As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

Overview

A documentary film tracing the collaboration between One Ring Zero, the Brooklyn house-band for McSweeney's Publishing, and an ensemble cast of award-winning authors, each of whom contributed original lyrics. Author Myla Goldberg torments guest singer Syd Straw with tongue twisting, five star vocabulary words. Paul Auster riffs on the ills of Cincinatti and the Iraq war. The film's title, in fact, comes from the inspired dialogue of a talking cockroach.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 23, 2005

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Dave Eggers,Lawrence Krauser,Myla Goldberg,Jonathan Ames,Darin Strauss,Michael Hearst,Allyssa Lamb,Paul Auster,Rick Moody,Amy Fusselmanand 5 more

Director

Joe Pacheco

Writer

Joe Pacheco

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0454782