Leaves of Grass

Directed by Tim Blake Nelson.

I've been looking forward to this since all of the positive press about the premiere in Toronto.

Shit, you got my hopes up. I thought they were finally making a movie out of the book.

There is no way I'm seeing Edward Norton acting opposite Edward Norton.

This was supposed to come out 5 years ago, but both Nortons kept wanting to rewrite the script and couldn't agree.

On July 4, 1855, an anonymous poem entitled Leaves of Grass was published in Brooklyn. Nothing like it had ever been seen before: big, sprawling, sexual, democratic, ecstatic, both rough and gentle. It was, its author claimed, "America singing."In commemoration of this landmark literary event, and in celebration of Whitman's large-hearted vision, the Aurora Forum hosts a dramatic reading of "Song of Myself" directed by Kay Kostopoulos. After the performance—accompanied by music and historic images—a panel of Whitman scholars and poets will discuss the poem's meanings and what it says about democratic ideals today. Facsimile editions of the 1855 version of "Song of Myself" will be given to all who attend.

WAT?

Also the movie looks pretty cool.

lawl a bot trying to pad it's posts?

2 Edward Nortons for the price of one? I'm sooo in.

That is 200% more Norton than any movie should have.

How can you not like Edward Norton?