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Mumford
When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients!
1999 · Directed by Lawrence Kasdan · 112 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 4 frames
Tagline
Some towns have all the fun.
Plot
As a relative newcomer to an Oregon town that bears his name, Dr. Mumford seems charming and skillful to his neighbors and patients. His unique, frank approach to psychotherapy attracts patients away from the two therapists already working in the area.
Soon he is treating a variety of conditions, ranging from the obsession of one man with erotic novels to an unhappily married woman and her compulsive shopping. Mumford befriends a billionaire computer mogul and a cafe waitress and attempts to play matchmaker. He also begins to fall for a patient who has chronic fatigue syndrome.
Together with an attorney whom Mumford had rejected as a patient because of his narcissism, the rival therapists conspire to find skeletons in Mumford's closet, hoping to destroy his reputation. Meanwhile, Mumford's inherent likability causes his life to become intertwined with much of the rest of the town.
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Crew
- Written by: Lawrence Kasdan
- Cinematography: Ericson Core
- Edited by: William Steinkamp, Carol Littleton
- Music: James Newton Howard
- Produced by: Lawrence Kasdan, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Charles Okun, Stephen P. Dunn
Cast
- Loren Dean as Mumford
- Hope Davis as Sofie Crisp
- Jason Lee as Skip Skipperton
- Alfre Woodard as Lily
- Zooey Deschanel as Nessa Watkins
- Mary McDonnell as Althea Brockett
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Henry Follett
- Martin Short as Lionel Dillard
- David Paymer as Dr. Ernest Delbanco
- Jane Adams as Dr. Phyllis Sheeler
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Touchstone Pictures
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