"Today is the first day... of the rest of his weekend."

2011

1h 27m

5.9(466 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.

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10 featured cast members

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Ed Helms

Tim Lippe

John C. Reilly

Dean Ziegler

Anne Heche

Joan Ostrowski-Fox

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Ronald Wilkes

Stephen Root

Bill Krogstad

Kurtwood Smith

Orin Helgesson

Alia Shawkat

Bree

Thomas Lennon

Roger Lemke

Rob Corddry

Gary

Mike O'Malley

Mike Pyle

Creative team

Directed by: Miguel Arteta
Written by: Phil Johnston
Produced by: Jim Burke
Alexander Payne

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