Words and Pictures

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Words and Pictures

"Is a man worth more than his words, a woman worth more than her pictures?"

2014

1h 51m

6.4(235 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

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Cast & Crew

35 members

Acting

Clive Owen

Jack Marcus

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Juliette Binoche

Dina Delsanto

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Bruce Davison

Walt

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Adam DiMarco

Swint

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Valerie Tian

Emily

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Navid Negahban

Rashid

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Amy Brenneman

Elspeth

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Keegan Connor Tracy

Ellen

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Andrew McIlroy

Roy Loden

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Tanaya Beatty

Tammy

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Josh Ssettuba

Cole Patterson

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Janet Kidder

Sabine

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Christian Scheider

Tony

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Harrison MacDonald

Shaftner

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Willem Jacobson

Stanhope

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Tosh Turner

Finetti

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Style Dayne

Friedman

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Mackenzie Cardwell

Gloria

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Eva Bourne

Catherine

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Garwin Sanford

Huntsman Manager

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David James Lewis

Tom (Bartender)

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Brittany Hobson

Isabella

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Bernadette Beck

Girl In Hallway

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Wesley MacInnes

Boy in Hallway

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Donna Yamamoto

Huntsman Woman

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Patrick Gilmore

Cop

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Andy Rukes

Seated Man

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Cooper MacNeill

Laughing Boy

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Alison Jackson

Tony's Friend's Girl

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Myfanwy Meilen

Huntsman Woman #2

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Lee Jeffery

Huntsman Man

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Patricia Drake

Assistant Headmaster

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Jennifer Copping

Huntsman Woman (uncredited)

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Jocelyn Ott

Woman in 60's Ad (uncredited)

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Ann Wu-Lai Parry

Waitress (uncredited)

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