Paramount buys Diminished Capacity for UK rights

They may give this film a better chance in Europe than it got here, maybe even socking some money into publicity and marketing. it deserves it.

Paramount has 'Diminished Capacity'

11 February 2009 | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Paramount Pictures has bought "Diminished Capacity" from Myriad
Pictures and the comedy will be released theatrically."Diminished
Capacity" is be adapted from the novel by Sherwood Kiraly. Starring
are Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen and Alan Alda and follows a
man and his uncle, both dealing with memory problems, trying to sell
a valuable baseball card. Director Terry Kinney's delightfully
poignant and bittersweet comedy poses the question: How much is a
good memory worth? That's the question that faces newspaper editor
Cooper (Matthew Broderick) after a debilitating concussion takes him
from the political pages to comic strip detail. Looking for answers,
he travels home to Missouri where his now senile Uncle Rollie (Alan
Alda) is on the verge of losing his home. When a valuable baseball
card is thrown into the mix, these two men along with a motley group
of hometown friends, including Cooper's high school sweetheart,
Charlotte (Virginia Madsen

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