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About
Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.
Theatrical
Apr 29, 1994
Box Office
$20.0M
DVD / Blu-ray
May 18, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
G. Mac Brown, Abe Milrad, Julie Pitkanen
Music
Studio
Spring Creek Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Full credits →J
Joe Pesci
Simon Wilder
B
Brendan Fraser
Montgomery 'Monty' Kessler
M
Moira Kelly
Courtney Blumenthal
P
Patrick Dempsey
Everett Calloway
J
Josh Hamilton
Jeffrey Hawks
G
Gore Vidal
Prof. Pitkannan
M
Melinda Chilton
Helga
J
James Deuter
Judge
C
Caroline Gibson
Donation Student
M
M. Lynda Robinson
Newspaper Purchaser #1
M
Mary Seibel
Social Security Clerk
M
Mara Brock Akil
Ms. Moore
C
Clebert Ford
Homeless Man
R
Rick LeFevour
Mailman
C
Claudia Haro
Marty
D
Daniel Blinkoff
Frank Wilder
S
Shanésia Davis
Doctor Kay
