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Apple iTunes Store offers ‘Movie of the Week’ for 99-cents

Monday, February 25, 2008 · 3:03 pm · 38 Comments

Apple is offering a “Movie of the Week” specially-priced at 99-cents which is 1/3rd the price of SD older titles.

The current title being offered is 2002′s Academy Award-winning film and Best Picture nominee “The Hours” with Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep among others. The movie won the 2003 Golden Globe Best Dramatic Film and received nine Academy Award nominations. Kidman won both the Best Dramatic Actress Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the film.

Each Movie of the Week’s special iTunes Store pricing starts on Thursday and ends on Monday.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]

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Uh Oh

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 4:56 pm · Reply

When’s the porno of the week promo for ’69′ cents coming out?
Spark

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 4:58 pm · Reply

I reported this last Friday…MDN must not be on the Apple mailing list.
Gil

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:06 pm · Reply

@RipVanWinkle

Dan Tanna. Now that was a TV show….
Gil

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:08 pm · Reply

Sorry Vegas with Robert Urich as Dan Tanna.
The Velvet Hammer

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:09 pm · Reply

MDN, welcome to last week.
Hoot

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:15 pm · Reply

I see the movie in iTunes but how do I find it on my AppleTV? I can’t seem to locate it there so do I download it to my Mac and then view it on AppleTV? I am confused–but I like the plan for movie of the week.
express

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:24 pm · Reply

Oh joy, “The Hours”….

Next week what..?? “Inconvenient Truth”..??
shux

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:27 pm · Reply

Cool Deal! The Hours doesn’t seem like the kind of movie I would spend 99cents on but I hope MDN will put out weekly reminders to let us know what comes up next.
Dave

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:52 pm · Reply

“imagine someone ordered the apple tv the day steve jobs anounced the all new fanatastico movie rental feature and the big selection there will be (1000 alone at the end of february and that is only the beginning!).”

They probably don’t feel as bad as someone who spent $400+ on a BluRay DVD player and are still waiting for the movie selection… But definitely not as bad as someone who bought an HD-DVD player and just lost everything…

The movies will come… This is a typical ramp up and as anyone who’s been around awhile knows (or could figure out) the more popular a device is, the more content that will be available for it….
Jubei

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 5:59 pm · Reply

This is nice. A deal like this every week makes for good product buzz. Speaking of products, I wonder how the Zune is doing in sales. I keep asking the questions, but no on has the answers. Not even GOOGLE can find how many Zunes were sold this quarter. Heck if you think about it, what is the point of the Zune anyway, except to screw Played For Sure partners and Zune Tongued followers?
Ampar

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 6:31 pm · Reply

“Oh joy, ‘The Hours’…. Next week what..?? ‘Inconvenient Truth’..??”

I think you’re confusing hot flashes with global warming.
Marian

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 6:41 pm · Reply

It is in the “Watch Now” list at Netflix. So, for Netflix subscribers, “The Hours” can be watched for free.
KenC

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 6:49 pm · Reply

How do you find it? iTunes sends me emails every week with the Tuesday music freebie. I also get emails on new podcasts, new movies, etc.

I downloaded it, about 45mins on a 5Mb dsl line, 1.2Gigs. It looked great, transferred easily to my iPhone, and allowed me to play it past the 24hr time limit, as long as I started it before it expired.

As far as Nicole Kidman getting an Oscar, I have to say, other than getting a prosthesis for her nose, what did she do besides look ugly, angry, out-of-her-mind, and smoke the whole time?
Jubei

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 7:00 pm · Reply

Is that the new version? The Hours Full Throttle? I always like those action big budget films than the tv shows… oh wait, I was thinking Charlies Angels. Sorry.
solid

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 7:49 pm · Reply

express: “Oh joy, “The Hours”….

Next week what..?? “Inconvenient Truth”..??”

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Oh, a Fox Noize watcher. Don’t worry, they have Die Hard “Can’t Get it Hard Anymore” starring Bruce Willis with a forward by Ted Nugent. You’ll enjoy that one…….
ralph from berlin

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 7:51 pm · Reply

dave, more than 1 year ago we thought the same about the selection for buying movies. didn’t happen. now they still have the same 1000 + movies as there were 10 months ago. as for rentals: no new movies in 4 days! still 358 as one week ago. and they are ramping up? something is seriously wrong here and we don’t want to admit it.
justme2

Monday, February 25, 2008 - 8:35 pm · Reply

All you folks whining about no new movies — don’t complain to Apple, it’s the movie studios who hold the reins; they’re going to squeeze out as much $$$ as possible on actual DVDs with fancy packaging before they let them go online.

Plus, Steve said in the Keynote that movies wouldn’t be available for rental until 30 days after they go on sale. You want to watch a hot movie now, then get thee down to Blockbuster or one of the other video stores.

Rentals are perfect when you’re on the road and bored and there’s nothing on the tube, or if you’re facing a long plane ride and don’t want to haul along a bunch of DVDs.
dallas

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 9:11 am · Reply

has anyone made a song or movie of the week widget yet?