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Release Date: 2008 Cast: Kevin James Doyle, Ellen Page, Barret Hackney, Kiley Caughey, Camille Mana, Iva Jean Saraceni, Amanda Jane Cooper, Christine Lahti, Dennis Quaid, Patrick Sebes, Thomas Haden Church, Don Wadsworth ...MORE
Cast: Kevin James Doyle, Ellen Page, Barret Hackney, Kiley Caughey, Camille Mana, Iva Jean Saraceni, Amanda Jane Cooper, Christine Lahti, Dennis Quaid, Patrick Sebes, Thomas Haden Church, Don Wadsworth, David Denman, Ashton Holmes, Richard John Walters, Paul Huber, Robert Haley, Scott A. Martin, Rick Warner, Sarah Jessica Parker ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Romantic comedy, Indie, Family Drama, Comedy-drama, Comedy, Black comedy, Romance Film Smart People is a 2008 American comedy-drama film starring Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church. The film was directed by Noam Murro, written by Mark Poirier and produced by Michael London, with Omar Amanat serving as executive producer.
Smart People was filmed on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including several scenes at Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh International Airport. Premiering at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, North American distribution rights were acquired by Miramax Films and the film was released widely on April 11,... MORE
Smart People is a 2008 American comedy-drama film starring Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church. The film was directed by Noam Murro, written by Mark Poirier and produced by Michael London, with Omar Amanat serving as executive producer.
Smart People was filmed on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including several scenes at Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh International Airport. Premiering at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, North American distribution rights were acquired by Miramax Films and the film was released widely on April 11, 2008.
Carnegie Mellon English Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Quaid) is a middle-aged widower. He is bitter and arrogant at work, uninterested in his students, and alienated from his two children. His adopted ne'er-do-well brother, Chuck (Church), arrives to borrow money and stays for a while as he tries to unwind Lawrence's lonely, overachieving teenage daughter, Vanessa (Page).
Meanwhile, Lawrence suffers a trauma-induced seizure after falling from the top of a fence in an attempt to retrieve his briefcase from inside his impounded car. In the emergency room, he is treated by Dr. Janet Hartigan LESS
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