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Wonder Boys (2000) 7.4
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7.4/10 from 44,474 users
Metascore: 73/100
Reviews: 323 user | 166 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Curtis Hanson |
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Grady Tripp is a professor/writer living in Pittsburgh who is struggling with writer's block. Whilst doing this, he also manages to get the chancellor pregnant. In the meantime, he and a college student, James Leer are trying to find a rare jacket once owned by Marilyn Monroe, and a college girl, Hannah Green boarding with Grady has a bit of a crush on him. Written by Dave Lean <davelean@hotmail.com>
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Undependable. Unpredictable. Unforgettable.Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 February 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cudowni chlopcy See more »Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$22,992 (Finland) (17 November 2000)Gross:
ESP 492,395,876 (Spain) (29 June 2001)Company Credits
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British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Curtis Hanson Productions, MFF Feature Film Productions See more »
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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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Written & Performed by Van Morrison
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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. See more »Goofs
The story takes place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - yet there are no inspection stickers on the windshields nor emissions stickers. See more »Quotes
[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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Soundtracks
"Philosophers Stone"Written & Performed by Van Morrison
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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.