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#501MoviesIn501Days
#500MoviesIn500Days was an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by frequent On Cinema guest Gregg Turkington. Announced during S03E05, Turkington planned to watch 500 movies within a 500 day time span, starting with the film Jack Frost on July 30, 2013, along with one other movie. Crucially, Turkington's challenge did not require him to watch a movie every day, so long as he watched more than one movie on other days. In this way, a backlog could be built up in case Turkington had to miss a day due to unforeseen circumstances.
Turkington's focus of movies to watch were films currently playing in theaters, and movies in his collection he had not previously seen.[1] He wanted to make sure that “only the best” movies were included in the record.[2]
By day 15, Turkington had watched 19 movies, giving him a surplus of 4.[3]
By day 35, Turkington had watched 51 movies, giving him a surplus of 16. Turkington on this day announced the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the endeavor. The campaign would pay for VHS (media format) tapes, theater tickets, concessions, parking, and marketing of the record.[4][5] While Turkington couldn't promise everyone who donated would get in the record book, he did pledge to send out certificates and signed copies of the movies used for the record, along with photocopies of the record.[4] He was also accepting copies of movies to watch, though funding was preferable.[4] The goal for the Kickstarter was $500.[5]
By the first episode of Season 4, Gregg was 163 days in, though his surplus had shrunken back down to 4.
Due to an unforeseeable setback on the 500th night, Turkington was unable to view the 500th film that day. The project was revamped into #501MoviesIn501Days, setting an even more impressive record on day 501.