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Dinner for Schmucks
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
2010 · Directed by Jay Roach · 114 min · Comedy · 10 frames
Tagline
Takes one to know one.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Guion, Michael Handelman
- Written by: Jon Vitti
- Cinematography: Jim Denault
- Edited by: Alan Baumgarten, Jon Poll
- Music: Theodore Shapiro
- Production design: Michael Corenblith
- Produced by: Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Jay Roach
Cast
- Paul Rudd as Tim Conrad
- Steve Carell as Barry
- Stephanie Szostak as Julie
- Jemaine Clement as Kieran Vollard
- Zach Galifianakis as Therman
- Lucy Punch as Darla
- Bruce Greenwood as Lance Fender
- David Walliams as Müeller
- Ron Livingston as Caldwell
- Larry Wilmore as Williams
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Everyman Pictures, Parkes+MacDonald Production
- Budget: $69,000,000
- Box office: $86,387,857
- Themes: mind control, mouse, idiot, taxidermy, aftercreditsstinger, duringcreditsstinger
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