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OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
VOID IN FLORIDA AND WHERE PROHIBITED.
THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS OFFERED ONLY IN THE 49 STATES OF THE U.S. (FLORIDA
IS EXCLUDED) AND D.C., AND IS INTENDED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THOSE AREAS
ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU ARE NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT OF ONE OF
THOSE AREAS AND 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF APRIL 15, 2005.
- How to Enter: The Layer Cake Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”)
begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) on
April 15, 2005 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EDT on July 1, 2005 (“Sweepstakes
Period”). You can enter online or by mail. To enter online, access
www.layercakemovie.com
(“Web Site”) and follow the online instructions to complete
and thereafter submit the Sweepstakes entry form (“Online Entry”).
Information required on the entry form consists of your First Name,
Last Name, Address (no P.O. Boxes), City, State, Zip, Daytime Telephone
Number (including area code), Email Address, Date of Birth, and Gender
(collectively “Entry Information”). Limit one (1) Online
Entry per person/email address/calendar day. Online Entries by the same
person in excess of this limit will be disqualified. Online Entries
must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. EDT on July 1, 2005. To enter by mail,
legibly handprint your Entry Information (email address optional) on
a piece of paper enclosed in a postage-paid business size envelope (#10)
and mail it to: Layer Cake Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 11479, Burbank, CA
91510 (“Mail Entry”). Mail Entries must be mailed separately
and received by July 1, 2005. All Entry Information for Online Entries
and Mail Entries (collectively, “Sweepstakes Entries”) must
be completed in full. No copies, facsimiles, or reproductions of Mail
Entries will be accepted. Proof of delivery or receipt of a Sweepstakes
Entry will not be deemed by Sony Pictures Classics, Inc. (“Sponsor”)
as proof of entry. Any attempted form of entry into this Sweepstakes
other than as described herein is void.
- Eligibility: This Sweepstakes is open only to legal
residents of the 49 states of the U.S. (Florida is excluded) and the
District of Columbia, who are physically located and residing therein,
who are 21 years of age or older as of April 15, 2005. Residents of
Florida are not eligible to enter this Sweepstakes. Employees of Sponsor,
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Dennis
Stuff, Inc., STUFF magazine, French Connection UK, Skycastle Entertainment,
Inc., Sullivan Compliance Company (“Sweepstakes Administrator”),
their advertising or promotion agencies, those involved in the production,
development, implementation or handling of this Sweepstakes, any agents
acting for, or on behalf of the above entities, their respective parent
companies, officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees,
service providers, prize suppliers, any other person or entity associated
with this Sweepstakes (collectively “Sweepstakes Entities”),
members of their immediate families (spouses, children, siblings, parents),
and/or persons living in the same household as such persons, whether
or not related, are ineligible to enter this Sweepstakes.
- Prizes/Odds of Winning. One (1) Grand Prize: Trip
for Grand Prize winner and one (1) guest (“Guest”) consisting
of round trip coach class air transportation for Grand Prize winner
and Guest from a major commercial airport near Grand Prize winner’s
residence (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to Las Vegas,
NV and airport transfers in Las Vegas (Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”):
$500); standard hotel accommodations (single room, double occupancy)
for a weekend stay at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (ARV: $790);
a $500 Gift Certificate from FRENCH CONNECTION UK (ARV: $500); one (1)
set of the entire Sony Pictures Classic library on DVD (“DVD Library”)
(ARV: $4,750); a one (1) year subscription to STUFF magazine (ARV: $48);
and one (1) official layer cake gift pack consisting of an official
movie poster, official movie teaser, CD, and book (“Official Layer
Cake Gift Pack”) (ARV: $45). Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”)
of the Grand Prize: $6,633. Actual value of air transportation and hotel
will depend on point of departure, airfare fluctuations, and time of
travel. Additional compensation will not be provided if value of Grand
Prize is less than stated ARV. Trip must be completed by December 31,
2005. Sponsor reserves the right to structure travel route in its sole
discretion. Air transportation provided only if Grand Prize winner does
not reside within 100 miles of Las Vegas, NV. Trip may not be exchanged
for another destination except by Sponsor in its sole discretion. All
trips are subject to air travel availability, hotel availability, and
blackout dates and are subject to the specific terms and conditions
set forth by travel prize suppliers and Sponsor. Once travel has been
confirmed, any cancellation or change fees are the sole responsibility
of Grand Prize winner and his/her Guest as applicable. Guest must be
21 years of age or older. Grand Prize winner must have/present at least
one major credit card in good standing in order to check into hotel.
