As Smart As They Are: The Author Project [77450] Released: 2005-04-23 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 63 mins Popularity: 0.1643 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: 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 [15] Joshua CampHimself Michael HearstHimself Paul AusterHimself Rick MoodyHimself Jonathan LethemHimself Dave EggersHimself Jonathan AmesHimself Myla GoldbergHerself Darin StraussHimself Lawrence KrauserHimself Amy FusselmanHerself Clay McLeod ChapmanHimself Syd StrawHimself Olivier ConanHimself Allyssa LambHerself Trailers