20th Century Fox:
WHAT: THE HOMETOWN PREMIERE OF THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
WHEN: SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2007
PRESS CHECK-IN: 12PM, screening begins at 2PM
WHERE: SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT
At the Springfield Movie Theater, located at 26 MAIN STREET
WHO: From the movie; Matt Groening, Jim Brooks, Al Jean, Richard
Sakai and Director David Silverman
About the contest: Springfield, Vermont was one of fourteen
"Springfields" around the nation that competed to win the film's
Hometown Premiere. All, of course, share their name with the hometown
of the world's first family of comedy - The Simpsons. USA TODAY, The
Nation's Newspaper, invited its readers to vote for their favorite
Springfield Hometown Movie through a website and voting page on
USATODAY.com. The contest was an enormous success with 109,582 votes
cast online, and Springfield, Vt., won the competition with 15,367
votes. Springfield, Ill., came a close second with 14,634 and
Springfield, Ore., was third place with 13,894 votes. Full results for
all participating "Springfields" can be seen at
www.thesimpsons.usatoday.com.
About the movie: It takes a wide screen to fully capture Homer
Simpson's stupidity, and THE SIMPSONS MOVIE does it. In the
eagerly-awaited animated feature film based on the hit TV series,
Homer must save the world from a catastrophe he himself created.
Starring in the film are Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy
Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden,
Tress MacNeille, and Albert Brooks. THE SIMPSONS MOVIE opens
nationwide on July 27th.
For further information regarding coverage of the Hometown premiere
plus directions and credentials please contact:
Main contact: Amy Cohn via e-mail at unitgirl@aol.com
Secondary contact: daria.vogel@fox.com/office phone 212-556-8615
