As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

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

Joshua Camp

Joshua Camp

Himself

Michael Hearst

Michael Hearst

Himself

Paul Auster

Himself

Rick Moody

Himself

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem

Himself

Dave Eggers

Himself

Jonathan Ames

Himself

Myla Goldberg

Myla Goldberg

Herself

Darin Strauss

Darin Strauss

Himself

Lawrence Krauser

Lawrence Krauser

Himself

Amy Fusselman

Amy Fusselman

Herself

Clay McLeod Chapman

Clay McLeod Chapman

Himself

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