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Simon

1980

Comedy / Sci-Fi

Simon

1980

Comedy / Sci-Fi

Available in: 720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
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60% TOMATOMETER · 20 reviews

69% AUDIENCE · 100 ratings

6.3/10 · 1.2K

720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
WEB: same quality as BluRay

brainwashing scientist evolution psychosis

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Plot summary

A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living being from another planet.

Director

Marshall Brickman

Top cast

Wallace Shawn as Eric Van Dongen

Al Cerullo as Helicopter Pilot

Alan Arkin as Simon Mendelssohn

David Warrilow as Blades

Tech specs

720p.WEB 1080p.WEB

924.59 MB

1280*720

English 2.0

29.97 fps

1 hr 40 min

Seeds 1

1.67 GB

1920*1080

English 2.0

29.97 fps

1 hr 40 min

Seeds 4

Comments 3

emanresu6969 732 days ago

too bad it's not clean, in the sense that it's taken from a movie network and preceded by a trailer about another movie and followed by a commentary which has nothing to do with it

monroville 792 days ago

I would also recommend NETWORK (1976) and WRONG IS RIGHT (1983) if you like political satire.

FloydThursby 793 days ago

Alan Arkin. That is all.

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IMDb reviews

From IMDb

7 / 10

Alan Arkin is a force of nature in

Jarrod R

Alan Arkin is a force of nature in his portrayal of Simon, an average college professor with big dreams of being awarded the Nobel Prize. In a secluded…

Alan Arkin is a force of nature in his portrayal of Simon, an average college professor with big dreams of being awarded the Nobel Prize. In a secluded research facility in Maine, an eclectic group of five super geniuses, led by Dr. Carl Becker (Austin Pendleton), are at a crossroads and craft the next great question - how can we study how people would react if an extra-terrestrial were to come to Earth? Well, they set their sights on Simon and after bringing him to the institute and doing tests on him, their plan unfolds. After gaining his trust, they then brainwash Simon by putting him in a sensory deprivation tank for days on end. When they pull him out, they take him back to a primordial state and we see Alan Arkin work through era upon era of evolution from single-celled organisms to a modern human. I have watched Arkin in a few other things, but this is the first I have been able to witness his genius level physical comedy. From there, they trick him into thinking he is from another world and reluctantly let him make a statement to the world. Wouldn't you know it, his messages instantly resonate with the masses and the eggheads lose control of the situation almost immediately. All told, Simon puts his finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist of the late 70s -early 80s era of change in the post-VietnamV/post-Watergate era. The questions of "why are we here?' and "what does this all mean?" are tackled along with issues of technology seeping into most aspects of our lives. I would recommend it for Alan Arkin's performance alone, as well as a short but delightful chunk of the movie with the legendary Madeline Kahn. The plot gets bogged down in spots, but there are some amazing surprises along the way. As a side note, I realized that in 1980, there were TWO movies released that prominently featured sensory deprivation tanks. In Simon, the tank was used for comedic effect, where the in the William Hurt/Blair Brown movie Altered States, the creative team went with the darker science fiction approach.

4 / 10

Eccentric and stupid. It had some good ideas

s r

Eccentric and stupid. It had some good ideas though.

5 / 10

Just ok reminded me of 'trading places

R T

just ok reminded me of 'trading places'

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