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December 15, 2006

ALL MAY BE FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR,

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO COUPLES
FIND THAT LOVE IS WAR?

‘MEET THE FOCKERS’ TERI POLO AND ROBERT MAILHOUSE

ARE A PAIR OF STAR-CROSSED LAWYERS IN
‘LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD’

A HALLMARK ORIGINAL MOVIE

PREMIERING FEBRUARY 3

 “Spin City’s” Barry Bostwick, “Knots Landing’s” Donna Mills and Emmy^® Award Winner Mariette Hartley Also Star in the Romantic Comedy

It’s disorder in the court when a pair of cynical lawyers fall for each other while on opposing sides of a divorce case in “Love is a Four Letter Word,” a Hallmark Original Movie premiering Saturday, February 3 (9/8c).  Teri Polo, Robert Mailhouse, Barry Bostwick, Donna Mills and Mariette Hartley star in the romantic comedy about the battles that take place in the courtroom and the bedroom.

Success in mediating divorce cases has led to cynicism in love for lawyers Emily Bennett (Teri Polo, “Meet the Fockers”) and Kenton Rhodes (Robert Mailhouse, “Sports Night”).  The more they win, the more they believe that relationships and marriage just don’t work.  But their battle-hardened shells begin to crack when they meet at the wedding of their respective friends.  Sparks fly immediately, followed by a romantic walk on the beach and a moonlit kiss.  The pair gets more than they bargained for the next morning, when they show up for court and realize that they are on opposite sides of the divorce case of Martin (Barry Bostwick, “Spin City”) and Margot Harper (Donna Mills, “Knots Landing”).  As Kenton and Emily struggle with their personal and professional reasons against being in a relationship, the Harpers’ divorce begins to make the couple realize that they may each be losing more than just material possessions. 

 “Love is a Four Letter Word” is a RHI Entertainment Presentation of an Alpine Medien Production in association with Larry Levinson Productions.  Robert Halmi, Jr. and Larry Levinson are executive producers.  Nick Lombardo is the co-executive producers.  Al Dickerson and Jeff Kloss are producers.  The director is Harvey Frost and Jill Blotevogel is the writer.

Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming to a national audience of 75 million subscribers.  The top tier program service is distributed through more than 5,300 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country.  Hallmark Channel consistently ranks among the top 10 ad-supported cable networks in Total Day and Prime Time household ratings and is the nation’s leading network in providing family-friendly programming.  Crown Media also operates a second 24-hour linear channel, Hallmark Movie Channel.

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