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