- Simon (1980 film)
Infobox Film
name = Simon
director =Marshall Brickman
producer =Martin Bregman
writer =Marshall Brickman &Thomas Baum
screenplay =Marshall Brickman
starring =Alan Arkin Madeline Kahn
Austin Pendleton
Wallace Shawn Fred Gwynne
distributor =Warner Bros.
released =1980
country = USA
language = English
imdb_id = 0081518"Simon"
Plot Summary
The Institute for Advanced Concepts, a group of scientists with an unlimited budget and a propensity for elaborate pranks, brainwash a scientist who was abandoned at birth (played by
Alan Arkin ) to convince him that he is ofextraterrestrial origin. He then escapes and attempts to reformAmerican culture by overriding TV signals with a high power TV transmitter, becoming a national celebrity in the process.Cast of Characters
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Alan Arkin - Prof. Simon Mendelssohn
*Madeline Kahn - Dr. Cynthia Malloy
*Austin Pendleton - Dr. Carl Becker
*Judy Graubart - Lisa
*William Finley - Fichandler
*Jayant - Barundi
*Wallace Shawn - Eric Van Dongen
*Max Wright - Leon Hundertwasser
*Fred Gwynne - Maj. Gen. Korey
*Adolph Green - Commune leaderAwards
Alan Arkin was nominated for Best Actor in the 1981 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081518/awards]
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