Dinner for Schmucks
Pre-production 2011
Directed by: Jay Roach
Writers: Ken Daurio, David Guion
Cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd
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Jay Roach
Paul Rudd
Steve Carell
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The film is based on a 1998 film The Dinner Game written and directed by Francis Veber.
When Paramount-DreamWorks splited last year both studios wanted to take the project with them. Paramount will finance most of the film with Spyglass Entertainment. However, the property is ultimately a DreamWorks film, pitching in for 33% of the funding.
Synopsis:
A publisher ask his friends to bring in pathetic guests to their weekly dinner meeting. One of the guests brings with him a man deemed with such “schmuckness” that he can ruining the life of anyone who spends some time with him…
Trailer not yet available.
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The film is based on a 1998 film The Dinner Game written and directed by Francis Veber.
The Dinner Game earned the late
Jacques Villeret a Cesar for Best Actor in 1998.
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