Pineapple Express and A Brief History Of Plot Songs

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Huey Lewis + Judd Apatow = Knee-Quivering Awesomeness
Published 7/2/2008 by William Goss at Cinematical
... [God bless Spout Blog for bringing this to our attention. I'm tempted to send you guys over a basket full of pineapples just out of principle.] ...

Old news: "Metropolis" found, Weinstein trash, "Ballast" solo.
Published 7/7/2008 by Alison Willmore at IFC: Indie Eye
... Films in order to oversee putting it in theaters himself, Anthony Kaufman at indieWIRE takes a closer look and talks with Hammer: "The problem is the larger issue that's plaguing every filmmaker right now: The distributors don't really offer any money. That's not that big of a deal if they would allow you to have control of your project, but they don't." The Huey Lewis & The News title track for "Pineapple Express" is here and unbelievably 80slicious. Karina Longworth takes it as an opportunity to look back at 50 years of plot songs. ...

Movie Marketing Madness: Pineapple Express
Published 29 days ago by Chris at Movie Marketing Madness
... Pineapple Express’ director David Gordon Green reportedly sought out Lewis and his band for the soundtrack, looking for them to provide his film with a plot song, something that was in the vein of “Back in Time” from the Back to the Future soundtrack. He wanted HL&N’s brand of vibe and their ability to write a song that would tell the movie’s story in verse. His embrace not only of the News but of their place in movie and music history might just make him my latest Most Favorite Person Ever. ...