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The Director Of SUPERBAD Goes To ADVENTURELAND!!
Merrick again...
Greg Mottola (no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to not type Motorola when typing his name, damn it), director of SUPERBAD, has his next gig lined up.
It's called ADVENTURELAND, which is...
...a period comedy set in the late-80s. The film will tell the story of a college grad ready to summer in Europe before starting grad school. Only problem is his father just got laid off and now he's stuck at home in Long Island. Forced to get a job and support himself, he gets a job at the local amusement park Adventureland where comedy abounds and he falls in love.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.
The film will be based around Mottola's real-life experiences working at Long Island's Adventureland...which is no relation to the Adventureland region of Disneyland...which may be where my mom mooned Winnie the Pooh? Not sure if Pooh Bear hangs in Adventureland...can't recall...
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i was helping a guy write a script about the same exact theme park (yes it's real). boy was he pissed when this was announced a few days ago.
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I do...
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Otherwise, the site would go dark.
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It's been about 5 days since I saw it and you know what I keep laughing at? The teaser trailer for Harold and Kumar 2. I am not a simpleton, either- I like Paul Thomas Anderson movies, Wes Anderson movies, etc. with the best of them. Superbad simply wasn't funny.
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Aug 22, 2007 7:13:39 PM CDT
I hope it's the same cast as Superbad and Knocked Up.
by allpowerfulwizardofoz
It's just a winning formula and so far it's not getting old it's just getting funnier. Superbad is a homerun of comedic proportions.
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are you the forty year old mom who brought her eight and twelve year old kids to superbad when i saw it, because she wasn't laughing either. i only ask, because i figure there has to be only a handful of people on earth who have no sense of humor.
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It's still there on Route 110 in Farmingdale and hasn't changed a bit since the 80's. This place is barely a step above the kind of "amusement parks" that roll into town and set up in church parking lots for the weekend. Only Adventureland never packed up and left. It was a great place to hang out when you were a teenager. Tons of slutty Long Island chicks and lots of IROC-Z driving assholes hitting on them. Oh, and drugs. You could always find drugs there.
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Great 90s indie flick. Pretty hilarious. One of Lieb Scrieber's first parts, and has Parker Posey, Hope Davis, Campbell Scott, and Staley Tucci. It's a shame it took him 10 years to make another feature, but glad to see he's back.
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Oh yeah I laughed.. there were some funny parts. As I have said in each of the 80 superbad talkbacks, though, I didn't think the "period pants" thing was funny. That was just downright jack nasty. And some of the things were just stupid- like the girl who says "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours", to which Seth replies "my back is connected to my cock". Who the hell talks like that? Do you REALLY think a fat, socially awkward kid talking to a pretty girl would say something like that? Sorry, but just because the word "cock" is in a sentence, that doesn't automatically make me laugh.
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the funniest parts, to me, involved Michael Cera aka George Michael. And he acted EXACTLY like he did in Arrested Development. So how much of that can I attribute to the writer/director/producer? Probably not much.
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Fucking wild. I can't even believe that. I am going to see this eighteen times.
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but yeah the period pants was pretty fucking sick. (in the best possible way, but sick)
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if you like micael cera, be sure to check out the clark and michael show. their website has every episode, and it's HILARIOUS. off the charts stupid funny shit.
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i live right around the area and also used to go there all the time. i can still smell the fumes from the water bumper cars if i close my eyes. I hope Mottola stays true to the feel of Farmingdale, and contains a few hundred day laborers hanging around the gas station down the road. Oh, and the haunted house at adventureland is the tits.
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IS BETWEEN US.
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be reviewed at least that many times by AICN. Now where the hell is the latest SUPERBAD review!?
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They said they would be more than happy to provide consulting for this motion picture on realism, like how to hire the biggest bunch of losers ever, and how to keep the theme park as dirty and disgusting as possible. Reality Baby!!
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That's funny in and of itself.
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hey, I saw that word ADVENTURELAND and thought, wow, that brought back a tons of memories, and BAM, Greg Mottola is bringing that godawful place to the screen. I'll laugh my ass off.
THAT SMELLY GAS WATER IS STILL ON ME.
I loved Daytrippers! they had shots of my hometown Deer Park in it. oh yeah. -
This happens from time to time. A fun but average movie like Superbad rides the hype wave into comedic lore. We heard the same thing with American Pie. Superbad could have been a classic. Jonah Hill and Michael Cera were really really good, and their adventures contain some classic lines. But the Reno 911 Cops schtick (you listening, Seth Rogan?) completely ruined the tone of the film. Seth Ruin (I mean Rogan) is talented, but his comedy is not nearly as distinct as his speaking voice. I really wanted to love this film. Nice but ultimately lazy filmmaking to be sure.
