Simon (1980)

PG   |    |  Comedy, Sci-Fi

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A group of scientist take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he was a living-being from another planet.

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2 nominations.

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4 September 2015 | Wizard-8
Strange movie...
"Simon" is one of the strangest movies I have seen in quite some time. It's not the premise that is so strange - the bare bones of the plot read like they could be made into a typical comedy - but rather the execution. Although there are a number of attempts at humor throughout the movie (and I admit that I did find some of these attempts amusing), there is a strong serious undercurrent. It seems that the movie is trying to say something, though what that is I cannot say for sure. But there are deeper problem with the movie. It takes quite a while for it to get going, for one thing. And once it gets going, it seems to have a number of moments where key footage seems missing or wasn't filmed at all in the first place. But all the same, I am kind of glad that I saw the movie, because it's the rare major studio production to really be strange and offbeat - which is refreshing in an age of cookie cutter plots and lack of imagination. I would recommend this movie to viewers who want something different and are ready to accept something that is an interesting failure of sorts.

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Trivia

Max Wright appears here sharing the screen with an 'extraterrestrial' (Alan Arkin as Simon). Wright's most famous role would be as the father on TV's 'ALF' where he also shared the screen with an extraterrestrial.

Quotes

Commune leader: And Miltie begat Lucy who begat Mary who spun off Rhoda who spun off Phyllis.
Commune members: Amen.
Commune leader: And after seven years, Mary was cancelled. And after ten years, Lucy was cancelled. Yea, even after twelve years was Uncle Miltie cancelled. Thus, are we all cancelled...

Goofs

This film was made in 1980, a year before the first space shuttle launched. The filmmakers had no idea what the actual shuttle launch sequence would be, and it shows: Technicians on the pad only minutes before launch, no technicians near the crew hatch as the astronaut entered the shuttle, the shuttle interior layout all wrong, no 6-second main engine firing before launch, etc, let alone why NASA would launch this shuttle in the first place.

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Far Away Places
Written by Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
Arranged and orchestrated by Gary Anderson

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Genres

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Details

Release Date:

February 1980

Language

English, Spanish, Japanese

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Columbia University - Broadway & 116th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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