A promotional onslaught is in effect for director Trent Cooper's comedy Father of Invention as a new trailer, poster, and a slew of new images from the film have gone online. Starring Kevin Spacey, Heather Graham, Craig Robinson, Virginia Madsen, Johnny Knoxville, John Stamos, and Camilla Belle, the film centers on a former infomercial guru (Spacey) who finds himself in prison after a design flaw in one of his inventions de-fingers many of his customers. From there, Father of Invention looks to document Spacey's attempted return to "As Seen on TV" glory.

The pic looks a little formulaic in its "Guy A is a bad person who must first learn how to change himself before he can really make any sort of difference" approach. Nevertheless, the cast is great and when compared to Cooper's last directorial effort, Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, I'm sure Father of Invention is awards-season material. Hit the jump to check out the trailer, poster, images, and an official synopsis for the film. Father of Invention opens on October 14th.

The trailer is courtesy of Hulu which is unfortunately only viewable to readers in the United States. We'll update with a YouTube embed as soon as one is available:

Here are the images [click to enlarge]:

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Finally, here's the poster and official synopsis for Father on Invention:

Millionaire infomercial guru, Robert Axle (Kevin Spacey) loses everything when one of his inventions has a design flaw that accidentally chops off the fingers of thousands of customers. After serving eight years in prison, a disgraced Axle is released, and ready to redeem his name and rebuild his empire with a new innovation. However, Axle’s ex-wife (Virginia Madsen) has spent all of his money and moved into his house with her new husband (Craig Robinson).  Out of desperation, he finds a part-time job as a janitor, and is forced to move in with his estranged daughter (Camilla Belle) and her over-protective roommates.  Despite these setbacks he is determined to pitch his newest gadget and rebuild his infomercial empire. But the world has changed in the last decade, and Axle finds himself out of step with current technology, his family, and the self-confidence that made him king of the infomercials in the past.  With all his wheels spinning, Axle soon realizes before he can be successful with his new creation, first he must reinvent himself.

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