Movie Gallery, Inc. Announces Promotion of Wes Sand

WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Movie Gallery, Inc. ("Movie
Gallery") today announces the promotion of Wes Sand to the position of
Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer, effective April 6,
2009. Mr. Sand assumes all responsibility over merchandising for the company,
inclusive of movies, games and concessions. Mr. Sand takes on some of the
duties formerly held by Sherif Mityas who was promoted to President and Chief
Executive Officer this past March.

Mr. Sand joined Hollywood Entertainment in August 2002 as Vice President of
Merchandising for Game Crazy. Following the company's merger with Movie
Gallery in 2005 he was appointed Vice President - Games, with responsibility
for all video game retail and rental product lines. In this role Mr. Sand led
the Game Crazy business through three years of record sales and directed the
launch of video game retail and trading, and Game Zones, in both Movie Gallery
and Hollywood Video stores. In April of 2007, Mr. Sand was promoted to Senior
Vice President - Games, his most recent position, where he assumed overall
responsibility for the Games business.

"Wes brings a strong background in merchandising and store experience from his
successful leadership of our Games business," states Sherif Mityas, President
and CEO for Movie Gallery, Inc. "Under Wes' leadership, comp store sales grew
despite the difficult 2008 business environment, and during that time, the
number of stores we had that sell and trade new and used games went from 550
stores to 1,826 total stores. We look forward to leveraging that expertise and
experience across our entire chain."

Prior to joining the company Mr. Sand founded and led sales and marketing for
a venture-backed business-to-business ecommerce company, Yardconnect, Inc.
Previously he held positions at Koch Industries and the management consulting
firm McKinsey & Company.

Mr. Sand is a Rhodes Scholar and holds degrees from Oxford University and
Cornell University. Outside of Movie Gallery he serves on the Boards of the
Ford Family Foundation and Marylhurst Early Childhood Center.

Movie Gallery is the second largest North American video and game rental
company with approximately 3,300 stores located in all 50 U.S. states and
Canada, operating under the brands Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video and Game
Crazy. Since Movie Gallery's initial public offering in August 1994, the
Company has grown from 97 stores to its present size through acquisitions and
new store openings. For more information about the Company, please visit our
website: www.moviegallery.com.

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