Kevin Smith and Phase 4 Pick Up ‘The Dirties’

Today Phase 4 announced its acquisition of Matt Johnson‘s The Dirties, which won the Narrative Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival.  The film is something of a mockumentary about two friends (one of whom is played by Johnson) who decide to make a documentary about killing some bullies in their school.

We recently got a chance to check this out at the Sarasota Film Festival and thought that it was one of the best indies we’ve seen this year.  Apparently Kevin Smith thinks so too, as it’s going to be distributed through his Kevin Smith Movie Club label.  Read on for more.

When asked about the acquisition smith stated, “This is the most important film you will see all year. Matt Johnson has mashed-up the found footage film and the faux-documentary genres and crafted the most original, hypnotic, and human movie about a monster-in-the-making you will ever see. Not only is “The Dirties” an astonishingly great first film, it has the stones to deal with some very real subject matter in a mature, important way.”

I’m crazy proud to be associated in any way with “The Dirties”– a landmark achievement in not just indie film, but cinema in general.”

Look for The Dirties hitting theaters and VOD later this year and be sure to check out our review here.