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It's 2001 before Twitter, before the flash mob and before Obama. A political unknown named Grant Cogswell (Joel David Moore) decides he must take down Seattle City Councilman Richard McIver (Cedric the Entertainer). Grant has only one dream, but it's a big one: an elegant monorail gliding silently above the city's wet streets, with only a tiny footprint - "like a kids' lemonade stand!" - on the ground. He is apoplectic with rage over McIver's mass transit proposal: a ground rail train he thinks will destroy lower class neighborhoods, wreak environmental harm on the local salmon population, and destroy the city.
Grant has no campaign contributors, a tendency toward outbursts of profanity, and a snowball's chance in hell - until he lures recently fired alternative-weekly reporter Phil Campbell (Jason Biggs) to run his campaign. Phil may be a political neophyte, but he has the tact that Grant lacks and a 'what- the-hell-I-haven't-got-anything-better-to-do' attitude until he recruits an army of wild-eyed young volunteers to back their unlikely crusade, and the impossible begins to happen.
Original Release
06/22/2012
US Release
06/22/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jason Biggs | Phil Campbell |
Joel David Moore | Grant Cogswell |
Lauren Ambrose | Emily Bowen |
Cobie Smulders | Clair |
Tom Arnold | Tommy |
Todd Stashwick | Nick Ricochet |
D.C. Pierson | Wayne |
Emily Bergl | Theresa Glendon |
Christopher McDonald | Jim Tripp |
Cedric the Entertainer | Richard McIver |
Directors
Writers
Stephen Gyllenhaal, Phil Campbell, Justin Rhodes
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jason Biggs | Phil Campbell |
Joel David Moore | Grant Cogswell |
Lauren Ambrose | Emily Bowen |
Cobie Smulders | Clair |
Tom Arnold | Tommy |
Todd Stashwick | Nick Ricochet |
D.C. Pierson | Wayne |
Emily Bergl | Theresa Glendon |
Christopher McDonald | Jim Tripp |
Cedric the Entertainer | Richard McIver |
Michael Nardelli | Willis |
Noah Harpster | Marvin |
Sean Nelson | Musician |
Joe Mandragona | Kevin |
Connie Thompson | Connie Thompson |
Sarah Harlett | Receptionist |
Claire Vardiel | Augusta D'Amico |
Branden Romans | Genzlinger |
Russell Hodgkinson | Pernell Alden |
Garr Godfrey | Second Questioner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jane Charles | Executive Producer |
Gary Allen Tucci | Executive Producer |
John Misner | Producer |
Brent Stiefel | Producer |
Matthew R. Brady | Producer |
Phil Campbell | Producer |
Peggy Case | Producer |
Jim Charleston | Producer |
Robin Gurland | Producer |
Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal | Producer |
Michael Huffington | Producer |
Joe Shapiro | Producer |
Luke Watson | Producer |
Neil Mandelberg | Producer |
Peggy Rajski | Producer |