Harvard Man (2001)

A basketball player strikes a deal with the mob to fix a basketball game.

Director:

James Toback

Writer:

James Toback

Stars:

Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrian Grenier	...	Alan Jensen
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Cindy Bandolini
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Chesney Cort
Eric Stoltz	...	Teddy Carter
Rebecca Gayheart	...	Kelly Morgan
Gianni Russo	...	Andrew Bandolini
Ray Allen	...	Marcus Blake
Michael Aparo	...	Russell
Scottie Epstein	...	Mario
John Neville	...	Dr. Reese
Polly Shannon	...	Juliet
Phillip Jarrett	...	Coach Preston
Adam Bloch	...	Kenner
Lauren Collis	...	Connie
Landy Cannon	...	Butch

Storyline

College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.

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Plot Keywords:

basketball | harvard | philosophy | college | cheerleader | 

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Taglines:

Passion, Seduction, Deception

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug use, language and some strong sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 2001 (France)

Also Known As:

Harvard Story

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,425 (USA) (17 May 2002)

Gross:

$56,007 (USA) (13 September 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bigel / Mailer Films, Kushner-Locke Company, The, Lions Gate Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The entire movie was shot in 20 days.

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Goofs

When Cindy is talking to Alan at the basketball court, she is wearing jeans, but when she leaves the basketball court, she is wearing green wind pants.

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Quotes

Cindy Bandolini: You really should loosen up and try to have a little fun, it'll be good for ya.
Kelly Morgan: Oh I know how to have fun.
Cindy Bandolini: What's that suppose to mean?
Kelly Morgan: Whatever you want it to mean.
Cindy Bandolini: Your a little weird aren't you, I thought FBI agents were suppose to be straight.
Kelly Morgan: We are straight, we enforce the law.

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Soundtracks

"I Can't Let You Go"
Written by Jim Galloway
Performed by Love Candy
Courtesy of Attack Records

User Reviews

You'll never look at the FBI the same way again

The movie has an unintentionally ridiculous plot involving tri-sexual FBI agents, mobsters, a hot blonde philosophy professor, high stakes gambling, a natural disaster, and a cameo appearance by Al Franken. Interspersed with these things are characters tripping on drugs or philosophizing as college freshmen do, at great length.

Leading man Adrian Grenier has gotten handsomer since he made this movie; he grew into his looks. He did a good job acting, especially considering how young he appears to be here and the oddness of the material.

I was expecting the movie to be more offensive because the director has a reputation for doing unspeakable things to females in life, and given his other movies. This movie just appears to be a drug-fueled, delusional, freshman fantasy, but not as enjoyable as that sounds.

The fact that this director was given several movies to direct after this, each more offensive than the next, is disturbing.

Notes for the sensitive: The movie opens with footage from a sex scene and there are several more throughout. Plenty of drug usage too.

Some people have commented on the oddness of the colors in the movie but I just saw it on Showtime and found those to be normal, except for the brown river water in Boston. Maybe the colors were corrected or maybe there are colors only some people can see, like dog whistles.