--- title: 'The Freshman (1990)' type: 'film' director: 'Andrew Bergman' released: '1990-07-20' runtime_minutes: 102 genres: - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-freshman-1990' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099615/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Freshman (1990) 1990 · 102 min · Crime · United States ## Synopsis The Freshman is a 1990 American crime comedy film written and directed by Andrew Bergman, and starring Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Maximilian Schell, Penelope Ann Miller, and Frank Whaley. The plot revolves around a young New York film student's entanglement in an illicit business of offering exotic and endangered animals as specialty food items, including his being tasked with delivering a Komodo dragon for this purpose. The Freshman was released by Tri-Star Pictures on July 20, 1990. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $21.5 million against a $12 million budget. ## Credits - **Director:** [Andrew Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-bergman) - **Screenplay:** [Andrew Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-bergman) - **Original Music Composer:** [David Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-newman-2) - **Director of Photography:** [William A. Fraker](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-a-fraker) - **Editor:** [Barry Malkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-malkin) ## Cast - [Gianni Russo](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-russo) - [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell) - [Jon Polito](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-polito) - [Frank Whaley](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-whaley) - [BD Wong](https://cinepixo.com/people/bd-wong) - [Matthew Broderick](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-broderick) - [Penelope Ann Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/penelope-ann-miller) - [Richard Gant](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gant) - [Marlon Brando](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlon-brando) - [Leonardo Cimino](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonardo-cimino) - [Paul Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-benedict) - [Kenneth Welsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-welsh) - [Bruno Kirby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-kirby) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-freshman-1990 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1455699); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.