Want a Free DVD of an Oscar-Winning Film?

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Tue, 09/08/2009 - 19:24

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Watch out for this in the papers tomorrow!

Didn't get around to seeing all last year's Oscar winners? Never mind, one of them may come to you, free, on DVD. In an unusual marketing move, the producers of Smile Pinki, which won the Oscar in February for Best Short Documentary, are giving away the movie to anyone who asks — and to some who don't. Ads touting the offer will run in 125 major papers on Sept. 9, and on Oct. 21 the DVD will be delivered with copies of USA Today and other Gannett papers to subscribers in affluent zip codes.

The hope is you might be coaxed into making a donation once you see it according to Time magazine. Read all about it here.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1920899,00.html

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Fri, 09/11/2009 - 09:24

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Re: Want a Free DVD of an Oscar-Winning Film?

I missed the ad. Did anyone see it?

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 12:27

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Re: Want a Free DVD of an Oscar-Winning Film?

No I don't remember catching the ad and I'm sure the word free would have jumped out at me. Maybe we'll get lucky when Oct 21 rolls around. :)

Wed, 09/23/2009 - 12:48

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Re: Want a Free DVD of an Oscar-Winning Film?

cheapncheerful wrote:

No I don't remember catching the ad and I'm sure the word free would have jumped out at me. Maybe we'll get lucky when Oct 21 rolls around. :)

Only if I move house LOL. It says affluent neighborhoods.

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Sun, 09/27/2009 - 22:11

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Re: Want a Free DVD of an Oscar-Winning Film?

cookiefan wrote:

cheapncheerful wrote:

No I don't remember catching the ad and I'm sure the word free would have jumped out at me. Maybe we'll get lucky when Oct 21 rolls around. :)

Only if I move house LOL. It says affluent neighborhoods.

Get up early, drive to the closest one and keep an eye out for the paper boy. When he throws it from his bike into a yard, dive in and catch it before it hits the ground. Technically it's in the air and not on the property so it's not stealing since the air belongs to everybody. Honest.

I should have been a lawyer. :D LOL.

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Tue, 09/29/2009 - 14:47

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Re: Want a Free DVD of an Oscar-Winning Film?

greenmachine wrote:

Get up early, drive to the closest one and keep an eye out for the paper boy. When he throws it from his bike into a yard, dive in and catch it before it hits the ground. Technically it's in the air and not on the property so it's not stealing since the air belongs to everybody. Honest.
I should have been a lawyer. :D LOL.

Keep talking like that and you might find yourself across a table from one LOL. Cookiefan, wait for the DVD to come out and buy it. It would be cheaper than jail time. ;)