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 ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2000 | Running Time: 112 minutes
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Following the triumph that was L.A. Confidential, director Curtis Hanson proves that film was no mere fluke with this beautifully written, expertly acted comedy that recalls the looseness and offbeat sensibilities of the best cinema of the 1970s. Michael Douglas wonderfully casts aside his typical onscreen persona to create a shaggy, likable lead character who looks and sounds like an actual human being. The performers surrounding him are equally impressive, especially Tobey Maguire, whose ...more
- Michael Douglas - Grady Tripp
- Tobey Maguire - James Leer
- Frances McDormand - Sara Gaskell
- Robert Downey, Jr. - Terry Crabtree
- Katie Holmes - Hannah Green
- Richard Thomas - Walter Gaskell
- Rip Torn - Q
- Philip Bosco - Hank Winters
- Jane Adams - Oola
- Richard Knox - Vernon Hardapple
- Michael Cavadias - Antonia Sloviak
- Alan Tudyk - Sam Traxler
- Curtis Hanson - Director
- Adam Schroeder - Executive Producer
- Ned Dowd - Executive Producer
- Scott Rudin - Producer
- Curtis Hanson - Producer
- Steve Kloves - Screenwriter
- Don Woodruff - Art Director
- Lisa Grundy - Associate Producer
- Mali Finn - Casting
- Beatrix Aruna Pasztor - Costume Designer
- Doug Metzger - First Assistant Director
- Dede Allen - Editor
- Christopher Young - Composer (Music Score)
- Carol Fenelon - Musical Direction/Supervision













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