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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: VIP Prize Pack, 15 Passes to George Clooney’s ‘Up in the Air’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on December 8, 2009 - 2:05am
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The movie poster for “Up in the Air” with George Clooney.
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What are the most important life items you’d carry in a single backpack?
© 2009 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC
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CHICAGO – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have a VIP prize pack for one lucky winner along with 15 run-of-engagement runners-up movie passes for the new film “Up in the Air”! The film stars George Clooney from the director of the Oscar-winning film “Juno”. The prize pack includes a run-of-engagement movie pass for two along with an “Up in the Air” CD and two “Up in the Air” hats.
Along with George Clooney, “Up in the Air” stars Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, J.K. Simmons, Sam Elliott, Danny McBride, Chris Lowell, Steve Eastin and Zach Galifianakis from “Juno” and “Thank You for Smoking” director Jason Reitman.
To win your free “Up in the Air” prize pack or run-of-engagement passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer a question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! “Up in the Air” opened in Chicago on Dec. 4, 2009. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the plot description for “Up in the Air”:
From Jason Reitman (the Oscar-nominated director of “Juno”) comes “Up in the Air”: the timely odyssey of Ryan Bingham (Oscar winner George Clooney). He’s a corporate downsizer and consummate modern business traveler who, after years of staying happily airborne, suddenly finds himself ready to make a real connection.
Ryan has long been contented with his unencumbered lifestyle lived out across America in airports, hotels and rental cars. He can carry all he needs in one wheel-away case. He’s a pampered, elite member of every travel loyalty program in existence. He’s close to attaining his lifetime goal of 10 million frequent-flier miles. Still, Ryan has nothing real to hold onto.
When he falls for a simpatico fellow traveler (Vera Farmiga), Ryan’s boss (Jason Bateman) – who is inspired by a young and upstart efficiency expert (Anna Kendrick) – threatens to permanently call him in from the road. Faced with the prospect (both terrifying and exhilarating) of being grounded, Ryan begins to contemplate what it might actually mean to have a home.
The movie trailer for “Up in the Air” can be viewed now below.
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Next, simply answer our question. You must submit your answer using this confidential, Web-based submission form. Please do not comment in this Hookup. Your entry will be invalid if you only comment here and don’t submit into our Web-based form. Please only submit your answer using this submission form.
You must include your first and last name, e-mail address and physical mailing address in your submission. Your personal information will not be sold or shared, will be kept strictly confidential and is only for awarding winning entries. Please answer our question below.
What are the most important life items you’d carry in a single backpack?This HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film is simple: one lucky HollywoodChicago.com reader will be randomly selected as the VIP prize pack winner of our “Up in the Air” Hookup and 15 more will win movie passes! The movie passes will be good in Chicago at the time of your choosing. The winners will be mailed the prize packs and movie passes at our expense. Good luck!
 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
up in the air
I always make sure I have a small amount of US currency. In case of emergency, those two items will get still you out of trouble all around the world.
Up in the Air
In the backpack: toothbrush, soap, a change of clothes, laptop, moleskin, pens, ID, cell phone, and money.
backpack essential
A bottle of water, some snacks, credit card, and phone
Clooney
I always make sure I have a small amount of US currency and my passport. In case of emergency, those two items will get still you out of trouble all around the world.
My bars of gold bullion.
My bars of gold bullion.
what are the most important things I'd carry in my backpack?
I’d take my iPhone.
I Would Carry
I would only carry cash, every new city would be a new start, you could just keep building off that if you have the money
Imortant Items in Backpack
So I would carry my phone, battery charger, money, ID, clean panties, and a toothbrush with toothpaste.
Cash
Cash and a cell!
The vitals
iphone w/ mophie battery case (for photos, music, games, email, etc., to keep me connected to those I care about), chocolate, swiss army knife, towel, toothbrush, sunblock, soap & toothpaste, travel snacks!, passport, ID, cash, credit cards, framed photo of family, first aid kit, 1 change of clothes, lip balm and a bottle of water.
This is what I average when I globe-trot and it hasn’t failed me yet! You gotta pack light, but also be prepared. You never know if you get stranded on a tarmac or lose a suitcase. Always keep your vitals with you. And who knows, if your 90 minute flight becomes a 12 hour nightmare and the plane runs out of snacks and beverages (it happened!), the person next to you may appreciate sharing your trail mix or family photos or both.
Keep trekking.