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AOL And Moviefone Host The National Premiere Of Adcorp, A New Short Film Starring Andy Dick

New Comedy Enters the Moviefone Short Film Festival with a Humorous Look

NEW YORK, September 22, 2005 - The Moviefone Short Film Festival will host the national online debut of AdCorp, a new short-length comedy film, starring Andy Dick, star of MTV's "The Andy Dick Show" and NBC's "Newsradio." The film, a spoof of the creative process of advertising agencies, is available for on-demand viewing beginning tomorrow, September 23, at www.moviefone.com/shorts.
AdCorp joins the growing list of films competing in the first annual Moviefone(r) Short Film Festival (sponsored by Mercury Milan), an online festival and competition that showcases the best in short film programming from novice to accomplished filmmakers from around the world. Moviefone viewers will play a major role in determining the fate of these films. Viewers can send links to the films via email or the Instant Messenger(tm) service and assign them with a rating. The most popular film each month will win a cash prize and will be eligible for a chance to be named "Best of the Festival" by a panel of industry experts. The Best of the Festival winner will receive a grand prize including $5,000 and a trip to Los Angeles to meet with Warner Bros. senior development executives to discuss a film project.

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Travel Agency "We're delighted to be involved in this festival and have the chance for everyone to see our film," commented AdCorp's director, Marshall Cook. "Bringing shorts like AdCorp to the Web are a great way to introduce movie fans to the short film world."

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Cheap Hotel "AdCorp is a great example of some of the exclusive top-quality films we're delivering to movie fans on a daily basis," said Bill Wilson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, AOL Programming. "Short films are traditionally an under-exposed and under-appreciated genre, so whether they're comedies, dramas or romances, we're thrilled to offer filmmakers an exciting interactive program that reaches the largest audience of movie fans on the web."

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Travel Agent The grand-prize winner of the Moviefone Short Film Festival will be announced in October.

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Hotel Chicago About Moviefone(r) Moviefone(r), a service of America Online, Inc., provides movie information and tickets to millions of moviegoers each month through its telephone service (e.g. 777-FILM(r)) and on the Web (Moviefone.com or AOL(r) Keyword: Moviefone). The top-visited movie destination online*, Moviefone.com offers showtimes, advance tickets, exclusive scenes from upcoming films, original editorial features, critic and moviegoer reviews, trailers, DVD information including rentals and sales, and much more. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. * comScore Media Metrix, August 2005

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