Not to put too fine a point on it, but the poster for Turning Green lies. It showcases Tim Hutton, Colm Meaney, and Allesandro Nivola, but while they're prominent figures in the film, it ain't about them. Off in the lower right, with his back turned towards the camera, there's your protagonist: A teenage boy, played quite engagingly by newcomer Donal Gallery. I can understand the motivation for pitching the name players in your marketing, but really, can't you at least show the kid's face?

Granted, beyond that poster, Michael Aimette and John G. Hofmann's Turning Green has had as convoluted a history as can be imagined: The story of James, a teen who, with his brother, has been shipped by their father to Ireland and who decides to rally up the cash for an escape by peddling contraband pornography to his classmates -- much to the displeasure of his bookie boss Nivola and the bookie's enforcer Hutton -- the script was a finalist on the first season of Project Greenlight (the one that ended up producing Stolen Summer -- dodged a bullet there, eh, guys?), was actu