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Release date: August 9, 2013
Starring: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, Joyce Payne
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Premise: Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.
This is apparently a remake of this film, Either Way:
Why does the poster and first trailer just say "written for the screen and directed by" like it's some sort of original film, or at best a fresh adaptation of some book?
It should really say "David Gordon Greenthumb put his bong down for a minute and typed some shit into Google translate. Actually maybe he just turned the subtitles on the DVD. Anyway, don't get your hopes up, he's still lost in the wilderness.. semi literally."
At least the second trailer acknowledges the remake status, but seriously look at the original, it doesn't look like he's improved on anything.
i hadn't watched the trailer for the original until after i'd seen the film, and while it is disconcerting to see entire lines of dialogue plagiarized which calls into question just how much was changed or if it's a complete rip off, it's still a very good, even great movie. it works perfectly within its limitations and doesn't overreach, and even manages to surprise with some really bizarre sequences that you almost forgot david gordon green could pull off. he gets his flourishes is and reminds you that he's capable of lyrical, human films--he's still got poetry in him. rudd and hirsch are really great and have amazing chemistry. thought it was hilarious and entirely satisfying.