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Win an Admission Movie Prize Pack (Includes Two Books!)

3/11/2013

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Our readers know how much we loves books, movies, and especially books that are made into movies. (see our Book vs. Movie feature) We also love Tina Fey, so when we were asked to promote Focus Features' March 22nd release, Admission, we were on board. First off, Tina Fey is hilarious. I read her memoir Bossypants a few months back (review) and I will basically see anything she has a part in, whether she writes, produces, or acts in it. I was totally surprised to find out that the movie was based on a book, Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz. At the end of this post, you can enter for a chance to win not only the book the movie was based on, but also a copy of Bossypants and a bunch of movie-related materials. (US only)

ABOUT THE FILM:
Tina Fey (Date Night, 30 Rock) and Paul Rudd (I Love You Man, Knocked Up) star in Admission, the new film directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz (About a Boy), about the surprising detours we encounter on the road to happiness. Straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Fey) is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the free-wheeling John Pressman (Rudd). Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. Soon, Portia finds herself bending the rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the life she thought she always wanted -- but in the process finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having.

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The comedy also features some of my perennial favorites, including Michael Sheen, Wallace Shawn, and Lily Tomlin. I have to admit, I feel like this movie will result in a flashback to senior year of high school when I was applying to colleges. Even though I had an absolutely wonderful college experience, I still have all my acceptance letters from other schools and I wonder what life might have been like had a made a different choice. I can only imagine how hard it must be to make admissions decisions at schools like Princeton, where Fey's character works in this movie. In the trailer, we are treated (or probably more properly described as appalled by) the lengths that some parents will go to to sway the admissions office into admitting their "talented" children. I predict there were will be a lot of cringeworthy scenes in that respect but I'm hoping for a solid comedic gem that I can see at the theatre and that watch over and over and over when it comes on television, like Fey's Mean Girls and Baby Mama and about ten movies Paul Rudd has been in, from Clueless to Wet Hot American Summer to Role Models.

Admission movie still Fey and Rudd
Admission movie still Fey and Tomlin
Admission movie still Fey Shawn and Reuben
So what do you all reckon? Where do you think this movie will end up on the Tina Fey and/or Paul Rudd Pyramid of Awesome Movies? Do you still wonder what your life could've been like if you went to a different college? Are you currently going through the admissions process and dreading the decision?


Find out more about the movie and join the discussion:

Visit the official website
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Enter to win...


One (1) winner will receive:


An Admission prize pack including:

  • Folder, Notepad, Pen, Drawstring Bag, Toothbrush
  • Admission (movie tie-in book)
  • Bossypants by Tina Fey


Prizing valued at $55
Prizing provided by Focus Features
Giveaway open to US addresses only.

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16 Comments
Jeanne Bates Tennant
3/11/2013 03:28:27 pm

The Harry Potter series. :)

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Kaethe
3/12/2013 05:17:25 am

I'll second HP in its entirety, and raise you Clueless, which is the best Austen adaptation, and stars Rudd, too.

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Shane R. link
3/12/2013 05:32:25 am

I wish they would make the book Ready Player One by Ernest Cline into a book

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Shane R. link
3/12/2013 05:33:00 am

oops! I meant into a movie

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Kaethe
3/12/2013 05:57:35 am

Oh, good one.

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3/12/2013 11:49:23 am

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Suz Reads
3/13/2013 12:55:48 am

I loved the Lord of the Ring movies and the Hunger Games movie! Thanks for this amazing giveaway - I would love to win!

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Linda
3/13/2013 04:43:32 am

I would really like to see 50 shades of grey on the big screen

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Angela
3/15/2013 11:34:08 pm

My favorite movie ever is The Hours, and the book by Michael Cunningham is equally as good!

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Elizabeth R.
3/16/2013 02:20:54 am

The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

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meredith
3/16/2013 11:01:02 am

I really like the lucky one by nicholas sparks

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Kristina Wilson
3/16/2013 01:33:59 pm

Great Expectations

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Donna W
3/16/2013 06:48:29 pm

Downton Abbey

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Joe M.
3/17/2013 12:11:07 am

The Hobbit

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