Movie
Smart People
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-04-11
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- GEM Global Entertainment Magyar, Miramax, Sherazade Film Development, Groundswell Productions, QED International, Corduroy Films, Visitor Pictures, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dennis Quaid as Lawrence Wetherhold
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Janet Hartigan
- Thomas Haden Church as Chuck Wetherhold
- Elliot Page as Vanessa Wetherhold
- Ashton Holmes as James Wetherhold
- Christine Lahti as Nancy
- Camille Mana as Missy
- David Denman as William
- Don Wadsworth as Hadley
- Robert Haley as Roth
- Patrick Sebes as Curtis
- Kevin James Doyle as Rodney
Crew
- Noam Murro - Director
- Mark Poirier - Screenplay
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