Grand Prize winner and his/her Guest must travel together on the same
itinerary and in the same class of air travel. Items not specifically
mentioned as being included as part of a prize are the sole responsibility
of Grand Prize winner and his/her Guest and may include additional ground
transportation, airport tax, travel tax, travel insurance, room service,
laundry service, spa treatments, meals, beverages, hotel incidentals,
local and long distance telephone calls, gratuities, personal items,
government fees, and all other costs and expenses not otherwise mentioned
herein. The Grand Prize restrictions/conditions stated herein are not
all-inclusive and may be subject to additional restrictions/conditions,
which may be stated in the prize travel documents. One (1) First Prize:
One (1) DVD Library (ARV: $4,750); a $200 Gift Certificate from FRENCH
CONNECTION UK (ARV: $200); a one (1) year subscription to STUFF magazine
(ARV: $48); and one (1) Official Layer Cake Gift Pack (ARV: $45). ARV
of First Prize: $5,043. Ten (10) Second Prizes: One (1) Official Layer
Cake movie poster. ARV of each Second Prize: $10. TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES
$11,776. Odds of winning a prize depends on the total number of eligible
Sweepstakes Entries received. Contents of DVD Library subject to availability
and will include those titles active and in stock at time of prize fulfillment.
DVDs will not be exchanged for movie titles in different formats. DVD
prizes do not include a DVD player. Gift Certificates cannot be exchanged/redeemed
for cash or combined with any other offer and is subject to stated terms
and conditions. No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for a prize
(or component of a prize), except that Sponsor, at its sole discretion,
may substitute a prize (or any element thereof) for a prize of equal
or greater value, whether due to prize unavailability, or for any other
reason. Any depictions of prizes are for illustrative purposes only.
Winners are solely responsible for all costs, incidentals, and any other
expenses not specifically mentioned as being included. All federal,
state, or other taxes (if applicable) are the sole responsibility of
the winners. Prizes and prize information (as applicable) will be shipped/mailed
to addresses within the 49 states of the U.S. (FL is excluded) and D.C.
only. Limit one (1) prize per person/family/household. Grand Prize winner
and First Prize winner will receive an IRS Form 1099 from the Sponsor
for the total ARV of the Grand Prize and First Prize (stated herein),
as applicable, for the calendar year such winner won such prize.
- Drawing and Notification of Winners: Potential winners
will be randomly selected from all eligible Sweepstakes Entries received
in a drawing held on or about July 15, 2005 (“Drawing Date”)
by Sweepstakes Administrator, an independent judging organization. Potential
Grand Prize winner and potential First Prize winner will be notified
by phone (at the phone number provided on that entrant’s Sweepstakes
Entry) within two (2) weeks of the Drawing Date. All other potential
winners will be notified by mail within two (2) months of the Drawing
Date. If a potential winner cannot be reached after a reasonable effort
has been exerted, he/she is found to be ineligible, he/she cannot or
does not comply with these Official Rules, and/or if his/her prize or
prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner
will be disqualified and, if applicable, an alternate potential winner
of such prize will be selected at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
- General Conditions: This Sweepstakes is subject to
these Official Rules and all federal, state and local laws and regulations
(collectively “Rules and Laws”). Potential Grand Prize winner
and First Prize winner will be required to sign, execute, have notarized,
and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, a Publicity
Release, and any other documentation that the Sweepstakes Administrator
and/or Sponsor may require (collectively “Affidavit/Release”),
within five (5) days after receipt, or such potential Grand Prize/First
Prize winner will be disqualified, and an alternate potential Grand
Prize/First Prize winner may be selected at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
By returning a completed Affidavit/Release, Grand Prize/First Prize
winner attests to the provisions stated therein including compliance
with these Official Rules. Guest of Grand Prize winner will be required
to execute, have notarized, and return a Liability Release, a Publicity
Release and any other documentation that the Sweepstakes Administrator
and/or Sponsor requires (“Guest Release”) within five (5)
days after receipt by potential Grand Prize winner. Once submitted,
Sweepstakes Entries and the corresponding Entry Information become the
sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Entrants may receive
future promotional information from Sponsor. Any personal information
supplied by entrants to Sponsor or its affiliates online will be subject
to Sponsor’s privacy policy (http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/privacy.html).
