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Based on a 1982 ill-conceived contest by Allentown, PA radio station WSAN, filmmaker Zeke Zelker recreates the story of the strong-willed contestants who sat atop a billboard on Route 22 through winter snows and summer heat to win a house. The station never expected them to stay there for most of a year. It didn't end well.Zeke tells us about his film, Billboard, which opens June 21st in NYC at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village -- and about growing up at Dorney Park which his family founded.