The Discoverers (film)

The Discoverers is a 2012 American dark comedy directed and written by Justin Schwarz. The film stars Griffin Dunne, Madeleine Martin, and Cara Buono.

Plot

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch (Oscar and Emmy nominated Griffin Dunne) takes his begrudging teenage kids – Zoe (Madeleine Martin, “Californication”) and Jack (Devon Graye, “American Horror Stories”) – on a road trip to a conference in hopes of putting his career back on track. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley (Emmy Award-winning Stuart Margolin) goes AWOL on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.

Cast

• Griffin Dunne as Lewis Birch
• Madeleine Martin as Zoe Birch
• Cara Buono as Nell Pope
• John C. McGinley as Bill Birch
• Stuart Margolin as Stanley Birch
• Devon Graye as Jack Birch
• Ann Dowd as Patti
• Dreama Walker as Abigail Marshall
• David Rasche as Cyrus Marshall
• Becky Ann Baker as Mary Marshall
• Scott Adsit as Harry Hardcore
• Todd Susman as Dr. Salter
• Hannah Dunne as Student

Reception

The film was a New York Times Critic's Pick.

References

External links

• discoverersmovie.com