108 Media Corp., with domestic sales and distribution
support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has tagged May 10 as the DVD
release date for writer/director Matthew Kowalchuk’s “oddest of odd couple” film
adaptation of Morris Panych’s stage play, Lawrence & Holloman.
Holloman (Daniel Arnold, who co-wrote the film script) is
wallpaper, a cypher, someone that could pretty much pass unnoticed through
life. He knows this, and when thoughts
of killing himself come his way, he dismisses them because no one would care;
no one would notice. He’s the sad sack
of sad sacks with a vivid imagination that is carefully tucked away.
Ben Cotton plays Lawrence, the “other” character of this
buddy piece. He literally knows no boundaries
… there’s something clinically wrong with him, but we are not sure what it
is. Maybe it’s a medical condition, who
knows … maybe he’s just so dim-witted that he’s blissfully unaware of just how
offensive he can be.
He’s the sort of guy that would walk up to 100 different
women and ask to sleep with them knowing that at least one or two would say,
“sure, why not.” He could care less
about the embarrassment of both the question and the 98 rejections.
Holloman, on the other hand, wouldn’t dare ask the question
… he already knows the answer.
A chance encounter in an elevator gives Lawrence free reign
to have his way with Holloman, who absorbs the abuse like a sponge. A “friendship” is born.
Lawrence gives Holloman advice, Holloman listens, Holloman
absorbs. And the film proceeds to go
from quirky to delightfully demented; from just being odd to black comedy at
its very best.
So come May 10, put Lawrence & Holloman on your DVD
shopping list … you will not be disappointed, especially if you like your
comedies with an edge.
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