Smart People
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Noam Murro
Dennis Quaid
Sarah Jessica Parker
Ellen Page
Thomas Haden Church
Christine Lahti
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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. His collegiate son won't confide in him, his teenaged daughter is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad's misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne'er-do-well brother has perfected the art of freeloading. A widower who can't seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he's an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age. When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet, the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with consequences for himself and everyone around him.
Director
Noam Murro
Cast
Dennis Quaid
Sarah Jessica Parker
Ellen Page
Thomas Haden Church
Christine Lahti
Paul Huber
Scott A. Martin
Don Wadsworth
Patrick Sebes
Nuno Bettencourt
Robert Haley
Christy Harst
Suze Demarchi
Amanda Jane Cooper
Camille Mana
David Denman
Patrick Jordan
Charlie Bisharat
Ashton Holmes
Jane Mowder
Adam Kroloff
Iva Jean Saraceni
Rick Warner
Kiley Caughey
Richard John Walters
Jose A Rivas
Barrett Hackney
Cameron Stone
Crew
Hank Addleberry
Matt Adler
Blane Allan
Omar Amanat
Kimberlee Andrews
Deborah Aquila
Deborah Aquila
Alexis Arnold
Teddy Au
Steffen Aumuller
Lillian Awa
Matt Baker
Gregg Barbanell
Cassandra Barbour
Timothy Barnhill
Donna Belajac
Elizabeth Bergman
Ron Berkeley
Steffany Bernstein
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt
Bruce Birmelin
Bill Block
Noah Blough
Joshua Bonnett
Eric Borja
Said Boudarga
Kevin Brady
Dennis J. Braun
Ranjani Brow
Craig T. Brown
Joseph Brown
Lisa Bruno
Keith Brzozowski
Jarrett Buba
Paul Bucciarelli
Matthew Bulleri
Robert Buncher
Terrence C Burke
Brian Buzzelli
Carmen Carpenter
Gary Cherone
Judy Chin
Jorgen Christensen
June Christopher
Claus Clausen
Steve Cohagan
Joe Colangelo
Keith Cooper
Michael Costigan
Romy Cutler-lengyel
Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Doug Delaney
Suze Demarchi
Suze Demarchi
Daniel J Dickman
Lauren B Donnelly
Thomas J Dooley
Joshua M Dragotta
Joshua Dupre
Marc Dworkin
Steve Elson
Jim Emswiller
David Farr
Robert W Fazio
Greg Felmey
Andrew Ferriss
Samantha Finkler
Danielle Fiorello
Bart Flaherty
Kaylin Frank
Robert Frazen
Alan Freedman
Matthew Fridg
Eileen Garrigan
Thomas Garrigan
Brad Garris
Greg Genco
Sandy Gendler
Robert Getty
Yana Gorskaya
Marina Grasic
Elizabeth Grave
Richard Graves
Tonya Greenfield
Will Greenfield
Paula A Gregg
Tracey Grimes
Andrew Hainey
Alex Mary Hamilton
Paul Hanson
Roemehl Hawkins
Jim Heastings
Don Hedenburg
Darryl Henley
Chato Hill
Chris Hinton
Albert E Hippert
Wendy Hoffmann
Beau Holden
William W Hooton
Charles Martin Inouye
Toby Irwin
Ron Ischovitsch
Steve Jacks
Richard Jannone
Grant Janssen
Bridget Johnson
Jon Johnson
Matthew W Johnson
Kenneth Jones
David Jose
Jonathan Joseph
Gary Jurysta
Lauren Jurysta
Pamela Nedd Kahn
Kenneth Kellers
Gina Kelly
Ron Kelly
Carl Kent
Mark E Kiley
Cynthia Kim
Nancy Kirhoffer
Lara Lampenfield
R Scott Lawrence
Bryan Lawson
Dave Leslie
Kathleen Lightholder
Merissa Lombardo
Michael London
Mandy Lyons
Brian Magerkurth
Dennis Maitland
Elina Malkin
Lauri Mancuso
Paul Mangone
Paul Mangone
Joseph A Manni
Derek Marcil
Richard P Mareno
Ron Mason
Mike Matesic
Matthew Mccloskey
Thomas Titus Mccue
Kathy Mccurdy
Ian Mcdade
Michael J Mckee
Timothy Mclaughlin
James Mcpherson
Dominic Mecchia
Ron Miller
Melissa Mittereder
Julie Moffa
Amy Monroe
Nancy Mosser
Chris Muchow
Sean Murray
Victor Najanick
Kelly Nelson
Lauren Newhouse
Adam Nietupski
Jean-pierre Nutini
Kenneth Orkin
Brian Osmond
Bruna Papandrea
Timothy Papciak
Eric Pardee
Eddie Parise
Barbara Pastorik
Justin Pelissero
Elisa Pensler-gabrielli
David D Pfenninger
Patrick Phillips
Christopher St Pierre
Buster Pile
Ralph Pivirotto
Ray Pivirotto
Jason Planitzer
Patti Podesta
Mark Poirier
Joe Pokorny
Brian Powers
Eva Prelle
Maresa Pullman
Ronald J Reitlinger
Melinda Relyea
Anthony Resta
Anthony Resta
Jean-michel Richaud
Michael G. Richer
Joseph Rogers
Byron Roland
Brigitta Romanov
Bert Rosario
Anthony Rossi
Jennifer Roth
Jennifer Roth
Bob Ruefle
Edward Rugoff
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 2008
Released in United States on Video August 12, 2008
Released in United States September 2008
Released in United States Spring April 11, 2008
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Competition) September 5-14, 2008.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) January 17-27, 2008.
Released in United States January 2008 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) January 17-27, 2008.)
Released in United States Spring April 11, 2008
Previously in development at Focus Features
Released in United States on Video August 12, 2008
Released in United States September 2008 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Competition) September 5-14, 2008.)
Gary Winick previously attached to direct. Rachel Weisz previously attached to star, but was replaced by Sarah Jessica Parker.
