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Is ASSASSINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT getting shafted? Looks like!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Peter Sciretta at /film is on a crusade to stop the burying of a truly great little piece of indie cinema called ASSASSINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT, which unfortunately seems to be collateral damage from the now bankrupt Yari Film Group.
Yari put out a bunch of boring shit and some okay flicks, but it's ironic that they go under right when they actually have something that could have been a big success for them. I saw ASSASSINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT way back in January '08 (click here to read my review) at Sundance where it became one of the more talked about flicks of the fest.
I said it was "like mixing THE MALTESE FALCON and ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN and setting it within the world of a Catholic School filled with crazy people" in the best possible way. You have the young star of ROCKET SCIENCE playing a young journalism student obsessed with Woodward and Bernstein trying to uncover a plot in his high school regarding a set of stolen SATs. You also have a very foxy Mischa Barton as the femme fatale of the school and Bruce Willis in a small role as an on-the-edge Gulf War Vet principal.
While it felt a tad like it was trying to capture a BRICK vibe, the flick does find its own voice and turned into a fantastic little black comedy.
/Film says the film is now destined to be direct to video and is trying to stop that. I proudly support the film and /Film's fight to keep it from DTV hell. The flick deserves better than that and there's a chance we might see a studio like Fox Searchlight pick it up. Personally, I'd recommend the flick to Summit. Use some of your Twilight money and invest in theatrical. I know you guys have good taste, you've got the quirky awesome BROTHERS BLOOM coming up next month.
With even decent advertising I think this could, at the worst, be a modest success and at its best capture a little of that LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE or JUNO magic and be a big hit.
But all money shit aside, it's just a good movie that deserves to be seen with an audience.
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Happy to help, Quint!
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Mischa Barton. Adding the Catholic schoolgirl thing is just a bonus...
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until this movie is released. Does that help?
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is one of the most underrated films of the decade. without a doubt one of my favorite movies of all time and it's a real shame that it wasn't seen by the masses. if you were a geeky outcast in high school (and i think it's safe to assume that a large majority of aicn talkbackers were) then this movie will speak directly to you. i know it's been on hbo and cinemax recently, so anyone who hasn't seen it should seek it out. this is definitely shitty news though, i've been looking forward to it since reading all of the reviews that came out of sundance last year. what the fuck is wrong with the film industry when movies like this and rocket science are marginalized and under-publicized by the studios?
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Broke Buttzekz Mountain
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if it was in theaters... guess i'm just gonna have to download it
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You did us a favour by not posting her crap last week... Let's make it a habit!
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Ignore the idiots who post about scriptgirl in unrelated columns. We'd be better off if they leave.
Ignore the idiots who post about scriptgirl in related columns, too, now that I think about it. -
Mar 13, 2009 5:02:56 AM CDT
I AGREE WITH NeilF, GET RID OF THAT USELESS CUNT SCRIPTGIRL.....
by 1978creepythinman
It's not like she reads the scripts and gives them a critique. She just sticks her tits in a push up bra and puts on a pair of fake glasses to look smart in the hopes that some "studio insider" (HA) will spot her and give her a job hosting some entertainment show. She's a phony and I'm tired of you fucksticks posting her bullshit every fucking week but you can't get any fucking news on this goddamm site.
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write a letter begging us to support Script Girl? Bah! Anyway, this movie should see more than just a DVD release -- to echo Hayter's thoughts, if movies that take risks aren't successful, studios will stop making them. And then we get more Paul Blart and Stealth.
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Maybe just not click on the script girl topics? Why not just let it not bother you and move on?
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SG hasn't posted a video in 2 weeks, hence the lack of Harry love for her.
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It was called 'Finding Tatu', then renamed 'You and I' but never released as far as I know. I watched the trailer on YouTube like a hundred times, it looked hilarious.
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was the kid who shot up the school in The Life Before Her Eyes. drastic change in roles there.
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wow,so, you guys actually click on her and watch her stuff every week and then complain about her? You know, it's in the headline, so you can just skip it if you don't like it. Me, I'm not complaining. I don't care what she's saying really, but I like the tits!
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I was looking forward to seeing it then POOF it was gone. Thanks for the update Quint.
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Mar 13, 2009 12:10:01 PM CDT
It was like a rip-off of Brick with dumbed-down dialogue...
by skinjob69
Not a bad film, but that's what I was thinking the whole time when I saw it.
And Bruce Willis' character (basically a satire of war hawks during Bush's term) will look a bit dated now (plus, the part where he is singing some weird I Love the USA song at a pep rally was just silly).
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Pretentious and no fun at all. Just a dumb little failed experiment.
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Brick was pretty awful. This movie (which I saw at sundance like 2 years ago) was definitely more fun than Brick. Josh Pais as the spanish teacher was HYSTERICAL. And Mischa, while not the best actress in the world, was hotter than normal.
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It's interesting what's happened to the indie studios in 2008. You mention Fox Searchlight, but they've been shuttered. Sure, they still exist as a "brand" but they've been abosrbed back into Fox and no longer operate independently. It's become impossiple for indie filmmakers to sell anything. Expect a lot more of this kind of stuff to happen. I'm surprised Yari has lasted as long as it has.
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Its nice to see people fighting for small films. Sometimes good films never get seen because no one will fight for them. I'll be sure to catch this if/when I can.
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This movie looks like it's gonna be one of the best to come out in a while. And although I'll see it either way, to miss it in theaters would suck. Just because the economy is lacking doesn't mean movie theaters should have to as well. RELEASE ASSASINATION!!!
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