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20/07/1990 Comedy, Crime 1h 42m
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He was on his way to the Dean's List, but he wound up on the hit list.

Overview

After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

  1. Andrew Bergman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Marlon Brando

    Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan

  2. Matthew Broderick

    Clark Kellogg

  3. Bruno Kirby

    Victor Ray

  4. Penelope Ann Miller

    Tina Sabatini

  5. Frank Whaley

    Steve Bushak

  6. Jon Polito

    Chuck Greenwald

  7. Kenneth Welsh

    Dwight Armstrong

  8. Richard Gant

    Lloyd Simpson

  9. Jefferson Mappin

    Hunter

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-11-16
Fresh or Ripe?

The Freshman is a sort of comedy drama sprinkled with self aware barbs at film analysis. It’s a great opportunity to see Marlon Brando relaxed and fully playing up the self-parody angle. Plot finds Matthew Broderick as Clark Kellog, a film student arriving in New York who through unfortunate circumstances ends up working for a man who is not too dissimilar from Don Corleone!

Writer and director Andrew Bergman spoofs the Mafia via screwball scenarios and satirical scripting, though the latter is done to death and grows tiresome at the mid-point. Penelope Anne Miller and B...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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