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The Wackness HD Trailer #2
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It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana--but change is in the air. The newly- inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against "crimes" like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby). Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen,and Method Man round out the cast in this edgy, bittersweet, and funny coming of age story. Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things.
The Wackness is an upcoming 2008 comedy by Jonathan Levine and starring Famke Janssen, Sir Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck.
"The Wackness" centers upon a troubled high school student named Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck)—a teenage marijuana dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul.
Release Date: 29 August 2008 (UK)
Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen
Length: 132
Rating: 4.80 (33 ratings)
Tags: The Wackness HD Trailer marijuana against crimes graffiti drunkenness Luke Shapiro step-daughter comedy movie
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THE WACKNESS- Method Man on Hip Hop, Gas Prices and Thugging
Monday Night Conversation with Method Man
Its the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is only beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against crimes like noisy portable radio, graffiti and public drunkenness.
The Wackness centers upon a troubled high school student named Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck)a teenage pot dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul. When the doctor proposes Luke trade him weed for therapy sessions, the two begin to explore both New York City and their own depression.
Propelled by an exuberant hip hop score, The Wackness captures the spell of 1994--a time of pagers, not cell phones; a time when Tupac and Biggie were alive but Kurt Cobain had just died. Funny and moving, The Wackness is an offbeat tale of two lost souls stumbling towards maturity.
A BlackTree Media Production
Produced by Jamaal Finkley
Host Kitty Troy for BlackTree TV
http://www.blacktree.tv
Length: 706
Rating: 4.80 (225 ratings)
Tags: THE WACKNESS WUTANG HIP HOP filmmaker reel interview trailer METHOD MAN OBAMA GAS PRICES WIRE GREYS ANATOMY Cita
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The Wackness
I graduated high school in the Summer of '94, much like THE WACKNESS' Luke
Shapiro (although I never sold weed. I swear.). 1994 found New York at a crossroads.
And it found hip hop at its creative apex. I suppose I was at my own crossroads in '94,
for I latched onto this music and never let go.
1994 featured debut albums from artists like Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Outkast, and Method
Man. Although these albums weren't necessarily made with me in mind, they spoke to
me nonetheless. There was a restlessness to the music, a sense of provocation with
which I identified. It's not so much that these albums had the right answers (they rarely
did); it was more that they were asking the right questions. That, and they were cool to
dance to.
Rap music, like New York itself, was at a very different place in '94. For me, that's what
is so interesting about setting the movie 13 short years ago -- assessing those
similarities and differences. When we take stock of this recent past, we have a more
fully-realized understanding of the present. Or, as Ghostface Killa put it back in the day,
"if you forget where you come from, you never gonna make it where you're going." That
sentence encapsulates a lot of what making this movie meant to me. I hope it's a
sentiment that comes across in some small part as you watch THE WACKNESS. And I
hope the same restless spirit that pervaded those great '94 hip hop albums lives on in
the film. Most of all, though I hope it's cool to dance to. You know, in that movie kind of
way.
http://www.blacktree.tv
Length: 126
Rating: 4.60 (23 ratings)
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The Wackness (2)
It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and
wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana--but change is in the air. The newlyinaugurated
mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives
against "crimes" like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against
this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling
dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy,
while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby). Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen,
and Method Man round out the cast in this edgy, bittersweet, and funny coming of age
story.
The Soundtrack
For me, hip hop was at its best in '94: at its most creative and most authentic.
And while the lives of my friends and I were distant from the gangsta life of the
rappers, we identified with their spirit, and the authenticity of feeling that they
embodied. So we listened.
These days, I don't really listen to much hip hop. I don't think today's artists have
as much to say; the production's too slick. In '94, it was a movement; in '08, it's
pop. Things just aren't the same as they were then. No music has ever spoken
to me like the Class of '94.
-Jonathan Levine
The World Is Yours is the third single from Nas' '94 debut album "Illmatic." During the
final chorus, the title of the song is repeated over and over in a stirring shout-out to
people in the various neighborhoods of New York ("South Bronx, the world is
yours...etc.) It was named seventh on about.com's list of the top 100 rap songs.
"We toyed with a lot of different options for the first song in the film--the one that
introduces us to Luke's world. We chose something off "Illmatic" because, for me, it
defined the year. "Illmatic" was the first album of the '94 rookie class (Nas, Biggie,
Outkast, etc.), and it's an undisputed classic, It introduced the world to a natural-born
storyteller who could transport you with his evocative rhymes. It came out in April, and I
distinctly remember playing the CD on repeat in my bedroom as I studied for finals."
Heaven & Hell is a collaboration between Raekwon and his fellow Wu-Tang Clan
member Ghostface Killah. It originally appeared on the soundtrack album for Boaz
Yakim's hip-hop-oriented movie "Fresh" (which debuted at the '94 Sundance ), the story
of a 12-year-old boy selling drugs for the local dealers. The film starred Samuel L.
Jackson and Giancarlo Esposito.
"Raekwon was the first member of the Wu-Tang Clan to release a solo album. He did
so in '94. For me, this track changes the whole vibe of the roof party scene, as Luke
sits up on the water tower, isolated from this socially oppressive high school
environment. When Luke looks down at his classmates having a good time, RZA's dark
production gives the scene a new feel: it's almost scary. High school was hell for Luke,
and this song illustrates that beautifully.
The What is a track from The The Notorious B.I.G.'s '94 debut album, "Ready to Die." It
features a duet with Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man, who is seen in the film
(playing Percy, Luke's Rastafarian drug supplier) in the scene over which this song
plays.
"The spirit and themes of Notorious B.I.G. were my biggest creative influence for the
movie. As hardcore as he could be, "Ready to Die" was willing to speak openly about
very personal things: everything from his own suicidal thoughts to his mom's cancer. He
never censored himself. He spoke the words I felt, and he's the first true artist I ever
discovered."
http://www.blacktree.tv
Length: 80
Rating: 4.90 (63 ratings)
Tags: filmmaker reel trailer The Wackness drake and josh peck 1994 Hip Hop Biggie WuTang Clan Mary J. Blige weed marijuana
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Teaser Trailer #1 - The Wackness
It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana--but change is in the air. The newly-
inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against "crimes" like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against
this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby). Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen,and Method Man round out the cast in this edgy, bittersweet, and funny coming of age story.
Length: 74
Rating: 4.80 (42 ratings)
Tags: Wackness teaser preview Sony Pictures Josh Peck ben kingsley mary kate olsen method man famke janssen olivia thirlby
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THE WACKNESS Movie Trailer
t’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana—but change is in the air. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against “crimes” like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step daughter (Olivia Thirlby). Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen,and Method Man round out the cast in this edgy, bittersweet, and funny coming of age story.
Length: 117
Rating: 4.60 (20 ratings)
Tags: josh peck rudy giuliani mary kate olsen olivia thirlby method man
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