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Haiku Giveaway: AMC 2009 Best Picture Showcase

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Need to catch all of the Best Picture nominees before Oscar night? We can help. SFist is offering one (yes, just one) ticket to a screening of Milk, The Reader, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, and Frost/Nixon, all of which will play in one dedicated auditorium back-to-back throughout the day. It's all part of the AMC Best Picture Showcase. The film marathon screens on Saturday, February 21, the day before the Academy Awards telecast.

To enter our contest, simply conjure up the most clever haiku. But! As always, there's a catch. You must use the term "Zionist hoodlum" in your poem, a term made famous in Vanessa Redgrave's infamous Best Supporting Actress acceptance speech, when she won in 1978 for Julia. Please put your brilliant haiku, using Redgrave's brain fart, in the comments. (Note: points will not be awarded to anti-Semitic, Asperger's syndrome-infused political rants.)

Contest ends Monday, Feb. 16. The winner will be announced Tuesday morning. More details after the jump.

What: AMC Best Picture Showcase
Where: AMC Van Ness 14, 1000 Van Ness Ave. at O'Farrell (map & directions)
When: Saturday, Feb. 21
Screening times:
Milk: 10:30 a.m.
The Reader: 1:05 p.m.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 3:45 p.m.
Slumdog Millionaire: 7:15 p.m.
Frost/Nixon: 9:45 p.m.
Ticket price: $30 (bottomless popcorn bucket included)

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