In 2004 journalist Stephen Dubner partnered with economist Steven Levitt and brought us the worldwide best-seller Freakonomics. Now the filmmakers behind Super Size Me, Jesus Camp and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room bring the international phenomenon to life.
From the organizational structure of drug-dealing gangs to baby-naming patterns to the linkage between the legalization of abortion and a reduced crime rate two decades later, six rogue filmmakers present a new movie about the hidden side of everything – and YOU can watch it before it hits theatres!
With Movies on Demand, you can get all the latest new releases right on your TV!
Movies On Demand even sweetened the deal by offering you a $500 Best Buy Gift card to enjoy the ultimate movie experience with a NEW TV or SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM!
Here’s how to enter!
1. Tweet the following: Watch the @Freakonomics movie on @CableVideoStore right now – 1 month before it hits theaters! http://bit.ly/9MFqzJ
2. Leave a comment with a link to your Tweet and a quick explanation about why you should win the gift card!
3. Check back on September 22, 2010 when we announce the Winner!
Check out the Freakonomics Trailer below – and good luck!
For more information about Movies on Demand check out their homepage and Facebook Page!
Comments
charles
September 15th, 2010 - 11:02:57 AM
I should get the 500 dollar gift card so i can buy a dishwasher and a ps3. the disheasher speaks for itself. the ps3 would be for my wife. she loves call of duty.
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Jeremy C
September 15th, 2010 - 11:10:46 AM
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/bikeohio/status/24592009527 I should win because the prophecy can't be wrong.
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Randy P.
September 15th, 2010 - 11:25:01 AM
http://twitter.com/shufixer The reason I should win the $500.00 gift Card to Best Buy is because I have 2 PS3 games & can't afford to get a PS3. I also need a HD box for my TV & surround sound..
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Becky McKone
September 15th, 2010 - 12:02:36 PM
I sure could use a $500.00 Best Buy gift card. Recently seperated from my husband and would love to have a new t.v. http://twitter.com/beckyinburton
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Andrew Verescak
September 15th, 2010 - 12:12:14 PM
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/averesca I should win the gift card because I've read the book twice. I love how it straddles many issues at the same time and allows you to come to your own conclusions. Further to that, I would use the gift card to get a new TV. My old tube television is a 36" 500lb (I'm not kidding) late 90's mammoth of a set... HELP!
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stacey dempsey
September 15th, 2010 - 1:03:01 PM
oops i messed that up supposed to comment at the same time as the tweet so i will do it again and maybe you can delete the other one lol tweeted https://twitter.com/roswello/status/24599051142 I should win this as i am a single mom of 3 teens and obviously too busy to think straight lol and trying to get all the cool gear my kids would like to have, very hard to keep up with, i would be best mom ever if we could go on a shopping spree at best buy , new tv sounds great to me !!
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ming t.
September 15th, 2010 - 1:11:43 PM
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/conqui25/status/24599770374 I sure need a new TV. I have a TV stand at home but there's no TV! Embarassing but true
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meeyeehere
September 15th, 2010 - 1:46:12 PM
http://twitter.com/meeyeehere/status/24602078143 here is my tweet why should I win?? Well, maybe I shouldn't but my husband deserves this because he works hard,never gets to buy himself anything because dads never do. I would really like to win this for my husband so he can get a new something wonderful for himself. I am a stay at home mom right now and this would be the only way to buy him something without asking him for 20 bucks. thanks,jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com
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Jerry Gilreath
September 15th, 2010 - 5:22:42 PM
I LOVE TV!! :-) http://twitter.com/jerry_gilreath/status/24617047062
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Debbie Bellows
September 15th, 2010 - 6:37:40 PM
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/bellows22/status/24622549813 I would love to win the Best buy Gift card so that I could buy something "fun" for myself - My daughter is in college and all of my extra money goes to her educational expenses rather than something for myself!
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Anonymous
September 15th, 2010 - 7:34:19 PM
I tweeted here http://twitter.com/treetrout1/status/24627249293 and would like to win because I could really use the money. I'm a widow with a 9 year old son and business is slow.
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Deborah Curran
September 15th, 2010 - 7:34:59 PM
I tweeted here http://twitter.com/treetrout1/status/24627249293 and would like to win because I could really use the money. I'm a widow with a 9 year old son and business is slow.
