Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)

A small-town girl wins a date with a male celebrity through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the male celebrity, and the girl's best friend.

Director:

Robert Luketic

Writer:

Victor Levin

Stars:

Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace

8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kate Bosworth	...	Rosalee Futch
Topher Grace	...	Pete Monash
Josh Duhamel	...	Tad Hamilton
Nathan Lane	...	Richard Levy the Driven
Sean Hayes	...	Richard Levy the Shameless
Gary Cole	...	Henry Futch
Ginnifer Goodwin	...	Cathy Feely
Kathryn Hahn	...	Angelica
Octavia Spencer	...	Janine
Amy Smart	...	Nurse Betty
Ren Trostle	...	Porsche Woman
Wendy Worthington	...	Customer
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	George Ruddy
Moon Bloodgood	...	Gorgeous Woman
Mary Jo Smith	...	Sonja

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.

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Plot Keywords:

fictional celebrity | montage of los angeles driving shots | date | best friend | west virginia | 

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Taglines:

In every love story, there's only room for one leading man.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some drug references and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kate Bosworth, Octavia Spencer, and Topher Grace later appeared in DC and Marvel films. Spencer played a check-in girl in Spider-Man (2002), Bosworth played Lois Lane in Superman Returns (2006), and Grace played Eddie Brock in Spider-Man 3 (2007).

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Goofs

Frazier's Bottom is located outside of Huntington, WV. Rosalee had a blue and gold WVU banner in her room, when it should have been the green and white of Marshall.

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Quotes

Pete: Angelica?
[Angelica quickly comes running over]
Angelica: Yes, Pete, what is the object of your desire?
Pete: Um... we'd like another round of beers.
Angelica: Someday Pete, when I ask what you desire you will say: you, Angelica, *you* are the object of my desires.
Pete: Okay.
[pause]
Pete: I think we'll just take the beers for now.

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Connections

References The Road to El Dorado (2000)

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Soundtracks

Song for Pete
Written & Performed by Jason Wade
Courtesy of DreamWorks Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

This movie is just plain implausible

The movie is sweet, and funny at times, but there are some major flaws that ruin it.

Tad and Rosy's date is not great, they dont connect, they barely even have anything to talk about, so why is he so into her that he's willing to change his life around? If the date really was amazing and they had a real connection that the audience could feel then it would be different, but this is not at all apparent. All that is shown is a few awkward conversations over dinner and at a overlook.

Nathan Lane and Sean Hayes are great comic actors and their roles in this movie are completely short of what I had hoped.

Topher Grace's timing is hilarious but all his jokes are the same, this gets old.

The ending was too predictable even for a movie like this.

All in all, I dont recommend seeing it unless your a 12 year old girl, then you might like it.

Details

Official Sites:

DreamWorks

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 January 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

Filming Locations:

The Lot - 1041 N. Formosa Avenue, West Hollywood, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,320,066, 25 January 2004

Gross USA:

$17,071,962

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$21,513,434

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dreamworks Pictures, Red Wagon Entertainment, The Lot

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1