I can scarcely believe that it’s been almost one year since we first launched the /Film movie podcast. Many actors, filmmakers, and bloggers have made their way through our podcast doors and it’s been a blast to chat with all of them about movies and movie news. To celebrate, we’re going to be giving away a bunch of cool stuff this week and next week, with some special bonuses for those who tune into the show live this Monday night at 9 PM EST (Jeff Cannata from the Totally Rad Show will be joining us to review Terminator Salvation!).
This first giveaway combines two things that everyone loves: 1) Gigantic hardcover books, and 2) Movie art. In conjunction with Titan Books (which is releasing some great movie tie-in material for Salvation), the /Filmcast is giving away five copies of The Art of Terminator Salvation. To enter for a chance to win, just do the following:
1) Download the most recent episode of the /Filmcast.
2) Listen to the episode and wait until after the ending music to hear the three contest questions.
3) E-mail your name, mailing address, and the answers for the three questions to slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com. Put Terminator Contest in the subject line!
That’s it! Winners (with correct answers) will be chosen at random and announced live on the air on Monday night at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST when we broadcast the /Filmcast live.
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Remember when George Lucas hid E.T. creatures in Star Wars: Episode I? Well apparently JJ Abrams did the same kind of thing in Star Trek, hiding the robot R2-D2 from Star Wars in one of the scenes (yes, the photo above is an obvious photoshop). I watched the film twice and definitely didn’t notice the little droid anywhere, so it must be a really obscure easter egg. I also haven’t seen any mention of the “cameo appearance” made anywhere online.
But Paramount Pictures has announced a contest, giving away an official prop from the film to one of the people who actually spotted the beeping droid. What scene in the new film Star Trek features the robot “R2-D2″ from Star Wars? Email your answer to facebook@paramount.com with “STAR TREK Easter Egg Sweepstakes” in the subject line. Full rules are listed on Facebook.
Paramount Pictures has also announced that NASA astronaut Michael Barratt will have the opportunity to watch the film aboard the International Space Station, while he and two crewmates fly 220 miles above Earth. How cool is that? You can read more in the official press release after the jump.
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YouTube is holding a contest which gives inspiring directors a chance to attend the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. To enter Project: Direct, all you have to do is create a short film, 5 minutes or less, which use 2 props from the top 25 classic Sundance Film Festival Films and a Red Telephone. The Sundance Film Festival will choose 10 finalists, and the YouTube community will vote for a grand winner. That winner will go to Sundance and screen his short film, how cool is that?
For full rules, check the official YouTube page or watch the video below featuring director Darren Aronofsky.
And if any of /Film readers make it to the finals, I will post the video on the site and encourage our readers to check it out and vote! Unfair? Yes, but we support our friends! Good Luck!
via: FirstShowing
CBS Home Entertainment has provided us with THREE COPIES of CSI: The Eighth Season on DVD, which hit store shelves on October 14th 2008. How do you enter to win? It’s easy:
1. You send us an e-mail at slashfilm@gmail.com with your name and address. Please include CSI in the subject of your email.
2. You must subscribe to our daily RSS email newsletter. Click here to subscribe. (note: you will be required to activate the email subscription)
It’s that easy! On October 30th we will pick THREE winners at random. We will be checking the winner’s email address up against our newsletter subscriptions, and those who don’t have an active subscription will be disqualified. You are not obligated to remain a subscriber, and can unsubscribe any time after October 30th if you wish. Contest is open to U.S. readers only. More information on the DVD release below.
A smash hit from the moment of its 2000 debut, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION remains one of the most popular, innovative, and critically acclaimed crime dramas in television history. Created by Anthony Zuiker and executive produced by movie maven Jerry Bruckheimer, the thrilling series centers on the Las Vegas Police Department’s night-shift forensics unit, which utilizes cutting-edge technology to solve the often grisly crimes of a glamorous city whose constant influx of visitors makes it rife with criminal elements. Quick-witted detective Gil Grissom (William Petersen) leads the highly skilled investigative team that includes his single-mother partner, Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger); hair and fiber expert Nick Stokes (George Eads); former gambling addict Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan); and fresh-faced newbie Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), with the help of a tough-as-nails police captain, Jim Brass (Paul Guilfoyle), and an efficient lab coroner, Dr. Al Robbins (Robert David Hall). Heavy on science, creative camera work, and uncomfortably graphic depictions of violence, CSI is praised by fans and critics alike for its consistently gripping and well-written storylines, often inspired by real-life cases. This collection presents the complete eighth season, which concludes the previous season’s nail-biting cliffhanger, in which Sara was kidnapped by the Miniature Killer, and features a crossover with WITHOUT A TRACE.
WHO HAS THE INVESTIGATIVE KNOWLEDGE TO JOIN THE CSI TEAM?
Make Yourself Part of the Team at WWW.CSIONDVD.COM
Visitors to www.csiondvd.com will be able to add themselves to the CSI Team, create a unique image of their new team, and send it as an encrypted message to all their favorite friends and agents!
Fight Club and Choke author Chuck Palahniuk‘s official website is hosting a contest where the winner will have a a character named after them in Chuck’s next book. Pretty cool. Basically the person who gets the most people to go see Choke in theaters this weekend wins. And who knows, if Chuck’s next book gets adapted into a big screen movie (and chances are good since almsot all his books have been optioned at this point), you might even have your name immortalized in a feature film. You can read the full rules at ChuckPalahniuk.net.
