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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AFX) - AMC Entertainment Inc., the nation's second-largest theater chain, said Tuesday it will offer free tickets to teachers who want to see the movie 'Freedom Writers,' starring Hilary Swank.The offer is good from Friday through Feb. 1 for teachers in grades kindergarten through 12 who show a valid school identification or pay stub.The Paramount Pictures movie, released three weeks ago, stars Swank as an idealistic English teacher who goes into a Long Beach, Calif., high school and tries to overcome racial intolerance among her students.AMC and Viacom Inc. subsidiary Paramount said the offer was a way to honor teachers.The movie, showing at 2,286 locations, has earned $26.5 million in box office receipts so far and was the fifth most popular movie last weekend, according to Media By Numbers LLC.AMC last year sponsored a similar promotion for the spelling bee movie 'Akeelah and the Bee,' handing out about 10,000 free tickets.Viacom shares lost 74 cents to close at $40.70 on the New York Stock Exchange.Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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