Simon (1980 film)

Simon
Directed by Marshall Brickman
Produced by Martin Bregman
Screenplay by Marshall Brickman
Story by Marshall Brickman
Thomas Baum
Starring Alan Arkin
Madeline Kahn
Austin Pendleton
Judy Graubart
William Finley
Wallace Shawn
Jayant
Max Wright
Music by Stanley Silverman
Cinematography Adam Holender
Edited by Nina Feinberg
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates
  • February 1980 (1980-02)
Running time
97 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $6,000,000

Simon is a 1980 American comedy film. It was written and directed by Marshall Brickman and stars Alan Arkin.

Plot summary

The Institute for Advanced Concepts, a group of scientists with an unlimited budget and a propensity for elaborate pranks, brainwash a psychology professor named Simon Mendelssohn who was abandoned at birth and manage to convince him, and the rest of the world, that he is of extraterrestrial origin. Simon escapes and attempts to reform American culture by overriding TV signals with a high-powered TV transmitter, becoming a national celebrity in the process.

Cast

Awards

Alan Arkin was nominated for Best Actor in the 1981 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.[1]

Home video availability

In 1981 and 1990, the film was released on VHS format by Warner Home Video and is now out of print. A remastered copy of the film was released via Warner Archives' Made To Order DVD-R service in 2011 in its original full-frame 16x9 (1.85:1) format.

Notes

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