Except where prohibited by law and Sponsor’s privacy policy (as
applicable), entry into the Sweepstakes and/or a winner’s acceptance
of a prize constitutes permission of such winner for Sponsor to: 1)
use, without notice or further compensation, worldwide, and in perpetuity,
in any and all forms of media, now known and hereafter devised, including,
without limitation, on the Web Site, winner’s first name, last
initial, city and state for purposes of advertising, trade, promotion
and publicity; 2) modify, use, assign and/or dispose of Sweepstakes
Entries however it sees fit and for any purpose without any notice or
compensation to entrant or any third parties. Additionally, if an entrant
chooses to opt-in to a specific offer from a participating Sweepstakes
Entity, his/her personal information will be subject to that Sweepstakes
Entity's privacy policy and terms of service (if applicable), and such
entrant agrees to receive additional email communication from that Sweepstakes
Entity. Respective privacy policies of Sweepstakes Entities participating
in opt-ins will be accessible from Sweepstakes entry page. Sponsor is
in no way responsible for such independent offers from Sweepstakes Entities.
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation
of Sweepstakes, or the Web site promoting the Sweepstakes; to be acting
in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike
or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass
any other person. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper
with Sweepstakes will be ineligible to win a prize and will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law. If, for any reason, Sweepstakes is not
capable of running as originally planned, Sponsor, at its sole discretion,
reserves the right to cancel, suspend or modify Sweepstakes thereof
and conduct the drawing from all eligible Sweepstakes Entries received
prior to and/or after (as appropriate) the action taken by Sponsor.
In case of a dispute over the identity of the entrant who submitted
a winning Online Entry, the authorized account holder of the email address
associated with that Online Entry will be deemed the entrant. The "authorized
account holder" is deemed the natural person who is assigned to
an email address by an Internet access provider, service provider or
other online organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses
for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Said entrant
must comply with these Official Rules and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion,
may be required to provide proof of ownership of the email account.
- Disclaimers: Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible
or liable for Sweepstakes Entries that are entered by other than human
means (such as by any non-human mechanism, entity, or device), or for
Entries that are illegible, late, destroyed, lost, misplaced, stolen,
mutilated, forged, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, damaged,
incomplete, mechanically duplicated and mass machine printed, postage-due
Mail Entries or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules
and all such Sweepstakes Entries will be disqualified. By entering Sweepstakes,
each entrant agrees and acknowledges to be bound by the Rules and Laws,
as well as the decisions of Sweepstakes Administrator which are final
and binding in all respects; to waive any rights to claim ambiguity
with the Rules and Laws, and that Sweepstakes Entities shall have no
responsibility or liability (including, but not limited to, liability
for any property loss, damage, personal injury or death) in connection
with: participation in Sweepstakes; acceptance/possession, defects,
and/or use/misuse of any prize; cancellations and/or delays or any change
by any company or any other persons providing any prize component due
to reasons beyond Sponsor’s control; shipping delays for any prize
or prize component; human error; incorrect or inaccurate transcription
of Entry Information; any technical malfunctions of the telephone network,
computer online system, computer equipment, software, or internet service
provider utilized by Sweepstakes; interruption or inability to access
web pages associated with the Sweepstakes, or any online service via
the internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems; any
damage to entrant’s (or any third person’s) computer and/or
its contents related to or resulting from any part of Sweepstakes; and/or
any other errors or malfunctions, even if caused by the negligence of
one of the Sweepstakes Entities. Each entrant further agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless Sweepstakes Entities from any and all liability resulting
or arising from Sweepstakes and to release all rights to bring any claim,
action or proceeding against Sweepstakes Entities. Sweepstakes Entities
shall not be liable for any injury, damage, loss, expense, accident,
delay, inconvenience or irregularity that may be caused or contributed
to (1) by any wrongful, negligent or unauthorized act or omission on
the part of a prize supplier or any of its agents, servants, employees
or independent contractors, (2) by any wrongful, negligent or unauthorized
act or omission on the part of any other person or entity not an employee
of Sponsor, or (3) by any other cause, condition or event whatsoever
beyond the control of Sponsor or its parents, subsidiaries and affiliated
companies.
- Rules/Winners List: For a copy of these Official
Rules or the Winners List, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Layer Cake Sweepstakes ”Rules”/”Winners List”
(specify which), P.O. Box 10698, Burbank, CA 91510. All requests must
be received by September 1, 2005. The Official Rules will be accessible
from the Web Site during the Sweepstakes Period. The Winners List may
be posted on the Web Site.
- Sweepstakes Administrator: Sullivan Compliance Company,
P.O. Box 7398, Burbank, CA 91510-7398.
- Sponsor: Sony Pictures Classics, Inc., 550 Madison
Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022.
©2005 Skycastle Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.
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