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Undependable. Unpredictable. Unforgettable. - Wonder Boys
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Title: Wonder Boys

Release Date: 22 Feb 2000

Runtime: 1h 51m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Paramount Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions, Curtis Hanson Productions, BBC, Marubeni, TOHO-TOWA, Tele München, MFF Feature Film Productions

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions, Curtis Hanson Productions, BBC, Marubeni, TOHO-TOWA, Tele München, MFF Feature Film Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.847 (597 votes)

Cast

  • Grady Tripp: Michael Douglas
  • James Leer: Tobey Maguire
  • Sara Gaskell: Frances McDormand
  • Terry Crabtree: Robert Downey Jr.
  • Hannah Green: Katie Holmes
  • Q: Rip Torn
  • Vernon Hardapple: Richard Knox
  • Oola: Jane Adams
  • Miss Sloviak: Michael Cavadias
  • Walter Gaskell: Richard Thomas
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