  win a date with tad hamilton! is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by robert luketic and starring kate bosworth, topher grace, and josh duhamel. == plot == the film opens with a soldier and nurse getting out of two 1940-style cars in the middle of night. the nurse runs up to the soldier and the camera switches to reveal this to be a scene from a film. the three piggly wiggly store workersârosalee, cathy, and peteâare watching and as the nurse on screen asks for forgiveness and the soldier agrees, the women in the audience are moved to tears as pete is clearly unimpressed. as the girls wonder what tad hamiltonâthe star of the filmâis doing at that moment, their prediction of praying is proven false as the scene cuts to tadâdescribed in the next scene by his agentâ"drinking, driving, smoking, leering, and groping all at the same time". the conclusion of the agent scene is that tad must clean up his act to convince a director to cast him in an upcoming film; the solution, a competition to win a date with tad, is found out by rosalee as she surfs the internet. with the help of the piggly wiggly customers and the reluctant agreement of pete, the girls raise the $100 entrance money as pete reveals to his superior that he will leave for richmond to go to college after he has a discussion "with someone about going to richmond with me." this person is obviously rosalee, but a news crew outside her house signals her success at winning a date with tad hamilton, and as pete sees her off at the airport he sadly warns her to guard her "carnal treasure." rosalee is awed by los angeles and becomes tongue-tied in tad's presence; the date does not go well as rosalee throws up in the limo and tad mentioning his love of animalsâwhich pete had warned was a signal of sexual intentionsârouses her suspicions. after seeing tad's house, rosalee requests to go back to the hotel and soon returns home leaving tad thoughtful. as 
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