Tuesday, March 30, 2010

An Education Giveaway

I have one DVD copy of Best Picture nominee An Education (2009) to hand out to a reader. The film, set in 60s London, is about a teenage student Jenny (Oscar nominated Carey Mulligan) and the older man (Peter Sarsgaard) who seduces her away from her college preparations. His glamourous friends aid in the seduction (Dominic Cooper and Rosamund Pike are the movie's secret weapons), her parents (Cara Seymour, Alfred Molina) get confused and her educators (Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson) worry and fume.


Pretty soon all the Best Actress nominees will be out on DVD (Helen Mirren in The Last Station is the lone holdout) and the debate about who was really deserving in that Meryl vs. Sandra vs. Gabby vs. Carey vs. Helen cluster can start up all over again. Joy!

This giveaway is open to all readers -- just bear in mind that the DVD will be in the American format so you'll need an all region player if you're watching it elsewhere. To enter, send an email by Friday April 2nd with "EDUCATION" in the subject line. Include:
  1. Your name
  2. Your shipping address
  3. And the answer to this question: Which movie actor or actress could easily derail your education should they turn their bedroom eyes your way?
The winner will be drawn randomly but I might share a few answers to #3 as long as y'all keep it PG-13!
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7 comments:

Volvagia said...

Well, I'm asexual, so, those things don't interest me. However, good luck for the actual entrants.

mrripley said...

carey is the winner!!!

vg21 said...

I loved Meryl in Julie & Julia and the film, "An Education", Carey was very adorable in it, but whom I really can't wait to see is Helen Mirren in The Last Station. Unfortunately, this film is unlikely to come to my country, but I'm going to get it anyway:). Precious and The Blind Side still have a chance to come, would love to see them, too.

Oh, and Nathaniel, I the game is real fun:).

adelutza said...

I just ordered this on Blu-ray so I won't enter the contest but the question is very intriguing...
right now I'm on an Alain Delon retrospective , and I would definitely get derailed by him, the way he looked in the 70s and even the 80s

NATHANIEL R said...

Volvagia... even asexuals can surely appreciate sex by way of cinema??? right? I'm just hoping. there's so many great sex scenes in the history of zee movies.

Michael W. said...

I bought the English DVD of An Education a while ago, and I'm still very torn between Gabby and Carey. I have to see the two films back to back to make my final decision.

And I still can't believe that Alfred Molina wasn't nominated!!!

Anonymous said...

Of course I only see this on Sat, April 3rd...