DVD

Smart People [videorecording] / Miramax Films and Groundswell Productions presents in association with Sherezade Films and Visitor Pictures & Dordourdy Films/Table Top Films production in association with QED International ; a film by Noam Murro ; produced by Bridget Johnson, Michael Costigan, Michael London, Bruna Papandrea ; written by Mark Jude Poirier ; directed by Noam Murro.

Johnson, Bridget. (Added Author). Costigan, Michael. (Added Author). London, Michael. (Added Author). Papandrea, Bruna. (Added Author). Poirier, Mark Jude. (Added Author). Murro, Noam. (Added Author). Quaid, Dennis. (Added Author). Parker, Sarah Jessica. (Added Author). Church, Thomas Haden. (Added Author). Page, Ellen. (Added Author). Holmes, Ashton. (Added Author). Miramax Films. (Added Author). Groundswell Productions. (Added Author). Sherezade Films. (Added Author). Visitor Pictures. (Added Author). Dordourdy Films. (Added Author). Table Top Films. (Added Author). QED International. (Added Author). Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page, Ashton Holmes. (Cast).

Summary:

Lawrence Wetherhold is a recently widowed literature professor who is a numb and chilly intellectual. He rebuffs his students, ignores his own teenage children, James and Vanessa, and spurns cries for financial assistance from his ne'er-do-well but rather soulful adopted brother, Chuck. After an accident and Lawrence goes to the hospital, he is deprived of the right to drive. Janet is a physician and former student of Lawrence who remembers her disappointment in him as a teacher and role model. But, Janet and Lawrence become romantically involved. Meanwhile, Chuck and Vanessa try to come to terms with each other and prove that their relationship is another sign that the Wetherhold clan has become far too insular and self-referential.

Record details

ISBN: 0788885820
ISBN: 9780788885822
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Toby Irwin ; editors, Robert Frazen, Yana Gorskaya ; music, Nuno Bettencourt ; costume designer, Amy Westcott ; production designer, Patti Podesta.
Participant or Performer Note:	Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page, Ashton Holmes.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R; for language, brief teen drug and alcohol use, and for some sexuality.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:	English dialogue with French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.