| Edition |
[Widescreen ed.]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Matt Walsh, Horatio Sanz, Todd Louiso, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Scheer, Jon Glaser, Leonard Earl Howze. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jonathan Brown ; editors, Leslie Jones, Dan Schalk ; music, Christophe Beck ; costume designer, Louise Mingenbach ; production designer, Nelson Coates. |
| Note |
Based on the novel "School for scoundrels or how to win without actually cheating!" by Stephen Potter and the 1960 screenplay by Hal Chester and Patricia Moyes. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for language, crude and sexual content, and some violence. |
| Summary |
Roger Waddell is a meek New York City meter maid, who is having a rough time at work and failing in his social life. When Roger's third "Little Brother" in a row dumps him, the recreation center manager suggests he call a mysterious phone number. Sitting at home, Roger calls the number and reaches Dr. P, who then instructs him to show up at the Learning Annex carrying a manila envelope with $5,000 cash. When he arrives, he and another new student meet Lesher, Dr. P's assistant. Soon, they learn Dr. P is running a very unorthodox class in how to gain confidence and change your life. When Dr. P looks at this new collection of losers, he becomes disgusted and ends class early. Lesher is instructed to hand out beepers. The new "recruits" must carry the beepers and initiate a confrontation with someone nearby when instructed. Soon, Roger begins to excel in the class and gains the confidence to ask his neighbor out on a date. But Dr. P is a competitive guy and does not like to be upstaged by his students, so he begins to romance the same girl as Roger in an attempt to steal her away. |
| Subject |
Confidence -- Drama.
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Interpersonal confrontation -- Drama.
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Teacher-student relationships -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Comedy -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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| Added Author |
Phillips, Todd, 1970-
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Thornton, Billy Bob.
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Heder, Jon, 1978-
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Barrett, Jacinda.
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Walsh, Matt, 1964-
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Sanz, Horatio.
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Brown, Jonathan.
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Beck, Christophe.
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Chester, Hal E.
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Moyes, Patricia.
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Potter, Stephen, 1900-1969.
School for scoundrels or how to win without actually cheating!
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Weinstein Company.
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| ISBN |
1594443807 : $29.99 |
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9781594443800 |
| Standard No. |
796019797153 |
| Music # |
79715 Weinstein Company |
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