TY - SER KW - physicians KW - college students KW - high school students KW - single parents KW - professors AU - Mark Poirier AB - Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is a pompous Carnegie Mellon University English professor and widower who is alienated from his teenage kids and a failure in publishing his latest academic book. C1 - 2000s C2 - unpublished C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Friendship; Oakland; North Side; Central Northside; Allegheny General Hospital; Squirrel Hill; Carnegie Mellon University; Moon Twp.; Pittsburgh International Airport C4 - Comedy; Literary; Psychological LA - English M3 - Screenplay N1 - This film was shot in Pittsburgh, including scenes at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Allegheny General Hospital. N2 - Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is a pompous Carnegie Mellon University English professor and widower who is alienated from his teenage kids and a failure in publishing his latest academic book. PY - 2008 RN - Mark Jude Poirier (1967— ), born in Tucson, Arizona is a novelist and screenwriter. TI - Smart People ER -