Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
Top billed cast
Will FerrellHarold Crick
Maggie GyllenhaalAna Pascal
Dustin HoffmanProfessor Jules Hilbert
Emma ThompsonKaren Eiffel
Queen LatifahPenny Escher
Tony HaleDave
William DickIRS Co-Worker #1
Guy MasseyIRS Co-Worker #2- Martha EspinozaIRS Co-Worker #3
T.J. JagodowskiIRS Co-Worker #4
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