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With Honors

With Honors

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With Honors

"If you want a degree go to Harvard. If you want an education go to Simon Wilder."

1994

1h 43m

6.7(232 votes)

Comedy

Drama

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.

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Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci

Simon Wilder

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser

Montgomery 'Monty' Kessler

Moira Kelly

Moira Kelly

Courtney Blumenthal

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey

Everett Calloway

Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton

Jeffrey Hawks

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Prof. Pitkannan

Deborah Lake Fortson

Homeless Woman

Marshall Hambro

Chuck, Security Guard

Melinda Chilton

Helga

Harve Kolzow

Harvard Cop

Creative team

Directed by: Alek Keshishian
Written by: William Mastrosimone
Produced by: Paula Weinstein
Amy Robinson

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