Wonder Boys

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comedy-drama film film

Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson about a disillusioned college professor and novelist navigating a chaotic weekend that upends his personal and professional life.

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Wonder Boys canonical 9
Wonder Boys (film) 1
Wonder Boys (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
award Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song nomination

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
basedOn Wonder Boys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wonder Boys (novel)

novel by Michael Chabon ⓘ
boxOfficePerformance modest ⓘ
cinematographyBy Dante Spinotti ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive ⓘ
director Curtis Hanson ⓘ
distributedBy Paramount Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy Craig Kitson ⓘ
featuresCharacter Josh Lucas ⓘ
surface form: James Leer

Sara Gaskell ⓘ
Terry Crabtree ⓘ
filmRatingMPAA R ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Grady Tripp ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation college professor ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
musicBy Christopher Young ⓘ
narrativeFocus chaotic weekend ⓘ
notableSong Things Have Changed ⓘ
notableSongPerformer Bob Dylan ⓘ
portrays creative process ⓘ
mentor-student relationship ⓘ
producer Curtis Hanson ⓘ
Scott Rudin ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenplayAdaptationOf Michael Chabon novel ⓘ
screenwriter Steve Kloves ⓘ
settingLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
starring Frances McDormand ⓘ
Katie Holmes ⓘ
Michael Douglas ⓘ
Rip Torn ⓘ
Robert Downey Jr. ⓘ
Tobey Maguire ⓘ
theme academic life ⓘ
midlife crisis ⓘ
personal relationships ⓘ
writer's block ⓘ

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Katie Holmes → hasActedIn → Wonder Boys ⓘ
Dante Spinotti → notableWork → Wonder Boys ⓘ
Steve Kloves → wroteScreenplayFor → Wonder Boys ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wonder Boys (film)
Curtis Hanson → notableWork → Wonder Boys ⓘ
Curtis Hanson → directed → Wonder Boys ⓘ
Curtis Hanson → producerOf → Wonder Boys ⓘ
Wonder Boys → basedOn → Wonder Boys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wonder Boys (novel)
Tobey Maguire → notableWork → Wonder Boys ⓘ
Arkansas Tech University → hasMascot → Wonder Boys ⓘ
Michael Chabon → notableWork → Wonder Boys ⓘ
73rd Academy Awards → bestOriginalSongFilm → Wonder Boys ⓘ