Springfield competes to host ‘Simpsons’ movie premiere

Friday, June 15, 2007 | 2:00 p.m. CDT; updated 12:56 p.m. CDT, Sunday, July 20, 2008

SPRINGFIELD — Lights, cameras, doughnuts. This Ozarks city wants hundreds of residents to turn out Saturday to film a mass scene for its entry in a national contest to host next month’s premiere of the movie version of long-running TV cartoon “The Simpsons.”

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