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Renaissance Man
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Renaissance Man is a 1994 American comedy drama film directed by Penny Marshall. The cast includes Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, James Remar, and Ed Begley, Jr. The film was produced by Robert Greenhut and Touchstone Pictures, with Cinergi Pictures also credited. Hans Zimmer composed the score, while Adam Greenberg served as director of photography and George Bowers as film editor.
The movie has a runtime of 128 minutes and was released in the United States and Canada. It was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Netflix via video on demand. The production cost was 40000000, and the box office revenue was 24332324. The title is named after a polymath.
Critical reception included review scores of 4.4/10, 44/100, and 12%. Audience ratings were recorded at 6.138 on TMDb and 6.2 on IMDb. The film was assessed using the Bechdel test. Keywords associated with the plot include Vietnam veteran, commercial, advertising expert, soldier, and unemployment.
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6.1An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.
Cast
- Danny DeVito as Bill Rago
- Gregory Hines as Sergeant Cass
- James Remar as Captain Tom Murdoch
- Ed Begley Jr. as Jack Markin
- Lillo Brancato as Soldat Donnie Benitez
- Stacey Dash as Soldat Miranda Myers
Themes
- vietnam veteran
- commercial
- advertising expert
- soldier
- unemployment
- woman director
- teachers and students
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- polymath
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Penny Marshall
- Cast member
- Matt Keeslar
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Producer
- Robert Greenhut
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Adam Greenberg
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 243671
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1994-06-03
- film editor
- George Bowers
- title
- Renaissance Man
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 40000000
- box office
- 24332324
- review score
- 12%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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