I just finished watching the upcoming DVD release (August 25th) of Goodbye SOLO a film by Ramin Bahrani and it’s amazing.
Now, I won’t begin to spoil the movie for you, but I would like to say that it is a beautiful movie and you’ll have to watch it yourself. It’s a movie about two men that meat at a crossroads in the Deep South. Together they embark on a journey that will change both their lives forever. As Mark Olsen, latimes.com states, the movie is, “Powerful, riveting, inspiring!”.
The movie is already a winner of the Venice Film Festival International Critics Prize and an Official Selection for Toronto International Film Festival and I’m sure, after watching this film, there’s more to come!
Synopsis:
Solo (Souléymane Sy Savané) is a cheerful 34-year-old taxi driver from Senegal hoping for a better life in America. But when the hard-edged William (Red West), a 70-year-old white Southerner, enters Solo’s cab with an unusual request, this odd couple embarks on a journey that will change them both forever. From acclaimed director Ramin Bahrani comes a powerful story of friendship and forgiveness. With Goodbye Solo, Bahrani has created a profoundly uplifting story about an unlikely friendship between two very different men that has been entrancing critics since its debut. The film was declared “powerful, riveting, inspiring” (Los Angeles Times); “touching and uplifting” (New York Post) and “an almost perfect film” (The New York Times)
In addition, Goodbye Solo has touched the lives of audiences across the country winning the International Critics Prize at the 2008 Venice Film Festival and becoming an Official Selection at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. The film was directed by Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop), a recipient of the 2008 Independent Spirit Award’s “Someone to Watch” prize and who Roger Ebert called “the new great American director.”
I wanted to include the synopsis for the movie because I honestly couldn’t explain the movie better than this. I also would be the one that would probably spoil the ending, beginning and middle for those interested in viewing this film.
I do have a copy to giveaway. Would anyone like to enter for a chance to win?
Here’s the deal; I received a copy so that I can watch it and tell you what I thought…(it’s excellent), but I was also sent a copy to give away to a reader of Blog Fully…that would be one of you, so…
TO ENTER:
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Simply watch the TRAILER and tell me what you think…that’s it, really.
**If you can’t open the file, that’s fine; just tell me about one of the most riveting movies you’ve ever watched.**
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Just so you know:
There will be ONE WINNER.
This Giveaway ends on September 5th @11:59pm CST.
I will choose the winner using random dot org.
I will contact the winner via email (On or around September 5th) and will then post the winner through an update on this post.
Winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email announcing him/her as the winner.
***SORRY FOLKS; THIS GIVEAWAY IS FOR U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY***
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4:17 AM on August 23rd, 2009
Goodbye SOLO DVD GIVEAWAY – http://shar.es/BORo