John August's The Nines Movie Poster

JohnAugust and Cinematical have posted the theatrical one-sheet poster for John August's directorial debut The Nines. Guys, this was my favorite movie of Sundance 2007. There isn't an easy way to describe The Nines without ruining much of the plot. The plot summery I've seen floating around the web describes the film:

A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

The poster, seen right, features Ryan Reynolds tying (or is he untying?) a green string bracelet on his right wrist. This is something that comes into play late into the film. The tagline reads "You Never Know When Your Number Is Up". It's a cool tagline, and a very cool poster for that matter, but does it really give you any indication of what the movie is about? Or even what the genre is for that matter? "You Never Know When Your Number Is Up" sounds like the tagline for a cheesy direct-to-dvd horror film, but on this poster it seems like something much different. And truth is, this movie works within more than a few genres, which is probably one of the reasons why the film itsn't easily to classify. You can click on the poster image to enlarge.

When I first saw this film in January, I wondered how they would market such a movie. It's so very different from anything on the big screen today. The closest thing I can compare it to is the television show LOST, and even then, that is a far stretch. It begins as a realistic film with a mysterious sci-fi element, and evolves into a multi-part story with a polarizing mind-fuck climax. If you haven't yet seen the trailer, check it out now at this link. But bottom line is – You need to see this movie. I can't recommend it enough.