Twenty years. Two people… One Day

In case you have been living under a rock this week there is a huge romantic movie opening Friday August 19, 2011 called One Day. I say romantic, but frankly all you have to do is look at the movie poster to know that it is going to be romantic. Talk about catching a moment of heated passion. WOW! My toes are curling just looking at it. While I have been completely aware of the forthcoming opening, even before my good friends at Kodak emailed me, I was not aware of the book that this new movie is based on. But I may be in the minority on that one. The book’s author is David Nicholls, described in one article as, “the man who made a nation cry.” (Uh Oh. Guess I will need to pack the kleenex for this movie). Apparently the book, published in 2009, took the UK by the heart strings. (It’s sold over a million copies there to date.) But  it wasn’t long before it migrated across the pond and weaseled it’s way into America’s hearts. Which is why it shouldn’t be surprising that this film is as anticipated as it is.

I could try and put a synopsis of the film into my own words, but really, why reinvent the wheel when professionals took so much time and effort crafting their own. Here’s what it says on the website:

Directed by Lone Scherfig (director of An Education, Academy Award-nominated for Best Picture), the motion picture One Day is adapted for the screen by David Nicholls from his beloved bestselling novel One Day.

After one day together – July 15th, 1988, their college graduation – Emma Morley (Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess of Across the Universe) begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground.

For the next two decades, key moments of their relationship are experienced over several July 15ths in their lives. Together and apart, we see Dex and Em through their friendship and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Somewhere along their journey, these two people realize that what they are searching and hoping for has been there for them all along. As the true meaning of that one day back in 1988 is revealed, they come to terms with the nature of love and life itself.

A Focus Features and Random House Films presentation in association with Film4 of a Color Force production. A Lone Scherfig Film. Based on the book by David Nicholls. Screenplay by David Nicholls. Directed by Lone Scherfig. A Focus Features Release.

Now that I have your complete attention…have a nice day. No, I’m just kidding. I didn’t get you all excited about this movie just to leave you hanging…like a movie trailer would. No, I have something extra special for you, courtesy of my friends at Kodak and Focus Features. How would you like to win tickets to see the movie yourself? Well, you and a companion, (preferably one who doesn’t hog the popcorn and will share the tissues). Sounds like an AWESOME plan for One Day. (Get it?…One Day?…Hey, I am operating on limited sleep folks. Cut me some slack). Enough with the witty banter Miss Lori how do we win the tickets? I get it, you are excited, so I will make this super easy. All you have to do is leave a comment telling me how you would spend one day with your soulmate. One perfect day. (Dream big folks, this is the movies.) Then tweet, like and or google+ this post and you are good to go. I will choose one winner randomly, (as soon as I wake up Friday morning), and announce it EVERYWHERE! Then all you have to do is get me your address and I, (well Kodak actually), will get you the tickets.

Sound like a plan? I’m feeling good about it. But I am feeling even better about the chance to see this movie. Now all I have to do is find a date. (That could definitely take more than one day!)

SMILE On!

ML

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