CHICAGO – We are pleased to announce what’s nothing short of a once-in-a-lifetime HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film [8] opportunity: the chance for four lucky winners to see all five 2009 best-picture Oscar [10] nominees (“Slumdog Millionaire [12],” “Milk [9],” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [14],” “Frost/Nixon [6]” and “The Reader [15]”) in one glorious Chicago day.
This AMC best-picture showcase with the 2009 Oscar nominees also coincides with an exciting social networking experiment where movie watchers will be using Twitter [16], live blogging and other social networking tools to document their thoughts in real time.
Read on to learn more about this experiment. “Slumdog Millionaire” stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto from “Trainspotting” director Danny Boyle [4]. “Milk” stars Sean Penn [11], Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco and Alison Pill from director Gus Van Sant. “The Dark Knight” and “WALL-E” failed to earn a 2009 best-picture nomination from the academy.
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” stars Brad Pitt [3], Cate Blanchett and Taraji P. Henson [13] from director David Fincher. “Frost/Nixon” stars Frank Langella [5], Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon and Oliver Platt from director Ron Howard. “The Reader” stars Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes and David Kross from director Stephen Daldry.
If you win this remarkable HollywoodChicago.com Hookup, you’ll earn the opportunity to see all five heavy-hitting 2008 films for free. This redefines the definition of a movie marathon. The festivities start at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 in downtown Chicago at AMC River East 21 at 322 E. Illinois St. and run all the way through 11:59 p.m. on the same evening.
Want more? You’ll also be entitled to a complimentary large popcorn with unlimited refills all day as well as a collectible movie pass to immortalize the opportunity. The 81st-annual Academy Awards will air on Feb. 22, 2009 at 8 p.m. ET. Want even more?
As if you’re not already getting hooked up enough, this is also your opportunity to be the critic and write for HollywoodChicago.com! Winners will be invited to blog on our discussion boards [17] using your iPhone or data-friendly cell phone or your Wi-Fi-enabled laptop computer at a nearby venue.
One nearby Starbucks with free Wi-Fi is in the Dominick’s grocery store at Illinois and Fairbanks. A second Starbucks is at McClurg Court and Ontario. A Panera Bread is nearby, too. If you win, just make sure you create a thread or threads illuminating your feelings about each film.
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Next, simply submit why you deserve a pass. You must submit your entry using this confidential, Web-based submission form [18]. Please do not comment in this Hookup. Your entry will be invalid if you do so. Please only submit your entry using this submission form [18].
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This HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film [8] is simple: Four people who submit an entry describing why they deserve a five-pack movie pass and commit to blogging on HollywoodChicago.com will win! A studio representative will be at AMC River East on the morning of Feb. 21, 2009 to hand passes to the lucky HollywoodChicago.com four. You will need to present your photo ID to the representative.
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Following your entry [18], winners can click this printer-friendly link [20] to print out the information contained in this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup for your jam-packed movie Saturday. Here is the schedule of 2009 Oscar-nominated best-picture viewings on Feb. 21, 2009 at AMC River East:
“Milk,” 10:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. (15-minute break)
“The Reader,” 1:05 p.m. to 3:19 p.m. (25-minute break)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” (30-minute break)
“Slumdog Millionaire,” 7:15 p.m. 9:27 to p.m. (15-minute break)
“Frost/Nixon,” 9:45 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
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