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Smart People SynopsisProfessor Lawrence Wetherhold (DENNIS QUAID) 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 teenage daughter (ELLEN PAGE) 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 (THOMAS HADEN CHURCH) 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 (SARAH JESSICA PARKER), the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him.

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Release Date: April 11, 2008
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Running Time:
Distributor(s): Miramax Films
Tagline: Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn.
MPAA Rating: R for language, brief teen drug and alcohol use and for some sexuality.

Director(s):
Noam Murro

Writer(s):
Mark Poirier - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Bill Block - Executive Producer
Marina Grasic - Executive Producer
Jennifer Roth - Executive Producer
Kenneth Orkin - Executive Producer
Edward Rugoff - Executive Producer
Said Boudarga - Executive Producer
Bridget Johnson - Producer
Michael Costigan - Producer
Bruna Papandrea - Producer
Michael London - Producer
Deborah Aquila - Co-Producer
Claus Clausen - Co-Producer

Movie Casts:
Dennis Quaid - Lawrence Wetherhold
Sarah Jessica Parker - Janet Hartigan
Thomas Haden Church - Chuck Wetherhold
Ellen Page - Vanessa Wetherhold
Ashton Holmes - James Wetherhold
David Denman - William
Camille Mana - Missy Chin
Kiley Caughey - Linsey
Amanda Jane Cooper - Brooke
Kevin James Doyle - Rodney
Barret Hackney - Joseph
Robert Haley - Roth
Christy Harst - Waitress
Paul Huber - Ben Onufrey
Adam Kroloff - Talbot
Christine Lahti - Nancy
Scott A. Martin - Weller
Jane Mowder - Julia Knight
José A. Rivas - Student
Patrick Sebes - Curtis
Don Wadsworth - Hadley
Rick Warner - Bloomberg
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