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Summary

After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

Cast

Marlon Brando

Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan

Matthew Broderick

Clark Kellogg

Bruno Kirby

Victor Ray

Penelope Ann Miller

Tina Sabatini

Frank Whaley

Steve Bushak

Jon Polito

Chuck Greenwald

Kenneth Welsh

Dwight Armstrong

Richard Gant

Lloyd Simpson

Jefferson Mappin

Hunter

Maximilian Schell

Larry London

Paul Benedict

Arthur Fleeber

BD Wong

Edward

Leonardo Cimino

Lorenzo

David Stratton

Student in Fleeber Classroom

Gianni Russo

Maitre D’ Gourmet Club

Pamela Payton-Wright

Liz Armstrong

Bert Parks

Tex Konig

Leo

Gianni Russo

Maitre D' Gourmet Club

Warren Davis

Father Frank

Vera Lockwood

Aunt Angelina

Daniel Dion

Gas Attendant

Marnie Edwards

Mall Mother

Doug Silberstein

Mr. Glassman

James Millington

FBI Man

Drake Arden

Student in Fleeber Classroom

Geraldine Ronan

Student in Fleeber Classroom

Derek Mitchell

Student in Fleeber Classroom

Joe Ingoldsby

Waiter in Restaurant

Adrienne Howe

Mall Patron

Patricia Andrews

Mall Patron

Edward Roy

Mall Patron

Amanda Smith

Mall Patron

Andrew Airlie

Mall Patron

Daniel DeSanto

Mall Patron

Wendy Dickson

Mall Patron

Christina Trivett

Mall Patron

Fifi Donahue

Information Booth Lady

John Cazale

Fredo Corleone (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio

Mall Patron (uncredited)

Louis Perez

Lookout (uncredited)

David Was

Keyboarder for Gourmet Club Party Band (uncredited)

Don Was

Guitarist for Gourmet Club Party Band (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Andrew Bergman

Reviews

John Chard

November 16, 2014

Fresh or Ripe?

The Freshman is a sort of comedy drama sprinkled with self aware barbs at film analysis. It’s a great opportunity to see Marlon Brando relaxed and fully playing up the self-parody angle. Plot finds Matthew Broderick as Clark Kellog, a film student arriving in New York who through unfortunate circumstances ends up working for a man who is not too dissimilar from Don Corleone!

Writer and director Andrew Bergman spoofs the Mafia via screwball scenarios and satirical scripting, though the latter is done to death and grows tiresome at the mid-point. Penelope Anne Miller and B.D. Wong get choice support roles and deliver the goods, in fact the casting across the board is spot on, and the tech credits are firmly in the plus column. It’s all pleasantly executed and moves along at a brisk pace, but a little less satire and more straight laced character comedy wouldn’t have gone amiss. 6/10