Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Worst film may become the most popular theatrical release of all time:

Oh, Hai! The Room:
 The best example of spectacularly awful filmmaking, which sparked a major following, worldwide screenings and reenactments of that ‘Oh hi, Mark’. James Franco’s Disaster Artist is chronicling the riotous behind-the-scenes, offering a portrait of the eccentric dreamer-turned-cult legend Tommy Wiseau. James Franco goes hard in his role as the cult enigma responsible for the world’s best bad movie-making. DAZED Full Article.

TDA based on Greg Sestero’s best-selling tell-all about the making of Tommy Wiseau's cult-classic disasterpiece The Room (“The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made”).

From the actor who somehow lived through it all.

 In 2003, The Room, an independent film starring and written, produced, and directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit named Tommy Wiseau—made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. The $6 million film earned a grand total of $1,800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years later, it’s an international cult phenomenon, whose legions of fans attend screenings featuring costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic spoons. The Disaster Artist is the hilarious, behind-the-scenes story of a deliciously awful cinematic phenomenon as well as the story of an odd and inspiring Hollywood friendship. Greg Sestero, Tommy’s costar, recounts the film’s bizarre journey to infamy, explaining how the movie’s many nonsensical scenes and bits of dialogue came to be and unraveling the mystery of Tommy Wiseau himself.

The Disaster Artist

A24 and New Line present James Franco's THE DISASTER ARTIST. Starring James Franco, Dave Franco, and Seth Rogen. In Theaters December 1.

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