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Wonder Boys

  The Film:
 
from Paramount Pictures

Directed by
Curtis Hanson

Starring
Michael Douglas (Grady Tripp)
Robert Downey Jr. (Terry Crabtree)
Katie Holmes (Hannah Green)
Tobey Maguire (James Leer)
Frances McDormand (Sara Gaskell)
Richard Thomas (Walter Gaskell)
Rip Torn (Quentin Morewood)
Philip Bosco (Hank Winters)
Jane Adams (Oola)
Richard Knox (Vernon Hardapple)
Michael Cavadias (Miss Sloviak/Tony)
Alan Tudyk (Sam Traxler)

Written by
Steven Kloves
Michael Chabon (novel)

Original Music by
Christopher Young

Rated: R
(for language and drug content)

 

Wonder BoysCurtis Hanson directs Michael Douglas as the struggling writer Grady Tripp who is trying to cope with his fame (he hasn't had a thing published since his Great American Novel 7 years ago). Grady teams up with a brilliant and gifted student named James Leer (Tobey Maguire) who is a liar and gets Grady Tripp in all sorts of trouble. Frances McDormand plays Douglas' lover Sara Gaskell. Katie Holmes, Robert Downey Jr., Richard Thomas and Rip Torn also star. Steve Kloves adapted Michael Chabon's novel for the screenplay.

Official Site - trailers and photos

Michael Douglas official site
 

  Related Books and more:


Wonder Boys [DVD]

Wonder Boys
by Michael Chabon

Wonder Boys [CD]
Original Soundtrack




On Writer's Block
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The Academic Job Search Handbook
by Mary Morris Heiberger, Julia Miller Vick

Dare to Be a Great Writer : 329 Keys to Powerful Fiction
by Leonard Bishop

Structuring Your Novel : From Basic Idea to Finished Manuscript
by Robert C. Meredith, John D. Fitzgerald

 


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