The Wackness (2008)

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R | 1 hr 35 mins | Drama, Urban, Teen | Now Playing |Box Office Total: $0.4M

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Synopsis:

It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is only beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against “crimes” like noisy portable radio, graffiti and public drunkenness. Two people, however, are missing out on the excitement: Luke is a socially uncomfortable teenage pot dealer with no friends, issues with his parents, and a colossal lack of confidence with girls. He trades weed for sessions with his therapist, Dr. Squires, whose much-younger wife is slipping away from him. Squires, a drug-addled shrink with a hairline retreating to the back of his neck and a state of mind slouching back to adolescence, is an unlikely role model--but the two of them forge a friendship based on a mutual need: getting laid. The intergenerational duo set off on a crawl that takes them all over New York, where they encounter several of Luke's "business associates,” including a Phish-following dreadlocked pixie, a New Wave, keyboard-playing one-hit-wonder, and Luke’s supplier. Luke has long had an aching crush on Dr. Squires' way-out-of-his league stepdaughter, Stephanie, and is stunned at his good luck when she returns his affections. Luke’s innocent first love experience with Stephanie becomes a life lesson that sets him on the pathway towards adulthood. And when Squires breaks down, it is up to the younger man to throw the older one a lifeline.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
7/3/2008

Director	Credit
Jonathan Levine	Director
Cast	Credit
Josh Peck	Luke Shapiro
Ben Kingsley	Dr. Squires
Famke Janssen	Mrs. Kristin Squires
Mary-Kate Olsen	Union
Olivia Thirlby	Stephanie
Method Man	Percy
Jane Adams	Eleanor
Aaron Yoo	Justin
Talia Balsam	Mrs. Shapiro
David Wohl	Mr. Shapiro
Bob Dishy	Grandpa Shapiro
Joanna Merlin	Grandma Shapiro
Nick Schutt	Albert
Shannon Briggs	Bodyguard #1
Roy Milton Davis	Homeless Man
Alexander Flores	Kid in Bar
Ken Marks	Oliver
Kiah Fredericks	Police Officer #1
Robert Armstrong	Principal Edward
Flint Beverage	Bartender
Production Credits	Credit
Brian Udovich	Co-Producer
Keith Calder	Producer
Felipe Marino	Producer
Joe Neurauter	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Occupant Films, LLC	Production Company
Shapiro Levine Productions	Production Company
SBK Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Bac Films Distribution	Foreign Distribution Rights
Sony Pictures Classics	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Jonathan Levine	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Beth Kuhn	Art Director
Cherish Magennis	Set Decorator
Jamie Arbuckle	Set Dresser
Annie Spitz	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
Joanna Colbert	Casting
Richard Mento	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Petra Korner	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Celluloid Dreams	Worldwide Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Jim Black	Music Supervisor
David Torn	Music
Physical Effects	Credit
Cort Hessler	Stunt Coordinator
Ian McLaughlin	Stunts - utility stunts
Production Management	Credit
Collin Smith	Location Manager
Sharon Watt	Script Supervisor
Jared Goldman	Line Producer
Lindsay Feldman	Production Coordinator
Paul Epstein	Assistant Director
Dave Donars	Production Supervisor
Michael Toji	Post-Production Supervisor
Sound	Credit
Ken Ishii	Sound Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Allan Nadel	Visual Effects Supervisor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Michael Clancy	Costume Designer
Laura Steinman	Wardrobe Supervisor
Patricia Grande	Hair Stylist
Linda Grimes	Makeup Artist - makeup department head

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