Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006)

When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler (Fugit) has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.

Director:

Scott Lew

Writer:

Scott Lew

Stars:

Patrick Fugit, Olivia Wilde, Fran Kranz

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Patrick Fugit	...	Bickford Shmeckler
Olivia Wilde	...	Sarah Witt
Fran Kranz	...	Ralph
John Cho	...	Bob
Reid Scott	...	Trent
Matthew Lillard	...	Spaceman
Cheryl Hines	...	Professor Adams
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laurie Boloven	...	Cosmo Girl
Will Burke	...	Confused Student
Nick Corirossi	...	Roman Partier
Tiffany Dupont	...	Sorrority Girl
Tyler Francavilla	...	PJ
Robert Ben Garant	...	Campus Cop (as Ben Garant)
Natalie Garza	...	College girl
Nicole Garza	...	Kate

Storyline

When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler (Fugit) has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.

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Plot Keywords:

college | journal | campus | toga party | drug use | 

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Taglines:

First she stole his theories. Then his heart.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 May 2008 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Idéias Geniais - Nerds nem Tanto

Filming Locations:

College of the Canyons - 26455 Rockwell Canyon Boulevard, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Depth of Field, Pillar Squared, Piller Squared/The Segan Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min 79 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Scott Lew:  the guy in the automated wheelchair that beeps at Bickford as he is standing outside the College Services building.

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Goofs

As the camera pans along Trent's car as he reads The Book, you will see a man with glasses in the reflection of the car.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Title Card: Nothing can ever be truly, fully understood. Not even the simplest thing. Not even this. - Bicford Shmeckler

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Connections

References The Seventh Seal (1957)

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Soundtracks

"Just once more"
Performed by Dressy Bessy

User Reviews

This movie may be based on a cool idea, but it needed to be developed a lot more.

"You killed her? No! How?! With a butcher's knife?!"

Disaffected college student Bickford Shmeckler (Patrick Fugit) has filled a book with his cool and revolutionary ideas about reality. One night at a party, beautiful kleptomaniac Sarah (Olivia Wilde) stumbles into his room, and makes off with his book of ideas. Over the next few days, Bickford frantically tries to track the book back down, while reading it has a huge affect on the lives of Sarah, an entire Dungeons and Dragons club, a horny cosmology professor, and a group of homeless nuts led by a man named Spaceman. Yes, the movie really is that random. The most random and peculiar indie comedy that I've seen in a while.   

As you can tell from the description, this is a pretty weird movie. It's low-budget, for sure. Lots of obscure tunes from college radio on the soundtrack, and lots of "alternative" humor. I found the attempts at humor to be more bemusing, than anything else. I only recall laughing out loud once (thanks to a few cameos from Reno 911! and a rape joke that came out of nowhere). If the idea of a book giving women brain orgasms sounds funny to you, then you'll be right at home, here. 

I don't really think I can recommend that anyone who's not a massive Olivia Wilde or Patrick Fugit fan go out of their way to catch this one. The movie takes a turn for the dramatic at the end that doesn't fit well with anything that came before, and the entire script just seems like it could have used a lot more development.