DVD Release: Freaky Deaky

DVD Release Date: Feb. 26, 2013
Price: DVD $19.98
Studio: Entertainment One


Freaky Deaky movie scene

Christian Slater and Breanne Racano get Freaky Deaky.

The 2012 crime caper comedy film Freaky Deaky is based on the Elmore Leonard’s best-selling 1988 novel of the same name.

Set in 1974, Freaky Deaky zeroes in on Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke, Red Riding Hood), a former member of the Detroit Police bomb squad who begins to get a real taste for  juggling dynamite when he’s transferred to the sex crimes unit. After falling for the lovely Greta Wyatt (Sabina Gadecki), he gets suspended for investigating the rich, powerful and drunk Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover, Hot Tub Time Machine). Taking matters into his own hands, Mankowski quickly realizes it won’t be easy to get justice for Greta, but maybe it can happen with some unintentional assistance from former Black Panther Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White, TV’s For Better or Worse), sexy ex-fugitive Robin Abbott (Breanne Racano) and her erstwhile bombing partner Skip Gibbs (Christian Slater, Playback).

Directed by Charles Matthau, the R-rated Freaky Deaky (which has a budget of less than $1 million) had its world premiere at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. The movie hasn’t had any theatrical playdates yet, but it’ll probably pop up in a theater or two before it’s DVD premiere.

The DVD includes a making-of featurette as a bonus feature.
 

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The 2012 crime comedy film Freaky Deaky is based on the Elmore Leonard’s best-selling novel of the same name.

Set in 1974, the Freaky Deaky zeroes in on Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke), a former member of the Detroit Police bomb squad who begins to get a reale taste for juggling dynamite when he’s transferred to the sex crimes unit. After falling for the lovely Greta Wyatt (Sabina Gadecki), he gets suspended for investigating the rich, powerful and drunk Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover). Taking matters into his own hands, Mankowski quickly realizes it won’t be easy to get justice for Greta, but maybe it can happen with some unintentional asssistance from former Black Panther Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White), sexy ex-fugitive Robin Abbott (Breanne Racano) and her erstwhile bombing partner Skip Gibbs (Christian Slater).

everyone wants something from Ricks. With all these unscrupulous deviants in the mix, one thing’s for certain… it’s gonna get freaky!

Populated by some of Elmore Leonard’s most memorable characters and filled with the author’s trademark menace, fantastic dialogue and deadpan humor, FREAKY DEAKY, directed by Charles Matthau (The Grass Harp),

Directed by Charles Matthau, Freaky Deaky (which has a budget of less than $1 million) had its world premiere at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. It hasn’t had any theatrical playdates yet,but it’ll probably pop up in a theater or two before it’s DVD premiere.

The DVD includes a making-of featurette as a bonus feature.

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Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.