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Cool DAWN OF THE DEAD Promo On USA NETWORK!!

Published at:  Mar 08, 2004 7:05:58 AM CST

Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...



Hats off to Universal. They must really like this movie and believe in it, and everything I’m hearing suggests that they are right to be confident.



Check this out. This is a cool promotional idea, and I’ll definitely check it out when it airs...



Harry,

You've probably already seen this story, but I thought I'd write you just in case - Universal's cable surrogate USA Network will air the first ten minutes of the Dawn of the Dead remake, unedited, on March 15th between 10 and 10:30 PM. Universal took out a full-page ad in the New York Times to promote this (apparently) unprecedented publicity move, and an article with a few more details can be found here:

CLICK HERE TO READ IT!!

Take care,

Pendragon

Thanks for the heads-up. I don’t read the TIMES, so I wouldn’t have heard about it.



"Moriarty" out.








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  • Mar 08, 2004 7:14:53 AM CST

    don't read the TIMES?

    by fabfunk

    What a surprise there.

    Personally, I watch TV so I can pretend I'm better than USA Today.

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  • Mar 08, 2004 7:28:03 AM CST

    first?

    by fabfunk

    YAPHET KOTTO, BITCH!

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  • Mar 08, 2004 8:52:57 AM CST

    Great idea...if they weren't doing this 5 days before wide relea

    by chastain-86

    Honestly, who can't wait five Goddamned days? Maybe doing this two or even three weeks before might get some juices flowing, but five days? I'm sad to say, it sounds like the studio is convinced they have a great...openingtoamovie.

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  • Mar 08, 2004 8:54:33 AM CST

    Just so you know...

    by some dude

    A full page ad in the Times STARTS at $40,000.

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  • Mar 08, 2004 9:13:56 AM CST

    I will be seeing it at a free screening that very night. Here i

    by islander

    http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/ads/promos/dawnofthedead/

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  • Mar 08, 2004 11:07:22 AM CST

    So in other words, the first ten minutes is awesome... but the r

    by theginger twit

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  • Mar 08, 2004 2:09:46 PM CST

    Don

    by judge doom

    Harry was uncapable of reading even LOTR or Harry Potter( Potter, for god

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  • Mar 09, 2004 1:15:23 AM CST

    The preview is AWESOME!

    by hal-9-thou

    BUT... as is usually the case in movieland.. the movie itself will probably not live up. I can only hope... will most likely wait untit until this one hits the dollar theater, btw, unless the reviews are stellar. ("Cabin Fever" ruined me for hype on horror movies... don't EVEN argue!!!)

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  • Mar 09, 2004 4:26:23 AM CST

    Hey gingertwit...

    by pr_frink

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  • Mar 09, 2004 6:36:23 AM CST

    'I don't read the Times, so I wouldn't have heard about it'

    by joe mammary

    Next week on AICN...Moriarty picks up an issue of The Times!!Click!!!

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  • Mar 18, 2004 6:00:34 AM CST

    the first 10 minutes is nothing compared to the rest

    by the grobe

    Trust me. Or not, your loss. The first 10 minutes set up the theater I saw this with and didn't let up. There are great character moments which only makes it better when they die, there are actual character arcs (in a horror movie? never!) and the humor is cynical and realistic instead of campy. In short, you can hold your precious 70's b-movies (hey I love 'em too) close to your heart but this is a great horror movie in its own right, done very very well. I'll be seeing it a few more times in the theater myself.

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