September the 9th, 2009.
Yes, It's a while away, but the date would be:
090909.
(When they wanted to make the movie, that was the release date they had in mind too).

I don't really know what you could do for gifts, but something like a murder mystery type theme might be cool and appropriate. If you're not into that, you could have trivia of some kind, as long as those attending are in love with vmars as well.