Motorola Makes Annual Pilgrimage to Park City for Prestigious Sundance Film Festival; Company Showcases Latest in Wireless Products

Motorola Makes Annual Pilgrimage to Park City for Prestigious Sundance Film Festival; Company Showcases Latest in Wireless Products Company Partners with Leading Consumer Brands for Winter Wonderland Retreat PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the eighth consecutive year, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) will once again be present with its popular Motorola Lodge at the film industry's premiere festival, the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, Motorola, in collaboration with Cingular Wireless, returns to the Festival as the exclusive cell phone provider with Festival organizers and volunteers maintaining communication via the Motorola V220 cell phone for the 10-day event. The Motorola Lodge provides attending celebrities, filmmakers and industry executives a warm reprieve to experience Motorola's latest consumer products in a relaxing, fun atmosphere. Located just minutes from Park City's famed Main Street at the Red Stag Lodge, Motorola's Sundance retreat has become a "must-see" destination for Festival-goers. To compliment its outreach efforts, Motorola is joined with several key brands for this year's Lodge including: video game giant Nintendo will stock the Lodge with the hottest dual-screen portable video game systems, the Nintendo DS, and its newly released games. The Nintendo gaming lounge will also feature games not-yet-released for the Nintendo GameCube. American athletic shoe brand Converse will showcase its full line of shoes including the iconic brands Chuck Taylor & Jack Purcell. Kiehl's Since 1851 will host a suite featuring celebrity hair stylist Kevin Mancuso who will provide styling services for invited guests previewing the new Kiehl's Stylist Series(TM). Additionally, guests can enjoy a massage and receive personal consultations with complimentary Kiehl's products for hair and body. Guests will receive the latest in high-end ski and apres ski wear from Escada Sport, as well as ultra-flattering jeans from Rock & Republic's progressive denim line, inspired by Rock & Roll. Rock & Republic have also designed a light-weight thermal exclusively for guests of the Motorola Lodge. "The Sundance Film Festival continues to provide us with a unique and strategic opportunity to showcase Motorola's latest consumer products to the entertainment industry and cultivate relationships with key talent, filmmakers and industry leaders," said David Pinsky, Director of Entertainment Marketing for Motorola. "And, in addition to providing the Festival with phones for its day-to-day operations, Motorola has made a donation to the Sundance Institute in support of the Festival's core objectives." This year, famed photographer Kevin Mazur will be joining the Motorola Lodge. For the second consecutive year, he will take his Contour Photos portrait studio to the Sundance Film Festival, where he will photograph the who's who of the independent film world. Contour Photos, a division of MediaVast, Inc., is a leading stock photo agency specializing in the licensing and syndication of high-end celebrity portraiture. Once again, Motorola is poised to entertain festival goers with one of the most coveted tickets in town. On Saturday night, January 22, just before midnight, Motorola will host their popular Late Night Lounge at the Motorola Lodge. This invitation-only event will once again be sure to be one of the 'must-attend' events of the festival. Motorola's continued participation at the Sundance Film Festival is an example of the company's high-profile presence in Hollywood. Last month, the Motorola Entertainment Marketing office celebrated a stellar sixth anniversary in Hollywood with the most talked about party of the holiday season. The event featured a special performance by hip hop artist LL Cool J and was attended by a bevy of A-List celebrities. In addition to other sponsorship and product placement programs, Motorola continues to serve the entertainment industry with its state-of-the-art showroom providing an intimate setting enabling celebrities and industry leaders to experience Motorola's innovative and unique products first-hand. Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004. For more information: http://www.motorola.com/ Source: Motorola CONTACT: Gina Hoffman or Victoria Harvie, both of PMK-HBH LA, +1-310-289-6200, or Shawn Purdy or Bianca Bianconi, both of PMK-HBH NY, +1-212-582-1111, all for Motorola Web site: http://www.motorola.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment