Harvard Man

Articulate and outspoken, Toback recently spoke with MM about the autobiographical nature of his work, the problems one faces by being fiercely independent and why you'll never find him behind the camera on Lethal Weapon 13. ... Full Article

July 1st, 2002 As a die-hard Buffy fan, there was no way I was going to miss the new movie starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. No, not that piece of crap "Scooby Doo," the one you've probably never heard of; "Harvard... ... Full Article

Director and screenwriter James Toback used his own experiences as a college student in the 1960s as the basis for this drama about a present-day student athlete who's bitten off more than he can chew. ... Full Article

For movie details, please click here . Toback's filmography suggests his obsessive, autobiographical bent. Various Toback films (Two Girls and a Guy, Black and White, Fingers, etc.) and screenplays (Bugsy, The Gambler) are awash in matters of sex, philosophy, gambling,... ... Full Article

But before that came Harvard Man, directed by James Toback. Here Sarah played Cindy Bandolini, a cheerleader and daughter of a Mob boss, who persuades her basketball star boyfriend (Adrian Grenier) to get involved in match-fixing. It was an ambitious ... Full Article

James Toback's semi-autobiographical picture about a restless ivy leaguer on a bum trip may be his most pruriently entertaining movie since his 1978 debut, FINGERS. ... Full Article

When you cast Joey Lauren Adams as a philosophy professor at Harvard I realize it has to be some sort of joke, but Toback's approach here is just too much: the awful acting (aside from Eric Stoltz), the use of... ... Full Article