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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
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."
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| The Wackness HD Trailer #2 |
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Movie Trailers: http://movie-preview.tv
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
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| Teaser Trailer #1 - The Wackness |
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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.
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| The Wackness - Teaser |
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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.
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| THE WACKNESS Movie Trailer |
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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.
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