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Edward Young
September 16th, 2010 - 5:25:12 AM
I should win the gift card because the Force is with me. http://twitter.com/EdwardYoungJr/status/24658824488
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barbarabaker
September 16th, 2010 - 5:33:40 AM
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/blogfully/status/24659447007 I would love to win becuase I have three kids and far too many birthdays to celebrate between now and the end of the year. These last few months are bombarded with parties and celebrations- I'd love to be prepared!!! Thanks so much- awesome giveaway!!!
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Walter E.
September 16th, 2010 - 4:00:57 PM
http://twitter.com/RatedRKO22/status/24704660309 I would like to win because I need a new TV. My place was broken in last last friday(got the police report if want to see it). They got my TV, ipod touch and PS3. I rented a PS3 from rent-a-center(gonna end up paying double the actual price of the PS3), but no TV yet. I can wait for an ipod touch. I just need this. PS3 is just sitting there. I still see the dust outline from my TV. But yeah I would like to win so I can get a cheap TV from bestbuy. Thank you.
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Pat Hoffmeister
September 16th, 2010 - 4:29:34 PM
I tweeted this at http://twitter.com/grannyhoff/status/24706945949 . I should win the Best Buy gift card because I really need Tivo or a DVR.
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Joshua
September 17th, 2010 - 5:55:02 AM
I would love to win the gift card because I am a tech nut, I would be like a kid in a candy store, I would have no idea where to start. I would soup up my home theater, and get some more blu rays.
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Lisa Carr
September 17th, 2010 - 5:55:47 AM
My tweet: http://twitter.com/My3Sons33/status/24754998733 I should win because my TV is about 12 years old and on its last legs. I can't enjoy watching ANYTHING on it :(
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Danielle
September 17th, 2010 - 5:57:05 AM
I need a camcorder ASAP. Cool things happening and no way to document them. http://twitter.com/DaWonderWoman
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SS
September 17th, 2010 - 5:59:48 AM
http://twitter.com/LocaConPistolas/statuses/24755342821 Holidays are coming up again...birthdays. I always seem to have to sell personal belongings to rake in gift money, so it'd be nice to have this bit of extra cash to share with friends and family without having to worry about where the money came from.
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Idalberto de la Torre
September 17th, 2010 - 7:44:22 AM
I tweeted!!! http://twitter.com/IDELATORRE64/status/24761781811 I should win because my son plays his #%@&*^ PS3 for hours on end without giving his old man a chance to watch frigging TV. I want my own #%@&*^! TV!!!!
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steph
September 17th, 2010 - 9:14:22 AM
I should win so I can show how far you can stretch 500.00 ! http://twitter.com/bargainfun1/status/24771614937
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Minta Daniel
September 17th, 2010 - 9:16:49 AM
http://twitter.com/mintaburst/status/24771760564 Help with Christmas gifts would be nice this year. Money has been super tight. I'd like to do something nice for my parents for a change.
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Julie Davis
September 17th, 2010 - 9:20:48 AM
i should win because my kids painted our big screen television and we need a new one! please help tweet: http://twitter.com/finntannermom/status/24771985847
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Eve
September 17th, 2010 - 3:34:31 PM
I should win because I share a computer with 5 other people in my household, and I need one for myself: http://twitter.com/shopgurl/status/24796787094
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Mara
September 17th, 2010 - 4:14:25 PM
I followed & twitted: http://twitter.com/iambeautifool I should win the $500 gift card because I want to experience buying gadgets like iPod touch without asking my mom cause she possibly won't give me much money to buy things like that. And if ever I win, I'd probably be very glad cause I never had any kind of iPod in my life.
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Patricia C
September 17th, 2010 - 10:02:48 PM
tweet http://twitter.com/tuinimary/status/24822665564 I should win because I believe in incentives & I'm pretty honest.
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Huguette English
September 18th, 2010 - 3:22:13 AM
Would love these for speakers, I don't even have speakers for my computer. Believe it or not, the dog ate them!! http://twitter.com/henglish/status/24838097423 Please enter me if open to Canadians.
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Casey
September 18th, 2010 - 11:19:38 PM
i tweeted: http://twitter.com/MissLeeThatsMe/status/24913528434 i would love to win because my moms fridge broke 2 weeks ago and she can't afford to buy a new one right now...she doesnt need anything fancy, just something that works! this gift card would be awesome so i could buy her a new fridge! :)
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plin
September 19th, 2010 - 1:08:35 AM
Here is my tweet: http://twitter.com/my_frugal_ways/status/24918762058. I should win because season premiere for different shows are starting soon and I love to get a Tivo and a Slingbox so I can watch it everywhere I go.
