Dinner for Schmucks

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Dinner for Schmucks is a 2010 American comedy film about an ambitious executive who must bring the most eccentric guest he can find to his boss’s cruel “dinner for idiots,” leading to chaotic and heartfelt consequences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn Le Dîner de Cons NERFINISHED
basedOnCreator Francis Veber NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkType French film
character Julie NERFINISHED
Kieran Vollard NERFINISHED
Lance Fender NERFINISHED
Therman Murch NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Jim Denault NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Jay Roach NERFINISHED
distributedBy Paramount Pictures
editedBy Jon Poll NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Los Angeles
genre comedy film
hasTitle Dinner for Schmucks NERFINISHED
isRemakeOf Le Dîner de Cons NERFINISHED
leadActorRole Paul Rudd as Tim Conrad NERFINISHED
Steve Carell as Barry Speck NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Barry Speck NERFINISHED
Tim Conrad NERFINISHED
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy Theodore Shapiro NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
plotSummary An ambitious executive must bring an eccentric guest to his boss’s cruel dinner for idiots, leading to chaos and unexpected friendship.
producer Laurie MacDonald NERFINISHED
Walter F. Parkes NERFINISHED
productionCompany DreamWorks Pictures NERFINISHED
Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation NERFINISHED
releaseDate 2010-07-30
releaseFormat theatrical film
releaseYear 2010
runtimeMinutes 114
screenwriter David Guion NERFINISHED
Michael Handelman NERFINISHED
setting United States of America
surface form: United States
starring Bruce Greenwood NERFINISHED
Jemaine Clement NERFINISHED
Lucy Punch NERFINISHED
Paul Rudd NERFINISHED
Stephanie Szostak NERFINISHED
Steve Carell NERFINISHED
Zach Galifianakis NERFINISHED
theme ambition
friendship
satire of social cruelty

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Spyglass Entertainment notableWork Dinner for Schmucks
Lucy Punch notableWork Dinner for Schmucks
Lucy Punch hasActedIn Dinner for Schmucks
Ron Livingston notableWork Dinner for Schmucks
Jay Roach directed Dinner for Schmucks
Alan Baumgarten notableWork Dinner for Schmucks
Francis Veber workAdaptedAs Dinner for Schmucks
Jemaine Clement notableWork Dinner for Schmucks