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IDIOCRACY to see the light of day? In a theater? On September 1st!!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a bit of good news/bad news courtesly of the Austin Chronicle. It looks like good news for me, being an Austinite means I get to see Mike Judge's IDIOCRACY on September 1st. Bad news for everybody else is that Fox is only releasing the film in 6 other cities. I've heard things all over the map for this movie, about an average man who volunteers for an army project, is put to sleep for hundreds and hundreds of years and wakes up in a country that has been so dumbed down that he is literally the smartest man on Earth. I've heard it's crazy insane funny and I've heard it is very flawed, even hard to sit through. All I know is the premise is great, OFFICE SPACE was fuckin' great and I'm all for seeing this film. Hopefully it'll do well in Austin and the other markets and Fox will release it wider. Here's the original Chronicle blurb:

The good news is that Austin fans will finally get to see Mike Judge's futuristic comedy, Idiocracy, on the big screen. The bad news is that people in most other areas of the country likely won't. Idiocracy opens in limited ? and very quiet, judging by the lack of a trailer and short notice ? release on Sept. 1 in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto, a spokesperson for 20th Century Fox said. Whether the long-delayed, Austin-shot film will expand to other markets is uncertain. The announcement comes on the heels of a report on the MTV Web site that the film's release was "postponed indefinitely" with rumors of the dreaded limited release. Wrong on the first; correct on the second. Which leads to the obligatory questions: Is it that bad? Will film execs ever figure out Judge's humor? Is the film's star, Luke Wilson, cursed? (His Austin-shot directing debut, The Wendell Baker Story, should be filed under whereabouts unknown.) Lest we forget, Judge's Office Space was a dud at the box office but remains gold on DVD/video. The better news hereabouts is that Judge appears to be preparing for his next live-action feature, Meat in the Freezer.



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by mattyholmes
Aug 25th, 2006
06:35:06 AM
wow...
by Datascream
Aug 25th, 2006
06:35:59 AM
Still unbelievable that Office Space was a dud
by chrth
Aug 25th, 2006
06:36:03 AM
First?
by Zarles
Aug 25th, 2006
06:36:31 AM
What about DC?
by Kentucky Colonel
Aug 25th, 2006
06:48:19 AM
i hate FOX soooooo much
by tripp5
Aug 25th, 2006
08:15:45 AM
chrth: I'm not really surprised OS was a failure...
by brycemonkey
Aug 25th, 2006
08:17:09 AM
brycemonkey
by chrth
Aug 25th, 2006
08:18:19 AM
I dreaded seeing Office Space for some reason...
by JohnGalt06
Aug 25th, 2006
08:30:24 AM
Love Mike Judge...but this looks to be bad
by Superneal
Aug 25th, 2006
08:39:05 AM
By the way, I really liked this movie...
by JohnGalt06
Aug 25th, 2006
08:47:59 AM
Judge
by big_nerd
Aug 25th, 2006
08:48:15 AM
Why else would they delay this?
by godoffireinhell
Aug 25th, 2006
08:49:13 AM
Even if it is absolutely terrible, this still makes....
by JohnGalt06
Aug 25th, 2006
08:55:46 AM
They WOULD delay/limit release...
by The Pusher
Aug 25th, 2006
08:56:22 AM
HA!! I'm in Chicago so I get to see it and you
by Borgnine JR
Aug 25th, 2006
09:25:49 AM
Gary Cole
by artie langes nut
Aug 25th, 2006
09:41:08 AM
execs don't get Judge. they're fucking LUMBERGHs
by HypeEndsHere
Aug 25th, 2006
09:55:05 AM
chrth: Word of mouth...
by brycemonkey
Aug 25th, 2006
09:56:14 AM
http://tinyurl.com/lnkgr
by HypeEndsHere
Aug 25th, 2006
10:07:50 AM
So wait, was Gary Cole annoyed by that...
by JohnGalt06
Aug 25th, 2006
10:14:23 AM
Hurray for Houston
by Big Bad Clone
Aug 25th, 2006
10:18:35 AM
whats so sweet about texas????
by lofe101
Aug 25th, 2006
10:24:47 AM
New York City!
by Mal-content
Aug 25th, 2006
10:26:10 AM
WHAT!?
by Shaz_bot80
Aug 25th, 2006
10:36:25 AM
Of course Cole was annoyed by that.
by Flickerhead
Aug 25th, 2006
10:47:08 AM
Hell I just thought it was funny
by artie langes nut
Aug 25th, 2006
10:55:44 AM
I was in an elevator with John Stamos
by Ace Hunter
Aug 25th, 2006
11:06:05 AM
I just saw this advertised in the Arclight email
by BitterMan23
Aug 25th, 2006
11:28:38 AM
Not good
by Gigolo Joe
Aug 25th, 2006
11:31:08 AM
If I Had to Guess...
by jollydwarf
Aug 25th, 2006
11:42:43 AM
so what's the word on MEAT IN THE FREEZER?
by beamish13
Aug 25th, 2006
12:11:29 PM
No San Francisco?!
by JustinSane
Aug 25th, 2006
12:14:28 PM
Yeah, San Francisco is usually before most cities...
by Lenny Nero
Aug 25th, 2006
12:29:48 PM
i live in austin...
by Flux_brown
Aug 25th, 2006
12:49:09 PM
Whoo Hoo! Toronto gets it!
by Nazzim O'Bazzim
Aug 25th, 2006
01:29:38 PM
In a way, this does make sense...
by DocBosch
Aug 25th, 2006
02:13:15 PM
Saw the poster in Orange County
by 12-GAUGE DIXON
Aug 25th, 2006
02:29:49 PM
The more B-list the star, the more pissed they get
by Terry_1978
Aug 25th, 2006
02:32:31 PM
Still haven't seen OS yet, even though I've owned it...
by minderbinder
Aug 25th, 2006
03:40:27 PM
Why is the question mark the default punc.?
by CreasyBear
Aug 25th, 2006
04:02:56 PM
Yeaaaaah
by Alientoast
Aug 25th, 2006
04:24:38 PM
Is it only playing for one day?
by DanielKurland
Aug 25th, 2006
04:35:52 PM
Brilliant meta-marketing?
by Merkin Muffley
Aug 25th, 2006
05:23:40 PM
I live in LA.
by CoursinLarry
Aug 25th, 2006
06:01:09 PM
creasybear
by mocky_puppet
Aug 25th, 2006
06:28:18 PM
The city exterior set...
by CrayonPie
Aug 25th, 2006
07:18:46 PM
Whatever
by whereAMeye
Aug 25th, 2006
07:54:47 PM
Luke Wilson isn't cursed, he's all-knowing
by SnapT
Aug 25th, 2006
08:39:04 PM
I saw Judge once at a screening here in L.A.
by beamish13
Aug 25th, 2006
09:15:05 PM
LA tickets are up
by X-Ray Cat
Aug 25th, 2006
09:54:38 PM
lofe101
by shatfanat
Aug 26th, 2006
03:36:21 AM
TPS
by reckni
Aug 26th, 2006
05:23:19 AM
Mike Judge Doesn't Make Money at the Box Office, but
by Hate_Speech
Aug 27th, 2006
09:44:58 AM
Bad script
by PennyfarthingCJ
Aug 27th, 2006
06:35:51 PM
Posters?
by marc42
Aug 27th, 2006
07:01:55 PM
I'm going
by la_sith
Aug 28th, 2006
06:48:36 PM
Limited release=movie executive morons
by Anna Valerious
Aug 28th, 2006
07:12:47 PM

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