Good news on the Idiocracy release. It seems that Mike Judge's latest is being given a limited release after all. Despite previous rumours that the film was finished but in limbo indefinitely (here), Box Office Mojo is indicating that there are 125 screens in North America reserved for it comes Sept. 1 (the original scheduled release date). The Austin Chronicle sheds a bit more light on where: "Austin, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto, a spokesperson for 20th Century Fox said."
Luke Wilson plays an average-guy soldier who participates in an army experiment where he is cryogenically frozen for 1000 years. When he wakes up he finds himself in a world so dumbed down that he is hailed as a genius.
The concept is ripe for satire of Bush America even if it does sounds a little smug. Wiith Judge at the helm I have little doubt that this could be a fun ride. Fox doesn't think so (despite the fact that Judge & company made a boatload of cash for the studio with the DVD for Office Space) from their treatment of the film, but at least some folks will be able to catch it in some theaters before the film is dumped onto DVD.
i hope its good im going to see this today at 6 why didnt they promote this movie
This movie is very very funny.
So, was this film actually finished? I rented it last night, and while it had many pockets of brilliance, it also seemed like it was filmed from a summary of a screenplay instead of an actual screenplay. Long stretches of nothing much happening, lots of jumps in continutity, etc. It seemed like a rough cut.
Does anyone know the real story? Did the studio recut the flick after previews, or did they not give Judge the time he needed to edit properly? Or is it just that, even though Judge had great ideas, he doesn't have the skill to turn them into a coherent story?
WAY too many great ideas floating around in an underdeveloped movie.