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win a prize pack from the new film ‘The Black Dahlia’

WIN: a prize pack consisting of a poster and a T-shirt from the new flick The Black Dahlia

HOW: write a funny caption for an image from the movie

THE RULES: If you have not won a prize in one of my caption contests or gimme giveaways in 2006*, and you have a United States mailing address, you're eligible to win. If one or both of those rules exclude you but you're moved by the muse of comedy, feel free to send me a caption anyway -- you might get an honorable mention... but let me know you're entering only for fun. (*Micropatrons who've snagged some exclusive micropatron goodies are eligible to win one of these prizes.)

Oh, two more simple rules: 1) Be clever, be original, make me giggle. 2) One entry per person.

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The new noir thriller The Black Dahlia -- starring Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, and Hilary Swank, and directed by Brian De Palma -- opens on Friday, and to celebrate, I’ve got a prize pack -- consisting of a poster and a T-shirt -- to give away, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Here's the scoop on the movie, from Universal:

Master storyteller Brian De Palma, known for such classic crime dramas as The Untouchables, Scarface and Carlito’s Way, as well as his suspense thrillers Carrie, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out, directs this adaptation of James Ellroy’s (L.A. Confidential, American Tabloid) best-selling crime novel.

The Black Dahlia weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity around the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Two ex-pugilist cops, Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), are called to investigate the homicide of ambitious silver-screen B-lister Betty Ann Short (Mia Kirschner) A.K.A. “The Black Dahlia”- an attack so grisly that images of the killing were kept from the public.

While Blanchard’s growing preoccupation with the sensational murder threatens his relationship with Kay (Scarlett Johansson), his partner Bleichert finds himself attracted to the enigmatic Madeleine Linscott (two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank), the daughter of one of the city’s most prominent families—who just happens to have an unsavory connection to the murder victim.

True crime meets urban legend when De Palma brings Ellroy’s The Black Dahlia to the big screen.

My review of the film is here.

Visit the movie’s official site.

Watch a trailer: QuickTime (small/medium/large) or Windows Media (small/medium/large).

To enter to win, send a funny caption for this still from The Black Dahlia:

please use this link to enter by sending ONE caption and your U.S. mailing address

YOU MUST INCLUDE YOUR U.S. MAILING ADDRESS. Entries without an address will be disqualified. Multiple entries will ALL be disqualified.

NOTE: Your email address and mailing address will be used ONLY for contest purposes. You will not be added to any mailing lists; you will not be spammed as a result of entering. All contest entries are discarded at the end of the contest period.

The funniest caption among all eligible entries received will win the poster and shirt.

Deadline: 11:59pm Eastern time, Thursday, September 28

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I'm MaryAnn Johanson: geek goddess, film critic, and Generation Xer. I'm a writer and ponderer in New York City who drinks too much wine and thinks way too much about such inconsequences as movies, TV, books, and the meaning of life.
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