Features Oct 28 2008 @ 02:50 pm
FREE DVD Giveaway of “Transsiberian”
Why? Because we like you guys. Really. We do. And First Look Studios has graciously agreed to give a copy of Transsiberian away to one super-duper-awesome-special MovieZeal reader. The film stars Ben Kingsley, Woody Harrelson, and Emily Mortimer; it’s a twisty little neo-noir thriller set in the Siberian wilderness; it’s directed by Brad Anderson, who’s last film was the extremely underrated The Machinist; and Luke gave it a nice 3 1/2 stars in his review.
In order to be eligible, just leave a comment on this post and be sure to use a valid email address. That’s it. Just leave a comment (duplicate comments will be punished with fire & brimstone, however). We’ll randomly select one of the entries and announce the winner a week from today. Piece. ‘O. Cake.
You can find more information on the film at its official website and you can watch the wicked-cool trailer here. Transsiberian hits DVD and Blu-ray on November 4th, a week from today.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 2:52 pm 1. Jonathan Rodgers said …
Why yes please, I would like a free DVD.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 2:58 pm 2. Randy said …
As long as it’s “twisty” I’ll give it a look.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 3:44 pm 3. Joseph said …
Can’t say no to free DVDs.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 4:08 pm 4. David said …
I keep hoping that this will pop up at my campus cinema, but no luck yet. Loved the last free DVD.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 4:34 pm 5. Collin said …
Nothing gets your attention like having “FREE DVD” in the title. In all caps no less.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 5:17 pm 6. W.J. said …
Transsiberian looks like a great film, perfect for these brisk autumn nights.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 5:19 pm 7. Matthew Lucas said …
Sounds good to me.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 6:40 pm 8. G said …
POSSIBLE HYPOTHETICAL SPOILER ALERTS
I have to say that I thought this looked like total garbage. In retrospect, I wonder if the film was not at fault, but rather the trailer.
First of all, I don’t know how many twists this one has, but the fact that Ben Kingsley is not a legit cop is one that could have been left out. Sure, maybe we would have inferred it, but you might as well just put “spoiler alert” in front of your trailer if you’re going to do crap like that.
Secondly (and possibly, again, this is worse in the trailer than the film) when Emily Mortimer asks Kingsley “Who are the bad guys?” he responds with “People who look innocent but are really not.” The trailer seems to be playing this straight – we’re supposed to think that the other couple looks innocent but isn’t really. But if so, what’s with all the ominous shots of them smoking, looking furtive, being suspiciously photographed by Emily Mortimer, and just generally looking evil? Unless Woody Harrelson (far-fetched hypothetical spoiler alert) turns out to be the bad guy the whole time, everyone who could be a bad guy in this movie looks pretty, well, not innocent. In which case, don’t use that line to introduce the third act of your trailer!
EVAN: So G, would you like me to consider your comment an entry for the DVD?
Hell yeah I’ll take it. If I win it, I’ll watch it. And you can look forward to my exciting feature: Ways in Which Transsiberian Did and/or Did Not Diverge From Its Trailer, Which I Personally Thought Was Pretty Crummy Looking.
Which will probably be my only post in the next 4 months.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 7:12 pm 9. Anders said …
LOVED this film. My review is on my blog.
Oh and MovieZeal guys, can you get this week’s In Shreds?
on Oct 28 2008 @ 10:49 pm 10. Yikbo said …
Another one of those films that never made it to my neck of the woods. *Sigh* I need to live closer than 40 miles away from the nearest art house theater.
on Oct 28 2008 @ 11:48 pm 11. Fletch said …
Count me in, too!
on Oct 28 2008 @ 11:58 pm 12. Nick Plowman said …
I haven’t seen this film yet, but hey, I would love to.
on Oct 29 2008 @ 12:18 am 13. fox said …
Evan-
I overheard Fletch, Nick, Joseph, G, and Matthew all talking at the blogger cafe today and each one of them said they were just gonna sell the DVD on Ebay if they got it, SO YOU SHOULD GIVE IT TO ME!
on Oct 29 2008 @ 12:35 am 14. Daniel said …
Interesting how many people are interested in this movie. I thought Luke, Matt Lucas and I were the only ones who liked it.
on Oct 29 2008 @ 6:25 am 15. Luke Harrington said …
That might be true, but free stuff is free stuff.
on Oct 29 2008 @ 11:31 am 16. Rick Olson said …
I want it, I want it, I want it …
on Oct 29 2008 @ 4:51 pm 17. Ryan Dunlap said …
Does winning the noir box-set (which I still need to claim…) preclude me? I was hoping to see this one after I saw that the main girl was in Lars and the Real Girl (which I now accidentally own via Blockbuster since I was unfortunately lazy/busy)
EVAN: Nope, you’re still eligible for this one as well.
on Oct 29 2008 @ 5:55 pm 18. Nathan Keltner said …
Woohoo, free DVDs!
on Oct 29 2008 @ 8:45 pm 19. Tim said …
I have wanted to see this. Would be even better to win it. Thanks for the great giveaway.
on Nov 03 2008 @ 10:20 am 20. Jeff Carroll said …
Please include me in the giveaway. I’ve had this on my to-watch list since this site’s review.
on Nov 18 2008 @ 2:59 pm 21. NANCY HANKE said …
WOWIE WOW….WOULD LOVE TO WIN A COPY OF THIS MOVIE, SO ECITED TO SEE IT. THANKS BUNCHES ~
on Nov 18 2008 @ 3:48 pm 22. mistress meeyee said …
Count me in,please!
on Nov 18 2008 @ 3:56 pm 23. Evan Derrick said …
I appreciate the enthusiasm, Nancy and mistress m., but look closer at the dates: this contest ended a while ago.
on Nov 19 2008 @ 3:44 pm 24. Nathan Keltner said …
on Nov 19 2008 @ 3:45 pm 25. Nathan Keltner said …
Aww, I had some witty picture to add and it stripped out my img tag. Boo!
http://www.dougoldham.com/large/CountMeIn.jpg
on Nov 19 2008 @ 3:46 pm 26. Nathan Keltner said …
Aww, mother. I thought this was the mirrormask one.
on Nov 19 2008 @ 5:50 pm 27. Evan Derrick said …
So much effort, Nathan. So much effort.
on Nov 27 2009 @ 11:08 pm 28. Violetta said …
Would love to add this to my movie collection – thank you for a chance to win!