Most of our screening contests give you passes to an advance showing of a film, but the pass only guarantees you a place in line, not a seat. Some of these early showings sell out.

Well, we have 4 pairs of reserved seats (for the “New Moon” 7:30pm screening at AMC Barrywoods 24 on November 18) and prize packs including a DVD, CD, and case of VitaminWater for four lucky winners, to be chosen at random.

That’s right. No waiting in line, no getting there an hour and a half early. Reserved seats.

The catch? We at Scene-Stealers want to make sure we are drawing from a pool of potential winners that are true fans of the “Twilight” books and movies.

That means you gotta answer some trivia questions.

You didn’t think we were going to let you off that easy, did you?

Answer these five questions correctly, fill out the form below, and you are entered to win:

One reserved pair of tickets to the “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” 7:30pm screening at AMC Barrywoods 24 on November 18.

One “Twilight” DVD

One CD soundtrack to “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

One  poster of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

One case of VitaminWater Sync

Good luck!

UPDATE: WINNERS WILL BE DRAWN MONDAY!

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Update: Looks like Chris Weitz will be directing “New Moon.” OK, I’m the first to admit that the box office juggernaut “Twilight” was not a groundbreaking movie or anything. But what surprised me about it was how convincing the love story was. Yes, it was shot on a woefully low budget and it was missing a largescale conematic vision. But for a movie based on a teen-oriented book, the relationships between characters were surprisingly well-formed.

I chalked that up to the direction of Catherine Hardwicke, who navigated the tricky waters of teen alienation so well in “Thirteen,” and who was just fired from directing the next installment of the popular vampire series by Summit Entertainment. I guess that’s how they treat someone who made a $37-million-dollar movie that has so far grossed over $138 million. Nice.

This story on Deadline Hollywood broke the news last night, and from the looks of things, they fired Hardwicke because she was “difficult.” What director isn’t? Filmmaking is a series of compromises and they gave her no budget to speak of to work with. There’s a bunch of other inside industry soap-opera action in that article, and I hate reading about that stuff, but if you want the scoop there it is. I wish all movies could be made with the creative intent as the number-one priority, but obviously, that’s not the way Hollywood works.

They’ll probably bring in some hack-for-hire who’ll do whatever they say and will spend more time on special effects than character, and the series will decline until the fourth installment finally sputters out and nobody cares anymore. Oh well, at least Hardwicke has her upcoming gig as the director of “Spider-Man” on Broadway to look forward to.

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