2007-8 Academy Screeners and other freebies received
Note:  None of these screeners are for sale...so don't even ask.   I'm providing this list solely for the purpose of showing which movies the studios are interested in pushing for the best picture Oscar.  The Academy and the studios expressly forbid the sale, transfer or duplication of these videos; and I  gladly accept those conditions.  I'm pleased to get these videos for reference purposes; but as far as I am concerned nothing can compare with actually viewing the films in theaters or screening rooms.   I watch very few movies solely on video every year.
[Note:  These first 3 screeners were received from United Parcel (dated 9/4) while I was in Toronto, so I can't say for sure that this is the correct receipt date.]

9/4/2007  WAITRESS                                                DVD
9/4            ONCE                                                         DVD
9/4            THE NAMESAKE                                     DVD
10/6          A MIGHTY HEART                                  DVD
10/19       THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE          DVD
10/20       FREEDOM WRITERS                               DVD
10/22       KNOCKED UP                                           DVD
[Note: This year the studios have apparently decided to send all screeners in thin cardboard, practically unadorned, cases.  This policy may be due to the Academy's edict eliminating screener advertising.  In any case, the screeners take up a lot less room, which is nice; but they also tend to get lost in the shuffle without their jewel cases.]
10/24       ZODIAC                                                       DVD
10/25       BADLAND                                                    DVD
10/29       REIGN OVER ME                                       DVD
10/29       ACROSS THE UNIVERSE                        DVD
10/29       SPIDER-MAN 3                                          DVD
10/30       BREACH                                                      DVD
11/7         THE KINGDOM                                          DVD
11/9         STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING       DVD
11/9        INTO THE WILD (score)                            CD    (with Hollywood Reporter, date approx.)
11/10       3:10 TO YUMA                                          DVD
11/10       BUG                                                   DVD
11/10       AWAY FROM HER                                     DVD
11/14      ELIZABETH THE GOLDEN AGE             DVD
11/15      DAN IN REAL LIFE                                    DVD
11/15      INTO THE WILD                                  DVD
11/15      MARGOT AT THE WEDDING                   DVD
11/19      RENDITION                                         DVD
11/19      LA VIE EN ROSE                                       DVD
11/19      THE ORPHANAGE                               DVD
11/19      THE LAST MIMZY                               DVD
11/19      EASTERN PROMISES                               DVD
11/19      LUST,CAUTION                                          DVD
11/19      HAIRSPRAY                                                 DVD
11/19      THE KITE RUNNER (score)                      CD     (delivered with Hollywood Reporter)
11/20      300                                                                DVD
11/20      ASSASSINATION OF JESSIE JAMES  DVD
11/20      HARRY POTTER 5                               DVD
11/20      IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH                   DVD
11/21      GONE BABY GONE                                    DVD
11/23      RATATOUILLE                                           DVD
11/23      MICHAEL CLAYTON                                 DVD
11/23      AMERICAN GANGSTER                           DVD
11/27      HOAX                                                             DVD
11/28     BEFORE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD   DVD
11/30     SICKO                                                            DVD  
12/6       JUNO                                                             DVD
12/6        THE SAVAGES                                           DVD
12/6       THE BAND'S VISIT                               DVD
12/6       LARS AND THE REAL GIRL                      DVD
12/6       PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3          DVD
12/7       DIVING BELL & BUTTERFLY                  DVD
12/10     GRACE IS GONE                                          DVD
12/10     ATONEMENT                                               DVD
12/10      I'M NOT THERE                                         DVD
12/10      MAN IN THE CHAIR                                   DVD
12/10    "Do You Feel Me" from AMER. GANGSTER   CD  (delivered with Hollywood Reporter)
12/12     3 songs from WALK HARD                     CD       (delivered with Hollywood Reporter)
[Note:  Apparently the Academy's restriction on sending out music CD mailers has caused the studios to use other means to reach Academy members.  This year the Hollywood Reporter is being sent to Academy members (at least if I am representative) as a freebie, and with it the occasional music CD enclosed in the magazin
12/13     BEE MOVIE                                          DVD
12/14     YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH                        DVD
12/14     PERSEPOLIS                                               DVD
12/14     THE SIMPSONS MOVIE                             DVD
12/14     NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN                   DVD
12/15     THE BUCKET LIST                                     DVD
12/15     CONTROL                                                      DVD
12/15     THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM                       DVD
12/18     ENCHANTED                                                DVD
12/20     TRANSFORMERS                                         DVD
12/20     SHREK THE THIRD                                     DVD
12/20     THERE WILL BE BLOOD                            DVD
12/20     THE KITE RUNNER                                     DVD  
12/21     BELLA                                                            DVD
12/26     HONEYDRIPPER                                          DVD
12/27     THE GOLDEN COMPASS                           DVD
12/27     CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR                         DVD
12/27     WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY    DVD
12/27     I AM LEGEND                                               DVD
12/27     SWEENEY TODD                                          DVD
12/27     THE GREAT DEBATERS                            DVD
12/27     ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES                  DVD
12/31     I'M NOT THERE (replacement screener)  DVD
1/30/08   RATATOUILLE                                             Script
1/30       MICHAEL CLAYTON                                    Script
2/1         SURF'S UP                                                     DVD   
2/1         THE SAVAGES                                              Script
2/1         JUNO                                                               Script
2/1         ATONEMENT                                                 Script


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