"House of Sand and Fog" Gets Special Advance Screenings

In the wake of recent events, DreamWorks Pictures will four-wall Laemmle's Music Hall Theatre for Academy and Guild screenings of the dramatic thriller "House of Sand and Fog." For four weeks, from November 14 to December 11, 2003, one theatre at the Music Hall complex, located at 9036 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, will be reserved exclusively for showings of "House of Sand and Fog."

These screenings will not be open to the general public, but will be restricted to card-holding members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, as well as the various craft guilds, plus one guest. There will be two screenings per night of the film in an effort to accommodate as many members as possible over the course of the four-week span. Admission will be free.

In making the announcement DreamWorks Head of Marketing Terry Press stated, "We think it is important for voting members of the Academy and the different guilds to see the eligible films the way they were meant to be seen -- on the big screen. A movie theatre is the best possible showcase of the talents involved in any film, and we want to give Academy and Guild members every opportunity to see the work of those on both sides of the camera in 'House of Sand and Fog.'"

"House of Sand and Fog" opens nationwide on December 26, 2003.