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Tag Your BEGIN AGAIN Photos And Videos And Win A Trip To NYC

By Movie Geeks | June 9, 2014

Seattle. Chicago. Los Angeles. Dallas. New York City. What’s the favorite spots around your city?

The Weinstein Company invites you enter for a chance to win a trip to the Big Apple.

Grab a photo of some of the spots in your city and upload it to your favorite social networking site (Twitter, Instagram, etc.) along with the hashtag #BEGINAGAINCITY.

Click here for details: http://beginagainfilm.com/#/social

The latest film from writer-director John Carney (ONCE), BEGIN AGAIN is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together. The film opens in select theaters June 27th; nationwide July 11th.

Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own.

Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent.

From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City.

No stranger to the power of music, Adam Levine captures the spirit of the film when he observes: “Everybody – if they have a soul – has music that they connect to. For me, it was a Pearl Jam song called ‘Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town’ – that song always made me cry when I was a kid. Being young sucks, and it helped me get through a tough period.”

“It might sound heavy to say,” concludes Levine, “but the film asks the question: can a song save your life? I do believe that the energy you feel when you hear a song that you respond to emotionally – it can change your life, and maybe save it in a way. Music saved my life, because I love it so much that I don’t know what I would do without it.”