Willman on "Juno"
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 04, 2007 at 07:56 AM
"Arriving late in a movie confab like [Telluride], after days of standard film-fest death-and-degradation fare, a blithe-spirited confection like Juno has some odds in its favor when it comes to becoming a festival's runaway popular hit," EW/Popwatch's Chris Willman has noted. "But Jason Reitman's movie earned that unscientific honor here largely on merit, not just its unfair comedic advantage.
Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody
"Even coming down the mountain into the less mirth-deprived or oxygen-deficient environment of the multiplex later this year, Juno is still going to play like gangbusters. Fox Searchlight certainly thinks so. They recently made the decision to start rolling Reitman's film out on December 14 -- which, as screenwriter Diablo Cody says on her blog, 'is not a messin'-around release date. It's kind of a scary release date. It's a we-believe-in-you release date. I believe in me, but I also believe in Crystal Light, so it seems my trust is easily won.'"
Here's an audio interview with Reitman and Cody, recorded at Telluride.
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I'm really looking forward to this one. But I;m an unashamed fan of Michael Cera, Ellen Page, and even Reitman after Thank You For Smoking. (Eckhart owns that flick, and he was seriously overlooked when awards were presented last year).
Glad they pushed it up to December.
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September 4, 2007 08:20 AM
Diablo is a fantastic screenwriter and an original voice. I'm very happy the film turned out well.
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September 4, 2007 09:41 AM
Can we start a Death Valley Film Festival, just so this "mountain air" crap can stop?
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September 4, 2007 10:33 AM
Thank God for nepotism/It's the American way/If it wasn't for daddy/I wouldn't get laid.
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September 4, 2007 12:52 PM
Nothing says cool like a 90 dollar distressed Stones tee, pink highlights and the universal sign for Metal.
Is this the before or after pic of Page with Reitman's dong in her mouth.
That's simply vulgar and has no place on this site. Go somewhere else if you want to say things like that. Okay, I will.
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September 4, 2007 12:57 PM
You're right, I probably overdid the altitude references. I'll keep a damper on them next year. I like the Death Valley festival ida, but then I'd just be writing crap like "And that ain't just the dehydration talking."
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September 4, 2007 03:53 PM
Player hate much Milkman? Seen the movie? I have and it is excellent, will make $100M. Jason is two for two, regardless of who his pops is. Many with much more have failed less spectacularly than he is succeeding. You trivialize good work with your knee jerk ignorance. Oh and his dad is a legend.
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September 4, 2007 08:23 PM
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