Simon (1980 film)

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 of extraterrestrial origin. He then escapes and attempts to reform American culture by overriding TV signals with a high power TV transmitter, becoming a national celebrity in the process.

Cast of Characters

* 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 leader

Awards

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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