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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘50/50’ With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 6, 2011 - 12:16am
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The movie poster for “50/50” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick.
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How has cancer touched your life or the life of someone you know?
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© 2011 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC
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CHICAGO – In our latest comedy/drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “50/50” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick!
“50/50” also stars Anjelica Huston, Bryce Dallas Howard, Marie Avgeropoulos, Julia Benson, Lauren Miller, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Philip Baker Hall, Will Reiser, Laura Bertram, Sugar Lyn Beard, Luisa D’Oliveira and Andrew Airlie from director Jonathan Levine and writer Will Reiser.
The film opens on Sept. 30, 2011. To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “50/50” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the plot description for “50/50”:
Inspired by personal experiences, “50/50” is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis. Rogen also serves as producer along with Evan Goldberg and Ben Karlin. Jonathan Levine directs from a script by Will Reiser.
“We worked with Will on ‘Da Ali G Show’ and it was shortly after that we learned he was sick.” Rogen recalls. “As shocking, sad, confusing and generally screwed up as it was, we couldn’t ignore that – because we were so ill-equipped to deal with the situation – funny things kept happening. Will got better, and when he did, we thought the best way to pull something good out of the situation was to get him to write a screenplay.”
Rogen added: “Ideally we wanted to make a film that would be as funny, sad and hopefully as honest as the experience we went through. As soon as the script was completed, it quickly became a passion project for all of us. It helped us come to terms with Will’s struggle as well as our own experiences.”
“50/50” is the story of a guy’s transformative and, yes, sometimes funny journey to health. “50/50” draws its emotional core from Will Reiser’s own experience with cancer. The film reminds us that friendship and love – no matter what bizarre turns they take – are the greatest healers.
The movie trailer for “50/50” 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 Hookup is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award 40 admit-two tickets randomly via e-mail for our “50/50” Hookup. Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Winners are typically e-mailed our advance-screening passes two days before the screening date. Good luck!
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 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
Cancer has affected me in my
Cancer has affected me in my life. I see it sometimes on the job. I pray for those who suffer and am grateful for my health.
I haven’t had to deal with
I haven’t had to deal with cancer and I’m hoping I never will.
How has cancer touched your life?
My father and mother.
For inadvance movie screening tickets!!!!
Cancer took the life of a great woman in my life as a young man back in 1995.My garndmother,hattie-may harries was taken by leukemia and the family was very affected emtionally,mentally,spiritually and physically! She was the rock of the famuily and we miss her very much and love her deep within our hearts! The way cancer took her,made me see just how mortal we really are and easy life can be taken from us in a blink of an eye!
cancer
An old classmate of mine had breast cancer. It was difficult to deal with as she was very engaging and inviting. I wish she had more time on this Earth so others could’ve been affected by her.
It’s hard on them but they
It’s hard on them but they keep moving on
Cancer
My fake mom went through breast cancer exactly five years ago and beat the illness. She didn’t know what to think back then about being diagnosed and having two young daughter to take care of. This past month she was diagnosed with brain cancer; her breast cancer had spread into her brain. She was so upbeat, there was never a tear by anyone. She knew she was going to be okay and keeps living life to this day. She is the happiest person I know and I’m proud to call her my friend. Not only has she taught me to live life to the fullest but to never hold back on what you want to do with your life. Anything is possible and any bump in the way will only make you stronger.
when i was in elmentary
when i was in elmentary school there was a boy in my class that was going through cancer. he would miss a lot of school and he ended up losing his hair. at that time i had no idea what cancer was. so a couple years later after the years of him trying to beat cancer he suddenly died from cancer. no one understood why, our teachers tried to explain what it was, we still didn’t have a grasp on what it was. we asked how he got it and they just couldn’t tell us, they said they didn’t know why.
to see a young kid that
to see a young kid that always come over to play video games has cancer he just turned 18 and had to have his surgery is very hard to see he cant even stay up to do things he use to, but he is our friend and we always accomodate for him.. it just breaks my heart to see the effects it has on a person.