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Storyline
Rosalee Futch is a grocery clerk living in rural West Virginia. But even a small-town girl can have big dreams, and Rosalee's is to someday--somehow--meet her big-screen idol Tad Hamilton. The somehow arrives in the form of a contest--the grand prize: a date with Tad Hamilton--and the someday is now. Rosalee wins, much to the chagrin of her best friend and co-worker Pete, who is deeply, hopelessly--and secretly--in love with Rosalee. The Win a Date contest was cooked up by Tad's agent, Richard Levy, and his manager, also named Richard Levy, to clean up Tad's bad-boy image. Someone should have told them to be careful what you wish for. When Tad meets Rosalee and gets a taste of what he's been missing in the real world, he decides he wants seconds and moves to West Virginia, turning Rosalee's dream come true into a nightmare for Richard Levy, Richard Levy and, most of all, Pete. Written by
Sujit R. Varma
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Plot Synopsis
Taglines:
In every love story, there's only room for one leading man.
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Details
Release Date:
23 January 2004 (USA)
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Also Known As:
Total verknallt in Tad Hamilton
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Box Office
Budget:
$24,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$7,320,066
(USA)
(23 January 2004)
Gross:
$362,085
(South Africa)
(18 June 2004)
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Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?
Trivia
David Daskal:
star of
Average Joe (2003) as an extra when Rosie returns from her lunch time date with Tad Hamilton, and again in the bar when Peter gets a bullseye playing darts.
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Goofs
There are no Piggly Wiggly stores in West Virginia, invalidating the film's main location.
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Quotes
Rosalee:
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to Tad]
Do you think it is possible to love someone your entire life and never realize it?
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Connections
References
Project Greenlight (2001)
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Soundtracks
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
Written & Performed by
Barry White
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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This movie had much more going for it than I had anticipated. Nathan Lane and Sean Hayes as the agent and manager Richard Levy (both of them had the same name!) were hilarious, as was the hotel clerk - a small part played by Sam Pancake who I at first mistook for Martin Short. Topher Grace had tons of great one-liners, and Ginnifer Goodwin and Kathryn Hahn also really good in supporting roles. I liked Josh Duhamel too, and was interested to find that he really wasn't the stereotypical movie star trying to manipulate Kate Bosworth. His character was really sincere, giving you no one to really dislike and making the plot much more interesting. Overall, I was laughing out loud through a good deal of this movie when I had expected it to be a little lame - a really nice surprise!