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Edward Norton’s Next Project: Leaves of Grass

November 19th, 2008
Written By: Andrew James

Here is something interesting that slid across my desk this morning. While most of us are still reeling from seeing Edward Norton waste his incredible talent on something as soulless as last summer’s The Incredible Hulk and very few of us even bothered with the cop vs cop drama of Pride and Glory, writer/director Tim Blake Nelson has put Norton back where he belongs: in the acting chair (as opposed to the pay-check movies).

While I know very little about the movie at this point (and the poster is incredibly uninspiring), the general premise sounds interesting and I do like the one screen shot I was able to find.

From IMDb:

The lives of two identical twins, one an Ivy League philosophy professor, the other a small-time and brilliant marijuana grower, intertwine when the professor is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown for a doomed scheme against a local drug lord.

Norton and Norton

The interesting thing here of course, is that Norton is playing both roles of the identical twins. Sure this isn’t anything new (Parent Trap, Adaptation, Multiplicity, etc.), but something about this technology of having the same actor doubled up in frame interests me; especially when they don’t look identical. Plus, it’s Edward Norton. Nuff said.

Leaves of Grass poster

On top of this, I’m curious about Nelson’s writing/directing talent. I’ve seen some trailers for a couple of his films and nothing has ever really jumped out at me until now. If you’ve got some subjective info on Nelson’s behind the camera work, please enlighten me.

Besides Edward Norton, the cast is well rounded. Including: Keri Russell, Melanie Lynskey, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss, Maggie Siff, Tim Blake Nelson and Rhea Perlman. So yeah, by all accounts this should be something good in early ‘09 to whet our cinematic appetites. I’ll be watching this closely as I’ve been longing for a good Norton picture - one of my all time favorite actors (before Hulk, his previous three pictures were great).

12 response about Edward Norton’s Next Project: Leaves of Grass »

  1. TIM BLAKE NELSON’s OTHER PROJECTS…

    THE GREY ZONE:

    O (Othello):

    Eye of God:

    Comment by Andrew James — November 19, 2008 @ 12:34 pm

  2. All three of these have potential I think. Love Stiles, like Stahl and WWII thriller/dramas are usually good. Yeah, I might have to check these out eventually.

    Comment by Andrew James — November 19, 2008 @ 12:35 pm

  3. “O” was all right, but what a misleading title. ;)

    Comment by kurt — November 19, 2008 @ 12:40 pm

  4. Comment by Andrew James — November 19, 2008 @ 12:57 pm

  5. I love how the three main characters react to that dick (there is one in every office). Blank stares. Office Space rules.

    Comment by kurt — November 19, 2008 @ 1:04 pm

  6. “My O Face”. Oh god, I LOVE OFFICE SPACE.

    Comment by Marina Antunes — November 19, 2008 @ 1:29 pm

  7. Pssh, welcome to September.

    Comment by Jonathan B. — November 19, 2008 @ 4:08 pm

  8. I may use my executive power to not only delete that last comment, but also delete the whole damn post it mentions; since mine is clearly way cooler.

    dick.

    Comment by Andrew James — November 19, 2008 @ 4:15 pm

  9. LOL. Play nice boys.

    Comment by Marina Antunes — November 19, 2008 @ 4:32 pm

  10. Maybe some day you will notice when I write something on this site.

    :-(

    Comment by Jonathan B. — November 19, 2008 @ 4:38 pm

  11. I remember that post, it was far superior, and I am especially fond of that first commenter. Solid work all around.

    Comment by rot — November 19, 2008 @ 4:41 pm

  12. Nelson’s Grey Zone was a very well made and unrelenting film. Spot on for the most part. His directing style is a little raw and rough around the edges, but it works well with this film. He even got some decent acting out of David Arquette who seemed questionable as the lead. A challenging film.

    Comment by kuraz — November 19, 2008 @ 10:29 pm

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