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Harvard Man is a 2001 American crime comedy-drama thriller film written and directed by James Toback, and starring Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams, Rebecca Gayheart, Ray Allen, and Eric Stoltz.

Harvard Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Toback
Written by	James Toback
Produced by	Daniel Bigel Michael Mailer
Starring	Adrian Grenier Sarah Michelle Gellar Joey Lauren Adams Rebecca Gayheart Ray Allen Eric Stoltz
Cinematography	David Ferrara
Edited by	Suzy Elmiger
Music by	Ryan Shore
Production companies	Bigel/Mailer Films The Kushner-Locke Company
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films
Release dates	May 10, 2001 (2001-05-10) (Cannes) April 12, 2002 (2002-04-12) (United States)
Running time	94 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5.5 million[2]
Box office	$56,653[3]

Plot

The story concerns Harvard student Alan Jensen, the point guard of the Harvard basketball team. When his parents' house is destroyed by a tornado, Alan is desperate for $100,000 to replace their home. He is approached by his girlfriend Cindy Bandolini, whose father is an organized crime boss. Cindy convinces Alan to throw a game for the money. She tells Alan that her father is behind the deal, but actually she goes to her father's associate, Teddy Carter, and Carter's assistant, Kelly Morgan for funding. What she does not know is that Carter and Morgan are undercover FBI agents.

Alan throws the game, gives his parents the money, and then undergoes a psychedelic experience after he ingests a big dose of LSD, 15,000 micrograms. There follows a long stretch of the film during which morphing special effects demonstrate Alan's altered state as he is pursued by Carter, while Cindy is collared by Morgan.

Just when it looks like a toss-up as to what will prove his downfall first, the bad trip, the FBI, or the mob, Alan's other girlfriend (who is also his philosophy lecturer), Chesney Cort, saves the day. Not only does she get Alan to a doctor who can bring him back to sobriety, she reveals that she is in a sexual threesome with Carter and Morgan. Once he gets some photographic evidence for blackmail, Alan is extricated from his problems.

The ending implies that he may have hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (a chronic disorder in which a person has flashbacks of visual hallucinations or distortions experienced during a previous hallucinogenic drug experience) this is also known as having acid (LSD) flashbacks. While taking a picture of a boy in the park the boy's face morphs and Alan hears echoes of past conversations when Sandy said "Sometimes it never ends". The little boy consoles Alan telling him "everything's okay". He responds "I hope you're right". A close up is shown of his eyes dilated.

Cast

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Cindy Bandolini
• Adrian Grenier as Alan Jensen
• Joey Lauren Adams as Chesney Cort
• Eric Stoltz as Teddy Carter
• Rebecca Gayheart as Kelly Morgan
• Gianni Russo as Andrew Bandolini
• Ray Allen as Marcus Blake
• Michael Aparo as Russell
• Scottie Epstein as Mario
• John Neville as Dr. Reese
• Polly Shannon as Juliet
• Phillip Jarrett as Coach Preston
• Al Franken as himself

Release

Harvard Man had only a limited theatrical release in July 2002, and received little critical or popular acclaim, although it achieved some success when it was released on video and DVD in October of that year.

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 33%, based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Harvard Man is a pretentious, incoherent mess."[4] On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film has a score of 49 out of 100, based on 20 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]

References

External links

• Harvard Man at IMDb
• Harvard Man at AllMovie
• Harvard Man at Box Office Mojo
• Harvard Man at Rotten Tomatoes
• Harvard Man at Metacritic

На других языках

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- [en] Harvard Man

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[ru] Гарвардская тусовка

«Гарвардская тусовка» (англ. Harvard Man; другое название — «Человек из Гарварда») — трагикомедия 2001 года, снятая режиссёром Джеймсом Тобэком по собственному сценарию. Картина выходила в ограниченный прокат в июле 2002 года и не получила широкую известность среди зрителей и даже критиков, хотя продажи картины на DVD в октябре того же года были довольно успешны. В главных ролях снялись молодые актёры — Эдриан Гренье, Сара Мишель Геллар, Джой Лорен Адамс, Эрик Столц и Ребекка Гейхарт.

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