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Smart People (2008)

Smart People (2008)

R 95 minutes EN Comedy , Drama , Romance
Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.
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Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
Lawrence Wetherhold
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker
Janet Hartigan
Elliot Page
Elliot Page
Vanessa Wetherhold
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church
Chuck Wetherhold
Ashton Holmes
Ashton Holmes
James Wetherhold
Jane Mowder
Jane Mowder
Julia Knight
Barret Hackney
Barret Hackney
Joseph
Christine Lahti
Christine Lahti
Nancy
Camille Mana
Camille Mana
Missy
David Denman
David Denman
William
Don Wadsworth
Don Wadsworth
Hadley
Robert Haley
Robert Haley
Roth
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Production crew

Amy Westcott
Costume Design
Toby Irwin
Director of Photography
Patti Podesta
Production Design
Nuno Bettencourt
Music
Yana Gorskaya
Editor
Robert Frazen
Editor
Noam Murro
Director
Marc Dworkin
Script Coordinator
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Official website: http://www.smartpeoplemovie.com/
Production companies: GEM Global Entertainment Magyar, Miramax, Sherazade Film Development, Groundswell Productions, QED International, Corduroy Films, Visitor Pictures, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $7,000,000
Revenue: $10,569,964

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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