MySpace and The Weinstein Company Present Exclusive Video Contest

MySpace and The Weinstein Company Present Exclusive Video Contest

Users Can Upload Original Short Horror Films For A Chance To Be Included On The DVD Release Of 'George A. Romero's Diary Of The Dead'

NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Weinstein Company and MySpace, the world's most popular social network, today announced the official DIARY OF THE DEAD Video Contest exclusively on MySpace. Beginning today through February 29th, the MySpace Film community will have the opportunity to see their own original horror short included on the DVD release of legendary director George A. Romero's "Diary of the Dead." To enter, all filmmakers must submit their original short horror films via the DIARY OF THE DEAD MySpace profile at http://myspace.com/diaryofthedead.

Throughout the duration of the contest visitors of the DIARY OF THE DEAD MySpace profile can vote on their favorite short films and the top ten will be judged by George A. Romero himself. Romero will choose the five best horror shorts to be included on the DVD release of the film, due out in theaters on February 15th 2008, and his favorite film submission will receive prominent placement.

For more information visit http://myspace.com/diaryofthedead.

ABOUT "GEORGE A. ROMERO'S DIARY OF THE DEAD"

In his first independently produced zombie film in over two decades, George A. Romero returns to ground zero in the history of the living dead. When a group of film students making a horror movie in the woods discovers that the dead have begun to revive, they turn their cameras on the real-life horrors that suddenly confront them, creating a first person diary of their bloody encounters and the disintegration of everything they hold dear.

DIARY OF THE DEAD was written and directed by George A. Romero and stars Michelle Morgan, Josh Close, Shawn Roberts, Amy Lalonde, Joe Dinicol, and Scott Wentworth.

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CONTACT: Julie Cloutier of The Weinstein Company, +1-646-862-3825,
Julie.Cloutier@weinsteinco.com

Web site:

http://myspace.com/diaryofthedead

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