Back In The Day: Wonder Boys
Back In The Day, 20 years ago, during that Y2K, they released a bunch of great movies. Back in the day, they released Wonder Boys
What’s Wonder Boys about? “During a single hectic weekend, college professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control.”
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Synopsis: A professor, suffering from writer&aposs block, tries to deal with the pressures of his complex love life and his troubled students&apos assorted problems. Despite the encouragement of one of his admiring female pupils, the professor is obsessed with his current work. He finds release in his friendship with a lonely but gifted student, but the news of his lover&aposs pregnancy further complicates his already difficult life.
Directed by Curtis Hanson (His directing work included the psychological thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, the neo-noir crime film L.A. Confidential, and 8 Mile)
Screenplay by Steve Kloves (He wrote and directed the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys and is mainly known for his adaptations of novels, especially for all but one of the Harry Potter films and for Wonder Boys.)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes
Adapted from The Novel, Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Featured Song was “Things Have Changed” (written and performed by Bob Dylan and released as a single on May 1, 2000, that won both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.)
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