The Wackness hits Sundance
January 21, 2008 by alex
My good childhood friend, Jonathan Levine, has just premiered his second feature film at the Sundance Film Festival. First off, as a friend I want to give a big congrats to Jon - its really amazing to see someone doing exactly what you knew they should be doing back in 6th grade.
Back to the movie… its called The Wackness (check out the coverage here), and it stars Ben Kingsley, Mary-Kate Olsen, Josh Peck, Method Man and others and the quick synopsis is as follows:
Jonathan Levine’s second feature is set in the hot summer of 1994, when gangsta rap was beginning to penetrate into mainstream culture and a young depressed drug-dealer named Luke (Josh Peck in a career making performance) sets off on a journey to get laid before he goes off to college. Problem is that Luke is a combination loser/loner (what I like to call - “Loneser”). His only friend is his oddball psychiatrist Dr. Squires (a Harvey Keitel-looking Ben Kingsley) is suffering from a late-middle age crisis, and takes pot for trade for therapy sessions. Luke falls in love with Squires’ step-daughter Stephanie (Juno’s sexy supporting star Olivia Thirlby), while Dr. Squires makes out with a hippied-out Mary-Kate Olsen (yuck) in a phone booth.
So far, its been getting lots of attention at the festival and I’m sensing it will continue to build.
His first movie, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (check out the trailer here), should be coming out here in February, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Karen and I caught the premiere last year at South by Southwest and and I highly recommend it if you’re a fan of thriller/horror films.
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January 29th, 2008 at 4:51 am
I hope will released in Italy too. I love Ben Kingsley ! He is so natural-weird :D