Movie
Nobel Son
Overview
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-04-28
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Gimme Five Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alan Rickman as Eli Michaelson
- Bryan Greenberg as Barkley Michaelson
- Shawn Hatosy as Thaddeus James
- Eliza Dushku as City Hall
- Bill Pullman as Max Mariner
- Mary Steenburgen as Sarah Michaelson
- Danny DeVito as Gastner
- Ted Danson as Harvey Parrish
- Ernie Hudson as Bill Canega
- Lindy Booth as Beth Chapman
- Tracey Walter as Simon Ahrens
- Hal B. Klein as Tully's Guy
Crew
- Randall Miller - Director
- Randall Miller - Writer
- Jody Savin - Writer
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