Movie Thursday - Zack and Miri

From zackandmiri.com:

Lifelong friends and roommates Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are facing hard times and a mountain of debt. When the electricity and plumbing get cut off, they seize upon the idea of making a homegrown porno movie for some quick cash, enlisting the help of their friends. The two vow that having sex will not ruin their friendship. But as filming begins, what started out as a business proposition between friends turns into something much more.

A ROLE HE WAS BORN TO PLAY-LITERALLY

Not many actors have successful directors sitting around, writing movie scripts with them in mind for the lead character. But for Kevin Smith, Zack was tailor written with Seth Rogen in mind. Kevin explains that when he watched THE 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN, he fell in love-with Rogen. "I thought he was hilarious," Kevin explains.

"I started thinking about him for this film, but I didn't get around to writing the script for while. When I finished the script, I started seeing his face everywhere. He was on billboards all around LA for KNOCKED UP. I figured he'd never consider my flick anymore."


WORKING WITH FEARLESS LEADER, DIRECTOR KEVIN SMITH

When Seth Rogen was in high school, he remembers overhearing his friends singing the "Berserkers song" and asked where that was from. They told him they had just seen the movie CLERKS and that it was filthy, and real, with guys who actually spoke like them, and not some made-up, phony Americanized suburban language. It was a precise portrayal of the real thing.

"It's the first movie that anyone had really seen that was like that," said Rogen. "I mean, I guess movies like DINER started that trend in a way, but CLERKS was the first one where the guys really talked how we talked to one another. We would just have a ten-minute conversation about blowjobs, you know?"

"And I remember seeing it and just thinking, 'Holy shit! This is crazy,'" said Rogen. "'This guy just actually did it. He made a movie about guys like us.'" Ironically, CLERKS is what inspired Rogen to start writing the first drafts of SUPERBAD, riffing on CLERKS' conversation style.

I haven't seen this movie yet, but I am going this weekend. Anyone who has seen it please leave a comment. Let us all know what you thought.