SWING VOTE World Premiere Thursday, July 24
at the El Capitan Theatre

WHO: From the Film: Cast: Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Madeline Carroll, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, George Lopez, Mare Winningham, Lawrence O'Donnell, Arianna Huffington, Mary Hart

Special Guests: Reese Witherspoon, Quentin Tarantino, Jeremy Piven, Marg Helgenberger, Dane Cook, Cheech Marin, Tim Allen, Jimmy-Jean Louis (“Heroes”), Mike Binder (“The Upside of Anger”), Alan Thicke, Angus T. Jones (“Two and a Half Men”), Danielle Panabaker (“Shark,” “Mr. Brooks”), Ron Shelton (writer “Tin Cup”), Philip Noyce (director “The Bone Collector”), Ryan Ochoa (“Disney’s A Christmas Carol”), Robin Thicke (pop/R&B singer), Tara Reid, Ali Landry (“Eve”), Emrhys Cooper (“Mamma Mia!”), Ken Davitian (“Get Smart”), Frank Coraci (“Click”), Jo De La Rosa (“Date My Ex”), Jodie Sweetin (“Full House”)

WHAT: To celebrate the WORLD PREMIERE of Touchstone Pictures' SWING VOTE, a comical look at the journey of one father and daughter who discover that everyone has the power to change the world.

WHERE: El Capitan Theatre
                 6838 Hollywood Blvd.
                 Hollywood, CA

WHEN: Thursday, July 24, 2008
                Press Arrivals: 5 p.m.
                Celebrity Arrivals: 6 p.m.
                Film Screening: 7 p.m.

ABOUT SWING VOTE follows the story of Bud Johnson (KEVIN COSTNER), THE an apathetic, beer-slinging, lovable loser, who is coasting MOVIE: through a life that has passed him by. The one bright spot is his precocious, over-achieving 12-year-old daughter Molly. She takes care of both of them, until one mischievous moment on Election Day, when she accidentally sets off a chain of events which culminates in the election coming down to one vote...her dad's.

Directed by Joshua Michael Stern, produced by Costner and Jim Wilson and written by Jason Richman and Stern, SWING VOTE also stars PAULA PATTON, KELSEY GRAMMER, DENNIS HOPPER, NATHAN LANE, STANLEY TUCCI, GEORGE LOPEZ, WILLIE NELSON, JUDGE REINHOLD, MARE WINNINGHAM, RICHARD PETTY, and introduces MADELINE CARROLL.

Rated PG-13. Opens in theaters August 1, 2008.

CONTACT:
Please email for credentials:
Domestic Chrissy Woo chrissy.woo@disney.com
International Laura Chen lchen@rogersandcowan.com
Photographers Holly Clark holly.clark@disney.com