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I grew up there as well and fortunately got out 15 years ago. Adventureland's rickety roller coaster always sounded like it was gonna collapse. I developed a 10 year fear of coasters until I could get over it! It was a dump, but we all went there!
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Wow, more of us here than I thought.
Adventureland is a nice, little place. It's not the best amuesement park in the world, but far from the worst.
They shot a scene from that Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore movie Music And Lyrics there, if anyone remembers that movie.
Hey again, to all my fellow Long Islanders. -
Yes, Music and Lyrics. That cheesy Huge Grant flick with Drew Barrymore. I was also just there this past weekend! The Alligator ride rocks!! They fixed the place up. It's quite nice these days.
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ALL HAIL THE GRAVITRON!!! The Pirate Ship was always a fun place to fake a stomachache -- "Oh, I just ate a greasy burger and some fries, and do I feel sick..." Here's to what could a damn fun movie ( especially for us Long Islanders... )
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that they actually film at Adventureland. I mean they filmed a scene of Music & Lyrics there. I live like 10 minutes from there, and you bet your ass I am going to see if they need extras.
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he said he hopes to be able to film it there, but isn't sure because it's expensive to shoot on Long Island.
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I might've had two birthday parties at Adventureland as a kid, and wen't there way more than the place deserved to be visited. I almost lost a shoe on the big swings. ah, memories. They better film it in the actual park, or why bother at all?
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...just so people will know that I'm not a troll, I'm a legitimate poster, and that I will always honor my word (unfortunately). About a week and a half ago I stated that Superbad would not make more than 4 million dollars in its first weekend. I stated that if it did, I would post my 1989 highschool graduation photo. Well, here it is:
http://tinyurl.com/38pulv
Please, be kind. -
movie sounds somewhat interesting yet generic. It'll most likely suck.
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THAT´S what I wanted to see on AICN! Oh, well...
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Another Adventureland alumni in the house. My wife and I are both from Port Jeff and we were just talking about this place this past weekend.
Now all we need is a movie about the Long Island Game Farm and maybe a re-imagining of PlayWorld. C'mon sing it! Let me start you off...
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For a minute there I was afraid this was another one of those "Disney ride-to-film" deals.
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... with the 90s nostalgia trip already. The 80s are getting played out...again.
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You'd be shocked at how many famous people are from Long Island. Just a sample...
Chriss Angel, The Baldwins (all 75 of them), Judd Aptow, Ashanti, Craig Biggio, Steve Buschemi, Mariah Carey, Frank Catalanato, Speedy Claxton, LL Cool J, Billy Crystal, Chuck D, Jennifer Capriati, Rodney Dangerfield, Taylor Dayne, Garry Dell'Abate, Billy Donovan, Julius Earving, Boomer Esiason, Amy Fisher (ugh), Debbie Gibson, Tony Graffanino, Tom Gugliotta, Melissa Joan Hart, Sara Hughes, Kevin James, Chris Jericho, Joan Jett, Billy Joel, Tony Kornheiser, Rob Kovic, Lyndsay Lohan, Ralph Macchio, Method Man, Stuttering John, Eddie Money, Soledad O'Brien, Rosie O'Donnell, Bill O'Reilly, Lou Reed, Joe Satriani, Telly Savalas, Brian Setzer, Jamie Lynn-Seigler, Dee Snyder, Howard Stern, John Tesh, Vinny Testaverde, Steve Vai, Frank Viola, Walt Whitman, Carl Yastrzsemski, -
those are just people born on Long Island, here's a list of people who grew up there...
Lyle Alzado, Dave Attell, Pat Benetar, Jim Brown, Lorraine Bracco, Edward Burns, Ben & Jerry(of Ben & Jerry's ice cream), Kenneth Cole, Francis Ford Coppola, Tony Danza, Brian Dennehy, Mick Foley, Dorris Kearns Goodwin, Sean Hannity, Andy Kaufman, Steve Madden, Eddie Murphy, Natalie Portman, Busta Rhymes, Ray Romano, Teddy Roosevelt, Laura Schlessenger, Jerry Seinfeld, Wally Szczerbiak. -
i thought this was going to be about that damn amusement park in iowa. now i am sad. :(
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Great childhood memories of going there, it really was a fun amusement park on the local level.
