Movie
With Honors
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1994-04-29
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Spring Creek Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Joe Pesci as Simon Wilder
- Brendan Fraser as Montgomery 'Monty' Kessler
- Moira Kelly as Courtney Blumenthal
- Patrick Dempsey as Everett Calloway
- Josh Hamilton as Jeffrey Hawks
- Gore Vidal as Prof. Pitkannan
- Deborah Lake Fortson as Homeless Woman
- Marshall Hambro as Chuck, Security Guard
- Melinda Chilton as Helga
- Harve Kolzow as Harvard Cop
- James Deuter as Judge
- Caroline Gibson as Donation Student
Crew
- Alek Keshishian - Director
- William Mastrosimone - Screenplay
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