"Lazy stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him. And it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia; incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express".
Mark Ruffalo and Jake at "Zodiac" Cannes Film Festival Premiere.
"Mark Ruffalo will make his feature directing debut on "Sympathy for Delicious."
Ruffalo will star with James Franco and Chris Thornton. Production begins this fall in Los Angeles, and the pic is fully financed by new company Corner Store Entertainment.
Thornton, who wrote the script, plays "Delicious" Dean O'Dwyer, a paralyzed DJ struggling to survive in his wheelchair on the streets of L.A. He turns to faith-healing and mysteriously acquires the ability to cure the sick -- although not himself. Ruffalo plays a Jesuit priest who tries to help him come to terms with the limits of his gift, and Franco a rock singer in a band that exploits the suddenly famous healer.
Pic will be produced by Andrea Sperling, Matthew Weaver, Scott Prissand, Ruffalo and Thornton, with Robert Stein and Joanne Jacobson exec producers.
The film is being financed by Corner Store Entertainment, a venture of Weaver and Prisand, who've quietly financed two other pics over the past several months and raised the coin to bankroll a slate of moderately priced films over the next three years.
Weaver, son of former Paramount marketing exec Gordon Weaver, has credits that include "The Heartbreak Kid" remake, the doc "Surfwise" and "Pretty Persuasion." Prissand has produced several stage musicals, including "Legally Blonde."
FREE SCREENINGS* are happening at the following locations during this month July:
Tuesday, 7/15 at AMC Century City, 7:30 PM Monday, 7/21 at AMC Santa Monica 7, 7:30 PM Wednesday 7/23 at the Burbank Complex, 7:30 PM Monday, 7/28 at the Grove, 7:30 PM
*Please arrive early as seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. This pass does not guarantee admission, is non-transferable and is not redeemable for cash. Screening is over invited to ensure capacity.
Columbia Pictures reserves the right to admit or refuse access to the theatre at the discretion of an authorized representative.
