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WONDER BOYS
July 22, 2013  | By David Bianculli

Sundance, 8:00 p.m. ET

 

This 2000 Curtis Hanson film, based on the novel by Michael Chabon, is worth revisiting for so many reasons. Its story of a college professor with writer’s block stars Michael Douglas (one of his career bests), with strong co-starring support Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Frances McDormand, Rip Torn and, holding her own, Katie Holmes. Wonder Boys also features a superb musical soundtrack. There are four songs by Bob Dylan (including “Things Have Changed,” written expressly for the film), as well as recordings by Tim Hardin, Tom Rush, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Buffalo Springfield and Van Morrison. Listening to Wonder Boys is as enjoyable as watching it.

 
 
 
 
 
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