AOL Gives a 24 Hour Gift of Free Movie Downloads

By Rafe Telsch: 2006-12-01 00:00:00

Downloading movies is traditionally an expensive habit to have or an illegal one. Either you’re thumbing the studios by downloading bootleg copies via torrents, which usually wind up giving you exactly what you paid for – a poor copy at best, or you’re paying close to what you’d pay for a DVD, only without the disc or the bonus materials.

For fans who love movies, however, AOL is offering a sweet Christmas gift. For 24 hours only, they are offering a free download from a selection of 30 movies.

From the press release:

As a holiday gift to consumers, AOL announced that on Saturday, December 2nd, it will offer a selection of movies for free download through the AOL Video portal! Beginning this Saturday, December 2, at 6:00 AM ET until 6:00 AM ET on Sunday, December 3 or while supplies last. (Limit one movie download per person.)

Choose from more than 30 movies – from recent releases to holiday favorites including National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation – will be made available at no charge for one day only. Normally, movie downloads from AOL Video are priced from $9.99 to $19.99 per title. It's easy to do and the directions are step by step.

To take advantage of this and see a complete list of all the movies available, you can visit video.aol.com or freemovie.aol.com (which will be live by Saturday at 6 a.m.)

I wouldn’t get up early for Black Friday sales this year but it looks like I’ll be getting up to try and take advantage of AOL’s generous offer. I suggest those who want to do the same get there early – 24 hours go by fast!

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watch movies free
March 16, 2009 at 05:32

too little too late.. hopefully there's another 24hour gift soon..

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ramy
March 3, 2009 at 06:03

i'm not sure if that offers still available.

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floyd johnson
September 6, 2008 at 01:13

thank you for the 24 hr free movie its my wife friends birthday.

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amy
January 1, 2008 at 15:57

if the movie is its a wonderful life lol then i wouldnt even bother lol cause u can get it off a free public domain site and download it for free as well as several other older movies cause they are legal lol

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kikiluki
June 21, 2007 at 11:21

you are the best

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baagii_1mn
April 5, 2007 at 13:33

Its a wonderful life

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jeet
January 9, 2007 at 23:50

very good

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Roobah
December 3, 2006 at 08:24

24-hour download allowed, yet AOL says "experiencing techinical difficulties and slow download times".

Current download speeds for me (normally >4 MB/s downloads with bursting available at speeds >12 Mb/s) is between <1Kb/s and 18kb/s. Estimated time to download movie = just under 200 hours.

So, the question is, will I be charged if I began the download WELL before the 24 hours ended AND I have full internet ISP capability to download in about 5 minutes? Or is the charge determined when the download started? Before pressing "download now" it did bring up a billing page showing I would be billed $0.00.

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