Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Descendants DVD with George Clooney (giveaway)

Banished to Boarding School


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Experience the Heartbreak and Humor When the Academy Award® and Golden Globe® Winner Comes to Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD March 13

During the film, we find out that Alex, the oldest King daughter, has been sent away to boarding school for acting out - but she sure isn't the first difficult child that has been banished to boarding school on film! This Top 10 list will illustrate some other films where boarding school plays a role in the plot, including Flirting, Rushmore and Dead Poet's Society.

Based on the best-selling novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings and set in Hawaii, THE DESCENDANTS is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.



Dead Poet’s Society
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Dead Poet’s Society is a 1989 film set in a conservative prep school in Vermont in 1959. John Keating (Robin Williams) is the radical new English teacher at the uptight Welton Academy Prep School. Through his unorthodox teaching methods, like standing on desks and tearing pages out of books, Keating is able to help his students discover and explore their true passions in life, like writing and acting, instead of succumbing to the lives their parents have prescribed for them.


School Ties
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School Ties is a 1992 film starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon and Chris O’Donnell. Set in the 1950s, this film is the story of David Greene (Fraser), a Jewish student from Pittsburgh who is given a football scholarship to attend a prestigious prep school in New England. After it is revealed that he is Jewish, David is ostracized from his former friends and anti-Semitism begins to plague the school.


Scent of a Woman
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Scent of a Woman is a 1992 drama starring Al Pacino and Chris O’Donnell. The film is about a preparatory student (Charlie Simms) who takes a job as an assistant to a cantankerous, blind retired Army officer (Frank Slade). Frank takes Charlie on an extravagant trip to New York City with the intention of committing suicide once the trip has concluded. Charlie convinces Frank not to kill himself, and Frank helps Charlie win a disciplinary hearing at his school. Al Pacino won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.


Rushmore
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1998’s Rushmore is the story of Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), a precocious 15 year-old student at the prestigious Rushmore Academy. Max befriends Herman Blume (Bill Murray), a wealthy industrialist who has two children in school with Max. After Max’s unauthorized and failed attempt to construct an aquarium at the school, he is expelled and forced to attend public school. Following his expulsion, Max and Blume begin battling each other for the affections of first grade teacher Rosemary Cross.


The Harry Potter Series
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As much as we Muggles don’t want to admit it, Hogwarts is, at its core, a boarding school. The film adaptations of the wildly successful series of novels focuses on the titular boy wizard who travels to school to develop his wizarding skills. In the process, Harry and his friends embark on exciting adventures and face many obstacles and dangers, including some not-so-abnormal teen moments, such as asking a girl to a dance, and navigating a new (or in their case ever-changing) building on your first day of classes.


The Descendants DVD release on the 13th of March, and you have a chance to win the DVD! To enter please let me know who would love to see this movie. I know I would love to see, this and with all of the Oscar buzz that surrounded this movie, it only peaked my interest more! There are also other ways to enter. Please enter below. 




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50 comments:

Amanda said...

I would love to see it

Irene said...

I think I would enjoy this movie

Gretta said...

My husband & I would have a "movie night" and watch it together after the kids go to bed.

Michele P. said...

I think hubby and I would enjoy it.

Minta's Creations said...

As long as it doesn't have lots of blood and gore I want to see it..
Thanks for the review.

Stopping by from Pitch it to me.
Minta

tweetyscute said...

I have wanted to see this movie. Crossing my fingers that I win it.

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Laura said...

I would LOVE this movie!

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Deanna said...

I would love to watch this movie with my mom
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Leah Baird said...

I would love to see it. George Clooney in a role he does not play often, children role. Seems he should play these roles more often.

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I've been wanting to see this movie

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sottovoce said...

I would love this movie. :-) Thank you.
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peterg201 said...

My Mom is reading the book, I'm sure she she like to see the movie

Jody Sisson said...

My husband and i would love this movie.
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Kelly N. said...

i would love it..maybe..just maybe

Cody said...

I think my girlfriend and I would both really enjoy it.
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I would love this movie!

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My husband would enjoy seeing this.

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Anonymous said...

I would love it! :)

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Sunnyvale said...

I would love this movie

*~Dani~* said...

Both myself and my husband would love this movie.

Kim H. said...

I would! :)

Beth said...

Me! :)

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jlafount said...

I enjoy the Clooney movies

Manda said...

My mom and I would both enjoy the movie!!

Thank you!!
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fozzy331 said...

Id really love to see this, was disappointed Redbox didnt have it with today's new releases. I love anything George Clooney he is such a great actor

Catherine said...

I loved this film when I saw it in the theater. I'd love to watch the DVD with my mom.

Kimberly said...

Me
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Denise S. said...

I think I would love it.

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I think I would love it!!

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Caryn said...

My husband and I would love it

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cowboyswife said...

my whole family

Anonymous said...

My S.O. and & would LOVE to watch this! We don't go to the theaters anymore because it is too darn expensive!
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Elle Moss said...

i would love to see it!

Kara said...

My mother and I!

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Nicole C. said...

I would love this movie.

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Anonymous said...

I would like to watch this with my little sister!

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Kathy P said...

my hubby and i would love this :)

Mary Gardner said...

my daughter and i would like this movie

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imaclutz89 said...

I think me and my boyfriend would like this movie.

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sumn said...

My two grown boys would love this movie.

Anonymous said...

I'd love it!

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Sand said...

I would love this movie, I love George Clooney!

Melanie Montgomery said...

Me! Ive been wanting to see it.


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Breanne said...

My mom

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cman said...

My husband and I.

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