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TNT's Rough Cut, Amazon.com and Yahoo! Chat Bring Hollywood To Cyberspace With Virtual Movie Premiere of The X Files: Fight the Future

Web users speak directly with X Files cast and crew during an exclusive live chat and cybercast on Thursday, June 11, 1998 from 7pm - 10pm EST
ATLANTA, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The truth is out there. TNT's Rough Cut (http://www.roughcut.com), Amazon.com Inc., Earth's Biggest Bookstore (http://www.amazon.com) and Yahoo! Chat (http://chat.yahoo.com) are teaming up to bring it to fans when they host live online coverage of the blockbuster premiere of the 20th Century Fox film The X Files: Fight the Future.
The hit TV show The X Files is exploding onto the big screen and the Virtual Premiere hosted by Rough Cut will give Web surfers their first look at the highly anticipated summer release. Fans of the show, or "X-philes," will have the opportunity to pose questions directly to the stars in real-time. Through streaming audio and video and an interactive live chat direct from Hollywood, Web surfers will feel like they are actually attending a Hollywood Premiere.
"No other movie this summer can claim the type of following The X-Files has online, but most people won't be invited to the premiere," said Jones. "Our exclusive cybercast is the Internet's invitation to the party."
The Virtual Premiere takes place on Thursday, June 11, 1998 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. (ET). The cybercast can be accessed at both http://www.roughcut.com or http://chat.yahoo.com. InterVu will produce the cybercast onsite.
For the full video/audio stream of the cybercast, viewers must run Microsoft's NetShow(TM). Viewers can download NetShow from the RoughCut site.
The Virtual Premiere begins with a pre-party chat hosted by Yahoo! Chat. During the chat, Andy Jones, editor-in-chief of the Rough Cut site, will interview members of the cast and crew of The X Files. The online event will then take fans inside the exclusive Hollywood premiere party for The X Files: Fight the Future.
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About Amazon.com
"Amazon.com Inc., Earth's Biggest Bookstore, is the largest online retailer of books. Amazon.com offers a catalog of more than 3 million books, CDs, and more, plus easy-to-use search and browse features, e-mail services, personalized shopping services, secure Web-based credit card payment, and direct shipping to customers. Amazon.com has virtually unlimited online shelf space and offers customers a vast selection through an efficient search-and- retrieval interface, as well as streamlined ordering through 1-Click(sm) technology. Amazon.com pioneered the concept of syndicated selling on the Internet and has more than 40,000 members in its Associates Program including AOL.com, Yahoo!, Netscape, Excite, the AltaVista Search Service, the @Home Network, the Prodigy Shopping Network, and iVillage. > This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, Amazon.com's limited operating history, the unpredictability of its future revenues, and risks associated with capacity constraints, management of growth, and new business opportunities. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in the company's final prospectus, dated May 15, 1997, as well as the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, both filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Amazon.com, Earth's Biggest Bookstore, and 1-Click are service marks of Amazon.com, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective owners."




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