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If you've already seen Star Trek (and don't worry, this really isn't a spoiler), then you remember the part where young Kirk steals his stepdad's car, throws on the Beastie Boys' Sabotage and races down a few dirt roads before launching the car off a cliff. When the song came on, I immediately thought to myself: "Really? He's listening to Beastie Boys that far into the future?" But then I waved it off, thinking The Boys were probably their version of old time, classic rock and roll. And heck, it's an awesome song -- I'd hope folks will still be listening to it hundreds of years from now.

Anyway, according to a post over on Topless Robot, director J.J. Abrams may have used the song not out of complete randomness, but as a nod to the original Kirk, William Shatner. See, Shatner always had a problem pronouncing the word sabotage, and, while on set for Trek, would insist on saying it his way: "sabo-taj." Could this be why Abrams used the song? If so, I think that's pretty awesome. Check out the video below of Shatner trying to pronounce sabotage, and some dude actually attempting to correct him (as if The Shat doesn't know what he's saying) -- it's pretty hilarious. Good on you Abrams ... this little nod to the original Trek is wayyy random; I hope it's true.



[via Ryan Rotten's Twitter]

And now, the fifth installment of our weekly podcast, Coming Distractions. I'm your host, Cinematical.com Editor-in-Chief James Rocchi, and this week's edition of Coming Distractions features myself and Cinematical's Erik Davis. This week's edition of the Podcast finds Erik and I discussing Larry Clark's abdominal obsession, The Beastie Boys' foray into filmmaking, Dakota Fanning's accelerating career and much, much more. Download and enjoy -- and let us know what you think in the comments section! The Podcast can be found ... right here.

(Coming Distractions theme: 'Overdose,' Dumb.)

Clearly inspired by the wildly successful (from a cinematic and musical perspective, that is, not a financial one) fan-shot Beastie Boys concert film, Awesome; I F*ckin' Shot That!, Brit band Coldplay plan to equip fans at their upcoming Toronto concert with digital video cameras. There are, however, some major different between the approaches taken by the two bands. For one thing, the Beasties handed out 50 cameras and consequently had a ton of footage and angles from which to choose when the film was edited. Coldplay, on the other hand, will be using only four fan-manned cameras, which said fans will have to win on the band's website (the lucky four get to keep the cameras, whereas the Beasties took all of them back). Additionally, the footage shot by Coldplay's fans will only be "eligible for inclusion on the...DVD," which makes it sound suspiciously like they're trying to drum up publicity for being cutting edge, all the while knowing that the final result will be your typical, professionally shot concert film, only with a five minute DVD extra titled "Footage shot by you! The FANS!"

A while back I reported on a contest sponsored by Gen Art and MySpace that called for folks to assemble their own original Beastie Boys video using one of two songs (Shake Your Rump or Sabotage) and the winner would be flown to Sundance to meet the Boys and party it up at the festival. Well, now that the contest and festival are over, the winning video has arrived online... and it's brilliant.

Coinciding with the Boys' first ever concert film, Awesome I F*ckin Shot That (which, according to James, felt so real he was surprised his clothes didn't reek of spilled beer and weed upon leaving the theater), the contest gave folks only two weeks to shoot and edit their video. The team that won (The Brothers Rye) took an interesting approach to the song Shake Your Rump where they told the story of a guy who wakes up one day, only to realize that two people are rapping the song off his, well, ass. Subsequently, this poor man must figure out a way to live with the nuisance.

You can watch the video here (scroll down and to the right of the screen) and read more about the winners over here. For those of you dying to see this f*ckin film already, ThinkFilm will release Awesome I F*ckin Shot That in March.

Someone has made a terrible mistake  – they've leaked a partial list of this year's Sundance parties to us nerds. Since most of us on the Cinematical/Blogging Sundance team like to check into our hyperbolic chambers by 11 at the latest, we thought we'd pass this highly classified information on to you. We'll update this list daily until the Festival ends or the Party Gods strike us down (whichever comes first). Feel free to post your own party deets and gossip in the comments.

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Variety 10 Directors to Watch
The Stein Erickson Lodge

9:00 PMDreamland Premiere Party
Hollywood Life House
528 Main Street

9:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Bender Spink/Tommy Lee Party
Premiere Lounge
573 Main St
live DJ performance by Tommy Lee

9:00 PM
Film Punks Party
Star Bar, The Night Club
268 Main Street

9:00 PM –1:00 AM
Gen Art and Myspace Party w/ Beastie Boys
Legacy Lodge
Park City Ski Area
Base of Park City Slopes

If you happen to be a huge Beastie Boys fan and would love a free trip to the Sundance Film Festival, then there's a new contest that may be right up your alley. In conjunction with the group's first film, Awesome; I F**kin' Shot That!, MySpace has teamed up with Gen Art and Capitol Records to present you with a pretty unique opportunity: Create your own Beastie Boys video using one of two songs (Shake Your Rump or Sabotage) and enter for a chance to fly out to Sundance, catch some great films, attend cool parties and, as a bonus, you'll gain entry into an exclusive Beastie Boys concert...at Sundance!

The film, which will be released by ThinkFilm this March has a pretty interesting story attached to it. The entire thing was shot back in 2004 during a concert at Madison Square Garden. However, it was not shot my professionals. Instead, 50  hand-held cameras were handed out to fans attending the show and that footage alone was what was used to create the final product. Okay, so either the final result will fascinate us in that it's being told from such a unique perspective or we'll get two hours of the most intense shaky camera movements ever recorded.

The contest officially starts today and you have until January 6th (that's just two weeks!) to enter. In case you're interested, click here for further details. Oh, and good luck!