and Tammy Blanchard as Noreen Plummer

Stealing Harvard is the story of John Plummer (Lee), a man who seems to be generally happy with life, aside from a few small quirks.  He lives with his girlfriend Elaine Warner (Mann) and works for her father (Farina) at a medical supplies store called Homespital.  The quirks in John’s life include some unusual habits that Elaine has in bed, a weird closeness between Elaine and her father, and her father’s unspoken hatred towards him.  Other than that, things are going great.  He has just found out that he and Elaine now have $30,000 for a new house, so they can finally get married.  Then one day, after a visit to his older sister Patty (Megan Mullally), he is reminded that he had made a promise to his niece Noreen (Tammy Blanchard) that he would pay for her college education if she ever made it in (he was consoling her after losing early in a spelling bee.)  His share after her savings and student loans equals approximately $30,000, the amount he has saved up for a house.  For some blockhead reason, he turns to his friend Duff (Green) for help.  Duff comes up with all sorts of various wacky illegal schemes to get the money for John (most of them involving robbery.)  Both Elaine’s father and police detective Charles (McGinley) become increasingly suspicious of their activities, including dealing with a known criminal (and former high school classmate of John and Duff) David Loach (Chris Penn.)

Trivia

Before release, the movie was variously known as: "Promises, Promises, Promises", "The Promise", "Stealing U", "Uncle", "Say Uncle", "Stealing Stanford" (Stanford refused to allow it), and "You Promised".
 

Gallery:

800*600 Stealing Harvard Wallpaper

Want to see more pictures? Check the Screen Captures Kim sent me!