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Hookup: Pristine DVD Sets of Classic Films Up For Grabs For United Artists Film Festival in Chicago
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 2, 2008 - 1:13am
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“Battle of Britain” (collector’s edition)
“The Apartment” (collector’s edition)
“A Bridge Too Far” (collector’s edition, two discs)
“Carrie” (25th anniversary edition)
“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (special edition, two discs)
“Die Another Day” (special edition)
“Fiddler on the Roof” (decade’s collection)
“Fistful of Dollars” (collector’s edition)
“For A Few Dollars More” (collector’s edition)
“Get Shorty” (collector’s edition, two discs)
“The Great Escape” (special edition, two discs)
“In the Heat of the Night” (40th anniversary edition)
“Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (collector’s edition)
“Judgment at Nuremberg” (special edition)
“New York, New York” (30th anniversary edition)
“Raging Bull” (collector’s edition, two discs)
“Rain Man” (special edition)
“Rocky” (collector’s edition)
“Some Like it Hot” (collector’s edition)
“West Side Story” (special edition, two discs)
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CHICAGO – As our giveaways continue to grow in popularity, what we give away continues to sweeten, too. In this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, three lucky winners will be hooked up with our sweetest giveaway yet: a complete DVD set of 20 of the greatest classic films in recent memory.
These DVDs encapsulate some of the most uncontested and cherished films of the last several decades. Titles include “West Side Story,” “Raging Bull,” “Rain Man,” “Rocky,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” “Carrie,” “Some Like it Hot,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Die Another Day,” “In the Heat of the Night” and many more.
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So why these now? On March 11, 2008, we announced a classic film celebration coming to Chicago called the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival, which will take place at the historic Music Box Theatre at 3733 N. Southport Ave. from April 4 to 10, 2008 and then again from May 9 to 15, 2008.
Several of the films above and others of similar caliber are being brought back into the theater for this limited engagement on the occasion of 90 years of film for MGM and United Artists. United Artists says the Chicago festival, which will comprise the largest catalog event in video history, is leading up to the public release of many of these titles on DVD.
We have partnered with the festival to offer three lucky winners their own classic DVD package of all 20 films. They are all collector, special, decade or anniversary edition DVDs. The full list of these titles follows:
All you have to do for a chance to win is click “Add new comment” at the bottom of this article and respond with your favorite film among that list of 20 and a compelling reason why. That’s it! We’ll then randomly select a winner. To be eligible, you must be a registered HollywoodChicago.com user. If you don’t already have an account, create one quickly and easily here.
Also to be eligible, we must have your e-mail address. We have e-mail addresses on file once you’re an active user. When we randomly select the three winners for this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we will e-mail you to request your mailing address. We will then mail you your brand-spanking new classic DVD sets. This giveaway closes on April 7, 2008. Good luck!
The dates and films playing as part of the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival at the Music Box follow.
United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival (part one): April 4 to 10, 2008
“Raging Bull”: April 4, 2008 (new print)
“Bananas”: April 4, 2008
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”: April 5, 2008
“West Side Story”: April 6, 2008
“Kiss Me Deadly”: April 7, 2008
“Some Like it Hot”: April 7, 2008 (new print)
“The Killing”: April 8, 2008
“The Manchurian Candidate”: April 8, 2008
“The Night of the Hunter”: April 9, 2008
“Midnight Cowboy”: April 10, 2008
“Network”: April 10, 2008
“James Bond” series (part two): May 9 to 15, 2008
“Dr. No”
“Goldfinger” (new print)
“From Russia With Love”
“Thunderball”
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Invasion of the Body snatchers
It has always been my favorite version of the movie, in spite of all the remakes, the original always remains the best.
Rain Man
I saw Rain Man for the first time when I was about 12 years old. I rented it and watched it every single day I had it. Dustin Hoffman was engulfed in his character. The movie was full of big laughs and drama. The movie, itself, is so quotable. Also, it helped other people understand a disorder that many people have today.
West Side Story!
Though musicals are often seen as somewhat shallow, West Side Story proves that social commentary can be simultaneously funny and tragic and yes, even involve lots of singing.
Some Like It Hot
It’s a tough call between “Raging Bull,” “Rain Man” and “Some Like It Hot,” but I have to go with the last because of the Chicago connection and the fact that I saw it when I was young, and the mix of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Marilyn Monroe looking as good as I’ve seen her, Tony Curtis’ cartoonishly over-the-top channeling of Cary Grant, Jack Lemmon in a typical sterling performance — whether comedy or drama, Jack really stood out — and the (always funny to a kid) cross-dressing can still make me laugh out loud.
I can’t pick just one!
I can’t pick just one!
This won?!?
You’ve got to be f**king kidding me!
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by
That person did enter and
That person did enter and was included in the lottery. The goal here wasn’t to judge what was said.
Understood, but...
…to “publicly” reiterate the point I made in my email to you, your contest instructions explicitly told contestants to “respond with (their) favorite film among that list of 20 and a compelling reason why,” and that particular entrant did neither. Hardly an encouragement for others to put any thought whatsoever into their responses, n’est-ce pas? And thanks for your comment about my writing.
Extremely hard choice
For me, it was a tie up between The Apartment, A Fistful of Dollars, and Raging Bull. Sadly, there are still a few films that I’ve yet to see on the list! The Apartment is an incredible film, with Jack Lemmon memorable as always under the superb direction of Billy Wilder. A Fistful of Dollars was also a monumental film. It reinvented the Western Genre, and brought Ennio Morricone & Clint Eastwood to the masses. The films only downside is Sergio Leone blatantly ripping off Kurosawa’s Yojimbo. But, above all, of the movies on the list that I have seen, I’d have to choose Scorsese’s Raging Bull as my favorite film from the list. The best Actor/Director combo of all time, and at the top of their game. It’s a gritty, brutal, yet fantastic film.
Has to be West Side Story.
Has to be West Side Story. My name is Maria and when I was a kid, I just hated that name - no one else had that name in our neighborhood or school. But then West Side Story appeared and my name wasn’t so “odd” anymore and I wasn’t teased as much (other than people serenading me with “my” song!).