The Freshman (1990) on Netflix
Clark Kellogg arrives in New York to study film, and Victor Ray takes off with his luggage. Vic pays him back with work and brings him to his uncle, Carmine Sabatini.
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Plot summary
Clark Kellogg leaves Vermont for New York University to study film. At Grand Central Terminal, Victor Ray offers him a ride for ten dollars, then drives off with the luggage in the trunk. Clark catches up with Vic on the street the next day and asks for his money back. Vic says he lost it gambling, but he still has most of the clothes, and he offers Clark paying work instead. That work takes Clark to a social club, where he meets Vic's uncle, Carmine Sabatini, an importer with small errands to hand out.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Freshman (1990)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- When filming on The Freshman ran a week over schedule, Marlon Brando asked for an extra $1 million. The producers refused, Brando threatened to badmouth the film and followed through; a day later they paid him, and he began publicly praising it.
- Winona Ryder was originally offered the part of Tina in The Freshman, but the offer was rescinded after the production team took offense at her role in Heathers.
- Andrew Bergman got the idea for The Freshman from a newspaper article about mobster Vincent Teresa, who was arrested for smuggling a near-extinct lizard into the United States.
- The Komodo dragon of the film was played by Asian water monitors, a slightly smaller relative of the real species. A tame specimen was used for scenes with the actors, while the chase sequences used more aggressive lizards.
- Matthew Broderick was the hottest actor going and hard to get, but agreed to The Freshman because of Marlon Brando. Laurence Olivier wanted Max Schell's part but was too sick.
