The folks at Metrodome Distribution have acquired the rights to distribute the Certified Weird movie Donnie Darko on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, and they have kindly offered to send a copy to a lucky 366 Weird Movies reader.  The 2-disc release will contain both the director’s cut and the theatrical cut as well as a wealth of special features; as the press release says, “Enter Donnie’s world like never before with crystal clear visuals and a bewildering array of extra features highlighting this most mysterious of modern cult classics. Whether you’ve experienced Director Richard Kelly’s influential, time-travelling masterpiece before or you’re yet to follow ‘Frank’ down the wormhole, DONNIE DARKO on Blu Ray offers an astonishing experience like never before.” For more information, here is the Metrodome page advertising the release. (The disc will be released July 19, if you just can’t wait for the contest to be over to grab your copy).

And, since only UK and Republic of Ireland residents are eligible to receive the prize, Metrdodome has generously offered to supply a separate prize for five different people living anywhere in the world: an extremely cool-looking “quad” sized Donnie Darko poster (pictured left). (CORRECTION: I have been informed that the posters are “A3” sized, not quad sized).

Due to the number of prizes involved, the rules for this contest are going to be a little bit different.  Rather than writing an entire review, all you have to do to enter the contest is to make 2 comments on this site.  Here’s how it will work:

1. Make a meaningful comment on any movie review or essay on the site (sorry, comments on the “Suggest a Weird Movie” thread are not eligible).  “Meaningful comment” means something that indicates either that you’ve watched the movie or read the review in question.  Generic short comments like “I luv it 2” or “this movie sux” will be marked as spam and will not count as contest entries.

2. After you have made your comment, return to this post and add a comment here saying A) which movie you commented on and B) which prize you are eligible for.  Example: “I commented on Donnie Darko [UK]” or “US, made a comment on Hausu” would count as entries for the Blu-ray prize and the poster prize, respectively.

3. Any person may enter the contest 4 times during the month of July. Entries are tied to email addresses, so you cannot earn extra entries by changing your screen name.  Please play fair; we reserve the right to disqualify an entry if we discover someone “spamming” entries.

4. The contest ends on July 31 at midnight, U.S. Eastern Standard Time. At that time all entries will be given a sequential serial number and the winner will be selected by lottery conducted through the random number generator at random.org.

5. Winners will be notified at the email address they used to submit their comment. To receive the prize winners will be required to submit their mailing address within 24 hours of notification of winning the prize (you will not be placed on any mailing lists, email or otherwise). If the winner does not respond within 24 hours, a replacement winner will be selected. Prizes will ship after I have notified Metrodome group of the names and addresses of the winners.

That’s not so hard, now, is it? We expect to be hit hard with meaningful comments and dialogue in the month of July. Get commenting, folks, and let’s discuss weird movies!