The Wackness
Studio/Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Director
Jonathan Levine
Screenwriter(s)
Jonathan Levine
Cast
Josh Peck, Sir Ben Kingsley, Method Man, Mary Kate Olsen, Olivia Thirlby, Famke Janssen, Aaron Yoo
Release Date: July 3, 2008
Release: Limited
Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive drug use, language and some sexuality)
Offical Site: The Wackness
Movie Poster: Allposters
DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon
Sony Pictures Classics
Director
Jonathan Levine
Screenwriter(s)
Jonathan Levine
Cast
Josh Peck, Sir Ben Kingsley, Method Man, Mary Kate Olsen, Olivia Thirlby, Famke Janssen, Aaron Yoo
Release Date: July 3, 2008
Release: Limited
Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for pervasive drug use, language and some sexuality)
Offical Site: The Wackness
Movie Poster: Allposters
DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon
