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25 February 2000 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 14 wins & 32 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Long Live Vernon Hardapple moreCast
(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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Fin de semana de locos (Argentina) [es]Jóvenes prodigiosos (Spain) [es]
Zlatni momci (Serbia) [sr]
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Rated R for language and drug content.Parents Guide:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
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:RFun Stuff
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The film was originally released in February of 2000 to almost universal praise (especially for the performance of Michael Douglas) but with very little fanfare. Paramount, the film's distributor, decided to re-release the film that November with a different marketing campaign that highlighted its strong supporting cast, and hopes that it would garner some Oscar nominations, despite Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Friedman's acknowledgment that no studio had ever successfully re-released a picture that initially flopped. moreGoofs:
Miscellaneous: James says that 'Alan Ladd' committed suicide. After protest from the Ladd family, the DVD version has edited out this mention of Ladd's (arguable) suicide (some reports list Ladd's death from cerebral edema) (Reportedly, only the theatrical version has the original mention of Alan Ladd's death.). moreQuotes:
[first lines]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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Michael Douglas has always been one of my favorite actors. He deserved his Oscar for Wall Street, commanded every second of screen time he had in Falling Down, and has given some of the most underrated comic performances in history in Romancing the Stone and War of the Roses. But I'd have to give his performance in Wonder Boys as his best. His turn as stoner college professor Grady Tripp is the model for the laid back, totally likeable and loveable protaginist. He's the kind of professor I dream of having in real life.
After watching this movie, I seriously wanted to go and write a book. For any of you blocked writers out there, just pop in Wonder Boys and you have your muse.