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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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(From HeyUGuys. 27 November 2009, 4:01 PM, PST)
Free Flick of the Day: Pieces of April
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A Brilliant Film
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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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Trivia:
James mentions his parents live in the town of Carvel. Carvel is the name of the fictional town where Andy Hardy and his family lived in the series of Andy Hardy films from the 1930s and 1940s.
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Continuity: Grady Tripp's head moves between shots when Hannah Green talks to him at the door in the first scene.
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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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Soundtrack:
A Child's Claim to Fame
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I really love this film. Based on a novel by Michael Chabron, the film is set in a university over the course of a week-end long writing festival. The story concerns Professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) who's first novel was a huge success and has been struggling with the follow-up novel for years. When the film begins, Grady's young wife has just left him and his lover (who is married to the head of the English Department) is pregnant. Also, Grady's editor (Robert Downey Jr.) has arrived to see his (still unfinished) novel. To add to Grady's woes he has to cope with a brilliant, but deeply odd, student (Tobey Maguire).
The film has some very strong and witty dialogue, and benefits from great performances all around. Probably writers and aspiring writers will like this film for it's portrayal of the literary life. Anyone though will enjoy the humour, heart and fun of this inspirational movie.