Tonight is the 34th Annual Key Art Awards. If you're not in the industry, or a true film-geek, you've likely never heard of these before. They honor the folks who do all of the marketing materials for movies -- trailers, posters, TV spots, ad campaigns, you name it.
Anyone who's ever gone to the movies with me knows what a trailer-hound I am. I love movie trailers, mostly because I can totally respect how much work is involved. In fact, in some ways, they're harder than the films they advertise. The trailer has to tell the story in two minutes -- that is, tell enough of the story to capture and retain the interest of the viewer, but not so much as to completely make seeing the movie worthless.
Even more interesting, though, is that Don LaFontaine is getting a lifetime achievement award tonight. LaFontaine is to the movie-trailer industry what Harrison Ford is to the movie industry. You're almost certainly familiar with his work, but never knew his name. LaFontaine is the guy who does the voiceover work for just about every good movie trailer you've ever seen (including parodying himself in the Hitchhiker's Guide trailer).
Of course, I doubt enough of my readers are film-geeks to appreciate all of this, but I felt like giving up some space to congratulate LaFontaine on getting the award.