Overview:
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.| Status: | Released (2000-02-22) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 21 wins & 46 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $19,393,557 |
| Screen: | Michael Chabon, Steve Kloves |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions, Curtis Hanson Productions, BBC, Marubeni, TOHO-TOWA, Tele München, MFF Feature Film Productions |
| Production Countries: | Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3392: Michael Douglas - Grady Tripp
- 2219: Tobey Maguire - James Leer
- 3910: Frances McDormand - Sara Gaskell
- 3223: Robert Downey Jr. - Terry Crabtree
- 3897: Katie Holmes - Hannah Green
- 9626: Rip Torn - Q
- 3058923: Richard Knox - Vernon Hardapple
Crews
- 323: Curtis Hanson - Director - Directing
- 67758: Michael Chabon - Novel - Writing
- 10967: Steve Kloves - Screenplay - Writing
- 323: Curtis Hanson - Producer - Production
- 2997: Scott Rudin - Producer - Production
- 19155: Christopher Young - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 11099: Dante Spinotti - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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I have to believe I saw this movie a year or two after it came out, but I had no feelings of deja vu as I watched it, so perhaps not. I usually have very little patience for movies about writers because I am one, and I get tired of them bringing up writers’ block, which I don’t belie ....
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"Prof. Tripp" (Michael Douglas) hasn't his troubles to seek. He hasn't been able to follow up on his first novel for almost seven years - much to the chagrin of his agent "Terry" (Robert Downey Jr); his third wife has left him and he is about to father a child with his (married) boss ....
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