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Feb 25, 2000 · With Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr.. An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Steve Kloves. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, it is based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Michael Chabon.
Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire do wonders in this clever dark comedy. Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his...
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May 12, 2000 · "Wonder Boys" is the most accurate movie about campus life that I can remember. It is accurate, not because it captures intellectual debate or campus politics, but because it knows two things: (1) Students come and go, but the faculty actually lives there, and (2) many faculty members stay stuck in graduate-student mode for decades.
Synopsis. Professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) is a novelist who teaches creative writing at an unnamed Pittsburgh university (the movie was shot chiefly in and around Carnegie Mellon University).
Wonder Boys is a 1995 novel by the American writer Michael Chabon. It was adapted into a film with the same title in 2000.
Wonder Boys. An addled college lit professor and novelist is forced to re-evaluate his personal life and career during a particularly taxing weekend. 1,038 IMDb 7.2 1 h 51 min 2000. X-Ray R. Comedy · Drama · Charming · Touching. Available to rent or buy.
Feb 22, 2000 · 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. Curtis Hanson.
Feb 25, 2000 · This festival weekend, however, proves even worse than he could have imagined as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy, his most gifted writing student James Leer (Maguire).
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 ...
