| Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Scott Lew |
| Produced by | Michael Caldwell Richard Hutton Andrew Miano Jeremiah Samuels |
| Written by | Scott Lew |
| Starring | Patrick Fugit Olivia Wilde Fran Kranz John Cho |
| Music by | John Swihart |
| Cinematography | Lowell Peterson |
| Editing by | Jonathan Corn |
| Distributed by | Screen Media Films |
| Release date(s) | May 2006 (Aspen) May 2007 |
| Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million |
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas is a 2006 film directed by Scott Lew, starring Patrick Fugit and Olivia Wilde.
Bickford Shmeckler (Patrick Fugit) is a lonely college student who keeps a journal of his philosophical ideas and theories. One night, during a party, his book is stolen by an inebriated Sarah Witt (Olivia Wilde) who becomes enamored with the writings. The next day he discovers the location of the person who took his book and begins to run around campus trying to find it.
Meanwhile, the owners of a comic book store read the book and fall in love with it, reprinting it, distributing free copies of it, and going as far as selling related merchandise. Eventually, Sarah and Bickford meet, and she tries to explain how meaningful his writings are. They learn of the free distribution of his book, and Bickford confronts the comic store owners.
Even once his journal is back in his possession, Schmeckler must struggle with the book's newfound popularity, his relationship with Sarah, and the reasons he began developing the book in the first place.