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The Wackness

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Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughter. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles.

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Josh Peck
Luke Shapiro
Ben Kingsley
Dr. Squires
Olivia Thirlby
Stephanie

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Awards

  • 2009 - Razzie Award - Worst Supporting Actor - nominated
  • 2008 - Audience Award - Dramatic - winner
  • 2008 - Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic - nominated
  • 2008 - Most Popular Feature Film - - winner

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Weeds, Pineapple Express Vie for Stony Awards

Dude! High Times magazine will present its 8th Annual Stony Awards in Malibu, Calif., on Saturday. Among the nominees for best TV show are Showtime's Weeds and Californication and HBO's Flight of the Conchords and Entourage. Movie nominees include The Wackness, Superbad, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay and Pineapple Express.Those in the running for the prestigious Stoner and Stonette of the Year awards (it's a dubious honor just to be nominated!) include Matthew McConaughey; James Franco, who will attend the awards (spoiler alert?); Mary Kate Olsen and Paris Hilton. It is reported that paranoia will overtake the crowd around 8 pm/PT, but an impromptu round of gravy fries and several complimentary bags of Cheetos around 9:30 pm/PT will keep the peace, man. — Mickey O'Connor

Sat, Sep 27, 2008
Weeds, Pineapple Express Vie for Stony Awards

The Wackness: Sex, Drugs and Hip-Hop, at Any Age

With The Wackness, writer/director Jonathan Levine has emerged as one of the first, few voices of that generation sandwiched between X and Y: The one that had Biggie and De La, Tribe and the Wu as its own soundtrack. Set in the throbbing, sultry New York summer of 1994, The Wackness not only explores the coming of age of its characters, but also that of the culture, as New York adjusted to Mayor Giuliani and a new brand of hip-hop hit the streets. In the intertwining stories of high-school grad Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) and Dr. Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley), Luke's middle-aged therapist, Levine captures the simultaneous anxiety, hope, disappointment and happiness that adult life foists on us again

Wed, Jul 2, 2008
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