Renaissance Man
One man's mission to teach the few, the proud... The impossible!
1994 · 2h 8m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Penny Marshall
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Renaissance Man
Overview
An 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.
Director and cast
- Penny Marshall Director
- 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
- Kadeem Hardison as Soldat Jamaal Montgomery
- Cliff Robertson as Colonel James
- Richard T. Jones as Pvt. Jackson Leroy
- Khalil Kain as Pvt. Roosevelt Nathaniel Hobbs
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