The Freshman, 1990, as Carmine Sabatini
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Milller, Frank Whaley
Director: Andrew Bergman
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Factoid
- Marlon Brando plays a character who they supposedly modeled Don Corleone from The Godfather, (1972).
- Bruno Kirby (who plays Brando’s nephew) played the young Clemenza in Godfather: Part II, The (1974).
- Victor Ray gives Clark Kellogg an Italian passport with the name “Rodolfo Lasparri”, the name of a character from Night at the Opera, A (1935).
- Brando left filming one day in the trunk of his car to avoid photographers.
- During post-production, Brando claimed this film would be the biggest turkey of all time, but subsequently changed his mind, saying it would be “reasonable”.
- A poster of Harold Lloyd hangs in Clark Kellogg’s dorm room. Harold Lloyd starred in The Freshman (1925).
- In addition to the numerous “Godfather” jokes, the film also makes a reference to another Marlon Brando film: at one point, Sabatini mistakenly refers to Clark as “Kent.” In the movie Superman (1978), Brando played Clark Kent’s father Jor-El.
Quotes from the movie
Clark Kellogg: You lost my money on a horse?
Victor Ray: In retrospect I’m not even sure it was a horse.
Carmine Sabatini: Everything I say, by definition, is a promise.
Clark Kellogg: There’s a kind of freedom in being completely screwed, because you know things can’t possibly get any worse.
“Behind the Scenes“
Factual errors: The Komodo dragons are actually Salvator’s monitors. The Komodo Dragon is not an endangered species. Its population is stable, and it is in no danger from man as it lives on an uninhabited island.
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