Romance and Cigarettes: Poster

Everyone wants to try their hand at musicals. It’s like Moulin Rouge released the secret Elton John hiding inside Hollywood’s most elite directors. Though in the case of John Turturro, maybe it’s more like a secret Meatloaf.

Turturro is directing the latest musical this side of Kevin Spacey’s horrific Bobby Darin biopic, entitled Romance and Cigarettes. It’s got a ridiculous cast, filled with people like Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon, James Gandolfini, Mandy Moore, and the toe-tappin dance machine Christopher Walken.

Walken’s presence alone makes the thing a must see, but the film’s newly released poster offers two other very good reasons.