The film starts out with the quote "Nothing can ever be truly, fully understood. Not even the most simple idea. Not even this."
Bickford Shmeckler is a lonely college student who keeps a journal known as "The Book" of his philosophical ideas and theories. One night during a loud toga party, his book is stolen by the inebriated and beautiful Sarah Witt, who briefly meets Bickford and is shown to be a kleptomaniac. Sarah becomes enamored with the writings, and experiences what she calls "braingasms". After showing The Book to her boyfriend Trent, she rants about how she would love to meet the author (and have sex with him). Later that night, Bickford discovers that the book is missing and begins to panic.
By interrogating his roommates, Bickford quickly finds and meets Sarah while she is working at the school's art studio. She kisses him, and explains that his work inspired her to paint. They go to Trent's dorm and discover that he threw the book out over his jealously that Sarah was so taken with Bickford's work. By this time, a delusional homeless man nicknamed "Space Man" has found the book, and becomes convinced that Bickford can free the "extra-dimensionals" living in his head. Space Man extorts Bickford, but after making no progress, a despondent Schmeckler gives up. 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. Sarah discovers this, and still feeling guilty, tells Bickford. They learn of the free distribution of his book, and Bickford confronts the comic store owners. Frustrated that their newfound idol does not care about The Book's newfound popularity, they angrily give it back.
Despite having it once more, however, Bickford still fails to find himself at ease. One of his college professors, who has read the Book, sets Bickford up with a publisher without his consent, and it is heavily implied she demands he sleep with her as a favor. Under increasing pressure, Bickford confides in Sarah that he began writing the book after his mother died in a car accident while he was at the wheel; his father had checked him into a mental institution to treat his resulting mental breakdowns, and he began to record his thoughts in a notebook the doctors provided.
An insult from Sarah prompts Bickford to realize that nothing in life can ever be truly understood, and he includes a disclaimer in The Book warning readers to take the time to have fun in life's fleeting chaos. Bickford returns the book to the comic store owners and grants them permission to reprint and give it away, under the conditions that it be free and no merchandise be created. He then begins a romantic relationship with Sarah, experiences sex for the first time, and is inspired to write a new poem.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary Please help improve the article by adding more real world context June 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message An editor has performed a search and found that sufficient sources exist to establish the subject s notability Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bickford Shmeckler s Cool Ideas news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Bickford Shmeckler s Cool Ideas is a 2006 American comedy film written and directed by Scott Lew starring Patrick Fugit and Olivia Wilde Bickford Shmeckler s Cool IdeasMovie posterDirected byScott LewWritten byScott LewProduced byMichael Caldwell Richard Hutton Andrew Miano Jeremiah Samuels Lloyd Segan Chris Weitz Paul WeitzStarringPatrick Fugit Olivia Wilde Fran Kranz John Cho Matthew LillardCinematographyLowell PetersonEdited byJonathan CornMusic byJohn SwihartDistributed byScreen Media FilmsRelease datesMay 2006 2006 05 Aspen May 2007 2007 05 Running time79 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 1 millionPlot editThe film starts out with the quote Nothing can ever be truly fully understood Not even the most simple idea Not even this Bickford Shmeckler is a lonely college student who keeps a journal known as The Book of his philosophical ideas and theories One night during a loud toga party his book is stolen by the inebriated and beautiful Sarah Witt who briefly meets Bickford and is shown to be a kleptomaniac Sarah becomes enamored with the writings and experiences what she calls braingasms After showing The Book to her boyfriend Trent she rants about how she would love to meet the author and have sex with him Later that night Bickford discovers that the book is missing and begins to panic By interrogating his roommates Bickford quickly finds and meets Sarah while she is working at the school s art studio She kisses him and explains that his work inspired her to paint They go to Trent s dorm and discover that he threw the book out over his jealously that Sarah was so taken with Bickford s work By this time a delusional homeless man nicknamed Space Man has found the book and becomes convinced that Bickford can free the extra dimensionals living in his head Space Man extorts Bickford but after making no progress a despondent Schmeckler gives up 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 Sarah discovers this and still feeling guilty tells Bickford They learn of the free distribution of his book and Bickford confronts the comic store owners Frustrated that their newfound idol does not care about The Book s newfound popularity they angrily give it back Despite having it once more however Bickford still fails to find himself at ease One of his college professors who has read the Book sets Bickford up with a publisher without his consent and it is heavily implied she demands he sleep with her as a favor Under increasing pressure Bickford confides in Sarah that he began writing the book after his mother died in a car accident while he was at the wheel his father had checked him into a mental institution to treat his resulting mental breakdowns and he began to record his thoughts in a notebook the doctors provided An insult from Sarah prompts Bickford to realize that nothing in life can ever be truly understood and he includes a disclaimer in The Book warning readers to take the time to have fun in life s fleeting chaos Bickford returns the book to the comic store owners and grants them permission to reprint and give it away under the conditions that it be free and no merchandise be created He then begins a romantic relationship with Sarah experiences sex for the first time and is inspired to write a new poem Cast editPatrick Fugit as Bickford Shmeckler Olivia Wilde as Sarah Witt Fran Kranz as Ralph Bickford s roommate John Cho as Bob Reid Scott as Trent Matthew Lillard as Spaceman Cheryl Hines as Professor Adams Simon Helberg as Al Chris Weitz as Sheldon Schmeckler voice Thomas Lennon as Campus Cop Robert Ben Garant as Campus Cop as Ben Garant External links editBickford Shmeckler s Cool Ideas Bickford Shmeckler s Cool Ideas at AllMovie Bickford Shmeckler s Cool Ideas at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bickford Shmeckler 27s Cool Ideas amp oldid 1190733573, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
