The Freshman (1990)

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Love the Hard Way

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.

Rating: PG

Release Date: Jan 1, 1990

Running Time: 102 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruno Kirby, Frank Whaley, Jon Polito, Paul Benedict, Richard Gant, Kenneth Welsh, Pamela Payton-Wright

director: Andrew Bergman

A young man from Vermont goes to film school in New York City where's he's hired by a gangster.

December 8, 2000

The Freshman

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Shortly after he finished shooting this screwball farce last fall, Marlon Brando disowned The Freshman as "a flop." Later, he recanted and said the movie "contains moments of high comedy that will be remembered for decades to come." Well, The Freshman is not a flop -- it's something closer to fitfully amusing. But it's hardly time-capsule material either, except for those scenes in which Brando appears.

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