Stealing Harvard (2002)

A middle-class man turns to a life of crime in order to finance his niece's first year at Harvard University.

Director:

Bruce McCulloch

Writers:

Martin Hynes (story), Peter Tolan (story),

Stars:

Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Lee	...	John Plummer
Tom Green	...	Walter P. 'Duff' Duffy
Leslie Mann	...	Elaine Warner
Dennis Farina	...	Mr. Warner
Megan Mullally	...	Patty Plummer
John C. McGinley	...	Detective Charles
Tammy Blanchard	...	Noreen Plummer
Chris Penn	...	David Loach
Richard Jenkins	...	Honorable Emmett Cook
Seymour Cassel	...	Uncle Jack
Zeus	...	Rex
Ken Magee	...	Butcher
Martin Starr	...	Liquor Store Clerk
Mary Gillis	...	Duff's Mom
Bruce McCulloch	...	Fidio the Lawyer

Storyline

A man turns to a life of crime to pay for his niece's tuition for her first year at a prestigious university. His girlfriend also wants him to pay $30,000 for the down payment on a house; and his buddy is a bad influence on him.

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Plot Keywords:

harvard | ice cream | toilet paper | burglary | crying | 

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Taglines:

Their intentions were honorable. Their methods were criminal.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and drug references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Say Uncle

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$6,041,521 (USA) (13 September 2002)

Gross:

$13,973,532 (USA) (18 October 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Imagine Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Before release, the movie was variously known as: "Promises, Promises, Promises", "The Promise", "Stealing U", "Uncle", "Say Uncle", "Stealing Stanford" (Stanford refused to allow it), and "You Promised".

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Goofs

When Elaine and John are about to have sex on Mr. Warner's desk near the end of the movie, Elaine rips her shirt off and she is wearing a white bra. Moments later she is wearing a black bra.

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Quotes

John: Nothing could hold a candle to the fetish crime I just endured.

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Crazy Credits

There's several minutes of outtakes after all the credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Eulogy (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Giddy Up"
Written and Performed by Craig Northey
Courtesy of Superpest

User Reviews

Stealing the life from my wallet

I'm not a very picky viewer, especially at matinee prices but this movie really, really stunk. Only the second movie I ever thought about walking out of. The first was the Transporter. If you ever want to dump your girlfriend invite her over to watch these two back to back.

What a coincidence that two of the worst movies in history both star or co-star Tom Greene. The dialogue, plot, humor - all bad! You'd think that the casting folks would take a hint after Freddy created new splash heights in Hollywood's crapper. You get the feeling that the movie could have been good, I mean Jason Lee is usually great in everything I've seen him in, but then Tom Greene stepped in and said "Hey, these people haven't suffered enough - let's throw in a bunch of stuff that has no redeeming humor whatsoever. Trust me - I think it's funny, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Watch this - I'll talk to a lettuce leaf and pretend like it's my aunt. The less people think it's funny the cooler it is."

Yeah, right...