<P> The film received Best Original Screenplay and Best Screenplay awards at the 14th Satellite Awards and 25th Independent Spirit Awards, respectively, as well as two nominations at the 67th Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture--Musical or Comedy and Best Actor--Musical or Comedy (Gordon - Levitt). </P> <P> The film is presented in a nonlinear narrative, jumping between various days within the 500 days of Tom and Summer's relationship . There is an on - screen timer showing the day . This is a linear summary of the plot . </P> <P> On January 8, Tom Hansen meets Summer Finn, his boss's new assistant . Tom is trained as an architect but works as a writer at a greeting card company in Los Angeles . After discovering they have a similar taste in music, they have a conversation about love at a karaoke night; Tom believes in it, but Summer does not . Tom's friend and co-worker McKenzie drunkenly reveals that Tom likes Summer, which Tom asserts is only "as friends", something Summer agrees with . A few days later, Summer kisses Tom in the copy room at work . During the next few months Summer and Tom grow closer . </P> <P> Tom shows Summer his favorite spot in the city, which overlooks a number of buildings he likes, though the view is somewhat spoiled by parking lots . After several months of dating, both Tom's friends and his preteen half - sister Rachel push him to question Summer where they are in their relationship, though Summer brushes this off, saying that it should not matter if they are both happy . One night, Tom gets into a fight with a man who tries to pick up Summer in a bar, which causes their first argument . They make up and Summer concedes Tom deserves some certainty, but that his demand that she promises to always feel the same way about him would be impossible for anyone to make . </P>

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