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Director
  
Marshall Brickman

Music director
  
Stanley Silverman

Country
  
USA

6.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Sci-Fi

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Simon (1980 film) movie poster

Release date
  
February 1980

Writer
  
Marshall Brickman (story), Thomas Baum (story), Marshall Brickman (screenplay)

Screenplay
  
Marshall Brickman, Tom Baum

Cast
  
Alan Arkin
(Simon),
Madeline Kahn
(Dr. Cynthia Mallory),
William Finley
(Fichandler),
Wallace Shawn
(Eric Van Dongen),
Max Wright
(Leon Hundertwasser),
Fred Gwynne
(Maj. Gen. Korey)

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Tagline
  
He loves you. Do what he says.

Simon 1980 madeline kahn


Simon is a 1980 American comedy film. It was written and directed by Marshall Brickman and stars Alan Arkin.

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Plot summary

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The Institute for Advanced Concepts, a group of scientists with an unlimited budget and a propensity for elaborate pranks, brainwash a psychology professor named Simon Mendelssohn who was abandoned at birth and manage to convince him, and the rest of the world, that he is of extraterrestrial origin. Simon escapes and attempts to reform American culture by overriding TV signals with a high-powered TV transmitter, becoming a national celebrity in the process.

Cast

  • Alan Arkin as Prof. Simon Mendelssohn
  • Madeline Kahn as Dr. Cynthia Malloy
  • Austin Pendleton as Dr. Carl Becker
  • Judy Graubart as Lisa
  • William Finley as Fichandler
  • Wallace Shawn as Eric Van Dongen
  • Jayant as Barundi
  • Max Wright as Leon Hundertwasser
  • Fred Gwynne as Maj. Gen. Korey
  • Adolph Green as Commune Leader
  • Keith Szarabajka as Josh
  • Ann Risley as Pam
  • Pierre Epstein as Military Aide at Map
  • Roy Cooper as General's Aide
  • Rex Robbins as Army Doctor
  • David Warrilow as Blades
  • Hetty Galen as Voice of Mother
  • Louise Lasser as Voice of Doris
  • Dick Cavett as himself

    • Awards

    Alan Arkin was nominated for Best Actor in the 1981 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

    Home video availability

    In 1981 and 1990, the film was released on VHS format by Warner Home Video and is now out of print. A remastered copy of the film was released via Warner Archives' Made To Order DVD-R service in 2011 in its original full-frame 16x9 (1.85:1) format.

    References

    Simon (1980 film) Wikipedia
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