Diminished Capacity

Diminished Capacity (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Terry Kinney

Written By:
Doug Bost
Sherwood Kiraly

Actors:
Matthew Broderick ..... Cooper
Alan Alda ..... Uncle Rollie
Virginia Madsen ..... Charlotte
Dylan Baker ..... Mad Dog McClure
Bobby Cannavale ..... Lee Vivyan
Louis C.K. ..... Stan
Tom Aldredge ..... Wendell Kendall
Carolyn Baeumler ..... Diane McClure
Jimmy Bennett ..... Dillon
P.J. Brown ..... Reese
David Corbett ..... Chicago cubs security 3
Bhavna de Montebello ..... Dr. Gupta (as Bhavana Kundanmal)
Brad Haugen ..... Chicago cubs security 1
Joseph Kwasny ..... Chicago cubs security 2
Mary Jo Mandula ..... Tribune employee 1
Gentry Miller ..... Tribune Security Guard
Paul Mixon ..... Tribune employee 2
Anthony Del Negro ..... Baseball Patron
Heidi Neurauter ..... Irene Sasso
Zsofia Otvos ..... Riverwalk girl 1
David Martin Rose ..... Frank 'Wildfire' Schulte
Evan Shafran ..... Baseball Card Collector
Lois Smith ..... Belle Tyke
Karla Strum ..... Riverwalk girl 2
Jim True-Frost ..... Donny Prine

Synopsis:

How much is a good memory worth? That's the question that faces newspaper editor Cooper (Matthew Broderick) after a debilitating concussion takes him from the political pages to comic strip detail. Looking for answers, he travels home to Missouri where his now senile Uncle Rollie (Alan Alda) is on the verge of losing his home. When a valuable baseball card is thrown into the mix, these two men along with a motley group of hometown friends, including Cooper's high school sweetheart, Charlotte (Virginia Madsen), head to a memorabilia expo to make the deal of a century, diving headfirst into a snakepit of slick salesmen, crooked dealers, and rabid fans revealing that there are some things in life that you can't put a price on. Diminished Capacity also stars Dylan Baker, Louis C.K. and Bobby Cannavale in hilarious supporting roles.

Chicago newspaper editor Cooper suffers a debilitating concussion that takes him from the political pages to comic strip detail. Looking for answers, he travels home to rural Missouri where his aging Uncle Rollie is on the verge of losing his home and has memory problems of his own--what doctors call a case of "diminished capacity." When Rollie throws a valuable Chicago Cubs baseball card into the mix, these two men, along with Cooper's high school sweetheart, Charlotte, head to a memorabilia expo to make the deal of a century. As the two muddled men--"slow and slower"--dive headfirst into a snake pit of slick salesmen, including a crooked dealer and a rabid fan, they explore the world of commercialized nostalgia and the value of their own memories.

A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's-impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 07 September, 2009.