Win Tickets To The 2012 Reader Bar & Club Awards

Jonathan White | May 14, 2012 12:00 pm | 42 comments | 4001 reads

Are you ready to party? The results of the Beijinger's Ninth Annual Reader Bar & Club Awards will be announced this Saturday, May 19 at Sanlitun Soho. Doors open at 2pm, which means a whole day of drinking to the newly arrived Beijing summer.

To get in to our beach-themed awards bash, you'll need a ticket. Some will be available for purchase at the door for RMB 100, but why not make it easier for yourself? We're giving away five pairs of tickets. Read on to find out how to win.

For your chance to win, simply leave a comment below telling us: What is the best beach-related movie of all time? You've got until noon on Wednesday, May 16. We'll pick the five best answers then. Good luck.

NB. Ladies and gents,We're giving you another 24 hours to enter this competition. It will now end on Thursday, May 17 at noon. Good luck.

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admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 10:10

Hey Laowai: Heading to the bar & club awards on Saturday? Be sure to carry your proper paperwork (or copies) ... as the crackdown on illegal foreigners is targeting areas like Sanlitun. http://t.cn/zOm4HoD . If you're not legal, best to spend your weekend getting your sh*t together, not partying with us

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bottle-o's picture bottle-o Submitted by Guest on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 10:21

ok... I was half joking with Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus.

My real favorite beach movie is the 80's classic Back to the Beach where Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello come back 20 years later to parody all of the 60s beach bunny movies they starred in.

I remember as a kid on Sunday afternoons they would show old surf movies then always follow up with Back to the Beach. I must have seen it at least 10 times.

http://www.fast-rewind.com/back2thebeach.htm

Wen360's picture Wen360 Submitted by Guest on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 19:49

Ok, I'm winning the tickets with this one...

A classic with Lee Marvin:
"Hell in the Pacific" (1968)

Quote:

During World War II, an American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain are deserted on a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. There, they must cease their hostility and cooperate if they want to survive, but will they?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063056/

Hellis88's picture Hellis88 Submitted by Guest on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 18:07

It's Cast Away.
It's not a classical "beach movie" but in this stunning movie the beach become itself
the co-star of Tom Hanks who masterly performs the physical and emotional transformation of a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crash.

syg205's picture syg205 Submitted by Guest on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 16:57

No beach themed competition would be complete without Piñata: Survival Island. Jamie Pressly and the rest of the gang booze it up while the long slumbering Mayan piñata filled with ancient evil souls prays on the group. SPOILER ALERT: They eventually take him down by beating the ancient Mayan piñata with a stick. Did I mention there was a montage?

JWhite's picture JWhite Submitted by Guest on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:25

Ladies and gents,
We're giving you another 24 hours to enter this competition. It will now end on Thursday, May 17 at noon.

Also, Side Out. C. Thomas Howell as a law student turned beach volleyballer and loads of outrageous '80s beachwear.

Jonathan White, Managing Editor the Beijinger/TheBeijinger.com

meganp07's picture meganp07 Submitted by Guest on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 09:13

Can't believe nobody has mentioned this beach film: Castaway. Definitely the best beach film, who doesn't love Tom Hanks? He makes the best of a horrible situation, very resourceful guy, goes a little insane but who wouldn't? Everyone remembers the heart-wrenching scene where Wilson the volleyball, his only "friend" gets swept away by the ocean and the subsequent rescue. The story is very real and doesn't have a utopian happy ending, which is only good for sappy love stories.

BlackScholar18's picture BlackScholar18 Submitted by Guest on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:10

Blue Hawaii 1961

Who: Elvis Presley
What: Happy to be back in Hawaii, soldier Chad Gates (played by Elvis Presley) was released from the Army and decided to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend’s agency. This Movie is a CLASSIC and it has the Belated and LOved King ELVIS PRESLEY! It does not get any better than this :

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