With Honors

With Honors is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Alek Keshishian. It stars Brendan Fraser as a Harvard University graduate student who finds himself at the mercy of the demands of a homeless man when he holds his thesis paper hostage. Moira Kelly, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Hamilton, Gore Vidal also star. The film was released on April 29, 1994, received generally negative reviews from critics, and grossed $20 million.