| | | Their intentions were honorable. Their methods were criminal.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
John (Jason Lee) leads a simple and happy life. He has a beautiful fiance and an assistant manager position at his future father-in-law's company. Everything seems perfect, until John's favorite niece surprises him with her acceptance to Harvard University and he's reminded of a long forgotten oath he made to foot the bill! Desperate, John turns to his hare-brained and half-witted best friend Duff (Tom Green) for advice. Thinking far outside of the box, Duff convinces John that they must temporarily lead a life of crime to raise the needed cash! From the director of Superstar, and co-starring Megan Mullally (Emmy Award winning Best Supporting Actress for TV's "Will & Grace") and Dennis Farina (Snatch, Big Trouble), Stealing Harvard is an outrageous comedy of errors proving that getting into college is the easy part!
"While Stealing Harvard may be a chucklehead comedy, Lee is oddly touching and funny." Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Together, Mr. Lee and Mr. Green have a daft comic energy, and they are assisted by game performances from the rest of the cast." A.O. Scott, New York Times
Editor's Note
Jason Lee plays a well-intentioned Everyman who is forced into a life of crime in STEALING HARVARD. Engaged to the beautiful Elaine (Leslie Mann) and saving up to buy their dream house, John (Lee) appears to have it all. But when his sister shows him a videotape in which he promises to pay for his niece's college education, he finds himself desperate for thirty thousand dollars. Recruiting his slightly psychopathic friend Duff (Tom Green) to help him come up with some fast cash, John quickly discovers that he's only making things worse for himself. After a bumbled mini-mart hold-up and a house burglary gone terribly wrong, John's descent into a life of crime takes even more outrageous turns for the worse. After he eventually comes clean with Elaine, she hatches a plan to rob her father's (Dennis Farina) home healthcare business. As the trio breaks into the Homespital offices, a maniacal police detective (John C. McGinley) and Elaine's father both make their move. Former Kids in the Hall member-turned-director Bruce McCulloch, working from an outlandish script from Peter Tolan (ANALYZE THIS, WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM?), gets solid performances out of his three leads, in addition to supporting players McGinley, Farina, and Richard Jenkins.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1; French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French | | Theatrical Trailer | | Animated Menus | | Scene Selections | | Filmographies | | Theatrical Trailers | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Deleted Scenes |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 3/22/2005 |
| Running Time: 83 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 06684 | | UPC: 00043396066847 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Together, Mr. Lee and Mr. Green have a daft comic energy, and they are assisted by game performances from the rest of the cast..." 09/14/2002 p.B13 |
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