Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The wackness / Sony Pictures Classics ; Occupant Films and SBK Films ; produced by Keith Calder, Felipe Marino, Joe Neurauter ; written and directed by Jonathan Levine.

Edition:

Widescreen ed.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is only beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against crimes like noisy portable radio, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set in this time, troubled high school student Luke Shapiro is a teenage pot dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires, 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.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for pervasive drug use, language and some sexuality.

Subjects:

High school students -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Drug dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Marijuana -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Psychiatrists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Depressed persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Coming-of-age films.

Comedy films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Feature films.

Other Author:

Korner, Petra.

Noyes, John.

Torn, David.

Calder, Keith.

Marino, Felipe.

Neurauter, Joe.

Levine, Jonathan.

Kingsley, Ben, 1943-

Janssen, Famke, 1964-

Peck, Josh, 1986-

Thirlby, Olivia, 1986-

Olsen, Mary-Kate, 1986-

Adams, Jane, 1965-

Method Man.

Yoo, Aaron, 1979-

Occupant Films.

SBK Films.

Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Other Title:

Sundance 2008: Audience Award: Dramatic

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007.

Special features: deleted scenes; commentary with Josh Peck, Jonathan Levine; Luke Shapiro's dope show; Keeping it real : a day in the life of Jonathan Levine; Time in a bottle : behind-the-scenes of The wackness.

Director of photography, Petra Korner ; editor, John Noyes ; music, David Torn.

Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jane Adams, Method Man, Aaron Yoo.

DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

English or dubbed French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

ISBN:

1435928989

9781435928985

Publisher Number:

27183

29784

27184

Other Number:

262349277

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

763930

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Wackness