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WONDER BOYS
Film 2000. Written by Steve Kloves. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Robert Downey Jr and Rip Torn.

Source Features: BBB (11) TIMELINE (5) MAP (2) OTHER (16) THEMES (2)

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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU

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The Arsonist's Daughter

The Arsonist's Daughter
Critically successful novel by college professor Grady Tripp that had put him and his editor on the map.

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Media Companies

Publishing Companies

Bartizan
Publishing company where Terry Crabtree works.

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Double Dickel on the Rocks

Double Dickel on the Rocks
Grady's drink - Oola never forgets a drink.

3

Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go
Novel by the prolific author Quentin "Q" Morewood.

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Kravnik's Discount

Discount Stores

Kravnik's Discount
Vernon Hardapple's business.

3

The Last American Marriage

The Last American Marriage
Tentative title of Sara's husband Walter Gaskell's book - a critical exploration of the union of Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, and its function in American mythopoetics.

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The Loneliest Prawn

Childrens Books

The Loneliest Prawn
Title of university student Susan Lowery's children's book, which she found a publisher for during Word Fest.

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The Love Parade

The Love Parade
James Leer's novel.

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Seitz Plastics

Industrial Companies

Seitz Plastics
Mannequin factory that James makes up, supposedly where his parents met in Carvel, Pennsylvania.

3

Think Number

Think Number
Novel by the prolific author Quentin "Q" Morewood.

4

Fairs and Festivals

Word Fest
The university's annual three-day "gabathon" for writers and wanna-bees.

FICTITIOUS TIMELINE

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February 25, 2000

21st Century: 00s

February 25, 2000
Date on James Leer's receipt that Grady Tripp finds.

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February 25, 2000

21st Century: 00s

February 25, 2000
Friday. Professor Grady Tripp attends Walter Gaskell's party at his residence to kick off Wordfest weekend. Walter's wife Sara, with whom Grady has been having an affair, tells Walter that she's pregnant. Grady's creative writing student James Leer steals Marilyn Monroe's jacket from Walter's bedroom, then shoots Walter's dog when he attacks Grady.

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February 26, 2000

21st Century: 00s

February 26, 2000
Saturday. Grady takes James to dinner, then calls his grandparents to come pick him up. Later, he and his editor Terry Crabtree drive to James' grandparents' house and break him out. Later still, Grady calls Walter and tells him that he is in love with his wife.

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February 27, 2000

21st Century: 00s

February 27, 2000
Sunday. Grady wakes up to find his car missing, which he and Terry track to Vernon Hardapple's business, Kravnik's Discount. Grady takes his unfinished manuscript with him, which blows away in the wind when Terry accidentally drives into a wall.

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February 28, 2000

21st Century: 00s

February 28, 2000
Word Fest, the university's annual three-day "gabathon" for writers and wanna-bees, takes place from February 26th-28th.

MAKE BELIEVE MAP

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Baxter Drive

Baxter Drive
Address of James Leer's grandparents' house.

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Carvel
Small town in Pennsylvania that James makes up, where his parents are supposedly from. A hellhole. Three motels and a mannequin factory.

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Grady Tripp

Grady Tripp
Grady Tripp: I'm a teacher, James, not a Holiday Inn.

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Grady Tripp

Grady Tripp
Grady Tripp: You are a freak, James. Welcome to the club.

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Grady Tripp

Grady Tripp
Grady Tripp: The dog is dead, James. Believe me, I know a dead dog when I see one.

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Grady Tripp

Grady Tripp
Grady Tripp: I've got tenure.

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Grady Tripp

Grady Tripp
Grady Tripp: Goodnight sweet prince.

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Grady Tripp

Grady Tripp
Grady Tripp: I'm in love with your wife.

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Grady Tripp & Terry Crabtree

Grady Tripp & Terry Crabtree
Grady Tripp: He said a few things that lead me to believe that the car was his.
Terry Crabtree: Such as?
Grady Tripp: "That's my car, motherfucker."

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Grady's girlfriend's Sara Gaskell's husb...

Name Game-Animals

Grady's girlfriend's Sara Gaskell's husband Walter's dog's name - the one that Grady's creative writing student James Leer shoots and kills when he attacks Grady in Walter's house.

	Bradbury
	Shakespeare
	Poe

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Howard
Howard: I hated it. His stories make me want to kill myself.

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James Leer
James Leer: You're fine. You're just as fit as a fucking fiddle.

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James Leer & Grady Tripp

James Leer & Grady Tripp
James Leer: That is a big trunk. It holds a tuba, a suitcase, a dead dog and a garment bag almost perfectly.
Grady Tripp: Yep. That's just what they used to say in the ads.

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Quentin "Q" Morewood

Quentin "Q" Morewood
Quentin "Q" Morewood: I am a writer.

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Q's full name?

Q's full name?

	Quigley Houghton
	Quinn Wodehouse
	Quentin Moorewood

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Vernon Hardapple

Vernon Hardapple
Vernon Hardapple: Stop calling me Vernon.

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