With Honors (1994)

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If you want a degree go to Harvard. If you want an education go to Simon Wilder.

Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.

• Released: 1994-04-29
• Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 43m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 235 votes

Directed by Alek Keshishian.

Top cast

• Joe Pesci as Simon Wilder
• Brendan Fraser as Montgomery 'Monty' Kessler
• Moira Kelly as Courtney Blumenthal
• Patrick Dempsey as Everett Calloway
• Josh Hamilton as Jeffrey Hawks
• Gore Vidal as Prof. Pitkannan
• Deborah Lake Fortson as Homeless Woman
• Marshall Hambro as Chuck, Security Guard
• Melinda Chilton as Helga
• Harve Kolzow as Harvard Cop

Full cast & crew

Where to watch With Honors

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• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
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• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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