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The Wackness

Year:

2008

Duration:

99 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

Director:

Jonathan Levine

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-07-25

Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $6,000,000

Opening Weekend: $138,401 (USA) (6 July 2008)

Gross: $2,077,116 (USA) (23 October 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Talia Balsam

The Wackness

Ben Kingsley

Dr. Squires

Josh Peck

Luke Shapiro

Famke Janssen

Mrs. Squires

Olivia Thirlby

Stephanie

Mary-Kate Olsen

Union

Jane Adams

Eleanor

Method Man

Percy

Aaron Yoo

Justin

David Wohl

Mr. Shapiro

Bob Dishy

Grandpa Shapiro

Joanna Merlin

Grandma Shapiro

Shannon Briggs

Bodyguard #1

Roy Milton Davis

Homeless Man

Alexander Flores

Kid in Bar

Ross Levine

Blunt Boy

Ken Marks

Oliver

Kiah Fredricks

Police Officer #1

Robert Armstrong

Principal Edwards

Flint Beverage

Bartender

Rudy Costa

Corrections Officer

Nick Schutt

Albert

Sam Dishy

Subway Musician

Nicole Berger

Choreographer

Dawn Noel

Fly Girl 1 (as Dawn Pignuola)

Tyler Gilstrap

Fly Girl 2

Erin Elliott

Fly Girl 3

Natalie R Ridley

Fly Girl 4 (as Nathalie Ridley)

Ioana Alfonso

Fly Girl 5

Joseph Basile

Prisioner

Douglas J. Aguirre

Desk Officer in the Prison (uncredited)

Charlene Biton

College Student (uncredited)

Kevin Cannon

Homeless Dealer (uncredited)

Jack Caruso

Arresting Police Officer (uncredited)

Peter Conboy

Man on Park Bench (uncredited)

Sean Dillon

Gruden (uncredited)

John Farrer

Faculty Member at Graduation (uncredited)

Melissa Grimmond

Girl #4 (uncredited)

Eugene Kim

Subway Guy (uncredited)

Rylie J. Neale

Luke's Classmate (uncredited)

Bill Walters

Barfly (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The hat that Ben Kingsley wears was his own. He grabbed it when he set off to New York to film the movie, thinking it might be useful.

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The scene in which Luke dances and the pavement lights up is a reference to Michael Jackson's video of his song "Billie Jean."

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"The What?" performed by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Method Man is playing while Luke visits his supplier Percy, who happens to be played by Method Man himself.

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Goofs

Curlz, the font used on Stephanie's yearbook page, was not released until 1995.

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At the end, right after Luke comes out of Dr. Squires' building, when he loads the doc's mixtape into his walkman, he has an analogue watch on his wrist, but in the next scene when he puts up his headphones, he has a digital watch.

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An establishing shot of a Long Island Railroad train shows a train with model M-7 cars. The M-7 railcar was not introduced into service until 2002.

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Quotes

Dr. Squires: It's great, living. Get your heart broken, find yourself face down in the gutter, get your balls sucked, make a real mess of a life.

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Dr. Squires: Young men need sex, Luke. All men, actually... I- I can get you a hooker if you like.

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Luke Shapiro: So that was all bullshit right? All that stuff about embracing your pain, making it a part of you? You can't do this, you can't just give up. Life is hard and it's full of pain and what-not, but we take it cause there's great stuff too. And we can do it cause we have friends- because we have each other.

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Faq

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Wackness can be found here.

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

How big of a role does Mary-Kate Olsen have in this movie?

Bigger than a cameo, but she is not the star. She is billed as a supporting actress and plays an acquaintance of the lead character. She only appears in two scenes and has roughly 15 minutes screen time during the 105-minute film.

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