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Stealing Harvard is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bruce McCulloch released in USA on 13 september 2002 with Jason Lee

Stealing Harvard (2002)

Stealing Harvard
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Released in USA 13 september 2002
Length 1h25
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Action,    Crime
Rating50% 2.5492552.5492552.5492552.5492552.549255

Stealing Harvard (working title, Uncle) is a 2002 American crime comedy film directed by Bruce McCulloch and written by Martin Hynes and Peter Tolan, about a man who resorts to crime to pay for his niece's Harvard tuition. The film stars Jason Lee and Tom Green with Leslie Mann, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins, John C. McGinley, Tammy Blanchard, and Megan Mullally.

Synopsis

John Plummer (Jason Lee) is engaged to Elaine Warner (Leslie Mann), and intends to use his life savings of $30,000 to put a down payment on a house. He works for Elaine's father, Mr. Warner (Dennis Farina), who already considers John unworthy of his daughter. Simultaneously, John's niece Noreen (Tammy Blanchard), daughter of John's sister, Patty (Megan Mullally), is accepted to Harvard University, but needs an additional $30,000 on top of her grants and scholarships. Noreen shows John an old videotape where he promised to pay for Noreen's college. John now has a moral and financial dilemma – disappoint his fiancée or disappoint his niece and take away her only chance to escape from poverty.

Actors

Jason Lee

(John Plummer)
Tom Green

(Walter P. 'Duff' Duffy)
Leslie Mann

(Elaine Warner)
Dennis Farina

(Mr. Warner)
Richard Jenkins

(Honorable Judge Emmett Cook)
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