can also check the U.S. trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c87AEl3b58&feature=related



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ABS-CBN International was created over 15 years ago to be of service to all Filipinos. With the launch of The Filipino Channel (TFC), the company became the first and most successful Filipino broadcaster in the U.S. The company offers telecommunication, retail, theatricals, money remittance and cargo services, online audio and video streaming, IPTV content along with philanthropic support for Filipinos and the communities they now call home. Based in Redwood City, Calif., ABS-CBN International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN Broadcasting, the Philippines’ largest entertainment and broadcasting company. For more information, visit www.abs-cbnglobal.com.