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Director
  
Justin Schwarz

Music director
  
Aaron Mirman

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Screenplay
  
Justin Schwarz

Writer
  
Justin Schwarz

Language
  
English

The Discoverers (film) movie poster
Release date
  
May 16, 2014 (2014-05-16)

Cast
  
Griffin Dunne
(Lewis Birch),
Madeleine Martin
(Zoe),
Cara Buono
(Nell),
Devon Graye
(Jack),
Dreama Walker
(Abigail),
Becky Ann Baker
(Mary)

Similar movies
  
Love and Air Sex (2013)

The discoverers 2012 movie trailer


A history professor (Griffin Dunne) drags his teenage offspring along on a cross-country road trip and makes an unexpected detour to the Idaho home of his estranged father.

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The Discoverers is a 2014 American dark comedy directed and written by Justin Schwarz. The film stars Griffin Dunne, Madeleine Martin, and Cara Buono.

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.

Plot

History professor and aspiring author Lewis Birch (Dunne) heads on a road trip with his children Zoe (Martin) and Jack (Graye) to attend a conference. However, he learns early into the trip that his mother is ill, and heads to visit her, where he finds she has died. His father, Stanley (Margolin) decides to follow a Lewis and Clark reenactment trip, the family ends up traveling together.

Cast

  • Griffin Dunne as Lewis Birch
  • Madeleine Martin as Zoe
  • Cara Buono as Nell
  • John C. McGinley as Bill Birch
  • Stuart Margolin as Stanley Birch
  • Devon Graye as Jack

    • Production

    The movie was filmed in various locations in Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Chicago, Illinois.

    Releases

  • USA 6 October 2012 (Hamptons International Film Festival)
  • USA 19 April 2013 (RiverRun International Film Festival)
  • USA 25 April 2013 (Newport Beach International Film Festival)
  • USA 20 June 2013 (Provincetown Film Festival)
  • USA 16 May 2014
  • USA 30 May 2014 (Los Angeles, California)

    • Similar Movies

    Love and Air Sex (2013). Griffin Dunne appears in The Discoverers and After Hours. Dreama Walker appears in The Discoverers and Chlorine. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Madeleine Martin and Devon Graye appear in The Discoverers and Legendary.

    Reception

    The film was a New York Times Critics Pick. As of March 2015, the film holds a rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes among all critics, and 78% with top critics.

    References

    The Discoverers (film) Wikipedia
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    The Discoverers (film) IMDb The Discoverers (film) themoviedb.org