Detroit

This page is designed to compile all known ways to attend a free advanced movie screening, both online and offline. If you live in Detroit and know of other providers or offers in your area, please leave a comment and help us out.

General Providers

When you attend enough advanced screenings, you start to notice that the same providers keep sponsoring them. So it's in your interest to find out more about these providers.

1. Local Radio

Generally, local radio stations can give out screening passes six ways:

• Listen to win: "Our 29th caller gets tickets for two to see.."
  
• Pass pick-up: "Drop by our station office and pick up passes..."
• Expo or festival: "Stop by our booth and be sure to grab tix..."
• Follow the van: "Our wacky afternoon DJ has driven the prize van over to some local business and is giving away free hot dogs and movie passes!"
• Point system: "Join our listeners club, and when you earn enough points..."
  
• Online contests: "Enter by Monday. We'll select five winners then to attend..."

Newsradio 950, Channel 95.5, and Hot 102.7 each offer online contests. Doug 93.1 has a movie section. V98.7 and 106.7 The Fox have listener clubs. Also try 1130 The Fan, 97.1 The Ticket, 98 WJLB, 99.5 WYCD, 100.3 WNIC, and Ann Arbor's 107.1.

Feel free to find other local stations by using Radio Locator or your favorite Internet search engine.

2. Local Print

The Detroit Free Press gives you Marketplace Detroit, a contest page that offers a single movie screening that changes about every 3 weeks. The Detroit News does not offer online contests.

You should also look for any weekly or community papers that you might find in libraries or in colorful boxes along city sidewalks. Online, the Metro Times renews its buzz page every Wednesday. The Real Detroit Weekly is not as much help, at least online.

Don't forget to check the print editions of the above papers to see if any additional movies are offered.

3. Local TV

The NBC affiliate, channel 4, offers Click On Detroit, which does include a screening about once a month, as well as contests for movie-related prizes. There are contests for MyFOX 2, ABC 7, My TV20, The CW, and CBS 62, as well.

4. Local Internet

The giveaways at Exclusive Magazine will often include movie screenings, announced 1-2 weeks in advance. E-mail your entry; winners receive a special code that you present at the screening for admission.

5. Regional and National Internet

Sign up for a free membership in the Landmark Theatres Film Club and receive notices about screenings by e-mail.

Film Metro has gone national and may offer screenings just about anywhere. Take a look and see if your city is included.

Be sure to check the national forums at Fat Wallet and Slick Deals as well. THE MOVIE OUTSIDER has a representative that posts offers on each of those forums, and compiles a list of screenings by city that links back to here. More importantly, other members in the forums will relay info about multi-city screenings sponsored by the movie studios and PR firms. Use these sites in tandem, and you'll get about as much publicly available information as possible.

Specific Offers

THE BUCKET LIST (already in limited release)

Exclusive Magazine screening
Monday, Jan. 7, time and location (in Novi) unknown

Film Metro screening
Monday, Jan. 7, time and location (in Novi) unknown

HOW SHE MOVE (otherwise opens January 25)

Marketplace Detroit screening
Date, time, and location unknown

ONE MISSED CALL (otherwise opens January 4)

Exclusive Magazine screening
Thursday, Jan. 3 at (time unknown) in Uptown Palladium, Birmingham

Metro Times screening
Date, time, and location unknown

Film Metro screening
Thursday, Jan. 3, time and location (in Birmingham) unknown

THE ORPHANAGE (already in limited release)

Exclusive Magazine screening
Tuesday, Jan. 8 at (time unknown) in Uptown Palladium, Birmingham

Film Metro screening
Tuesday, Jan. 8, time and location (in Birmingham) unknown