课本多教授（理查德·德莱福斯 Richard Dreyfuss 饰）是一位备受赞誉的人类学者，他在学术界享有盛名。除了他的学术工作外，他还是三个顽皮小孩的单身父亲，不断为了教育他们而感到头疼。过去两年中，他靠着研究基金会的赞助来支持他的研究和家庭开支。这笔资金实际上是为了支持他前往新几内亚寻找最后一个未开发的原始部落。
然而，当研究经费耗尽时，他回到美国后，基金会和人类学系共同举办了一场盛大的演讲会，期待他能公布一项“世纪大发现”。然而，令人遗憾的是，课本多教授没有找到任何有关的内容，而且他已经花光了十万美元的研究经费。

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