Nation's Springfields Invited to Compete for 'Simpsons' Movie Premiere

[Someone Secretly Hidden]

Nation's Springfields Invited to Compete for 'Simpsons' Movie PremiereFriday , March 09, 2007SPRINGFIELD, Ore. ? Springfield, the Oregon one, is on a list of like-named towns competing for the big-screen debut of Homer, Bart and the rest of the TV Simpson family this summer.City officials accepted an invitation from 20th Century Fox to compete for the honor of hosting the premier screening of "The Simpsons Movie" in July.Fox publicist Gwyne Ortiz said Fox has asked 16 Springfields from Oregon to Massachusetts to participate.Fox will pick the winner after reviewing short film entries showcasing the community's positive aspects and links to the Simpsons, who live in their own fictional Springfield.The prime-time animated series created by Oregon-born Matt Groening is now in its 18th season."There's plenty of serious issues to talk about, but this is something that we might as well try to have a little fun with," Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken told the Register-Guard newspaper.Newsweek once called the Simpsons' Springfield "America's Crud Bucket," hardly an honor worth fighting over.The cartoon Springfield has a nuclear power plant and several prisons, amenities Oregon's Springfield lacks.Groening has said he chose "Springfield" because it's one of the more common city names in the United States.

 

[windog]

If it turns out to be Springfield, IL. I might actually be able to attend the premire. That could be fun.

 

[*~*September Goddess*~*]

C'mon, Springfield, MO. C'mon, Springfield, MO.

>_

 

[City Lights]

We have 2 Springfields in NJ......

 

[mjramos9207]

haha, hope so too its only 30 minutes away from me.

 

[monkey12]

any updates on this?

I heard on the radio that my springfield (Springfield, MO) was going to have the premier.

 

[Candyy.X]

Springfield, MO is shooting their short film this Saturday, so they must not have made any big decisions yet.

What it's about, I'll never tell. Don't want to give you other Springfieldians any ideas.

 

[smillas]

I only live 30 miles from there, so ditto for me.

 

[ahanda korama]

I will just happen to be in Illinois when this movie comes out, but my flight will land there on the day it comes out, so I wouldn't get to go to the premiere if it were there.

Drat.

 

[mjramos9207]

The winner will be decided through online voting at USAToday.com, ending on July 9. The specific details can be found here . As the article mentions, each Springfield can submit a 3 to 5 minute film by June 28 about why their Springfield should host the premiere.