ComedyDrama
With Honors
“If you want a degree go to Harvard. If you want an education go to Simon Wilder.”
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.
Directed by Alek Keshishian, Jon Peters, Peter Guber
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User score
234 votes
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Status
Released
Released
April 29, 1994
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
English
Top cast
Joe Pesci
Simon Wilder
Brendan Fraser
Montgomery 'Monty' Kessler
Moira Kelly
Courtney Blumenthal
Patrick Dempsey
Everett Calloway
Josh Hamilton
Jeffrey Hawks
Gore Vidal
Prof. Pitkannan
Deborah Lake Fortson
Homeless Woman
Marshall Hambro
Chuck, Security Guard
Melinda Chilton
Helga
Harve Kolzow
Harvard Cop
James Deuter
Judge
Caroline Gibson
Donation Student
M. Lynda Robinson
Newspaper Purchaser #1
Richard Auguste
Newspaper Purchaser #2
Patricia B. Butcher
Librarian
Mary Seibel
Social Security Clerk
Mara Brock Akil
Ms. Moore
Clebert Ford
Homeless Man
William Ashby King
Church Custodian
Frank J. Tieri
Homeless Man #2
