HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 ‘A Serious Man’ Chicago Passes to New Joel, Ethan Coen Film

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CHICAGO – In our latest comedy/drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the Chicago screening of the highly anticipated new film “A Serious Man” from Oscar-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen!

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen are the creators of “Raising Arizona,” “Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “No Country for Old Men” and “Burn After Reading”. “A Serious Man” stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Peter Breitmayer and Alan Mandell.

To win your free pass to the Chicago screening of “A Serious Man” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.

A Serious Man from Joel and Ethan Coen stars Michael Stuhlbarg
“A Serious Man” from Joel and Ethan Coen stars Michael Stuhlbarg.
Image credit: Working Title Films

Here is the “A Serious Man” plot description:

“A Serious Man” is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F Troop” is on TV.

It is 1967 and Larry Gopnik (Tony Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg) – a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university – has just been informed by his wife, Judith (Sari Lennick), that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry.

Larry’s unemployable brother, Arthur (Richard Kind), is sleeping on the couch. His son, Danny (Aaron Wolff), is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school. His daughter, Sarah (Jessica McManus), is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job.

While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter writer is trying to sabotage Larry’s chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation.

Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person? A mensch? A serious man?

The “A Serious Man” movie trailer 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:




What makes a good person a good person?



Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award 50 people randomly via e-mail for our “A Serious Man” Hookup. Winners needs to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Good luck!

HollywoodChicago.com editor-in-chief and publisher Adam Fendelman

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief/Publisher
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

© 2009 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC

Gango's picture

Good person... (w/ account)

A good person is a good person if they do good things, put simply enough. “Good” things are defined, of course, by society, and what is deemed acceptable. I believe that a person is defined by their actions, not their intentions. Horrible people often have good intentions.

Alex11349's picture

Good question (account verified)

Well, I think a good person is one who tries hard to help other people. And I really mean it when I say try hard. The right thing is so often the easy thing.

Since good is such a loaded word… I think I’ll respond with another one! A good person is someone who does the right thing! =D

Stoven's picture

uhhh [2]

lol good question

i always thought it was a bad idea to call things good and bad. its mostly a prespective thing.

except in some cases of course

butif i must i would say that a good person is one who is honest with himself and others, and always tries to do good things. no matter what

bhappy2's picture

GOOD PERSON

Being true to thine self and sharing the wealth makes a good person a good person

vijay1940's picture

What makes a good person a good person?

Humility, Integrity and a sense of humor

flickchick's picture

a good person

honest,being considerate of others,respectful

swtp64's picture

what makes a good person

the ability to think of others before yourself and act accordingly

tonyjschroeder's picture

A Good Person

A good person is one who recognizes his mistakes and works to resolve his flaws.

David Smith's picture

what makes a good person

thinking of others first.

cgmethven's picture

what makes a person good

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