Princeton University

For other Princetons, see Princeton. Most of them are named after the University.

In fiction

In the semi-autobiographical novel This Side Of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a former Princeton alumnus himself, the protagonist Amory Blaine attends Princeton.

Related Topics:
This Side Of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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In the movie Batman Begins, it is revealed that Bruce Wayne attended Princeton University, although he chose not to continue his education there after returning home (being Batman is a full-time job).

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Batman Begins - Bruce Wayne

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The movie A Beautiful Mind from 2001 takes place at Princeton University, and contains great location shots. (This movie was a fictionalized biography of Princeton Professor John Nash, rather than pure fiction.)

Related Topics:
A Beautiful Mind - John Nash

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The movie I.Q., starring Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins with Walter Matthau as Albert Einstein. A scene where Tom Robbins' character gives a lecture is in what is now known as Room 302 of the Frist Campus Center.

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I.Q. - Meg Ryan - Tim Robbins - Walter Matthau - Albert Einstein

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The book The Rule of Four , as well as a series of mystery books by Ann Waldron, including The Princeton Murders, Death of a Princeton President, and Unholy Death in Princeton are set on Princeton's campus and the campus of neighboring Princeton Theological Seminary.

Related Topics:
The Rule of Four - Ann Waldron - The Princeton Murders - Death of a Princeton President - Unholy Death in Princeton - Princeton Theological Seminary

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In Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Princeton is supposedly one of their destinations. However, the film was not shot on campus.

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In , the opening scenes show a Princeton graduation.

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In A Cinderella Story, the characters played by Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray will be attending Princeton at the end of the movie.

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A Cinderella Story - Hilary Duff - Chad Michael Murray

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The movie Spanglish is presented as an essay on a fictional Princeton application.

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The opening montage of Scent of a Woman included shots of the Junior Slums (see above in Lingo), Rockefeller College, and detail from Nassau Hall. However, in the movie, the location was not called Princeton but rather a private boarding school somewhere in New England.

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Scent of a Woman - Nassau Hall

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In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Princeton is Philip's alma mater. Carlton also dreams of going to Princeton.

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The American TV show House M.D. uses aerial shots of the campus to depict the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

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In the film Risky Business, Tom Cruise as Joel Goodson proves himself to be Princeton material by becoming a pimp and seeing to his interviewer's sexual gratification.

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Risky Business - Tom Cruise - Pimp

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Sondra Huxtable and her future husband Elvin Tibideaux of The Cosby Show graduated from Princeton.

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In Mars Attacks!, President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) is a Princeton alumnus.

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Mars Attacks! - Jack Nicholson

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In The West Wing, former Deputy Communications Director Samuel Norman Seaborn (Rob Lowe) is a magna cum laude Princeton undergraduate.

Related Topics:
The West Wing - Rob Lowe

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In Dawson's Creek Joey Potter applies to Princeton, but then chooses to go to a university in Boston.

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