I wasn't too excited for this film about the making of THE ROOM, but I'm getting up for it after reading this article that says that the early screening was a huge success. The writer suggests it may be as big a hit as ED WOOD, meaning Oscar nominations (for James Franco as Tommy Wiseau, presumably).
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/james-franco-disaster-artist-oscar-buzz-sxsw-1202007656/ (http://variety.com/2017/film/news/james-franco-disaster-artist-oscar-buzz-sxsw-1202007656/)
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 16, 2017, 02:35:22 PM
I wasn't too excited for this film about the making of THE ROOM, but I'm getting up for it after reading this article that says that the early screening was a huge success. The writer suggests it may be as big a hit as ED WOOD, meaning Oscar nominations (for James Franco as Tommy Wiseau, presumably).
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/james-franco-disaster-artist-oscar-buzz-sxsw-1202007656/ (http://variety.com/2017/film/news/james-franco-disaster-artist-oscar-buzz-sxsw-1202007656/)
I highly recommend reading the book, if you haven't. It's a weird, but workable, blend of novel, biography, and auto-biography. I had no idea there was a movie being made. I am intrigued.
This is one of those strangely concatenated situations. A very poorly made film gets a dramatized making-of film, where a good actor plays a bad actor. It's so bizarre. I feel like I'm reading some self-reflexive postmodern treatise about the medium being the message.
The title of the movie is actually THE DISASTER ARTIST, not THE DISATER ARTIST. How very Wiseau of me!
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 20, 2017, 02:13:36 PM
The title of the movie is actually THE DISASTER ARTIST, not THE DISATER ARTIST. How very Wiseau of me!
Yorr tearing me apart with that one :wink:
Quote from: Trevor on March 20, 2017, 02:25:10 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 20, 2017, 02:13:36 PM
The title of the movie is actually THE DISASTER ARTIST, not THE DISATER ARTIST. How very Wiseau of me!
Yorr tearing me apart with that one :wink:
Oh hai Trevor!
Quote from: Trevor on March 20, 2017, 02:25:10 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 20, 2017, 02:13:36 PM
The title of the movie is actually THE DISASTER ARTIST, not THE DISATER ARTIST. How very Wiseau of me!
Yorr tearing me apart with that one :wink:
You're just a chicken. Cheep-cheep-cheep-cheep-cheep!
Love you, Trevor! :cheers:
I can't seem to find a trailer for this movie anywhere.
Debuts in theaters in December.
http://deadline.com/2017/05/james-franco-seth-rogen-comedy-the-disaster-artist-release-date-a24-new-line-1202094228/ (http://deadline.com/2017/05/james-franco-seth-rogen-comedy-the-disaster-artist-release-date-a24-new-line-1202094228/)
A question: do you have to have seen The Room before seeing this? The Room has never been released locally. :question:
This popped up in my feed today.
Impossible to tell how this will play out but I saw Greg/Mark at a reading of The Disaster Artist and he, and the excerpt he read, was hilarious so that's a good start.
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5HbOIC6buM#)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlao2KNYjQ#)
First teaser (I've seen at least):
http://youtu.be/4qab3TMg42k (http://youtu.be/4qab3TMg42k)
Quote from: Rev. Powell on July 18, 2017, 09:22:04 AM
First teaser (I've seen at least):
http://youtu.be/4qab3TMg42k (http://youtu.be/4qab3TMg42k)
Yup, that is exactly how I envisioned the shoot going for that movie. I hope this flick doesn't stink.
Quote from: javakoala on March 16, 2017, 07:32:15 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 16, 2017, 02:35:22 PM
I wasn't too excited for this film about the making of THE ROOM, but I'm getting up for it after reading this article that says that the early screening was a huge success. The writer suggests it may be as big a hit as ED WOOD, meaning Oscar nominations (for James Franco as Tommy Wiseau, presumably).
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/james-franco-disaster-artist-oscar-buzz-sxsw-1202007656/ (http://variety.com/2017/film/news/james-franco-disaster-artist-oscar-buzz-sxsw-1202007656/)
I highly recommend reading the book, if you haven't. It's a weird, but workable, blend of novel, biography, and auto-biography. I had no idea there was a movie being made. I am intrigued.
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K40IToeN51Y&t=1m40s#)
You might try the audiobook, read by the author. He knows Tommy very well, and I enjoy his approximation of his accent.
Coming tomorrow to a screen near you!
this film sounds like a total disater!
Less than two weeks on the SA cinema circuit: then gone :question:
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 16, 2017, 02:35:22 PM
I wasn't too excited for this film about the making of THE ROOM, but I'm getting up for it after reading this article that says that the early screening was a huge success. The writer suggests it may be as big a hit as ED WOOD, meaning Oscar nominations (for James Franco as Tommy Wiseau, presumably).
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/james-franco-disaster-artist-oscar-buzz-sxsw-1202007656/ (http://variety.com/2017/film/news/james-franco-disaster-artist-oscar-buzz-sxsw-1202007656/)
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"The disaster artist" should be a movie about the life and career of Irwin Allen... :wink: