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June 3, 2002
ALTAR BOYS HEADING TO THEATERS
FEATURES NEARLY 20 MINUTES OF MCFARLANE ANIMATION
Though we've reported on our work with Jodie Foster's The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys in the past, it's now time for a full-scale spawn.com push. That's right, the film � which features nearly 20 minutes of Todd McFarlane animation is set to open in theaters on June 14.
Altar Boys is an independent film from ThinkFilm and Jodie Foster's Egg Pictures, based on the 1992 debut novel by Chris Fuhrman. Starring Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster, Emile Hirsch and Vincent D'Onofrio, this R-rated film is a coming-of-age drama from director Peter Care. The main characters are budding comic artists and film using the McFarlane comic-style animation as a storytelling device.
In celebration of the theater openings nationwide, we're giving away passes to advance screenings of the film in New York and Los Angeles. The New York screening is Wednesday, June 5 and the LA screening is Tuesday, June 11. We have 25 admit-two passes for the New York screening and 50 for LA.
To enter and to view some images of Todd's animation, click here
http://spawn.com/news/news020531c.html.
Winners will be contacted directly via the e-mail address you used to enter the contest and will be given the theatre location and screening time in the message; by June 3 for New York and by June 7 for Los Angeles. NOTE: Today is the last day to enter for New York!
Later this week, look for a followup report from the glitzy press junket in Los Angeles attended by Todd McFarlane and all the principles from Altar Boys. For more information on the film, check out www.thedangerouslivesofaltarboys.net.
And, we'll post several online reviews of the Altar Boys in this update.
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