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I can' t believe how many fellow Long Islanders posted on here. Where are you guys from? I'm from Northport
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Camp trips, etc. Love that place. Never ralphed on the Gravitron.
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The Adventureland wrist bands with the safari guy on them, for some reason I loved those things. They were such a bitch to rip off though!
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Lived in Northport for a bit..off of Bread and Cheese Hollow Road.
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you have myspace or anything? How old are you, you still on the island? Just curious if I know you.
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is probably the most dangerous park in the US
they've had a death a summer there on the rides
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wow, i used to collect the POP bracelets since each time they went they were different colors. I used to get dropped off with friends back from like '86-'89 when I was in junior high. Mottola probably operated a ride for me or something. strange.
You guys can rent "Sweet Liberty" (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0092035/). They filmed there on the old coasters that was there in the late 80's. Alan Alda starred and directed in it. Michael Caine, Michelle Pfieffer and Bob Hoskins were in it too. -
When I was a journalist I wrote for a Northport Journal a few years back. I live by Garden City now.
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but fuck if i remember who he was...it was mostly teenagers working the rides and i was 17 at the time
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Cocked, locked, and ready to roll!
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http://www.myspace.com/charactersmovie
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I used to work at Newsday in Melville, right near Adventureland, and I live South of Farmingdale in Seaford.
As somebody else said, back in the 80's, the area around Adventureland along with some of the cheeseball nightclubs further West on Hempstead Turnpike were big destinations for high-school kids that cruised around in their Iroc's and beat up Pontiac Grand Prixs with T-tops. Laughing out loud now, thinking of those days.
Hope Mottola makes a good movie; if anything it'll be a huge nostalgia kick, but I read he's mostly shooting this flick in Pittsburgh. -
Check this Evan & Seth...
(http://www.myspace.com/charactersmovie)
Great flick with the SAME idea you are proposing. -
Had a girlfriend who was an extra in the Roseanne Barr vehicle, She-Devil. They shot it up in Belle Terre at the pink mansion. Jeez, that was 20 years ago now! Just had our 20 year HS reunion last weekend. Old. Just old.
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that Steve Buschemi movie with him in an ice cream truck was shot on Long Island, I believe.
As was the movie Dave, which had some scenes in the afformentioned town of Northport.
City by the Sea was shot in Long Beach, I believe.
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Ending took place out in Setauket or Stony Brook, no?
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City by the Sea was based on a story that took place in Long Beach in the '70's, but the movie was shot completely in Jersey. I remember the mini controversy a bunch of years back: local LB residents were upset that the flick portrayed their town as bombed out junkie haven, akin to the South Bronx. They had a point; have you ever been to Long Beach during the Summer? It's a funky, but good laid back town. Solidly middle-class, lots of single people in their twenties living there, and gets overrun with Manhattanites when it's hot out, looking to get away for the weekend but couldn't make it out to the Hamptons or Fire Island.
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I can't wait to see it, though, and this one sounds interesting too.
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doing a search for Stony Brook filming locations on imdb , I discovered that Debbie Does Dallas filmed there! The most famous porn in history filmed right in the town i live in. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077415/locations
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Yeah, you're right. I do believe, however, that a scene for that movie was shot in Sag Harbor.
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August 23, 2007 - Thursday
SUPERBAD(ASS) SUPERBAD IS THE FUNNIEST MOVIE I’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME!!!!!!!!!
