Sweepstakes: Suvudu’s THE FUTURIST giveaway

Thank you for your interest in this sweepstakes, unfortunately the entry period has closed. Please keep an eye here for future sweepstakes and contests. James Cameron. He's one of the biggest directors working in Hollywood today, having helmed many modern sci-fi classics (Terminator, Alien), the current top-grossing film of all-time (Titanic), and what is, to date, the biggest sci-fi/fantasy film of this year in Avatar. His attention to detail is legendary. And yet, he's a pretty private man. Author Rebecca Keegan is one of a very limited number of people that Cameron has allowed a glimpse inside and what she found is written in her new book, The Futurist. It's an interesting look at how Cameron came to be the man that he is today and if you're a fan of his movies, you'll likely want a copy of this book. And that's where we come in! You can enter our The Futurist Giveaway for a chance to win one of five free copies of Keegan's The Futurist. Just email us your name and shipping address and we'll draw the winners. But you'll want to hurry, you have only until Monday (Jan. 11, 2010) to enter to win. As always, be sure to read the legal HERE before you enter. Want to know more about The Futurist? Read on for the official book description. ABOUT THIS BOOK With the release of Avatar, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It's a distinction he's long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic. The Futurist is the first in-depth look at every aspect of this audacious creative genius--culminating in an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse of the making of Avatar, the movie that promises to utterly transform the way motion pictures are created and perceived. As decisive a break with the past as the transition from silents to talkies, Avatar pushes 3-D, live action, and photo-realistic CGI to a new level. It rips through the emotional barrier of the screen to transport the audience to a fabulous new virtual world. With cooperation from the often reclusive Cameron, author Rebecca Keegan has crafted a singularly revealing portrait of the director's life and work. We meet the young truck driver who sees Star Wars and resolves to make his own space blockbuster--starting by building a futuristic cityscape with cardboard and X-Acto knives. We observe the neophyte director deciding over lunch with Arnold Schwarzenegger that the ex-body builder turned actor is wrong in every way for the Terminator role as written, but perfect regardless. After the success of The Terminator, Cameron refines his special-effects wizardry with a big-time Hollywood budget in the creation of the relentlessly exciting Aliens. He builds an immense underwater set for The Abyss in the massive containment vessel of an abandoned nuclear power plant--where he pushes his scuba-equipped cast to and sometimes past their physical and emotional breaking points (including a white rat that Cameron saved from drowning by performing CPR). And on the set of Titanic, the director struggles to stay in charge when someone maliciously spikes craft services' mussel chowder with a massive dose of PCP, rendering most of the cast and crew temporarily psychotic. Now, after his movies have earned over $3 billion at the box office, James Cameron is astounding the world with the most expensive, innovative, and ambitious movie of his career. For decades the moviemaker has been ready to tell the Avatar story but was forced to hold off his ambitions until technology caught up with his vision. Going beyond the technical ingenuity and narrative power that Cameron has long demonstrated, Avatar shatters old cinematic paradigms and ushers in a new era of storytelling. The Futurist is the story of the man who finally brought movies into the twenty-first century.