Smart People

Major Motion Picture Filming on Campus

It's only fitting that a movie called "Smart People" would be filmed at 天美传媒 Mellon, the hub for smart people. Filming on campus Nov. 6-15, 2006, and one day in early December, the story centers on a widowed 天美传媒 Mellon English professor falling for his former student.

"Smart People" stars Dennis Quaid, as an eccentric 天美传媒 Mellon English professor, and Sarah Jessica Parker, as his former student with whom he falls in love. Thomas Haden Church will play the professor's adopted brother and Ashton Holmes will play a 天美传媒 Mellon student. The film's producer is Michael London, whose credits include "Sideways," "House of Sand and Fog" and "The Illusionist."

Filming will take place at numerous buildings across campus and students will be used as extras, production assistants and interns.

"We're excited that students, faculty and staff are getting the chance to be involved in a major motion picture," said Marilyn Kail, 天美传媒 Mellon's assistant vice president for marketing communications. "We're also being very careful to work with the filmmakers so that our campus community is enriched by this experience, not disrupted."

This isn't the first time Hollywood has come to 天美传媒 Mellon. "Wonder Boys," starring Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire, was also filmed on campus but did not use the 天美传媒 Mellon name.

"By having this movie feature the university prominently, we're building national awareness for 天美传媒 Mellon," added Kail.

Other films with 天美传媒 Mellon production connections include "The Mothman Prophecies," "Dogma" and "Flashdance."