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Life's a game. Learn how to play. - School for Scoundrels
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Title: School for Scoundrels

Release Date: 29 Sep 2006

Runtime: 1h 40m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Dimension Films

Production Companies: Dimension Films

Overview: In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls in a secret confidence-building class. The course's title takes on much more meaning when he discovers that his egomaniacal professor Dr. P also wants the same woman. They begin a fierce rivalry that quickly spirals out of control, their pranks and insults get uglier as they try to prove who is the ultimate guy's guy.

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Average Vote: 5.455 (357 votes)

Cast

  • Roger Waddell: Jon Heder
  • Dr. P: Billy Bob Thornton
  • Amanda Richards: Jacinda Barrett
  • Becky: Sarah Silverman
  • Lesher: Michael Clarke Duncan
  • Ian: David Cross
  • Diego: Horatio Sanz
  • Walsh: Matt Walsh
  • Eli: Todd Louiso
  • Lonnie Ratcliff: Ben Stiller
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