Smart people, Miramax Films and Groundswell Productions present in association with Sherezade Films and Visitor Pictures a Corduroy Films/Table Top Films production in association with QED International ; directed by Noam Murro ; written by Mark Jude Poirier ; produced by Bridget Johnson, Michael Costigan, Michael London, Bruna Papandrea
Type
Label
Smart people, Miramax Films and Groundswell Productions present in association with Sherezade Films and Visitor Pictures a Corduroy Films/Table Top Films production in association with QED International ; directed by Noam Murro ; written by Mark Jude Poirier ; produced by Bridget Johnson, Michael Costigan, Michael London, Bruna Papandrea
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for language, brief teen drug and alcohol use, and for some sexuality
Main title
Smart people
Oclc number
228111427
Responsibility statement
Miramax Films and Groundswell Productions present in association with Sherezade Films and Visitor Pictures a Corduroy Films/Table Top Films production in association with QED International ; directed by Noam Murro ; written by Mark Jude Poirier ; produced by Bridget Johnson, Michael Costigan, Michael London, Bruna Papandrea
Runtime
95
Summary
Lawrence Wetherhold is a recently widowed literature professor who is a numb and chilly intellectual. He rebuffs his students, ignores his own teenage children, James and Vanessa, and spurns cries for financial assistance from his ne'er-do-well but rather soulful adopted brother, Chuck. After an accident and Lawrence goes to the hospital, he is deprived of the right to drive. Janet is a physician and former student of Lawrence who remembers her disappointment in him as a teacher and role model. But, Janet and Lawrence become romantically involved. Meanwhile, Chuck and Vanessa try to come to terms with each other and prove that their relationship is another sign that the Wetherhold clan has become far too insular and self-referential
Table Of Contents
Special features: Widescreen enhanced for 16x9 televisions -- Deleted scenes -- The smartest people (Interviews with filmmakers and cast) -- Not so smart (bloopers/outtakes) -- Feature commentary by filmmaker Noam Murro and writer Mark Jude Poirier -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 surround -- Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Visitor Pictures
- Sherezade Films
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Page, Elliot, 1987-
- Murro, Noam
- Quaid, Dennis
- Miramax Films
- Johnson, Bridget, (Motion picture producer)
- Bettencourt, Nuno
- Holmes, Ashton
- Groundswell Productions
- Poirier, Mark Jude
- Church, Thomas Haden
- Papandrea, Bruna
- London, Michael
- Corduroy Films
- QED International
- Costigan, Michael
- Table Top Films
- Parker, Sarah Jessica
Genre
Subject
- Comedy -- Feature
- Father and child -- United States -- Drama
- Physician and patient -- United States -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Romantic comedy films
- Romance -- Feature
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Family -- Feature
- Widowers -- United States -- Drama
- Fiction films
- College teachers -- United States -- Drama
- Cerebrovascular disease + Patients -- United States -- Drama
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Composer
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor21
- Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Visitor Pictures
- Sherezade Films
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Page, Elliot, 1987-
- Murro, Noam
- Quaid, Dennis
- Miramax Films
- Johnson, Bridget, (Motion picture producer)
- Bettencourt, Nuno
- Holmes, Ashton
- Groundswell Productions
- Poirier, Mark Jude
- Church, Thomas Haden
- Papandrea, Bruna
- London, Michael
- Corduroy Films
- QED International
- Costigan, Michael
- Table Top Films
- Parker, Sarah Jessica
- Genre8
- Subject13
- Comedy -- Feature
- Father and child -- United States -- Drama
- Physician and patient -- United States -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Romantic comedy films
- Romance -- Feature
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Family -- Feature
- Widowers -- United States -- Drama
- Fiction films
- College teachers -- United States -- Drama
- Cerebrovascular disease + Patients -- United States -- Drama
- Content1
- Composer1
- Mapped to1