About a boy / Universal Pictures and Studio Canal present a Tribeca/Working Title production, a Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz film ; producers, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; screenplay writers, Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz ; directors, Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz.

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Will is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is to avoid any kind of responsibility. So he decides to invent an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms. Will gets a lesson about life from a bright but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will...

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Uniform Title:	About a boy (Motion picture) Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Universal Pictures (Firm) Studio Canal+ Tribeca Productions Working Title Films
Other Authors:	Rosenthal, Jane, 1956- De Niro, Robert Epstein, Brad Bevan, Tim Fellner, Eric Hedges, Peter Weitz, Chris, 1969- Weitz, Paul, 1966- Grant, Hugh Collette, Toni Weisz, Rachel, 1970- Brook, Isabel Small, Sharon Smurfit, Victoria, 1974- Hoult, Nicholas, 1989- Adefarasin, Remi Moore, Nick (Film editor and director) Johnston, Joanna (Costume designer) Clay, Jim Hornby, Nick Badly Drawn Boy
Language:	English Spanish French
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	Universal City, CA : Universal, [2002], ©2002.
Edition:	Widescreen version.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Bachelors > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Comedy films. Bachelors. Man-woman relationships. Manners and customs. London (England) > Social life and customs > Fiction. England > London. Feature films. Feature films > Great Britain. Feature films > United States. Comedy > Feature. Drama. Fiction.
Genre:	Drama. Fiction. Feature films. Comedy films. Feature films Comedy Feature.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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