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Lauren
September 19th, 2010 - 4:18:03 PM
my tweet- http://twitter.com/ShootingStarMag/status/24975187126 I should win so I can finally get a blu-ray player. I feel like the lame kid still listening to cassettes or something!! haha
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Deanna G.
September 19th, 2010 - 9:06:07 PM
Here's my tweet: http://twitter.com/calidreamin87/status/24995681841 I should win because I LOVE watching movies and TV but all I have is a little TV and a not so great VCR. I need some improvements ASAP!
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Trin
September 20th, 2010 - 7:11:39 AM
I would like to win so I could turn my little shopping monster loose. Tweeted here http://twitter.com/AllTheWiser/status/25028118274
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Doris C
September 21st, 2010 - 12:36:28 AM
Tweet-http://twitter.com/dewinner/status/25098413630 I want the card to buy an iPad to watch movies and listen to music, read books etc!
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eileen r.
September 21st, 2010 - 1:55:18 AM
WOW...a HUGE Best Buy card like this would be the BEST! with a 1 income family (and cuts to THAT) we'd be so blessed). Six kids and 3 grand kids to gift for the holidays...this could help melt that stress away. Life doesn't always go as planned...so thanks for such a great chance...Best Buy and Movies on Demand! I tweeted prayed to the Geek Squad on this one! LOL! http://twitter.com/2sic2mooov/status/25100865584
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carmen
September 21st, 2010 - 7:05:36 AM
Here is my tweet: http://twitter.com/atlantagalknows/status/25121266899 I'd LOVE to win this gift card because not only am I a huge Freakonomics fan and can't wait to see the movie, but I don't even have a TV. So this $500 gift card would really make watching it on Movies on Demand so much sweeter than just on my broken laptop!
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Mark M
September 21st, 2010 - 10:21:44 AM
http://twitter.com/mjm2011/statuses/25136249464. I want to win so I can purchase some new DVDs to watch. I found an interesting 'Top 100 movies of all time' list online, and I've managed 32 of them already. 68 to go!
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Andrea
September 22nd, 2010 - 6:54:17 AM
Tweeted @cdnmacgirl. I need the surround because my neighbour's LOUD!! Need the flatscreen tv because we're the only people left without one!
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nathantillett
September 22nd, 2010 - 7:05:31 AM
I'd love to win this!!! I so need this!!! I could finaly buy my wife an aniversary gift (I'm like a month over due)!!!! Tweeted: http://twitter.com/nathantillett/status/25213257859
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Johnny Torres
September 22nd, 2010 - 7:11:23 AM
http://bit.ly/9MFqz http://twitter.com/ACEJT/status/25213268346 I need to win the $500 Best buy gift card so I can get myself a surround sound system to go with my 50' plasma tv for my birthday which is coming up in November. I don't have a surround sound system and I desperately need one.
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April N
September 22nd, 2010 - 7:36:13 AM
I tweeted this giveaway: http://twitter.com/snwbuni/status/25216452705 This would would be a good chunk toward getting my parents a new TV
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Brent
September 22nd, 2010 - 7:41:59 AM
Tweet: http://twitter.com/txdjendo/statuses/25217031445 I deserve to win this because not only do I check Manolith every day but I would love to get this TV for my little sister who just got a full ride to college! She deserves it!
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Beth Willis
September 22nd, 2010 - 10:01:36 AM
Tweet http://twitter.com/bethwillis01/status/25228524337 I’d love to win the $500 Best Buy Gift Card because it help buy me a great Christmas present for my husband who’s really into electronics and would love an HD Zune for his car.
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christina
September 22nd, 2010 - 10:36:08 AM
Twitter.com/finesse86 I should win the Best Buy gift card because I am a huge entertainment fan. I'm a huge sports fan, need a tv for Sunday games, I love music need moe cds and I am a huge movie buff, I need more movies for my collection. I also love games, and I need an upgrade. Probably will buy a Xbox or PS3. But really, I want to be able to buy my family somethings to get them by. $500 is enough when your a bargain shopper like me. Best Buy is one of my favorite stores, I'd love to win just $100, give them rest to the people who are also entering the contest, I just need enough for some music and I'll be fine.
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