With Honors (1994)

Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.

Director:

Alek Keshishian

Stars:

Joe Pesci (Simon Wilder), Brendan Fraser (Montgomery 'Monty' Kessler), Moira Kelly (Courtney Blumenthal), Patrick Dempsey (Everett Calloway), Josh Hamilton (Jeffrey Hawks), Gore Vidal (Prof. Pitkannan)