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The Enter the Battle of the Balls Video Contest is about creating an original, fun video that uses Ping Pong as a theme. The Ping Pong theme can be literal (e.g., as in playing a Ping Pong game on a table) or metaphorical (e.g., people “Ping Ponging” a conversation among each other).

Win a movie walk on role, an HD Video Camera, a Laptop Computer, a Ping-Pong Table and a Year’s supply of Butterfinger®!

Dust off those paddles, don your sweatbands, and get ready for your close-up, all you Ping-Pong fanatics! Butterfinger® and Rogue Pictures announce the “Battle of the Balls” – a new online video contest powered by Jumpcut, a Yahoo! company, to find the most clever and inventive video utilizing a Ping-Pong-based theme and the Butterfinger brand. This national contest (www.followthefinger.com/battleballs/) is being launched in conjunction with the upcoming release of Balls of Fury, the outrageous new movie comedy about extreme Ping-Pong. The winning viral video filmmaker will receive a walk-on role in an upcoming Rogue Pictures production, a year’s supply of Butterfinger candy bars and video production gear to jump-start his/her career in Hollywood!

Participants are encouraged to bring their “A-Game” and keep the content light and humorous while incorporating Butterfinger – the candy bar itself and/or the Butterfinger “Finger” icon – into the irreverent fun of the contest’s Ping-Pong premise. The theme can be literal (e.g., recreating a historic Ping-Pong battle) or metaphorical (e.g., people “Ping-Ponging” a conversation back and forth).

Participants must be 18 years or older to enter the “Battle of the Balls” contest by visiting www.followthefinger.com/battleballs/ and uploading and editing their original Ping-Pong-based video creations from July 10 through August 21, 2007. Judges will then narrow the contest submissions to a group of five finalists and post the top five viral video shorts on www.followthefinger.com. The public will then have the opportunity to view the five top videos from August 28 through September 18, 2007 and vote for their favorite film on www.followthefinger.com, while Balls of Fury (www.ballsoffury.com) opens in theaters nationwide on August 31, 2007. The “Battle of the Balls” grand prize winner will be announced around September 25, 2007. Butterfinger imagery and complete contest rules are available at www.followthefinger.com.

Judges will select five (5) finalists based on the following criteria: Creative Use of The Finger icon AND/OR Butterfinger® product 25%; Laugh Factor 35%; Originality 35%; and Quality of Production 5%.

The entry that receives the most votes by 11:59 p.m. ET on 9/18/07 will be determined the Grand Prize winner, and the remaining four (4) finalists will be determined as First Prize winners.

Prizes: One (1) Grand Prize consisting of an opportunity to participate in a walk-on role in a Rogue Pictures production (”Production”) for winner and a guest, round trip coach air travel for two (2) from major airport closest to winner’s residence to Production destination (as determined by Sponsor or its designee), hotel accommodations for one (1) night/ two (2) days (one (1) standard room, double occupancy), ground transfers to and from airport and hotel and hotel and Production studio. Winner will also receive a HD video camera, a laptop computer, a Ping Pong table (all items selected at sole discretion of Sponsor and/or its designee(s), and a one (1) year supply of Butterfinger® candy (365 coupons each good for a 2.1 oz candy bar) (ARV up to $10,000 depending on travel taken). All elements of Grand Prize are subject to discretion of Sponsor or its designee(s). If winner’s residence is less than 100 miles from Production destination (as determined by Sponsor or its designee), air travel will not be awarded and no prize element substituted. There is no monetary value associated with the walk on role. Grand Prize winner’s appearance in the Production is subject to producer’s requirements and sole discretion, and, prior to participation in the Production, winner (or winner’s parent or legal guardian if winner is a minor in the jurisdiction in which he or she resides) may be required to sign producer’s full standard release and to submit to producer’s standard interview and screening process and any other required documentation. In the event that the walk on role does not occur, the maximum travel allowance will not exceed $1500. Releasees (as defined below) accept no responsibility for changes in Production schedule or cancellation of Production and cannot guarantee that if the winner participates in the walk-on role portion of the prize, that the winner’s walk-on role performance will be used or appear in the final edited version of the Production or any media production. Winner will receive no compensation regardless of whether the walk-on role actually appears in the Production. Members of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are ineligible for the walk-on portion of prize and no additional prize element or value will be substituted.

Four (4) First Prizes each consisting of a Ping Pong table (manufacturer and model selected by Sponsor or its designee) and a one (1) year supply of Butterfinger® candy (365 coupons each good for a 2.1 oz candy bar) (ARV $1,000 each).

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