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Release Date:
25 February 2000 (USA)
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Tagline:
Undependable. Unpredictable. Unforgettable.
Plot:
An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 14 wins
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32 nominations
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Preview: Brothers
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Free Flick of the Day: Pieces of April
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Free Flick of the Day: Pieces of April
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The best college movie since 'Animal House'.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Douglas | ... | Prof. Grady Tripp |
 | Tobey Maguire | ... | James Leer |
 | Frances McDormand | ... | Dean Sara Gaskell |
 | Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Terry Crabtree |
 | Katie Holmes | ... | Hannah Green |
 | Rip Torn | ... | Quentin 'Q' Morewood |
 | Richard Knox | ... | Vernon Hardapple |
| Jane Adams | ... | Oola |
 | Michael Cavadias | ... | Miss Antonia 'Tony' Sloviak |
| Richard Thomas | ... | Walter Gaskell |
 | Alan Tudyk | ... | Sam Traxler |
| Philip Bosco | ... | Emily's Father |
| George Grizzard | ... | Fred Leer |
 | Kelly Bishop | ... | Amanda Leer |
| Bill Velin | ... | Officer Pupcik |
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and drug content.
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Runtime:
111 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Italy:T |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:12 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Canada:14A |
Chile:14 |
Denmark:7 |
Finland:K-14 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:11 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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The combination to the locked closet with the Monroe jacket is 5641. 56 games is the record number of consecutive games that 'Joe Dimaggio' recorded a hit and 41 is the year in which he accomplished it.
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Continuity: The Chancellor's hands When Professor Tripp is getting up after one of his episodes.
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Grady Tripp: "The young girl sat perfectly still in the confessional listening to her father's boots scrape like chalk on the ancient steps of the church, then grow faint, then disappear altogether. She could sense the priest beyond the grate...” On that particular Friday afternoon, last February, I was reading a story to my Advanced Writers' Workshop by one James Leer, Junior Lit major and sole inhabitant of his own gloomy gulag.
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Grady Tripp: "The young girl sat perfectly still in the confessional listening to her father's boots scrape like chalk on the ancient steps of the church, then grow faint, then disappear altogether. She could sense the priest beyond the grate...” On that particular Friday afternoon, last February, I was reading a story to my Advanced Writers' Workshop by one James Leer, Junior Lit major and sole inhabitant of his own gloomy gulag.
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Movie Connections:
References The Ice Storm (1997)
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Soundtrack:
Slip Away
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Funny and enjoyable drama about a self-centered English professor (Michael Douglas) who encounters several little dilemmas during a weekend festival on the college campus where he works.
The performance that Douglas delivers here got to be one of his finest in recent memory. Perhaps his best. Besides Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Katie Holmes, Frances McDormand, Rip Torn, and Robert Downey, Jr. make one of the best supporting casts that I've seen in quite some time. Downey and Maguire (who portray the curious editor and the prized pupil) both turn in super performances that should have earned the pair Best Supporting Actor nominations. Torn's character shares the same name as the man who gave James Bond those cute and exciting gadgets, which is "Q".
"Wonder Boys" is the first film directed by Curtis Hanson, who hit gold with "L.A. Confidential" a few years ago. Screenwriter Steve Kloves writes a smart and intelligent story here and places the funny moments with some perfect timing. Photographer Dante Spinotti ("Heat", "L.A. Confidential", "The Insider") provides the movie with great views of the campus during the fall and winter seasons. The movie's theme song, "Things Have Changed", written and sung by the legendary Bob Dylan, is great to listen to and deserves an Oscar for it.
Overall, this film is the best college movie made since John Landis' classic comedy spoof/satire, "Animal House". This movie is "Animal House" with much better morals and doesn't have the common clichés.