As Smart As They Are: The Author Project (2005)

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.

Cast (15)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

J

Joshua Camp

Himself

M

Michael Hearst

Himself

Paul Auster

Himself

Rick Moody

Himself

J

Jonathan Lethem

Himself

Dave Eggers

Himself

Jonathan Ames

Himself

M

Myla Goldberg

Herself

D

Darin Strauss

Himself

L

Lawrence Krauser

Himself

A

Amy Fusselman

Herself

C

Clay McLeod Chapman

Himself

S

Syd Straw

Himself

O

Olivier Conan

Himself

A

Allyssa Lamb

Herself

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