Leaves of Grass Trailer Starring Edward Norton and Edward Norton
Ed Norton starring in a stoner comedy? Yep, it sure looks that way. Leaves of Grass played at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year and the only thing I remember hearing about it is the fact that Norton plays the two lead roles. I guess he’s taking a page out of the Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey playbook. Either way, I didn’t realize this was a comedy about pot… which apparently it is.
Writer/director Tim Blake Nelson is also a character actor who you might know as Delmar from O, Brother Where Art Thou? and also Samuel Sterns (aka The Leader) from Incredible Hulk. (I guess that’s probably how he recruited Ed Norton for this film.) He has previously directed a few things before including the Shakespeare adaptation “O”, but there sure isn’t any iambic pentameter here. I can’t say this promo trailer did much for me, but if you like to “hit the hippie lettuce” then I guess you’ll have to add this to your Netflix queue. Leaves of Grass is getting a limited theatrical release on December 25th; check out the trailer after the jump and see what you think.
Comments (8)
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Edward Norton’s accent, O MY GOD! HAHAHHAHJAHAHAH
Posted by aspioaokassodsøkasdkøl on November 16th, 2009I think has real potential and great fun for Norton but trailer is awfully put together.
Posted by Billy Boyd Cape on November 16th, 2009It is inevitable that I will end up seeing this.
Posted by Henrik on November 16th, 2009Well look at that. This really awesome guy over at this web site wrote an amazing review:
http://www.rowthree.com/2009/09/17/tiff-09-review-leaves-of-grass/
Posted by Andrew James on November 16th, 2009I was really looking forward to this based on everything I’ve read, but this trailer is really weak. Hopefully the complete film won’t be.
Posted by RJ on November 16th, 2009that accent is out of a cartoon. were they separated at birth and one was dipped in a barrel of molasses down in the bayou?
Posted by rus in chicago on November 16th, 2009I actually thought this had something to do with the Whitman poems. What is Ed thinking?
Posted by The Man on November 17th, 2009leaves of grass my ass
Posted by homer on November 17th, 2009Leave a Reply