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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 ‘The Blind Side’ Chicago Screening Passes With Sandra Bullock
CHICAGO – In our latest sports edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “The Blind Side,” which stars Sandra Bullock and is based on an extraordinary true story!
“The Blind Side” also stars Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Adriane Lenox and Kathy Bates. The film opens everywhere on Nov. 20, 2009.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “The Blind Side” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the “The Blind Side” plot description:
Sandra Bullock (“The Proposal”), Tim McGraw (“Friday Night Lights”) and Oscar winner Kathy Bates (“Misery”) star in Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Blind Side,” which depicts the remarkable true story of all-American football star Michael Oher.
Teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is surviving on his own – virtually homeless – when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock). Learning that the young man is one of her daughter’s classmates, Leigh Anne insists that Michael – wearing shorts and a T-shirt in the dead of winter – come out of the cold. Without a moment’s hesitation, she invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night.
Despite the differences in their backgrounds, what starts out as a gesture of kindness becomes much more as Michael becomes part of the Tuohy family.
Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As the family helps Michael fulfill his potential both on and off the football field, Michael’s presence in the Tuohys’ lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own.
“The Blind Side” trailer can be watched now below.
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Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award 30 people randomly via e-mail for our “The Blind Side” Hookup. Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Good luck!
By ADAM FENDELMAN |
Don't know of many
But Remember the Titan will have to do.
what is your favorite sports tearjerker?
Field of Dreams
Tearjerker
My favorite tearjerker is Remember the Titans.
tear jerker
Def rudy!!!
Favie sports tearjerker...
Rudy always brings me to tears. Why? Well, I’ve seen “Field of Dreams,” and that’s well done. “Brian’s Song” is good, as is “Remember the Titans.” But Rudy is mindful. Yeah, I hear ya; typical “underdog” story, poor working class boy, fights his way to the top and wants to play on Notre Dame’s football team, is told he can’t, is too small, too old, blah blah…BUT this one is based on a true story. He works as hard as he possibly can to get his grades well enough to even be able to be admitted into Notre Dame and it shows that even back in the day it was difficult. His perserverance is inspiring, infectious and it eventually pays off for him and the viewer. I almost always get weepy whenever I hear the Fighting Irish’s anthem before a football game, thinking of tiny Rudy running out onto the field for the first and last time of his life. It’s an inspiring story, well made movie, shows Illinois(where I’m from), has Sean Asten(whom I dig!) and Jon Favreau…and the funny thing? Football? It’s not my favorite sport…hell, I don’t even like football(well, I do like college football a bit).
Tearjerker from sports movie
The final scene from “Hoosiers”—-and I’m from Indiana, too, and was a cheerleader for our basketball team, the Tolleston Blue Raiders of Gary, Indiana.
Favorite tear jerker from sports movie.
The final winning game in “Hoosiers”— and I was a cheerleader for my basketball team, the Tolleston Blue Raiders in Gary, Indiana.
Remember The Titans
I loved remember the titans it was a really good movie and it was a great film that portrayed the segregation of that time and what they had to go through!
blind side
Something Special for Joey from the Seventies I think
Best Sports Tearjerker
Brian’s Song.