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Would you believe news about a roman­tic com­edy on Schlockmania?  Well, this isn’t some major stu­dio piece of mul­ti­plex junk.  Instead, it’s an indie film being released by the cult king­pins at Synapse and made by the cre­ative brain­trust that also brought us such non-rom-com gems as The Substitute and Street Trash!  The film in ques­tion is called The Sweet Life and its eclec­tic cast includes Joan Jett, James Lorinz of Street Trash/Frankenhooker fame and Kamal from the Jerky Boys.  Read on for all the met­ro­pol­i­tan love-chasing details, includ­ing rave reviews from Rex Reed and Wes Craven (!)…

SYNAPSE FILMS PRESENTS


THE SWEET LIFE

Joan Jett in her roman­tic com­edy debut, THE SWEET LIFE, from Rocco Simonelli, the writer of the cult hit THE SUBSTITUTE, and Roy Frumkes, the pro­ducer of STREET TRASH!

Title song “The Sweet Life” per­formed by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts!

From THE SUBSTITUTE writer Rocco Simonelli and STREET TRASH pro­ducer Roy Frumkes comes this met­ro­pol­i­tan tale of big-city romance.
THE SWEET LIFE is a roman­tic com­edy about two broth­ers who had noth­ing in com­mon until an arm-wrestling female bar­tender took them on.

Sensitive but unsuc­cess­ful New York mag­a­zine colum­nist Michael (Jay Lorinz, King of New York, Frankenhooker) looks on while his self-confident and shal­low brother Frankie catch all the women and make all the money, and reeval­u­ates his own rela­tion­ship with his biker-chick room­mate, Sherry (Joan Jett).  Through a twist of fate, Michael finds him­self vying with Frankie for tough bar­tender Lila’s affec­tions, and the results are riotously funny and wholly touching.

Filmmakers Roy Frumkes (Street Trash, The Substitute) and Rocco Simonelli (The Substitute) have cre­ated a roman­tic com­edy for the mod­ern gotham set.

“The Sweet Life is a fresh, con­tem­po­rary slant on both the sugar and the vine­gar in the sex­ual rit­u­als of the big-city sin­gles scene that is hilar­i­ous, keenly observed, and chock full of refresh­ing details and insights. Really, a job well done that gives inde­pen­dent film­mak­ing a good rep­u­ta­tion.” – Rex Reed

“What struck me was how quirky the char­ac­ters were, mak­ing The Sweet Life a won­der­fully uncon­ven­tional roman­tic com­edy.” – Wes Craven (Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street)

Special Features:

• Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Presentation
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Audio Commentary with Director Rocco Simonelli and Stars James Lorinz and
Barbara Sicuranza
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Outtakes
• Theatrical Trailer

Disc Info:

Director: Rocco Simonelli
Starring: James Lorinz, Barbara Sicuranza, Joan Jett
Run Time: 91 min­utes
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
Format: DVD

Price: $19.95