DVD.com and New Line Home Video Team Up for October Madness With ``The Road to the Final Destination''

Business Wire, Sept 27, 2000

Entertainment Editors and Internet/Movie Writers

LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2000

The Worst Ways to Die Square Off in Tongue-in-Cheek Round of 64;

No. 1 Seeds are Drawn & Quartered, Decapitated By Train,

Cancer and Eyes Pecked Out

Which is the worse way to die: Getting decapitated by a train or having your head sawed off by a spork? Eating Pop Rocks and drinking soda or swigging Kool Aid in Guyana? Being buried alive or swamped by an avalanche?

In conjunction with the New Line Home Video Platinum Series DVD release of "Final Destination" and based on the plot of the film, New Line Home Video and DVD.com are teaming up for "The Road to the Final Destination" to let the public decide the worst way to die once and for all.

The online real-time voting tournament (online at: http://www.dvd.com/stories/play/destination) runs from now throughout the month of October. Taking a nod from college basketball, the field consists of 64 "Final Destination"-inspired maladies -- ranging from plane crash, electrocution and gnome attack to cancer and phlegmothermia -- which square off in four "regionals": Wrongful Deaths, Accidents, Diseases & Disorders, and Natural (and Unnatural) Disasters.

The field will dwindle each week based on user votes with the winner of the final "death match" to be announced on Halloween. Along the way, DVD-dot-commentator Dick Mortale handicaps the favorites, predicts the upsets, and lauds the dandies.

In addition to the tournament voting, New Line Home Video and DVD.com are offering an enter-to-win contest with weekly prizes including "Final Destination" DVDs, a cast autographed "Final Destination" poster, a costume from the movie, and a special New Line Home Video scary Halloween DVD box set.

"Final Destination" is New Line's spine-chilling supernatural thriller in which a group of students is forced to get off a plane after one of them experiences a terrifying premonition that the plane is going to explode, killing all on board. But when the student's prediction turns tragically accurate, the survivors find they are hunted by a presence that may or may not be Death itself coming to collect its due.

James Wong directs a dynamic young cast that features Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke, Amanda Detmer, Seann William Scott and Chad Donella.

About New Line Home Video

New Line Home Video distributes all of New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features theatrical films on video and select titles on DVD. The company also distributes feature films and non-theatrical programs acquired or produced by New Line Home Video and New Line Television.

New Line Cinema is the leading independent producer and distributor of theatrical films. New Line also licenses its films to ancillary markets including cable and broadcast television as well as in all international markets. To download "Final Destination" DVD box art and screen shots and for other New Line Home Video press releases and photos, visit New Line's Web site at www.moviepublicity.com.

About DVD.com

DVD.com is the Web's No. 1 resource for DVD consumers. Geared for both new and experienced DVD enthusiasts, the destination offers DVD basics in clear, understandable terms; interviews with DVD talent and newsmakers; information and features on DVD titles and products; an interactive home theater buyer's guide; 24-7 tech support from "Doc DVD"; and industry news from The Hollywood Reporter. Part of the Express.com family, DVD.com launched in January 1999.

About Express.com

Express.com is the leading entertainment-focused online retailer, selling DVD movies, music, video games and related products. Express.com is one of the Top 20 e-tailers according to PC Data and is one of the largest e-commerce operations in the United States. Founded in 1996, the company has headquarters in Los Angeles. For additional information visit http://express.com/consumer/corp.