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NEWS ABOUT: Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Zack and Miri Make a Porno stories: 6 news summaries

 'I Killed Seth Rogen's 
 Career': Kevin Smith 

The director talks about growing out of slackerdom after Zack and Miri failed

Oct 5, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Believe it or not, Kevin Smith didn’t smoke weed until recently—and the drug helped him along to an epiphany after his Seth Rogen-driven Zack and Miri Make a Porno bombed. "It started as sort of a midlife crisis thing but it wasn't that,”... More »

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entertainment • film • celebrity • marijuana • Seth Rogen • movies • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • Kevin Smith

 Audiences Flock to Madagascar 

Animated flick wins weekend box office

Nov 9, 08 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa had the year's best opening for an animated family flick, pulling in $63.5 million to win the weekend box office, Variety reports. R-rated gross-out comedy Role Models, meanwhile, surprised by taking second place with $19.3 million. The remaining top five: High School Musical 3:... More »

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animation • DreamWorks • box office • Paramount • movies • animated movie • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • Changeling • High School Musical 3 • Role Models

 HSM3 Stays Tops at Box Office 

Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Saw V round out top 3

Nov 2, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - High School Musical 3 strutted its way to the top of the box office despite Halloween’s usual decimation of Friday ticket sales, Variety reports. Now in its second week, the teenage singalong bagged $15 million this weekend, with Zack and Miri Make a Porno opening to $10.7 million.... More »

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MOVIE REVIEW

 Porno Naughty But Nice 

Raunchy 'R' rated comedy is a PG romance at heart

Oct 31, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indie director and slacker king Kevin Smith has made a surprisingly tender film with Zack and Miri Make a Porno, critics say. Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogan star as a pair of "genuinely likable social misfits" whose platonic friendship is put to the test when they decide to... More »

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comedy • movie review • Seth Rogen • Elizabeth Banks • movies • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • Kevin Smith

Director Smith: Friendship, not Sex, Is the Heart of Porno

Zack and Miri is a look at friendship, not sex, director says

Oct 29, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zack and Miri do indeed make a porno in Zack and Miri Make a Porno but the movie is about a lot more than just sex, director Kevin Smith tells Reuters. The story about a pair of cash-strapped pals entering the adult film biz is about love and friendship, Smith... More »

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pornography • film director • Seth Rogen • Elizabeth Banks • movies • movie ratings • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • Kevin Smith

Raunchy Trailers Coming
to Theater Near You

Online popularity has more studios going to marketing's tawdry side

Sep 17, 08 9:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you weren’t sure what to expect from Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the movie’s R-rated preview makes it quite explicit, Josh Levin notes in Slate—and it’s just the latest of a growing number of films to market itself with such so-called red-band trailers. Thirty... More »

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entertainment • film • Seth Rogen • movies • movie theaters • R-rated • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • red band trailers • movie previews • Kevin Smith

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