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School for Scoundrels(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-09-29
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365 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Life's a game. Learn how to play.
Overview:
In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls in a secret confidence-building class. The course's title takes on much more meaning when he discovers that his egomaniacal professor Dr. P also wants the same woman. They begin a fierce rivalry that quickly spirals out of control, their pranks and insults get uglier as they try to prove who is the ultimate guy's guy.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $20,000,000.00
Revenue: $17,800,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: School for Scoundrels
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jon Heder
Roger Waddell
Billy Bob Thornton
Dr. P
Jacinda Barrett
Amanda Richards
Sarah Silverman
Becky
Michael Clarke Duncan
Lesher
David Cross
Ian
Horatio Sanz
Diego
Matt Walsh
Walsh
Todd Louiso
Eli
Ben Stiller
Lonnie Ratcliff
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