Sometimes what you lose is not as important as what you find. After a concussion leaves him unfocused, short on
short-term memory, and demoted from the political
pages to the comics, Cooper (Matthew Broderick), a
Chicago newspaper editor, travels home to Missouri
to visit his aging Uncle Rollie (Alan Alda). On the
verge of losing his home and exhibiting signs of
senility, Rollie spends his time stubbornly refusing
to pay bills, compulsively drying socks, and sitting
by the lake editing “fish poetry” (think typewriter
keys tied to baited fishing lines). But when he shows
Cooper a near-mint-condition Frank “Wildfire” Schulte
baseball card, the two muddled men—along with
Cooper’s high school sweetheart, Charlotte (Virginia
Madsen)—drive back to Chicago hoping to sell the
antique card at a memorabilia convention.
Release:
July 4, 2008 (limited)
Premiere:
World Premiere on January 21, 2008 at Sundance Film Festival / New York Premiere on April 2, 2008 at Ziegfeld Theater, Gen Art Film Festival
Studio:
Plum Pictures / Steppenwolf Films / Hanson Allen Films / Benedek Films / Hart-Lunsford Pictures / IFC Films
Genre:
Comedy
Rating:
NR
Running Time:
92 minutes
Writer:
Sherwood Kiraly, Doug Bost
Producer:
Celine Rattray, Galt Niederhoffer, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, and Tim Evans
Director:
Terry Kinney
Cast:
Matthew Broderick..... Cooper Virginia Madsen..... Charlotte Alan Alda..... Uncle Rollie Dylan Baker..... Mad Dog McClure Louis C.K...... Big Stan Bobby Cannavale..... Lee Vivyan Lois Smith..... Belle
Sometimes what you lose is not as important as what you find.
