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{{short description|2004 film by Robert Luketic}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
| image          = Win_A_Date_With_Tad_Hamilton!_poster.JPG
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Robert Luketic]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Lucy Fisher]]
* [[Douglas Wick]]
}}
| writer         = Victor Levin
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kate Bosworth]]
* [[Topher Grace]]
* [[Josh Duhamel]]
* [[Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes]]
* [[Nathan Lane]]
}}
| music          = [[Edward Shearmur]]
| cinematography = [[Peter Lyons Collister|Peter Collister]] 
| editing        = Scott Hill
| studio         = [[Douglas Wick|Red Wagon Entertainment]]
| distributor    = [[DreamWorks Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2004|01|23}}
| runtime        = 96 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 96:19--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/win-date-tad-hamilton-2004-2 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220055013/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/win-date-tad-hamilton-2004-2 | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 20, 2016 | title=''Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!'' (PG) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=January 22, 2004 | access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $22 million<ref name=mojo/>
| gross          = $21.3 million<ref name=mojo/>
}}
'''''Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!''''' is a 2004 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Robert Luketic]], written by Victor Levin and starring [[Kate Bosworth]], [[Topher Grace]], [[Josh Duhamel]], [[Gary Cole]], [[Ginnifer Goodwin]], [[Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes]] and [[Nathan Lane]]. The film follows a small-town girl (Bosworth) who wins a contest for a date with a male celebrity (Duhamel) and a [[love triangle]] forms between the girl, the star and the girl's best friend (Grace).

The character's name of Tad Hamilton has been seen as a cross between the names of screen idols [[Tab Hunter]] and [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdfuture.com/review.php?id=572|title=dvdfuture.com :: Review - Win A Date With Tad Hamilton|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040209092204/http://www.dvdfuture.com/review.php?id=572|archive-date=February 9, 2004}}</ref><ref>[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/movies/reviews/2366620.html Win a Date With Tad Hamilton | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beansouptimes.com/MOVIE_Tad_Hamilton.htm|title=Movie Tad Hamilton|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405045618/http://www.beansouptimes.com/MOVIE_Tad_Hamilton.htm |archivedate=April 5, 2009 }}</ref>

The film received mixed reviews from critics and earned $17.1 million in the United States and $4.2 million overseas for a worldwide total of $21.3 million, making it a [[Box office bomb|commercial failure]] against a $22 million budget.