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Simon is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Marshall Brickman released in USA on 1 february 1980 with Alan Arkin

Simon (1980)

Simon
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Released in USA 1 february 1980
Length 1h37
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating62% 3.147753.147753.147753.147753.14775

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

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Alan Arkin

(Simon Mendelssohn)
Madeline Kahn

(Dr. Cynthia Mallory)
Austin Pendleton

(Dr. Carl Becker)
Wallace Shawn

(Eric Van Dongen)
Judy Graubart

(Lisa)
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