The Freshman (1990)
- Starring:
- Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, (more)
- Director(s):
- Andrew Bergman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Freshman
In this farcical comedy, Matthew Broderick plays Clark Kellogg, an aspiring director who arrives in New York City to attend film school. However, moments after he arrives in the city, he's robbed by Victor Ray (Bruno Kirby), leaving him no money for the $700 in books required by his instructor, Arthur Fleeber (Paul Benedict). A few days later, Clark runs into Victor and demands his money back, but Victor has already lost it (on a horse race in which he wasn't entirely sure the animal he bet on was a horse). Instead, he offers to fix Clark up with a job with his boss, an "importer and exporter" named Carmone Sabatini (Marlon Brando), who bears a stunning resemblance to Don Corleone in The Godfather. Clark's adventures with Sabatini are just beginning when he's instructed to pick up a package from the airport. Clark is expecting it to be contraband, and he's right, but not in the way he figured -- it turns out he's accepting delivery of a komodo dragon, which is to be served at a "gourmet club" specializing in dishes prepared from endangered species. Marlon Brando's hilarious comic variation on one of his best-known roles is the highlight of this film, but Bruno Kirby and Paul Benedict also deliver fine comic turns, and Matthew Broderick copes nobly with his role as the film's lone normal person. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 102 mins
Complete Cast of The Freshman
- Matthew Broderick - Clark Kellogg
- Bruno Kirby - Victor Ray
- Frank Whaley - Steve Bushak
- Jon Polito - Chuck Greenwald
- Maximilian Schell - Larry London
- Kenneth Welsh - Dwight Armstrong
- Leo Cimino - Lorenzo
- Gianni Russo - Maitre D', Gourmet Club
- Marnie Edwards - Mall Mother
- Geraldine Quinn - Student in Fleeber Classroom
- J.H. Millington - FBI Man
- Vera Lockwood - Aunt Angelina
- Joe Ingoldsby - Waiter in Restaurant
- Wendy Dickson - Mall Patron
- Amanda Smith - Mall Patron
- Fifi Donahue - Grand Central Station Booth Lady
- Warren Davis - Fr. Frank
- Daniel Dion - Gas Attendant
- Trivett Christina - Mall Patron
- Marlon Brando - Carmone Sabatini
- Penelope Ann Miller - Tina Sabatini
- Paul Benedict - Arthur Fleeber
- B.D. Wong - Edward
- Richard Gant - Lloyd Simpson
- Pamela Payton-Wright - Liz Armstrong
- Bert Parks - Himself
- Andrew Airlie - Mall Patron
- Edward Roy - Mall Patron
- Derek Mitchell - Student in Fleeber Classroom
- Jefferson Mappin - Hunter
- Tex Konig - Leo
- Adrienne Howe - Mall Patron
- David Stratton - Student in Fleeber Classroom
- Doug Silberstein - Mr. Glassman
- Patricia Andrews - Mall Patron
- Daniel Desanto - Mall Patron
- Drake Arden - Student in Fleeber Classroom
- Director(s):
- Andrew Bergman
- Writer(s):
- Andrew Bergman
- Producer(s):
- Mike Lobell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Profanity, Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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