Quick Snaps: Pre-'Humpday' at SXSW 2008

Congratulations to Lynn Shelton, director of Humpday, which has been generating all kinds of good buzz at Sundance this week. Everyone seems to be talking (okay, blogging or Twittering) about the movie, starring Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard as best-friend straight guys who ponder whether to have sex with one another as part of making a porno film. (Comparisons to Zack and Miri seem to be inevitable.)

Variety's film-fest blog The Circuit just reported that Magnolia Pictures has bought the worldwide distribution rights for Humpday, and plans to release the film in U.S. theaters starting in August. Unless Magnolia has some weird release strategy that will keep the film out of more festivals, my guess would be that we'll get the chance to see this movie at SXSW in a couple of months. Or so I hope.

The above photo is from last year's SXSW festival. Mark Duplass, on the far right, was there with Baghead; Shelton, next to him, premiered her film My Effortless Brilliance. I felt very lucky when I took this photo back in 2008; I feel especially fortunate that I can share it again now that Humpday is gathering so much attention.