The Wackness

Palpable heat, complete with sweltering lens flares, washes over the mental and emotional currents of writer-director Jonathan Levine's THE WACKNESS. As the summer months of 1994 pass in three naturally marked acts, the neon pop of a pained youth culture's graffiti art punctuates Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's New York City and it's palette of washed- out darks and midtones. This part-familiar, part-engagingly new coming-of-age story suggests the Giuliani administration's "cleaning up" of the city as a metaphorical model of how not to approach the pain of living. The philosophical critique of sweeping the ugly under the rug, seeing it as nothing but a disservice to oneself, comes courtesy of the advice and attempted practice of gonzo-druggie psychiatrist Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley) and the struggle of his teenage pot-dealing patient, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck). Director: Jonathan Levine Star: Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Method Man Special Features: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French Subtitles - French, Spanish - Optional Additional Release Material: Additional Footage - the Luke Shapiro Show Episode 1 Audio Commentary - Jonathan Levine, Director; Josh Peck, Actor Behind the Scenes -Time in a Bottle: Behind the Scenes of the Wackness Deleted Scenes Featurette - Keeping It Real: A Day in the Life of Writer/Director Jonathan Levine.

Director: Jonathan Levine
Producer: Felipe Marino
Producer: Joe Neurauter
Producer: Keith Calder
Actor: Josh Peck
Actor: Ben Kingsley
Actor: Famke Janssen
Actor: Mary-Kate Olsen
Actor: Olivia Thirlby
Actor: Nick Schutt
Actor: Shannon Briggs
Actor: Method Man
Actor: Jane Adams
Actor: Aaron Yoo
Actor: Talia Balsam
Actor: David Wohl
Actor: Bob Dishy
Actor: Joanna Merlin
Actor: Roy Milton Davis
Actor: Robert Armstrong
Actor: Rudy Costa