Simon (1980)
- Starring:
- Alan Arkin, Austin Pendleton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Marshall Brickman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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In this far-out comedy that slams it to academia, television, and the military, Simon (Alan Arkin) is a puffed-up professor who is boondoggled by a group of geniuses in a think tank. Becker (Austin Pendleton) leads the wacked-out thinkers as they invent off-the-wall games to keep themselves amused instead of solving global problems in ecology or whatever. They manage to convince Simon he is really a space alien, but then Simon gets away from them and takes refuge in a strange commune headed up by a former television executive (Adolph Green) whose bible is TV Guide. Simon's life does not get any easier since he is being hunted by the army with orders to shoot on sight. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Alan Arkin - Simon Mendelssohn
- Judy Graubart - Lisa
- Jayant - Barundi
- Max Wright - Hundertwasser
- Madeline Kahn - Cynthia
- Yusef Bulos - TV philosopher
- David Susskind - Himself
- Keith Szarabajka - Josh
- Hansford Rowe - TV priest
- Ann Risley - Pam
- Ricky Murray - Commune Member
- Ed Karvoski - Commune Member
- Roy Cooper - General's aide
- Lisa Maurer - Commune Member
- Al Cerullo - Helicopter pilot
- Pierre Epstein - Military aide at map
- William Griffis - TV senator
- Austin Pendleton - Becker
- William Finley - Fichandler
- Wallace Shawn - Van Dongen
- Fred Gwynne - Korey
- Adolph Green - Commune Leader
- Jerry Mayer - TV scientist
- David Warrilow - Blades
- Stephanie Segal - Commune Member
- Rex Robbins - Army Doctor
- Remak Ramsay - TV newscaster
- Tom Kubiak - Roach reaction patient
- David Gideon - Security guard
- Hetty Galen - Mother
- Dick Cavett - Himself
- James Dukas - Narration
- Sol Frieder - TV rabbi
- Director(s):
- Marshall Brickman
- Writer(s):
- Thomas Baum, Marshall Brickman
- Producer(s):
- Martin Bregman, Louis A. Stroller
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Humor, Adult Language, Questionable for Children)
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