As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

2005 · 63 min · DocumentaryNR

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.

Director: Joe Pacheco
Writer: Joe Pacheco
Released: April 23, 2005
Language: English

Cast

Joshua Camp
Himself
Michael Hearst
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Paul Auster
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Rick Moody
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Jonathan Lethem
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Dave Eggers
Himself
Jonathan Ames
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Myla Goldberg
Herself
Darin Strauss
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Lawrence Krauser
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Amy Fusselman
Herself
Clay McLeod Chapman
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