Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
Directed by	Scott Lew
Produced by	Michael Caldwell Richard Hutton Andrew Miano Jeremiah Samuels
Written by	Scott Lew
Starring	Patrick Fugit Olivia Wilde Fran Kranz John Cho
Music by	John Swihart
Cinematography	Lowell Peterson
Editing by	Jonathan Corn
Distributed by	Screen Media Films
Release date(s)	May 2006 (2006-05) (Aspen) 02007-05 May 2007
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas is a 2006 film directed by Scott Lew, starring Patrick Fugit and Olivia Wilde.

Plot

Bickford Shmeckler (Patrick Fugit) is a lonely college student who keeps a journal of his philosophical ideas and theories. One night, during a party, his book is stolen by an inebriated Sarah Witt (Olivia Wilde) who becomes enamored with the writings. The next day he discovers the location of the person who took his book and begins to run around campus trying to find it.

Meanwhile, the owners of a comic book store read the book and fall in love with it, reprinting it, distributing free copies of it, and going as far as selling related merchandise. Eventually, Sarah and Bickford meet, and she tries to explain how meaningful his writings are. They learn of the free distribution of his book, and Bickford confronts the comic store owners.

Even once his journal is back in his possession, Schmeckler must struggle with the book's newfound popularity, his relationship with Sarah, and the reasons he began developing the book in the first place.

Cast

• Patrick Fugit — Bickford Shmeckler
• Olivia Wilde — Sarah Witt
• Fran Kranz — Ralph
• John Cho — Bob
• Matthew Lillard — Spaceman
• Cheryl Hines — Professor Adams
• Thomas Lennon — Campus Cop
• Robert Ben Garant — Campus Cop

External links

• Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
• Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas at AllRovi
• Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas at the Internet Movie Database