"The Contenders," the highest-rated reality program on U.S. television, selects people at random -- to kill off one another until a lone champion survives. Every year there are films that resonate far beyond a theatrical release—if they manage to find their way to a commercial screen at all—or film festival appearance. The movie is presented as a marathon edition of the seventh round of the show. If you liked “Survivor” you’ll love Series 7 of “The Contenders” in which the returning champion, Dawn (Brooke Smith) has to off her fellow contestants, including an old boyfriend, while nine months pregnant. The premise of the reality show is that the contestants are given weapons and have to murder each other in order to win. Virtual Cinema screenings are available exclusively to MoMA members. Sure, "Series 7" has a central gambit that's pretty extreme: It presents itself as three episodes in a TV show called "The Contenders" whose contestants are … Join today and start streaming. "Series 7 - the Contenders", or Series 7 for short, is a film about a television show that seems at once fantastically, outrageously bloodthirsty and frighteningly plausible. Or, as the announcer puts it: “The clock is ticking for America’s longest contender and the tiny life within her.” Series 7: The Contenders Brooke Smith Glenn Fitzgerald Marylouise Burke (2001) A pregnant woman tries for a third championship in a TV reality show in which the participants hunt and kill each other. Not a member? Series 7: The Contenders, is a very twisted black comedy about six contestants on a reality show. Shot on video and in fullscreen, it never breaks the illusion of being a TV show. It's available to watch. It seems that USA hoped to shirk any potential controversy that this insightfully violent film could incur. "Series 7: The Contenders" is a satire on reality TV, taking the world of "Survivor" and "Temptation Island" to its logical extension with a TV show where the contestants kill one another. Film series. Series 7: The Contenders ★★½ 2001 (R)Reality TV takes to the big screen in this morbid but insightful portrayal of a fictional show called “The Contenders” in which the participants hunt each other down to their ultimate, televised, demise. SERIES 7: THE CONTENDERS succeeds in every milieu it invades. Dec 10, 2020–Feb 28, 2021. 'Series 7: The Contenders' is an almost campy parody of reality television, similar to Schwarzenegger's 'Running Man' and Japanese cult classic, 'Battle Royale' Presented as TV marathon of the 7th season of a reality show, the film takes place in America and the show is called The Contenders. Except for "key markets," SERIES 7 played in few U.S. venues. Series 7: The Contenders Favorite Movie Button Overview; Movie Times + Tickets; Synopsis; Movie Reviews; More. 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