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 The upcoming United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival in Los Angeles promises to be filled with some of the most entertaining and exciting movies of our times. Presenting UA's top films from the century, the festival features such classics as The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Dr. No, The Thomas Crown Affair, Midnight Cowboy, Some Like it Hot, Raging Bull, The Magnificent Seven, West Side Story, Birdman of Alcatraz, and The Pink Panther. Many of these films will be showcased on brand new prints.
The festival will be at the LA's Landmark's NuArt, May 2-8 and ArcLight Cinemas, June 4 -25.
Landmark NuArt: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/
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THE PARTY (12am showing on 5/2)
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THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
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WEST SIDE STORY
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ANNIE HALL
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THE APARTMENT
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DR.NO
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THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
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MIDNIGHT COWBOY
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WOMEN IN LOVE
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SOME LIKE IT HOT
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PINK PANTHER
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ArcLight Cinemas
- June 4th - Raging Bull
- June 11th - The Magnificent Seven
- June 18th - Westside Story
- June 25th - Birdman of Alcatraz
http://www.arclightcinemas.com/
In celebration of this festival United Artists is partnering with ClassicMoiveGuide in several contests to award participants copies of the DVDs of these films which include:
The Battle of Britain (Collector's Edition) - DVD
The Apartment (Collector's Edition) - DVD
A Bridge Too Far (Collector's Edition, 2 discs) - DVD
Carrie: 25th Anniversary (Special Edition) - DVD
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Special Edition, 2 discs) - DVD
Die Another Day P/S (Special Edition) - DVD
Fiddler on the Roof (Decade's Collection) - DVD
Fistful of Dollars (Collector's Edition) - DVD
For A Few Dollars More (Collector's Edition) - DVD
Get Shorty (Collector's Edition, 2 discs) - DVD
The Great Escape (Special Edition, 2 discs) - DVD
In the Heat of the Night (40th Anniversary Edition) - DVD
Invasion of Body Snatchers (Collector's Edition) - DVD
Judgment At Nuremberg (Special Edition) - DVD
New York, New York (30th Anniversary Edition) - DVD
Raging Bull (Collector's Edition, 2 discs) - DVD
Rain Man (Special Edition) - DVD
Rocky (Collector's Edition) - DVD
Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition) - DVD
West Side Story (Special Edition, 2 discs) - DVD
In the first contest ClassicMovieGuide will giveaway three DVDs -- Die Another Day, Get Shorty and Raging Bull -- to three lucky winners. To enter for the random drawing simply answer these 6 questions, answers which are found in the pages of Review Express or Classic Movie Guide.
Contestants must:
1. Answer all 6 questions.
2. Include a name and mailing address (not a PO Box) within the United States.
3. Email entries to
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and put United Artists giveaway 1, in the subject line.
All entries must be received by 9 p.m. EST, April 29, 2008. All correct entries will go into a drawing and three separate winners will be selected at random by a random numeral service to win Die Another Day, Get Shorty or Raging Bull. Only one entry per email address. Please do your own work in finding the answers and do not share them with others - thanks.
From the Review Express DVD review of Die Another Day
1. Zao (Rick Yune) is a WHAT who whose face becomes disfigured by one of Bond's detonated explosions?
2. WHO makes a cameo appearance?
http://www.reviewexpress.com/review.php?rv=677
 From the Review Express DVD review of Get Shorty
3. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a Miami wise guy who loves WHAT?
4. Starting in Miami WHAT state does Chili end up in?
http://www.reviewexpress.com/review.php?rv=681
From the ClassicMovieGuide DVD review of Raging Bull
5. WHO was the cinematographer for Raging Bull?
6. HOW many pounds did De Niro gain for the role of Jake La Motta?
http://classicmovieguide.com/content/view/336/71/
Thanks to United Artists/MGM Home Entertainment for sponsoring this contest.
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