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Reel.com Launches Movie Trivia Challenge Game; Players Earn Points to Redeem for Reel.com Movie Merchandise by Answering Daily Trivia Questions.


EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999--

Reel.com (http://www.reel.com)(Nasdaq:HLYW), the best place to buy movies, today announced the launch of the Movie Trivia Challenge, a daily online trivia game that allows players to earn points by answering movie trivia questions.

Each day, trivia game players earn points that convert to Reel Bucks(TM) -- a form of currency that can be applied toward future purchases at Reel.com's online movie store. Reel Bucks are earned by answering the daily trivia question and by referring friends and family to play the game.

In addition, Movie Trivia Challenge players are automatically entered into a monthly sweepstakes drawing for great prizes, such as portable DVD players A handheld device with a built-in DVD drive and flip-over lid that contains a screen, typically 6" to 10" in size. It may support rear seat passenger viewing, in which case the unit is hung upside down from the back of the front seat head rest, and a switch flips screen content 180  and Reel.com shopping sprees.

"We believe that our editors have once again created an innovative movie experience that keeps customers coming back -- and that keeps Reel.com the ultimate online destination for movies," stated Dave Rochlin, COO of Reel.com. "Reel.com invites all movie lovers to put their cinema knowledge to the test, take the Movie Trivia Challenge, and earn free cash and great prizes."

Trivia Categories and Questions

Each week, a new category of trivia questions will be featured in the Movie Trivia Challenge game, such as Actors, Indie Films, and Holiday Movies. All of the questions are created by Reel.com's staff of movie experts, covering all levels of movie trivia expertise. The trivia questions are meant to challenge movie lovers while inviting them to learn more about films.

For example, a question such as "Before playing the role of Travis Bickle, Robert De Niro Noun 1. Robert De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943)
De Niro
 portrayed another taxi driver taxi driver ntaxista m/f

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 in this early 1970s film" is also linked to the information-rich Taxi Driver Movie Overview Page.

How to Play

Once players register to play the Movie Trivia Challenge game, they can answer the daily question to earn points. Players receive one (1) point for logging in A colloquial term for the process of making the initial record of the names of individuals who have been brought to the police station upon their arrest.

The process of logging in is also called booking.
 to answer the daily question, and an additional one (1) point for answering the question correctly. At the current Reel Bucks exchange rate, which is subject to change, four points are worth one (1) Reel Buck.

Players can also earn one (1) Reel Buck for every friend or family member they invite who registers to play the game upon receiving the special Email invitation. Players can redeem Reel Bucks once 10 Reel Bucks have been accrued for a $10 store credit at Reel.com.

Players are also automatically entered into the monthly sweepstakes drawing for a grand prize. Each time a player answers a question, they get another chance to win the monthly sweepstakes prize.

Official game rules are found in the Movie Trivia Challenge area of the Reel.com site.

About Reel.com

Reel.com (http://www.reel.com and AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services.  Keyword: REEL) is the leading Internet-based movie store offering over 100,000 new and used DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 and VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier.  titles for sale. Reel.com is also the movie capital of the Internet, featuring proprietary editorial content to inform and entertain customers and help them select movies.

The staff of writers for the site includes film school graduates, video store veterans, screenwriters This is a list of screenwriters: A–F
  • J. J. Abrams: , Armageddon, Regarding Henry, Alias, Lost, Felicity
  • Woody Allen
  • Jane Arden (film-director): Separation, The Other Side Of The Underneath
, and scores of other film experts. Reel.com was named the "Best Place to Buy Videos" by Yahoo Internet Life magazine, "The Best Consumer Site" by the Video Software Dealers Association, and one of the top ten e-commerce brands according to according to
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 Opinion Research International.

Reel.com is a subsidiary of Hollywood Entertainment, Corp. (Nasdaq:HLYW), dba Hollywood Video, the second largest video store chain in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , with over 1,465 stores in 42 states.
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