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Wonder Boys
Adaptation film with a runtime of 112 minutes, released in 2000. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
In this comedy, a middle-aged man juggles his problems with women, literature, and a career, while a younger man chases the artifact of his dreams. Pittsburgh college professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) is currently single following his divorce from his third wife; after publishing an acclaimed first novel, Grady has been working on a follow-up, but he's been sidelined by a severe case of writer's block. Grady has more than his writing career to think about; his affair with one of the (married) chancellors at the University of Pittsburgh (Frances McDormand), has resulted in her pregnancy, while Hannah (Katie Holmes), a student boarding at Grady's house, has developed a crush on him. While Grady is obsessed with his book, one of his students (Tobey Maguire) has an obsession of his own: finding a jacket once owned by Marilyn Monroe. Based on the novel by Michael Chabon, The Wonder Boys also features Robert Downey Jr.
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Cast
- Michael Douglas
- Tobey Maguire
- Frances McDormand
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Rip Torn
- Katie Holmes
- Jane Adams
- Richard Knox
- Michael Cavadias
- Richard Thomas
- Alan Tudyk
- Philip Bosco
- George Grizzard
- Kelly Bishop
- Bill Velin
- Charis Michelsen
- Yusuf Gatewood
- June Hildreth
- Elisabeth Granli
- Richard Hidlebird
- Screamer
- Bingo O'Malley
- Patricia Cray
- Marita Golden
- Kevin Bishop
- Victor Quinaz
- James Ellroy
- Lenora Nemetz
- Tracey D. Turner
- James Kisicki
- Rob McElhenney
- Anika Bobb
- Katherine Sweeney
- Amber Mariano
- John W. Iwanonkiw
- David Lean
- Michal Bigger
- David Giammarco
- Michael Chabon
- Carol Fenelon
- Mali Finn
- Dante Spinotti
- Adam Schroeder
- Jay R. Hart
- Bill Burns
- Donald B. Woodruff
- Dennis Drummond
- Jerry Pooler
- Norman Douglass
- Don Woodruff
- Jeff Imada
- Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
- Dede Allen
- Lisa Grundy
- Steve Kloves
- Ned Dowd
- Jeannine Claudia Oppewall
- John D. Milinac
- Ron Bartlett
- Kim Drummond
- Jeannine Oppewall
