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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Surround Sound, Spanish, Dubbed & Subtitled, French
Clark kellogg, a naive film student who accepts a job workingfor carmine sabatini. As if trapped in a comic nightmare, clarkfinds himself drawn deeper and deeper into an ingenious scaminvolving an endangered komodo dragon, sabatini's daughter, bertparks and a group of very hungry eccentrics.
Editor's Note
A wry and winsome film about a freshman film student in New York City who is made an offer he can't refuse by a Mafia don who is the spitting image of Don Corleone. As he weighs the romance against the danger of his association, he finds himself rapidly more involved. The Godfather himself, Marlon Brando, brilliantly reprises his famous role in this oddly affecting comedy.
Plot Summary
Clark Kellogg, a film student newly arrived in New York City, gets ripped off as soon as he gets off the train. Short on cash, he finds the thief and ends up taking a part-time job with the thief's Uncle Carmine. Hired to transport exotic animals, Clark discovers that they are members of endangered species, intended to be the main course at a luxury gourmet club.
| Features | Region 1 Encoding; | | Theatrical Trailers; | | Scene Selections; | | Full Frame & Widescreen Versions | | Keep Case |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 4/22/2008 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1990 | | Catalog ID: 70299 | | UPC: 00043396702998 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "He's an importer,... an extremely powerful importer." (Tina Sabatini, reassuring Clark about her father) | | "They cook these animals, yes sir, for an international clientele of degenerates, scum, Eurotrash... The more endangered the species, the higher the price tag." (Fish and Game agent Greenwald to Clark) | | "Every word I say, by definition, is a promise." (Carmine Sabatini to Clark) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Fitfully amusing....THE FRESHMAN has a snappy madness that's hard to resist..." 08/23/1990 p.46New York Times
"...A witty and enchanted comedy....Propelled by the actors' straight-faced delivery to an ever more lunatic pitch..." 07/20/1990 p.C10 Los Angeles Times
"... What THE FRESHMAN demonstrates is that Brando can parody himself better than any of his imitators -- and still appear as regal as ever..." 07/20/1990 p.F1 Entertainment Weekly
"Effectively, this is the final full Brando performance, and it ushers him out on a wonderfully sweet, lyrical note..." 07/16/2004 p.31 Premiere
"A modest comedy with its own rewards." 10/01/2004 p.115 |
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