THE DISATER ARTIST (2017)

[Rev. Powell]

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/

[javakoala]

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/

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.

[Archivist]

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.

[Rev. Powell]

The title of the movie is actually THE DISASTER ARTIST, not THE DISATER ARTIST. How very Wiseau of me!

[Trevor]

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

[Rev. Powell]

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

Oh hai Trevor!

[javakoala]

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

You're just a chicken. Cheep-cheep-cheep-cheep-cheep!

Love you, Trevor!   

[Ash]

I can't seem to find a trailer for this movie anywhere.

[Rev. Powell]

Debuts in theaters in December.

http://deadline.com/2017/05/james-franco-seth-rogen-comedy-the-disaster-artist-release-date-a24-new-line-1202094228/

[Trevor]

A question: do you have to have seen The Room before seeing this? The Room has never been released locally. 

[dean]

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.

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[Rev. Powell]

First teaser (I've seen at least):

http://youtu.be/4qab3TMg42k

[javakoala]

First teaser (I've seen at least):

http://youtu.be/4qab3TMg42k

Yup, that is exactly how I envisioned the shoot going for that movie. I hope this flick doesn't stink.

[Jim H]

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/

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.

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You might try the audiobook, read by the author.  He knows Tommy very well, and I enjoy his approximation of his accent.

[Rev. Powell]

Coming tomorrow to a screen near you!