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| Directed by | James Toback |
| Produced by | Daniel Bigel |
| Written by | James Toback |
| Starring | Adrien Grenier Sarah Michelle Gellar Joey Lauren Adams Eric Stoltz Rebecca Gayheart |
| Music by | Ryan Shore |
| Cinematography | David M. James Toback (born November 23, 1944) is an American Screenwriter and Film director. Daniel William Bigel (born June 30, 1965 in Brooklyn New York) is an American Film producer (CEO and founder of Bigel Entertainment James Toback (born November 23, 1944) is an American Screenwriter and Film director. Adrian Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American Actor, Musician and director. Sarah Michelle Prinze, (born April 14 1977 better known by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar, is an American actress. Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in over 30 Films She is perhaps best known Eric Cameron Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1971) is an American Television and Film Actress. Ryan Shore (born December 29, 1974 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Film composer and Saxophonist. Ferrara |
| Editing by | Suzy Elmiger |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
| Release date(s) | 1 August 2001 |
| Running time | 99 mins |
| Country | United States of America Canada |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Harvard Man is a 2001 feature film written and directed by James Toback. Lionsgate redirects here For other meanings see Lions' Gate (disambiguation. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening James Toback (born November 23, 1944) is an American Screenwriter and Film director. It had only a limited distribution in theatres in July 2002, and received little critical or popular acclaim, although it achieved some success when it was released on video and DVD in October of that year. Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is
The film stars Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams, Eric Stoltz, and Rebecca Gayheart. Adrian Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American Actor, Musician and director. Sarah Michelle Prinze, (born April 14 1977 better known by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar, is an American actress. Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in over 30 Films She is perhaps best known Eric Cameron Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1971) is an American Television and Film Actress. Al Franken and his daughter played themselves in cameo appearances. Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21 1951 is an Emmy Award –winning American Comedian, Writer, progressive A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as
Edward R. Pressman was one of seven executive producers for the film. Edward R Pressman (born 1943 in New York) is a Film producer. Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production
Plot
The story concerns Harvard student Alan Jensen (played by Grenier), the point guard of the Harvard basketball team. Point guard ( PG) also called the one or " the ball-handler " is one of the standard positions in a regulation Basketball game When his parents' house is destroyed by a tornado, Alan is desperate for $100,000 to replace their home. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus He is approached by his girlfriend Cindy Bandolino (played by Gellar), whose father is an organized crime boss. "Crime syndicate" redirects here For the DC Comics group of villains see Crime Syndicate. Cindy convinces Alan to throw the game for the money. She tells Alan that her father is behind the deal, but actually she goes to her father's associate, Teddy Carter (played by Stoltz), and Carter's assistant, Kelly Morgan (played by Gayheart) for funding. What she does not know is that Carter and Morgan are undercover FBI agents.
Alan throws the game, gives his parents the money, and then undergoes a psychedelic experience after he ingests a mega-dose of LSD, approximately 15 000 micrograms. A psychedelic experience is characterized by the perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ordinary There follows a long stretch of the film during which morphing special effects demonstrate Alan's altered state as he is pursued by Carter, while Cindy is collared by Morgan. Morphing is a Special effect in motion pictures and Animations that changes (or morphs one Image into another through a seamless transition The illusions used in the Film, Television, Theater, or Entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called
Just when it looks like a toss-up as to what will prove his downfall first, the bad trip, the FBI, or the mob, Alan's other girlfriend (who is also his philosophy lecturer), Chesney Cort (played by Adams), saves the day. Not only does she get Alan to a doctor who can bring him down from his monumental high, she reveals that she is in a sexual threesome with Carter and Morgan. Ménage à trois is the French term describing a relationship or domestic arrangement in which three people share a sexual relationship Once he gets some photographic evidence for blackmail, Alan is extricated from his problems; critics consider this a disappointing deus ex machina ending in an otherwise compelling drama. Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public a family member or associates unless a demand made upon the A deus ex machina ( lat. ˈdeːus eks ˈmaːkʰina literally "god from a/the machine" is an improbable
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