With Honors Page #2

Synopsis: Monty is a student, and when his computer crashes, he's left with only a single paper copy of his thesis. Frightened of losing it, he immediately rushes out to photocopy it, only to stumble and drop it down a grate. Searching the basement of the building, he discovers that it has been found by Simon, a squatter. Simon makes a deal with Monty: for every day's accomodation and food that Monty gives him, he will give a page of the thesis in return.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Alek Keshishian
Production: Warner Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
PG-13
Year:
1994
101 min
2,098 Views


Excuse me?

I could use a new pair of underpants.

I'll bring you underpants.

Just don't burn any more pages.

I'll bring you underpants

and you'll give me my thesis.

Your thesis?

Is that what this piece of sh*t's

supposed to be?

- What's it supposed to be on, Harvard?

- Government.

Government.

I didn't recognize you! You're Dan Quayle!

You came back to finish your education.

Okay, Harvard. You study government,

so this should be easy.

You want something, I need something.

Go get me a glazed doughnut.

A glazed doughnut?

Make sure the glaze is not all broke.

And your underpants?

What about my underpants?

Clean underpants too! That's right!

- Great. Glazed doughnut--

- Pristine, glazed doughnut.

Pristine, glazed doughnut

and underpants. Okay?

What do I get?

Well, for each thing you get,

I'll give you one page.

- A chapter?

- No.

A page is a thing!

A chapter is a whole lot of things.

There are 88 pages in that thesis.

There are 83 pages now.

Looks I like I found a way to live

through the winter, Harvard.

I hope you got it. I just went through

two years of Lost and Found.

You didn't get it.

All right, all right.

Let's get you to the infirmary.

Perfect.

Glaze is almost perfect.

There's no point.

- Who are you calling?

- University cops.

No, let's negotiate.

How much cash do we have?

He can't eat money.

Doesn't money buy food?

Helga, you're brilliant!

I love you.

He's probably schizophrenic.

Most homeless are schizophrenics.

I have $50.

I can't pay you back soon.

I'll call my esteemed father.

If I can convince him

the money's not for me, maybe I...

You don't understand.

This guy could be using my thesis

for toilet paper, or eating it.

He has no respect for himself,

much less for what I'm struggling to do.

He liked tormenting me.

You should've seen the look on his face.

He wants me to fail.

Pitkannan advised Rapp's thesis last year.

He dropped him because

he didn't have a rough draft.

Oh, God!

You need rest. We'll get a fresh doughnut

in the morning.

I won't wait on this--

He doesn't know you.

I'm sure he doesn't want you to fail.

Just reason with him.

Just deal with him like a human being.

I know he's a human being. I smelled him.

He's a worthless, stinky, filthy,

useless human being.

Hello, Security?

Watch your step.

You bunch of scavengers!

Thanks for the doughnut, you little stoolie!

Come on.

Hey, Monty, is that him?

He's a little old man.

Officer, it isn't here! Now, where is it?

It's not down there and it's not on him.

You have violated

Cambridge city ordinances...

...and are charged with public intoxication

and/or vagrancy...

...and/or panhandling. If you plead guilty...

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William Mastrosimone

William Mastrosimone (born August 19, 1947) is an American playwright and screenwriter from Trenton, New Jersey. He attended high school at The Pennington School and received a graduate degree in playwrighting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, a part of Rutgers University. His plays include The Woolgatherer, Extremities, Shivaree, and Cat's Paw. He also wrote Bang Bang You're Dead, which was once able to be downloaded from the Internet and performed by students for free. Other plays include The Afghan Women and Nanawatai, upon which the film The Beast is based. Two recent plays are Sleepwalk, a story again focusing on the traumas of modern teenage life, and "Dirty Business", a play about a party girl caught between the mafia and the newly elected President of the United States. Mastrosimone's first play was The Woolgatherer which premiered at Rutgers Theatre Company in New Jersey of 1979.His screenwriting credits include, With Honors, Into the West and the adaptation of his play Extremities. He won 2 Daytime Emmy Awards for Bang, Bang You're Dead and was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy for Into the West and The Burning Season. His play "Bang Bang You're Dead" is being toured by 'Playground Theatre Project' with students from Actor's Playground School of Theatre (in NJ), directed by Ralph Colombino, based in the Tri-State Area. This company goes to middle schools, high schools, and universities to prevent violence. more…

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