To celebrate the release of director and designer Mike Mills' new film Beginners, in cinemas July 22nd, The Huffington Post UK are offering one lucky winner the chance to win a specially commissioned book that contains all of the artwork designed by Mills, that features within the film, plus a copy of the film’s soundtrack.
Mills’ Beginners is a comedy-drama about how deeply funny and transformative life can be, even at its most serious moments.
Beginners imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (Golden Globe Award nominee Ewan McGregor).
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Mélanie Laurent of Inglourious Basterds) only months after his father Hal Fields (Academy Award nominee Christopher Plummer) has passed away.
This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 45 years, came out of the closet at the age of 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend, Andy (Goran Visnjic of ER).
Hal’s new honesty causes upheavals but brings father and son closer than they’d ever been before. Now Oliver endeavours to love Anna with all the bravery, humour, and hope that his father taught him.
At once deeply personal and universal, Beginners was inspired by Mills’ own father and is meant in turn to inspire everyone weighing their chances and choices in life and love.
Beginners is in cinemas JULY 22nd.
A Universal Picture © 2011 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved
To be in with the chance of winning a pair of tickets, simply answer this question:
Name the Golden Globe Award nominee actor who stars in Beginners
A)Ewan McGregor
B)Sean Penn
C)Colin Firth
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Please read our terms and conditions on page 2 for full details. The winners will be picked at random on 22nd July 2011. Good luck!
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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1. The prize promotion is open to all UK residents aged 18 years or over except employees (and their families) of AOL (UK) Limited ("AOL"), Universal Pictures International Limited and any affiliates or subsidiary companies, as well as representatives or agents of AOL and anyone else who may be involved or connected with the prize promotion. Any entries submitted by agents or third parties will be invalid and will not be accepted by the Promoter.
2. You may enter this prize promotion by a) following us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostUKEnt b) following us on Twitter - http://twitter.com/huffpostukent - and then c), Tweeting your answer to the question found at 'Beginners' Competition: Win An Artwork Book, Designed By Mike Mills, And The Film's Soundtrack
3. There will be one winner who will win a specially commissioned book that contains all of the artwork designed by Mills, which features within the film, plus a copy of the film’s soundtrack.
4. The prize promotion closing date is midnight on 21st July 2011 (the "Closing Date") and any entries received after the Closing Date will not be accepted by the Promoter.
5. The winning entry/entries will be selected at random on 22nd July 2011 and the winner(s) will be notified via Twitter on this date.
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