Matty P Radio is celebrating A24’s THE SPECTACULAR NOW opening day on August 2nd (this Friday), by posting these exclusive photos from last night’s Los Angeles Special Screening at the Vista Theatre with director James Ponsoldt along with cast members Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Dayo Okeniyi, screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber.
Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) lives in the now. It’s a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he’s the life of the party, loves his job at a men’s clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he’s never far from his supersized, whisky-fortified thirst-master cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finicky (Shailene Woodley) hovering over him. She’s different: the “nice girl” who reads science fiction and doesn’t have a boyfriend. She does have dreams, while Sutter lives in a world of impressive self-delusion. And yet they’re drawn to each other.
This adaptation of Tim Tharp’s novel The Spectacular Now captures the insecurity and confusion of adolescence without looking for tidy truths. Young actors rarely portray teens with the maturity that Teller and Woodley display, and they are phenomenal together. THE SPECTACULAR NOW is a funny, compassionate and poignant look at young adulthood, written by (500) DAYS OF SUMMER scribes Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, directed by James Ponsoldt (SMASHED) and produced by Tom McNulty, Shawn Levy, Andrew Lauren and Michelle Krumm.
RELEASE DATE: August 2, 2013
DIRECTOR: James Ponsoldt
WRITTEN BY: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
STARRING: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Kyle Chandler
PRODUCED BY: Tom McNulty, Shawn Levy, Andrew Lauren and Michelle Krumm
RATING: R
DISTRIBUTOR: A24
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes
