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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Chicago Passes to Matt Damon’s ‘We Bought a Zoo’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on December 15, 2011 - 12:49am
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The movie poster for “We Bought a Zoo” with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson.
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What’s the greatest family challenge you’ve overcome?
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Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Since advance screenings are overbooked to ensure a full house, winners are not guaranteed entrance and must arrive early. We recommend arriving 45 minutes before the screening’s scheduled start time. Winners are typically e-mailed our advance-screening passes two days before the screening date. HollywoodChicago.com LLC is a promotional partner with the studio and its partners and doesn’t assume any liability for this giveaway.
© 2011 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC
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CHICAGO – In our latest family dramedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the new film “We Bought a Zoo” starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson from the director of “Jerry Maguire”!
“We Bought a Zoo” also stars Thomas Haden Church, Elle Fanning, Patrick Fugit, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Angus Macfadyen, John Michael Higgins, Carla Gallo, J.B. Smoove, Stephanie Szostak, Michael Panes, Kym Whitley and Todd Stanton from writer and director Cameron Crowe along with writer Aline Brosh McKenna.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “We Bought a Zoo” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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Here is the synopsis for “We Bought a Zoo”:
“We Bought a Zoo” is a funny, inspiring and true story about the magical power of family to persevere in the face of extraordinary challenges. This is acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe’s (“Jerry Maguire”) first motion picture for all audiences and stars Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Haden Church.
Damon portrays a single dad who – looking to give his family a much-needed fresh start – moves to a home situated in the middle of a zoo. He and his two children attempt to bring it back to its once-glorious state. The film weaves together warmth, laughter and a spirit of optimism that is perfect for the holiday season.
The movie trailer for “We Bought a Zoo” can be watched now below.
To win your free advance-screening movie tickets, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com Web site account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having a Web site account with a valid e-mail address is required to win. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below. In your comment, include an answer to this question:
What’s the greatest family challenge you’ve overcome?
This Hookup is simple! Just submit your comment below and we will award 40 admit-two tickets randomly via e-mail for our “We Bought a Zoo” Hookup. Good luck!
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Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Since advance screenings are overbooked to ensure a full house, winners are not guaranteed entrance and must arrive early. We recommend arriving 45 minutes before the screening’s scheduled start time. Winners are typically e-mailed our advance-screening passes two days before the screening date. HollywoodChicago.com LLC is a promotional partner with the studio and its partners and doesn’t assume any liability for this giveaway.
 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
Greatest family challenge
My husband losing his job and then a year later him leaving the family. Now it’s a challenge to provide for our two daughter’s emotionally, financially and spiritually.
Greatest Family Challenge
i think the ultimate greatest challenge we faced was dealing the death of my brother and try to keep the family together and not feeling any blame for his accidental death. We had to deal with blame and the whos fault it was even though noone was to blame. It made us stronger and closer and now we are blessed to be by each others side. I love my family.
We Bought a Zoo
moving out at age 20 to live on my own
Caring for a parent
Caring for a parent long-term from diagnosis to death.
Greatest Family Challenge
I think I’m probably in my greatest family challenge. I’m at the age where I’m going to be moving out very soon, as soon as I can afford it, and living at home has been becoming a bigger and bigger challenge. I love my family, but after having the freedom of college and then coming back home, it’s a little frustrating. I’ll just have to sit tight for a while.
Brain Tumor
My father had a brain tumor, so handling that difficult situation was extremely challenging.
What’s the greatest family challenge you’ve overcome?
I came from a very ignorant third world country all the way to one of the biggest IT companies in the world and one of the best countries in the world as well.
Thanks to my Mother, Grand Mother, Father and all the figures I followed and friends!
Forgiving, being forgiven & loving them
is probably the greatest challenge.
Family challenge
Secrets coming to light.
moving
moving