gistfile3.m

if (overlayView == nil) {
        overlayView = [[MyOverlayView alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame]];
        [overlayView setBounds:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
        [overlayView setTag:55];
    }

MyOverlayView.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>


@interface MyOverlayView : UIView {
}

- (void)awakeFromNib;
- (void)dealloc;
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event;

@end

MyOverlayView.m

@implementation MyOverlayView

// MPMoviePlayerController will play movies full-screen in 
// landscape mode, so we must rotate MyOverlayView 90 degrees and 
// translate it to the center of the screen so when it draws
// on top of the playing movie it will display in landscape 
// mode to match the movie player orientation.
//
- (void)awakeFromNib
{
	CGAffineTransform transform = self.transform;

	// Rotate the view 90 degrees. 
	transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, (M_PI / 2.0));

    UIScreen *screen = [UIScreen mainScreen];
    // Translate the view to the center of the screen
    transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, 
        ((screen.bounds.size.height) - (self.bounds.size.height))/2, 
        0);
	self.transform = transform;
	
	CGRect newFrame = self.frame;
	newFrame.origin.x = 190;
	self.frame = newFrame;
}

- (void)dealloc {
	[super dealloc];
}

// Handle any touches to the overlay view
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
    UITouch* touch = [touches anyObject];
    if (touch.phase == UITouchPhaseBegan)
    {
        NSNotificationCenter *nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
        [nc postNotificationName:OverlayViewTouchNotification object:nil];
    }    
}


@end