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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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NewsDesk:
(66 articles)
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The Hobbit gains Spider-Man’s loss
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(From Hitfix. 27 January 2010, 4:14 PM, PST)
The Hobbit gains Spider-Man’s loss
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Great story, great performances
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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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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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Tobey Maguire and Robert Downey Jr play lovers in this film; both of them would later play lead Marvel superheros in Spider-Man (2002) and Iron Man (2008), respectively.
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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 Inherit the Wind (1960)
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Soundtrack:
Things Have Changed
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Sometimes, movie makers manage to create a world that one cannot resist being pulled into. In this world one lingers for a couple of hours, waiting for the next minute with a smile on one's lips. "Wonder Boys" is one of the best movies of recent years in that it successfully drags the viewer along on it's whimsical and sometimes really strange journey.
The characters are believable despite their alien behaviors - the only normal person around might just be Hannah Green (Holmes), skirting around the main characters like an observing ghost. Douglas is pulling off what must be his best performance ever, portraying a decaying, once-famous addict writer with a severe case of reversed writer's block: he can't finish his novel and he can't stop writing... Tobey Maguire is very well cast with his innocent yet troubled look, and Frances McDormand is just as she always is: fantastic.
I'm very impressed with this film, which took me off-guard. Not many I know went to see it. I'm glad I did.