I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS Will Arrive July 30th, Expand August 6th… Finally!

Thank goodness… I thought we’d never get to see I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS after that recent ‘delayed indefinitely‘ shenanigan. Variety reported today that the movie starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor will finally hit U.S theaters limited on July 30th, 2010 and it will expand to more theaters on August 6th. It’s The true story of an ex-cop, ex-husband, ex-insurance scam, ex-model prisoner and eternal lover of fellow inmate Phillip Morris. Steven Russell is ready for anything, never to be separated from the man in her life. This implies not rot in prison? More synopsis after this jump..

Based on a book by Houston Chronicle crime reporter Steve McVicker, the fact-based film casts Carrey as Steven Russell, a married father whose exploits landed him in the Texas criminal justice system. He fell madly in love with his cellmate, who eventually was set free, which led Russell to escape from Texas prisons four times.

With alacrity and style, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the codirectors of I Love You Phillip Morris, have fashioned an improbable, but true, tale of a spectacularly charismatic and resourceful con-man’s journey from small-town cop to flamboyant white-collar criminal. Concocted by the absurdist sensibilities and warped minds that were behind the creation of Bad Santa and centered around an eccentrically wonderful performance by Jim Carrey, the film relates a story that is truly stranger than fiction and showcases a love story that will not be denied. When a local Texas policeman, Steve Russell (Carrey), turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle (in more ways than one), his subsequent stay in the state penitentiary results in his meeting the love of his life, a sensitive fellow inmate named Phillip Morris, perfectly portrayed by Ewan McGregor. What ensues can only be described as a relentless quest as Russell attempts escape after escape and executes con after con, all in the name of love. This is the world of the preposterous: it plays like a farce but is vastly entertaining because it turns all that we take for granted about life on its head. As a primer on the irresistible power of a man who is either insane or in love (is there a difference?), I Love You Phillip Morris surely serves to remind us of the resilience of the human spirit.