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Hancock’s Helping Hand Mortgage Payoff Contest

Columbia Pictures' HANCOCK Helping Hand Mortgage Payoff Contest

Hancock Saves the Day

Columbia Pictures to Pay Off Mortgage of One Deserving Family, Grand Prize Winner Will Receive Mortgage Pay Off

CULVER CITY, CA, June 24, 2008 - In keeping with the spirit of their upcoming film Hancock, Columbia Pictures is launching a contest to pay off a family’s home mortgage.

Hancock’s Helping Hand Mortgage payoff contest was inspired by the film. Hancock is a misunderstood superhero who is encouraged to improve his public image when he meets a good-hearted public relations executive.

Columbia Pictures will pay off the mortgage debt of one deserving family, with a grand prize worth up to $360,000. To enter and find the official contest rules, log on to www.Hancockmovie.com. Entrants will write a 200 word essay explaining why they are deserving of the grand prize. The program begins immediately and runs through July 6.

Hancock, the action-comedy from Columbia Pictures, opens in theatres everywhere July 2, 2008, with special advance screenings beginning nationwide at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, July 1.

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4 comments for “Hancock’s Helping Hand Mortgage Payoff Contest”

  1. I NEED to enter this Helping Hand Mortgage Payoff contest more than anyone I know….but….having WebTV, I cannot log on to the rules for the contest…can anyone send them to my email address? I want so desperately to tell our story and enter. This is an opportunity that I don’t want to pass up. Sincerely, Pamela Galindo, sweetbaboo1@webtv.net

    Posted by Pamela Galindo | July 2, 2008, 12:07 am
  2. July 15, 2008
    Our local papers have just run an article about the contest but they said the deadline is July 30th!!
    Wish I had known earlier.

    Posted by Kathy | July 15, 2008, 10:53 am
  3. who won the contest?

    Posted by jennie | July 22, 2008, 3:55 pm
  4. According to the Hancock movie website, the contest has ended and if you’d like to find out who won, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
    Hancock’s Helping Hand Mortgage Payoff Contest Winners List
    c/o West Coast Marketing
    22287 Mulholland Highway
    #396
    Calabasas, CA 91302

    ALL WINNERS LIST REQUESTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JULY 30, 2008.

    http://www.hancock-movie.com

    Posted by efrain | July 22, 2008, 11:25 pm

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