cinematical.com - 5/2/2008
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Cinematical is absolutely stoked to have received this exclusive poster for The Wackness (click on the image to enlarge), which just enjoyed its New Yawk premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival earlier this week. Directed by the very talented Jonathan Levine ( All the Boys Love Mandy Lane ), The Wackness centers on the relationship between a pot dealer with no friends ( Josh Peck ) and ...
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The Wackness Movie Poster
/Film —
... for The Wackness, a fave upcoming flick of the site, that shamefully sold the film as just another navel-ring piece of garbage starring an Olsen twin. Knowing full well who was in the movie, I still anticipated a cornrowed Bijou Phillips popping up and shaking her ass in the trailer at any second. Today, Cinematical received the new one-sheet for the little indie that should send director Jonathan Levine (All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) trail blazing a la Jason Reitman, and thankfully it’s not a complete disaster. ...
The Wackness Official Poster Debuts - Really?
FirstShowing.net —
... them market this better instead of just complain, but I'm at a loss of words this time! Take a look at the poster. Do you have ANY clue what Josh Peck and Ben Kingsley are doing?! If you're not familiar with the movie and haven't seen it, I bet you're completely lost. Are they really selling ices? Why? Good job selling the movie Sony! And the trailers have already been mediocre so far, too. This isn't off to a good start…
Thanks to Cinematical for debuting the poster! Please sound off with your thoughts below. ...
New Poster for The Wackness Makes Me Angry
Film School Rejects —
Late yesterday afternoon our friends at Cinematical debuted the first official poster for one of my favorite films of 2008 thus far, The Wackness. The poster, which is eerily similar to the teaser poster we debuted while at Sundance, in that it looks like a rather uninteresting and amateurish Photoshop job, is the first to be released by Sony Pictures Classics, the studio that will ultimately be responsible for this film’s success or failure. I know it sounds like I am being harsh, but I’ve already spoken out about this ...
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Finally, a film for kids of the 90's!
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