Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

Jun 2, 2006

1h 19m

★ 5.5

Solving the mysteries of the universe, one girl at a time.

Overview

When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Pillar Squared

Vulcan Productions

Depth of Field

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas Trailers

Cast

Bickford Shmeckler

Patrick Fugit

Ralph

Fran Kranz

Sarah Witt

Olivia Wilde

Bob

John Cho

Trent

Reid Scott

Spaceman

Matthew Lillard

Professor Adams

Cheryl Hines

Campus Cop

Thomas Lennon

Campus Cop

Robert Ben Garant

Red

Deon Richmond

Tyler Francavilla

Sheldon Schmeckler (voice)

Chris Weitz

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