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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Chicago Passes to ‘Conviction’ With Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 12, 2010 - 12:56pm
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The movie poster for “Conviction” with Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell and Minnie Driver.
Image credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures
To what length would you go to exonerate a family member of a murder charge?
Note: Our “Conviction” screening is on the same night as our “Jackass 3D” screening. Please don’t RSVP for both (unless you’re able to be two places at once, and if that’s the case, please tell us how).
© 2010 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC
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CHICAGO – In our latest biography/drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “Conviction” starring Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Peter Gallagher and Juliette Lewis!
The film from director Tony Goldwyn and writer Pamela Gray also stars Thomas D. Mahard, Owen Campbell, Conor Donovan, Laurie Brown, John Pyper-Ferguson, Ele Bardha, Rusty Mewha, Marc Macaulay, Bailee Madison, Tobias Campbell and Frank Zieger.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Conviction” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the plot description for “Conviction”:
“Conviction” is the inspirational true story of a sister’s unwavering devotion to her brother. When Betty Anne Waters’ (two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank) older brother, Kenny (Sam Rockwell), is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne (a Massachusetts wife and mother of two) dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction.
Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and law school in an 18-year quest to free Kenny.
With the help of best friend Abra Rice (Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver), Betty Anne pours through suspicious evidence mounted by small-town cop Nancy Taylor (Academy Award nominee Melissa Leo). She meticulously retraces the steps that led to Kenny’s arrest. Belief in her brother – and her quest for the truth – pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.
The movie trailer for “Conviction” can be watched now below.
To secure your free tickets now, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having an account with a valid e-mail address is required. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below. In your comment, include an answer to this question:
Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award 50 admit-two tickets randomly via e-mail for our “Conviction” Hookup. Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Good luck!
 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
Conviction
Family is everything, I would do the same to clear and stand up for a family member. This brings peace of mind and love to a sister who believed and loves her brother. I would love to preview this movie, its sounds sooooo heartwarming.
Everything I could
I would do whatever I can to get a family member out as long as he or she is truly innocent.
Conviction
Can’t be measured, what I mean is the length that I would go can’t be measured because the same way a family member would be guilty or innocent has no length to be measured. If they are innocent they are innocent not a little or half way just innocent or guilty and I am going to attempt to exonerate totally not a little or half way but putting myself to the task with a conviction that is driven beyond what can be measured.
Freeing a family member
Since I have a close family, I would do whatever it took to help them. There are too many innocent people in correctional facilities right now who didn’t have the support they needed. I wouldn’t do that to my family.
To what length would you go to exonerate a family member of a mu
If the family member is innocent and I know it for a fact, I’d go as long as it takes because no one deserves to be in imprisonment for an error not just a family member, anyone.
Follow up comment to the one above*
If I were to receive tickets for both screenings of Jackass and Conviction, I would attend Conviction first as it’s at 7:30PM and it’s running time is 107min equaling approximately 2 hours and 7 mins. Right after that I would attend the Jackass premiere at 10PM.
If I believed in his/her
If I believed in his/her innocence, I like to think I would anything legally possible. One thing I would never do is give up.
Any
I think I will be willing to go above and beyond to exonerate a family member of murder. Think prison break, without the breaking out of jail scenario. Mike Scofield was smart, but took the wrong route….
conviction
If they were guilty, I wouldn’t go to any lengths to free them.
Sadly, I’m estranged from
Sadly, I’m estranged from most of my crazy family (long story) so for all I know some of them could be guilty as hell, and some certainly would be. But, if I were convinced they were innocent, I’d ask what was needed and use my expertise in various areas to help do what I could.