Fandango Fan Favorite Awards Recognize Memorable Movie Achievements

Moviegoers pick NYC as “Most Cinematic City”; Patrick Dempsey picked as “Movie Dad I’d Most Like to Date”; Johnny Depp wins “Top Screen Psycho.”

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 27, 2007 -– Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination, has unveiled the results of its first annual Fandango Fan Favorite Awards, honoring the year’s most memorable movie achievements. During a two-week online polling period in December 2007, thousands of Fandango filmgoers were asked to vote for the year’s big-screen moments most deserving of recognition. The results speak to an unusual year at the movies, while honoring winners like John Travolta (“Favorite Drag Performance”), Johnny Depp (“Top Screen Psycho”) and Katherine Heigl (“Movie Mom I’d Most Like to Date”) in a variety of not-quite traditional categories.

The winners of the first annual Fandango Fan Favorite Awards are:

TOP SCREEN PSYCHO (BEST REASON TO BOLT THE DOORS)

WINNER: Johnny Depp in SWEENEY TODD

Runner-Ups:

•    Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) in HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

•    Javier Bardem in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

MOST CINEMATIC CITY (FAVORITE PERFORMANCE BY A CITY)

WINNER: New York City (in ENCHANTED, AUGUST RUSH, AMERICAN GANGSTER, I AM LEGEND, etc.)

Runner-ups:

•    Las Vegas (in OCEAN'S 13, RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION, and SMOKIN' ACES)

•    Paris (in RATATOUILLE, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, & RUSH HOUR 3)

FAVORITE SCENIC MOVIE LOCATION DESTINATION

WINNER: The Scottish Highlands (in HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX and STARDUST)

Runner-Ups:

•    Guadalupe Dunes (in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END)

•    Alaska (in SIMPSONS MOVIE, INTO THE WILD, and 30 DAYS OF NIGHT)

MOST UNLIKELY ROMANTIC PAIRING

WINNER: Nikki Blonsky and Zac Efron in HAIRSPRAY

Runner-Ups:

•    Seth Rogen & Katherine Heigl in KNOCKED UP

•    Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox in TRANSFORMERS

FAVORITE COMEDIC PAIRING

WINNER: Jonah Hill and Michael Cera in SUPERBAD

Runner-Ups:

•    Adam Sandler and Kevin James in I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY

•    Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in RUSH HOUR 3

FAVORITE PERFORMANCE BY MAN'S BEST FRIEND (BEST DOG)

WINNER: Abbey the German Shepherd (as “Sam”) in I AM LEGEND

Runner-Ups:

•    Shoeshine in UNDERDOG

•    Rexx in FIREHOUSE DOG

FAVORITE MOVIE RODENT (BEST REASON NOT TO CALL THE EXTERMINATOR)

WINNER: Remy in RATATOUILLE

Runner-Ups:

•    Alvin, Simon, and Theodore in ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS

•    Pip in ENCHANTED

FAVORITE DRAG PERFORMANCE

WINNER: John Travolta in HAIRSPRAY

Runner-Ups:

•    Cate Blanchett in I’M NOT THERE

•    Eddie Murphy in NORBIT

THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER

WINNER: Matt Damon in THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

Runner-Ups:

•    Gerard Butler in 300

•    Bruce Willis in LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD

MOVIE DAD I'D MOST LIKE TO DATE

WINNER: Patrick Dempsey in ENCHANTED

Runner-Ups:

•    Will Smith, I AM LEGEND

•    Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in THE GAME PLAN

MOVIE MOM I’D MOST LIKE TO DATE

WINNER: Katherine Heigl in KNOCKED UP

Runner-Ups:

•    Angelina Jolie in BEOWULF

•    Halle Berry in THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE

SPOOKIEST SCREEN LODGING

WINNER: 1408

Runner-Ups:

•    HOSTEL: PART II

•    VACANCY

FAVORITE SURPRISE CAMEO

WINNER: Keith Richards in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END

Runner-ups:

•    Tom Hanks in THE SIMPSONS MOVIE

•    Ryan Seacrest in KNOCKED UP

FAVORITE REASON TO SING ALONG (BEST SONG SCORE)

WINNER: ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS

Runner-Ups:

•    HAIRSPRAY

•    ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

FAVORITE GROSS-OUT COMEDY SCENE

WINNER: The baby’s head crowning in KNOCKED UP

Runner-ups:

•    Norbit's wife in a bathing suit in NORBIT

•    Jonah Hill’s dance partner in SUPERBAD

FAVORITE ENSEMBLE OF TOUGH GUYS

WINNER: AMERICAN GANGSTER

Runner-ups:

•    3:10 TO YUMA

•    WE OWN THE NIGHT

TOP CHEF

WINNER: Remy, RATATOUILLE

Runner-ups:

•    Keri Russell, WAITRESS

•    Catherine Zeta-Jones, NO RESERVATIONS

FAVORITE PERFORMANCE BY A SIX-PACK

WINNER: Gerard Butler's in 300

Runner-ups:

•    Nic Cage's in GHOST RIDER

•    Chris Evans' in FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER

MOST ALARMING WEIGHT LOSS BY AN ACTOR

WINNER: Christian Bale in RESCUE DAWN

Runner-Ups:

•    Emile Hirsch in INTO THE WILD

•    James McAvoy in ATONEMENT

TOP PERFORMANCE BY A VIRUS

WINNER: I AM LEGEND

Runner-Ups:

•    28 WEEKS LATER

•    RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION

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