Hey folks, Harry here with our man Levil who sneaked a peek at the test screening of SUPER TROOPERS.... You see folks, even though the film is complete and has played Sundance, the studio... FOX SEARCHLIGHT is conducting test screenings to discover how wide a market they have... to what audience the film appeals to. And then there is always the chance that if they did a little tweaking... but Naaaaah, from the sound of the reports we've had on this one so far... I'd say it is a pretty darn tootin good chance that this film won't suffer any post-festival changes, cuz it sounds mighty funny as is. Here ya go....

About two weeks ago I got invited to a test screening of a film called Super Troopers. With a name like that I almost opted not to see it, but after reading some good reviews on your site about different festivals playing it, I figured why not check it out.

It was fucking funny.

You had said that this film would be a huge success if it got a distributor... looks like Fox Searchlight grabbed it. I'm not sure when it will be released, no one at the test screening said, but this is the type of film that can totally find a cult following, maybe even bigger.

On the sheet, they liked the film to Police Academy... but this is way funnier than that. It is a comedy about state troopers in Vermont, and that's about it... plot in these kinds of films don't really matter anyway. It was written by some comedy troupe named Broken Lizard, I've never heard of them, but I'll definitely be on the lookout for their name. The jokes in this film come at such a fast clip that I'm sure I missed half of them due to the loudness of the crowds laughter. The opening scene especially is one of the funniest comedic scenes that has ever kick-started a film. And most movies, if they do have a great opening, totally end up losing steam as they go along. Not the case with Super Troopers.

The thing about this film is that it's not going to be easy to get people to see it. This year there are so many big comedies coming out, that it would be really easy to forget about this one. It was definitely low budget, and it's not the slickest thing out there, but it has the comedic spirit of say 'Strange Brew,' where you know the actors must have had a lot of fun making this film. I really hope that there are more screenings of this, and that more buzz can be generated about this film. It would be great if this was a huge success, seeing that films like American Pie 2 and Scary Movie 2 with built in audiences are just getting made just to make money. It would show people that you don't need a big budget or big stars to still make a damn good film.

I am really tempted to give away some of the funnier parts, but that would totally spoil it. This is the type of film that after you see it, you just want to tell everyone about it. It's old school, old fashioned raunchy comedy, the kind that gets quoted years later.

So I'm just writing to get the word out, contribute to the buzz. Don't be put off by the title, if you have the opportunity, see Super Troopers.

call me,

-Levll-