Alan Arkin
Prof. Simon Mendelssohn
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Simon is a 1980 American comedy film written and directed by Marshall Brickman and starring Alan Arkin. The plot concerns a university professor manipulated into thinking he is an alien from space by a think tank, whose members scheme to use him to create a media circus.
Simon: Directed by Marshall Brickman. With Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Judy Graubart. A group of scientists takes Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment.
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- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Marshall Brickman
- 1980-02
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This bizarre comedy centers on Simon Mendelssohn (Alan Arkin), a preening professor of psychology who is mischievously duped into believing that he is an extraterrestrial.
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- Marshall Brickman
- PG
- Alan Arkin
A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living being from another planet.
- Marshall Brickman
- 14
Jun 2, 2015 · 1h 37m. Austin Pendleton as Becker leads the team at the comical “Institute For Advanced Concepts” in flattering professor Alan Arkin (title character) into believing he’s being brought on as a colleague, rather than a test subject, introducing Madeline Kahn as Dr. Mallory with a powerful pitch, in writer-director Marshall Brickman’s ...
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When a group of scientists decide to create an alien, they choose Simon, a psychology professor, for the experiment. They brainwash him into believing he's an alien.
