An unemployed advertising executive (Danny DeVito) takes a job teaching an underachieving class of Army recruits in this fish-out-of-water story. His radical tactics, though frowned on by the Army, help the students learn, and in turn the kids teach him a thing or two.
Bill Rago, an unemployed advertising exec, accepts a job teaching English to a group of crude, intelligence-free Army privates. Rago eventually converts them (using Shakespeare), and has a positive effect on their personal lives in the process.
The film was shot at Fort Jackson in South Carolina where real soldiers were used as extras.
Released in USA June 3, 1994.
Dolby Recording. Shot in Technicolor.
Copyright Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Cinergi Production N.V., and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
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Distributor Notes: Renaissance Man
Expect big, big laughs when funnyman Danny DeVito (TWINS, RUTHLESS PEOPLE) joins forces with talened director Penny Marshall (A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, BIG) to deliver a lively five-star comedy you're going to love! DeVito plays a down-on-his-luck businessman who desperately takes the only job offered -- a teaching position in the U.S. Army. His mission: keep a ragtag bunch of underachieving misfits from flunking out of basic training! Be on alert for laughter as this unlikely new teacher and his underdog class unexpectedly inspire one another to be all that they can be!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Executive Producer
Buzz Feitshans: Producer, mid '70s-late 90s, father of Buzz Feitshans IV
Review 1:
"...RENAISSANCE MAN generates its share of laughs, and the filmmakers have done a terrific job of casting the eight recruits with fresh faces who bring the film an inordinate amount of energy..."
Source: Variety
05/30/1994
Review 2:
"...DeVito is remarkably good in the role....It seems to have touched something genuine in him....The result is his best screen work since Barry Levinson's TIN MEN..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F4 06/03/1994
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