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With Honors

With Honors

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

1994•1h 43m•6.7/10
ComedyDrama

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🎬TMDb
6.7/10(225)

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

Spring Creek Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

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

James Deuter

James Deuter

Judge

Caroline Gibson

Donation Student

M. Lynda Robinson

Newspaper Purchaser #1

Richard Auguste

Newspaper Purchaser #2

Patricia B. Butcher

Librarian

Mary Seibel

Social Security Clerk

Mara Brock Akil

Mara Brock Akil

Ms. Moore

Clebert Ford

Homeless Man

William Ashby King

Church Custodian

Frank J. Tieri

Homeless Man #2

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