It's the 1960s and nerdy high school English teacher Allen Quimp is preparing to publish his own personal and poltitical manifesto: "The Grammar Crisis in the English-Speaking World". However his snooty, materialistic wife yearns for a plush lifestyle. When Daisy pressures him to get a "real" job (a six figure salary will do), Quimps buys himself time by telling her that his teaching job is really just a cover for his secret employment by the C.I.A. Daisy wastes no time blabbing the news all over Washington. Few are inclined to believe her until one of Quimp's students, a visiting Russian ballet dancer, impulsively decides to defect. Quimp is soon handed the credit for this political feat, is hastily inducted into the C.I.A. for real and finds himself not only shipped off to Cuba, but knee-deep in a plot to assassinate Fidel Castro during the Bay of Pigs conflict.

Director:
Doug McGrath	Co-Director
Peter Askin	Co-Director
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver	as Daisy Quimp
Doug McGrath	as Allen Quimp
John Turturro	as Crocker Johnson
Anthony Lapaglia	as Fidel Castro
Ryan Phillippe	as Rudolph Petrov
Alan Cumming	as General Batista
Denis Leary	as Officer Fry
Woody Allen	as American Ambassador
Heather Matarazzo	as Nora
Cinematography:
Russell Boyd	Director Of Photography
Writer:
Doug McGrath	Screenwriter
Peter Askin	Screenwriter
Producer:
Rick Leed	Producer
John Penotti	Producer
James Skotchdopole	Producer
Guy East	Executive Producer
Nigel Sinclair	Executive Producer
Matt Williams	Executive Producer
David Mcfadzean	Executive Producer
Carmen Finestra	Executive Producer
Susan Cartsonis	Executive Producer
Rob Mcentegart	Executive
Editing:
Camilla Toniolo	Editor
Music:
David Lawrence	Music
Assistant Direction:
William Paul Clark	1st Assistant Director
Art Director:
Patricia Woodbridge	Art Director
Costume-Wardrobe:
Ruth Myers	Costume Designer
Production Designer:
Jane Musky	Production Designer
Sound:
Tod A Maitland	Sound
Casting:
Ellen Lewis	Casting
Marcia DeBonis	Casting
Production Companies:
Greenestreet Films	Production Company
Wind Dancer Films	Production Company
Intermedia Film Equities	Production Company
Foundry Film Partners	Production Company
	Production Company
Belga Films	Theatrical Distributor
Medusa Film	Theatrical Distributor
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group	Theatrical Distributor
Icon	Theatrical Distributor
Cine 3	Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Vantage	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Ufd	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Intermedia Film Equities	Foreign Distribution Sales
Paramount Home Media Distribution	Domestic Video Distributor
Film Production - Main:
Scott Hornbacher	Production Manager
Misc. Crew:
Tod A Maitland	Sound

Limited Release in United States March 9, 2001

Released in United States on Video August 28, 2001

Released in United States Spring March 9, 2001

Began shooting January 20, 1999.

Completed shooting March 19, 1999.

Limited Release in United States March 9, 2001

Released in United States Spring March 9, 2001

Released in United States on Video August 28, 2001