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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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favorite film
HAS TO BE “WEST SIDE STORY”
As a girl of 7 yrs.old it was only one of the two films my Mom me attended by
ourselves.So not only was I enthralled with all the drama of this tragic love story,and the turmoil of the neighborhood, but also the beautiful sets,fatastic dancing,singing and Natalie Wood,Rita Moreno and the rest of the great cast,but my Mom and me had a special time together I will never ever forget!
Favorite Movie
While so many of these movies are wonderful, Rainman was just a compelling movie with alot of heart. Sometimes I felt so sorry for him and other times I was just in awe. It certainly gave me a whole new perspective about people with disabilities - made me realize that while one might lack in some areas, they more than make up for it in others.
And - thank you for this wonderful contest, it’s an amazing prize!
Favorite?
This is tough - so many good films here. But, since I am a huge Stephen King fan AND I love everything Halloween and scary, I would have to say Carrie. This movie made me wish I had that kind of power! It was a purely entertaining movie and fulfilled that role very well.
This Hookup is now closed. Here are our three winners!
This HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is now closed. Thank you to everyone who has entered and shared your touching stories.
We have used computer lottery software to randomly generate our winners. I have assigned numbers to each person who has entered based on how they appeared on my screen at 3:52 p.m. on April 8, 2008. The following numbers won:
The numerical list is below with the three winners in red associated with those numbers. Congratulations!
1) Kevin
2) riles33
3) Anonymous (not verified) on April 2, 2008 - 8:33am
4) bicycleboy
5) ichung2
6) Beegee
7) babygirlaj25
8) goku89
9) RawShark
10) jgiard6
11) kingart
12) Mickey Pagels
13) atavismus
14) Ron Barth, Jr.
15) Jackie
16) Huxley
17) mplat
18) Gail Guyon
19) guilly88
20) mfsabre
I just e-mailed the three winners to request mailing addresses so the DVD sets can be mailed ASAP. If I don’t hear back from any of the three winners by April 11, 2008, I will rerun the lottery to pick a new winner. Stay tuned for more HollywoodChicago.com Hookups!
United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival
My favorite film in the list is “Raging Bull”. I think it’s such a great film that it’s hard to single out just one compelling reason. For one thing, DeNiro turned in a bravura acting performance. (The supporting players also gave some of the finest performaces of their careers.) For another thing, there’s the bold, beautiful, retro black and white cinematography. And of course, Scorsese’s direction was masterful.