Simon (1980)

Directed by

Marshall Brickman

Genre

science fiction comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A university professor is tricked by a think tank into believing he is an alien from outer space. The group then plans to use him to stir up a media frenzy for their own purposes.

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What happens

Simon is a 1980 American comedy film written and directed by Marshall Brickman and starring Alan Arkin. The plot concerns a university professor manipulated into thinking he is an alien from space by a think tank, whose members scheme to use him to create a media circus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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