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Starring: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand (View All)
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Starring: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand
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 first novel, Grady has been working on a follow-up, but he's been sidelined by a severe case of writer's block. Grady has more than his writing career to think about; his affair with one of the (married) chancellors at the University of Pittsburgh (Frances McDormand), has resulted in her pregnancy, while Hannah (Katie Holmes), a student boarding at Grady's house, has developed a crush on him. While Grady is obsessed with his book, one of his students (Tobey Maguire) has an obsession of his own: finding a jacket once owned by Marilyn Monroe. Based on the novel by Michael Chabon, The Wonder Boys also features Robert Downey Jr., Rip Torn, and Richard Thomas. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
2/23/00
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
112 mins.
Locations
- Pittsburgh, PA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$19,389,454
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the AFI's Top 10 Films of the Year award at the 2000 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2000 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2000 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2000 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Song award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Song award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
