March
10, 2006
For
Immediate Release:
BEASTIE
BOYS FILM TO PLAY ONE-NIGHT-ONLY
BIG SCREEN CONCERT EVENT NATIONWIDE
ON MARCH 23RD
Exclusive
Hörnblowér Mini-Movie Starring David Cross
to accompany "AWESOME; I
SHOT THAT!"
In Unique Showing In Advance Of Theatrical Opening
New York, March 9
- THINKFilm and National CineMedia today announced an exclusive one-night
only Big Screen Concerts presentation - An Awesome Night with Beastie
Boys - on Thursday, March 23rd featuring the Beastie Boys' musical extravaganza
"AWESOME; I
SHOT THAT!," and the world premiere of
"A Day in the Life of Nathanial Hörnblowér," a
30-minute short created specifically for this one-time event, which
on Thursday, March 23rdwill be d, digitally shown on nearly 200 screens
at 8:00pm local time at movie theaters across the country. For a list
of theaters, please go to www.awesomeishotthat.com/march23/.
Tickets are currently on sale at participating Regal, United Artists,
Edwards, and Cinemark and AMC movie theatre box offices and online at
www.BigScreenConcerts.com. The film"AWESOME;
I SHOT THAT!"
begins its ongoing commercial engagements in select cities on March
31st.
Enhancing this special
event screening of "AWESOME
" is the world premiere of
"A Day in the Life of Nathanial Hörnblowér," a
30-minute short created specifically for this one-time Big Screen Concerts
event. Starring comedian David Cross as the mysterious director of "AWESOME
",
The Suisse Cinéaste Bi-Annual described the mini-movie as "a
docu-drama that gives viewers a glimpse into the dark, strange world
of one of the most elusive and controversial filmmakers working today."
(As band aficionados know, Hörnblowér is a pseudonym for
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, who directed "AWESOME
" as well
as "A Day in the Life
")
THINKFilm Head of
Theatrical, Mark Urman, says, "Nothing about the way 'AWESOME
'
was made was conventional, so we are trying to be as imaginative in
our release strategy as Adam was in making the film, and as the band
has always been. Fans have been waiting for this film since it popped
at Sundance and now, they can be the 'first kids on the block' to see
it everywhere before it starts key city engagements on March 31st. As
for the Hörnblowér mini-movie, it will self-destruct right
after it is presented on March 23rd, never to be seen again."
To create additional
frenzy, THINKFilm is continuing its partnership with MySpace.com, the
leading lifestyle portal for online networking, with a special promotion
tied to the March 23rd event. In celebration of the newly launched MySpace
Film application, MySpace will give its more than 60 million members
the opportunity to win free tickets to attend the one-night only screening
of the film in select cities. To visit the film's official MySpace page,
please go to www.myspace.com/awesomeishotthat.
AWESOME; I
SHOT THAT is a formally innovative feature film experience starring
director Nathaniel Hörnblowér/Adam Yauch and fellow Beastie
Boys Mike D and Adrock, along with Mix Master Mike and other special
guest appearances. The documentary began at one of their concerts at
New York's famed Madison Square Garden in October 2004, as Beastie Boys
handed out 50 cameras to audience members at their sold-out performance.
These 50 different passionate perspectives shot from the point-of-view
of the audience take the viewer deep inside the world of a live Beastie
Boys show, prismatically and kinetically capturing the experience of
a live musical performance like no film has ever done.
About THINKFilm
THINKFilm, a privately held distribution company now in its fourth year
of operation, has emerged as a distinctive force in the world of independent
and non-fiction film. Boasting four Academy Award nominations in as
many years, and a win with BORN INTO BROTHELS in 2005, upcoming releases
will include the Ray Romano road trip documentary, 95 MILES TO GO, on
April 7; the Edward Norton/Evan Rachel Wood drama, DOWN IN THE VALLEY,
on May 5; the Gael Garcia Bernal/William Hurt thriller, THE KING, on
May 19; the Amy Sedaris/Stephen Colbert/Paul Dinello comedy, STRANGERS
WITH CANDY, on June 28th; and the highly acclaimed Ryan Gosling drama,
HALF NELSON, on August 2nd. For more information, please visit www.thinkfilmcompany.com.
About National CineMedia,
LLC
National CineMedia, LLC is a venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark
USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), three of the world's
leading theatrical exhibition companies. The company develops pre feature
entertainment; cinema and lobby advertising products; comprehensive
meeting and event services; and alternative forms of entertainment content
for approximately 13,000 screens operated by its owner theatre circuits
and other theatre affiliates. National CineMedia distributes its products
and services across its Digital Content Network (DCN), the world's largest
in-theatre digital distribution network. Once installation of its DCN
technology is completed in Cinemark theatres, National CineMedia's network
will comprise approximately 11,000 digital North American theatre screens
in 150 markets (49 of the top 50), reaching 525 million movie patrons
annually. For additional information, please go to www.ncm.com.
About MySpace.com
MySpace is currently the 2nd ranked web domain in terms of page views
and is already acknowledged as one of the most significant forces in
advancing music from both established artists and new ones to millions
of potential fans. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging,
e-mail, music downloads, photo galleries, classified listings, events,
groups, chat rooms, and user forums, MySpace has become the most widely
used and highly regarded site of its kind.
About Oscilloscope
Laboratories
Oscilloscope Laboratories is a research facility based in the Galapagos
Islands dedicated to finding the reasons that human beings are drawn
to violence. Established in 1928 by the revered Dr. Tim K Smithelington,
the ground-breaking work that they have done has been incomparable in
its field. Recently their studies have expanded to the Komodo dragon
and it's mating habits.
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