Per The Hollywood Reporter, actor-turned-director John Turturro will self-distribute his $11 million musical Romance & Cigarettes, which stars James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Bobby Cannavale, Eddie Izzard, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Amy Sedaris, Aida Turturro, Elaine Stritch, Steve Buscemi, and Christopher Walken.The story is about a Queens construction worker (Gandolfini) who gets in trouble when his wife (Sarandon) discovers he has a lusty mistress (Winslet).
The characters break into songs ranging from James Brown to Engelbert Humperdinck to Bruce Springsteen. The movie was filmed in 2004 and premiered in 2005 at the Venice Film Festival, but was shelved when Sony merged with MGM that year.
It has received mixed reviews, being described as ''almost impossible not to adore'' by some, and ''downright unwatchable'' by others.
Romance & Cigarettes will be given an open-ended theatrical release on Sept. 7 at New York's Film Forum.
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