Moviegoers to Pick Favorite Film of Year with ShoWest/Fandango Fan Choice Award

Moviegoers to Pick Favorite Film of Year with ShoWest/Fandango Fan Choice Award

Sweepstakes Winner Will Attend Award Ceremony on April 2 at ShoWest in Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- On Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (R) presents the Oscar(R) to the Best Picture of the year. But in a recent Fandango poll, 81% of moviegoers on the site say that the Academy's picks are out of touch with mainstream film choices. (None of 2008's top 10 box office hits ranks among the Academy's five Best Picture choices.)

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This year, Fandango is asking fans to vote online for the film that truly deserves the honor as the best movie of the year. Fandango's first annual Fan Choice Award will be presented at ShoWest, the world's largest theatrical convention, on April 2. Voters can also participate in a sweepstakes for a chance to attend the awards ceremony live in Las Vegas on a free four-day/three-night getaway. To vote for the "2008 Movie of the Year", and enter the sweepstakes, visit http://awardswatch.fandango.com/sweepstakes/fanchoiceaward2008.php

Voting ends on February 27, 2009.

The ten nominees for the ShoWest/Fandango Fan Choice Award are comprised of the top ten top-grossing films of the year. They are as follows:

   The Dark Knight    Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who    Hancock    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull    Iron Man    Kung Fu Panda    Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa    Quantum of Solace    Twilight    Wall-E    About Fandango  

One of the Web's top movie and entertainment destinations, Fandango sells tickets to more than 16,000 screens. Fandango entertains and informs consumers with reviews, commentary and trailers, and offers the ability to quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, and conveniently buy tickets in advance. Fandango is available at www.fandango.com, 1-800-FANDANGO and via your wireless mobile device at mobile.fandango.com. Fandango is a unit of Comcast Interactive Media.

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CONTACT: Harry Medved, +1-310-954-0461, harry.medved@fandango.com, or
Melinda Petrow, +1-310-954-0278, ext. 231, melinda.petrow@fandango.com, both
of Fandango, Inc.

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