Warner Direct has provided us with THREE COPIES of Lost Boys 2: The Tribe on DVD, which hit store shelves on July 29th 2008. How do you enter to win? It’s easy:
1. You send us an e-mail at slashfilm@gmail.com with your name and address. Please include Lost Boys 2 in the subject of your email.
2. You must subscribe to our daily RSS email newsletter. Click here to subscribe. (note: you will be required to activate the email subscription)
It’s that easy! On August 10th we will pick THREE winners at random. We will be checking the winner’s email address up against our newsletter subscriptions, and those who don’t have an active subscription will be disqualified. You are not obligated to remain a subscriber, and can unsubscribe any time after August 10th if you wish. Contest is open to U.S. readers only. More information on the DVD release below.
Lost Boys The Tribe takes place in Luna Bay, where vampire surfers quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive moody Chris Emerson (Tad Hilgenbrinck) and his shy sister, Nicole (Autumn Reeser). Having lost their parents in a car accident, the siblings move in with their eccentric Aunt Jillian and become new prey for the local surfers. When Nicole unwittingly drinks the blood of a vampire, Chris must locate and destroy the gang’s Head Vampire, Shane (Angus Sutherland), before his sister’s transformation is complete.
Paramount has provided us with FIVE COPIES of The Spiderwick Chronicles on DVD, which hit store shelves on June 24th 2008. How do you enter to win? It’s easy:
1. You send us an e-mail at slashfilm@gmail.com with your name and address. Please include SpiderWick in the subject of your email.
2. You must subscribe to our daily RSS email newsletter. Click here to subscribe. (note: you will be required to activate the email subscription)
It’s that easy! On July 10th we will pick FIVE winners at random. We will be checking the winner’s email address up against our newsletter subscriptions, and those who don’t have an active subscription will be disqualified. You are not obligated to remain a subscriber, and can unsubscribe any time after July 10th if you wish. Contest is open to U.S. readers only. More information on the DVD release below.
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES two-disc Special Collector’s Edition DVD and Blu-ray presentations boast multiple behind-the-scenes featurettes including a Making Of, a look at the cast and characters, “The Magic of Spiderwick”, “Spiderwick: It’s All True”, an exploration of the Spiderwick world and more, plus deleted scenes and a peek inside Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide. THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES also will be available as a single disc DVD in full screen or widescreen.
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES DVD & BLU-RAY
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES Special Collector’s Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The Blu-ray presentation will be 1080p High Definition with English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The two-disc sets include the following special features:
Spiderwick: It’s All True! (HD)
It’s A Spiderwick World! (HD)
Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide (HD & interactive on the Blu-ray)
Spiderwick: Meet the Clan (HD)
Making Spiderwick (HD)
The Magic of Spiderwick (HD)
A Final Word of Advice…(HD)
Deleted Scenes (HD)
Nickelodeon TV Spots
Theatrical Trailers (HD)
Fox has provided us with FIVE COPIES of Batman: The Movie on DVD, which hit store shelves on July 1st 2008. How do you enter to win? It’s easy:
1. You send us an e-mail at slashfilm@gmail.com with your name and address. Please include Batman in the subject of your email.
2. You must subscribe to our daily RSS email newsletter. Click here to subscribe. (note: you will be required to activate the email subscription)
It’s that easy! On July 20th we will pick FIVE winners at random. We will be checking the winner’s email address up against our newsletter subscriptions, and those who don’t have an active subscription will be disqualified. You are not obligated to remain a subscriber, and can unsubscribe any time after July 20th if you wish. Contest is open to U.S. readers only. More information on the DVD release below.
Citizens of Gotham City shall fear not when the heroic Caped Crusader and his crime-fighting chum, Boy Wonder, stop dastardly villains from de-hydrating the planet in the original full-length bat-film, BATMAN: THE MOVIE SPECIAL EDITION, arriving on high definition Blu-Ray Disc for the first time July 1st from Fox Home Entertainment. Starring Adam West (Batman) and Burt Ward (Robin), this 1966 spin-off of the popular “Batman” television series features all four of the hero’s most diabolical and cunning adversaries: the clown prince of crime, The Joker (Cesar Romero); the count of criminal conundrums, The Riddler (Frank Gorshin); the pompous waddling master of fowl play, The Penguin (Burgess Meredith); and the fiendish feline, The Catwoman (Lee Meriwether). Directed by Leslie H. Martinson (PT 109, Rescue from Gilligan’s Island), who later won a Golden Gryphon for his efforts, the colorful and over-the-top film featured a groovy and swank score by Academy Award® winner* Nelson Riddle.
Brimming with brand new and exclusive high definition bat-features, the Blu-ray Disc includes “Batman: A Dynamic Legacy,” a tribute to the caped crusader and look at Gotham’s evil villains in “Gotham City’s Most Wanted”; a 360 degree navigational tour of the Batmobile; and an isolated score in 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (Lossless), an industry first for Blu-Ray Disc that allows viewers to listen to the score only. The Special Edition also includes interviews and commentary by actors West, Ward, and screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr., featurettes, trivia track, galleries and trailers.
