Four Major Websites to Exclusively Offer First Ten Minutes of Highly Anticipated...

Four Major Websites to Exclusively Offer First Ten Minutes of Highly
Anticipated Comedy Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
-MySpace, IGN, Rotten Tomatoes and Walkhard-movie.com To Preview Exclusive
Footage From Judd Apatow Comedy Starring John C. Reilly-

CULVER CITY, Calif., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The first 10-minutes of
producer Judd Apatow's comedy Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, will be
available for viewing online beginning this weekend on such highly trafficked
websites as MySpace.com (http://www.myspace.com/), IGN.com
(http://www.ign.com/), Rottentomatoes.com (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/) and
http://www.walkhard-movie.com.
The exclusive footage will go live at approximately 3 PM (PT) Friday and
be available at least thru this weekend.
This sneak peek coincides with the riotous "Cox Across America Tour," a
seven-city concert event featuring the film's star John C. Reilly appearing
live on stage as Dewey Cox with his band The Hard Walkers. The concert tour
was "sold out" within hours of the announcement of the promotion, and all of
the concert dates thus far have been S.R.O. -- standing room only. Walk Hard:
The Dewey Cox Story will be released nationwide by Columbia Pictures on
December 21, 2007 and will be the only major studio comedy to debut in
theaters during the upcoming Holiday season.
Streaming of the footage will enable movie fans a chance to "Walk Hard for
10 minutes" and experience the early days of Dewey Cox, a music legend and
infamous rock and roll icon who lived his creed -- "Walk Hard."
Because the film is rated "R" by the Motion Picture Association of America
for "Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Drug Use and Language," access to the
first 10 minutes of the movie will feature an "age gate" with the intent of
allowing moviegoers who are aged 18 or over to screen the material.
America loves Cox! In Columbia Pictures' new comedy Walk Hard: The Dewey
Cox Story, John C. Reilly stars as larger-than-life musician and songwriter
Dewey Cox. Behind the music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a legend
whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n' roll spiral, Cox sleeps
with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his
own '70s TV variety show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles
to a chimp, and gets addicted to -- and then kicks -- every drug known to
man... but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns
the love of a good woman -- longtime backup singer Darlene (Jenna Fischer).
Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media a
Nominated Films production, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. The film stars
John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, and Kristen Wiig. Directed by
Jake Kasdan. Produced by Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan, and Clayton Townsend.
Written by Judd Apatow & Jake Kasdan. Executive Producer is Lew Morton.
Director of Photography is Uta Briesewitz. Production Designer is Jefferson D.
Sage. Editors are Tara Timpone and Steve Welch. Costume Designer is Debra
McGuire. Music is by Michael Andrews. Music Supervision by Manish Raval and
Tom Wolfe.
About Columbia Pictures
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Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a
subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based
Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production
and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content
creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment
acquisition and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of
new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of
filmed entertainment in more than 100 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment
can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sonypictures.com.
For further information contact:

Steve Elzer
Senior Vice President, Media Relations
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
(310) 244-7142
steve_elzer@spe.sony.com

SOURCE Columbia Pictures

Steve Elzer, Senior Vice President, Media Relations of Columbia TriStar Motion
Picture Group, +1-310-244-7142, steve_elzer@spe.sony.com, for Columbia
Pictures