Current mood: FUCKIN A RIGHTEOUS
HOLY SHIT MAN (exclamation point) superbad is an instant classic. better than 40 year old virgin, better than anchorman, better than dodgeball and possibly better than my all time coveted comedy..supertroopers. it has wit like jay and silent bob its crude as fuck (american pie the x rated version) (BIG POINTS FOR THAT)..and im not so sure animal house itself wouldnt even be just a wee bit jealous (MCLOVIN is the most original party guy character since..the dude..or spicoli as sean penn..or lisa..you know..kelly fucking bend me over crazy with love lebrock..if..i..was..talking about wild child guys as if they were a girl for example..who..anyway moving on..sean penn as spicoli...)its got taboo in all the right on the border of do i laugh or is this sick humor like borat(think the part with borat kneeling beside the naked guy in the polaroid. it happens so fast youre like what the fuck.. and it literally took me 5 seconds to even catch my breathe from the depths of the humor that just comes out of nowhere again and again and...man..seth rogen you just bought yourself a big fucking seat to the winners circle..bravo man...its like waiting but more intelligent and it doesnt bear down upon itself like some could be perfect but fall just short because they fall on themselves types of movies (sounds a bit like this review..)i dont know too many of the rest of your crew (although i have seen knocked up several times and i do enjoy arrested development immensely..WHO THE FUCK CANCELS A SHOW LIKE THAT I MEAN HONESTLY ?..) but big fucking props to all of you. hands down the funniest most original shit ive seen in a very long time...although knocked up was some really cool shit ..this one just grabbed my balls in a different way man..maybe because i can relate a little better to this one (Eric Cartman epiphany solo monologue to get himself out of trouble on yet ANOTHER occasion: somehow i avoided a knocked up type of life) but i almost didnt make it out with a bang and then it all hit me at once just like the humor in this film man...this thing was such a cathartic rush. i fucking love stoner movies..i fucking love crude humor but i fucking love it even more when the movie not only holds together but the credits tie the whole fucking thing together..i busted a nut!!!! this film just entered the comedy hall of fame with just one viewing and supertroopers is the only other film to hit me like that on the first cut..i watch a fucking TON of movies..well maybe not as many as tarentino or harry knowles or..anyway..i watch a lot of movies in general but comedies..oh man..lets see..kevin smith (the obvious) to the obscure (rushmore) to the classics (real genius) (yes i said real genius..its a Goddamn classic and you know it is..finally give that bitch some a what she deserves comedy central..air that shit uncut so kent can fuckin get caught jerkin it!)i love dry humor like sideways..i love subtle humor like high fidelity..i love old school beatdown humor like the jerk...THIS FUCKING MOVIE HAD ALL OF THEM. AND THAT FUCKER HAD THE FEEL GOOD HIGH TIMES ENDING (that sadly killed harold and kumar..well that and the last half hour was totally douche..no disrespect to harold and kumar it just got a bit much at the end..although the doog was a nice surprise) did i mention there should be a sequel( well no..actually thatd kill the badass superbadness) sorry guys im a purist and there are only a handful of movies that truly deserve sequels..i dunno they just sort of fall apart after a few years..its like you take a picture while something is fresh in your mind for the first time and then you waive it like a polaroid you pulled too fast no matter how great it was only the steadiest of magicians can do that one right( or really crazy horror and i dunno about you all but im really rootin for the new halloween) but please please please i beg of you...make more of it...go out into the world and spawn like freaks with a dildo made out of ducttape i dont fucking care..just go man..make as many of these fucking films together.. and with the other funniest fuckers out there..Jesus..somebody get Saget and Carell together in a Wachowski triangle with Apatow and Spike Jones..SUPERBAD WITH JUST ONE MOVIE YOUVE JOINED THE RANKS OF SOME OF THE ALL TIME GREATS AND PUT ABOUT 50 NEW PEOPLE ON THE MAP. Christopher Mintz-Plasse is gonna be huge. Seth Rogen if you weren't in the frat pack before you certainly are now. Big props to your whole crew.
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Park Bench still around? :D
Brian -
I received a double BA from there. It's a really good, underrated local public university. It's become a great Engineering and Pre-Med school as well. I always felt like a mental midget there whenever I noticed the Asian and Indian kids carrying Microbiology and Astrophysics textbooks, while I had a couple of liberal arts books. My BA was in Political Science and Economics.
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Cool story, Hansel.
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owes much to penii. All hail Seth Rogen.
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I thought I was the only old fuck that remembered that place. It was 10 imes cooler than Kaybee.
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being a long islander and a kid that used to go to Adventureland back in the 80's, this is going to be a great movie. and Playworld was such a great toy store. used to find the best toys there, that toys r us didn't have or was out of.
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mottola here. just came across this talkbalk. well, as much as i wanted this movie to be a tribute to my misspent youth, i cannot shoot on long island and have decided to change the locale of the movie to pittsburgh. Alas, this is a character comedy/drama, not an all-out superbad-style comedy -- meaning, i have very little money to make this movie. As that I can make my budget go much further in pittsburgh and that i went to carnegie-mellon u. (i was a bad art student), i felt that i shouldn't try to fake "L.I." there and utilize what is interesting and visual about pittsburgh. Also, for legal reasons, I can't use the name 'adventureland' anyway. So whatever this movie is called, i expect it will disappoint superbad fans, not win over superbad haters and be appreciated by the 7 or 8 people who saw daytrippers.
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are you really greg mottola?
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