The Freshman (1990)

Directed by

Andrew Bergman

Genre

parody film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 312 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young film student moves to New York and gets a job with a charming but shady importer. He soon realizes the business involves delivering rare animals for a secret gourmet food operation.

lightheartedquirkyplayfulwryoffbeatwhimsicalgentle

What happens

The Freshman is a 1990 American crime comedy film written and directed by Andrew Bergman, and starring Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Maximilian Schell, Penelope Ann Miller, and Frank Whaley. The plot revolves around a young New York film student's entanglement in an illicit business of offering exotic and endangered animals as specialty food items, including his being tasked with delivering a Komodo dragon for this purpose. The Freshman was released by Tri-Star Pictures on July 20, 1990. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $21.5 million against a $12 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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