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50 First Dates (2004)
Genre:
Comedy,
Romantic Comedy.
Director:
Peter Segal.
Actors:
Adam Sandler,
Drew Barrymore,
Rob Schneider,
Sean Astin,
Lusia Strus,
Dan Aykroyd,
Amy Hill,
Allen Covert,
Blake Clark,
Maya Rudolph,
Kent Avenido,
Kristin Bauer,
Denise Bee,
Pomaika'i Brown,
Marguerite Cazin,
Peter Chen,
Albert Chi,
Glen Chin,
Chantell D. Christopher,
Esmond Chung,
Lynn Collins,
Peter Dante,
Adam Del Rio,
J.D. Donaruma,
Wayne Federman,
Christian Gutierrez,
Nicola Hersh,
Brian L. Keaulana,
Melissa Lawner,
James Lee,
Jonathan Loughran,
Dom Magwili,
Kylie Moore,
Julianne Morris,
Joe Nakashima,
Keali'i Olmos,
Sharon Omi,
Michael K. Osborn,
Aukuso Gus Puluti Sr.,
Missi Pyle,
Virginia Reece,
Nectar Rose,
David Suapaia,
Jackie Titone,
Tache Uesugi,
Ishtar Uhvana,
Brenda Vivian,
Shenika Williams,
Katheryn Winnick,
Yan Lin.
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Storyline:
Re-teaming Adam Sandler with Drew Barrymore, his co-star from The Wedding Singer, as well as Peter Segal, his director on Anger Management, Fifty First Dates finds the funnyman playing veterinarian Henry Roth. More than content with a life of one-night-stands, Henry decides to give up his noncommittal lifestyle when he meets and falls for Lucy (Barrymore). However, when he discovers that Lucy has ...
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Antz (1998)
Genre:
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Fantasy Comedy.
Director:
Eric Darnell,
Tim Johnson.
Actors:
Woody Allen,
Sharon Stone,
Sylvester Stallone,
Gene Hackman,
Christopher Walken,
Danny Glover,
Dan Aykroyd,
Jennifer Lopez,
Jane Curtin,
John Mahoney,
Anne Bancroft,
Paul Mazursky.
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Storyline:
DreamWorks and Pacific Data Images collaborated on this all computer-animated comedy-adventure about the ant angst of misfit worker ant, Z (voice of Woody Allen), who feels trapped by the conformist confines of his totalitarian ant civilization and eventually sets forth in search of Insectopia. After DreamWorks began animating Prince of Egypt June 1, 1995, the company launched Antz in Palo Alto a ...
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Casper (1995)
Genre:
Children's/Family,
Fantasy,
Children's Fantasy,
Fantasy Comedy,
Haunted House Film,
Family-Oriented Comedy.
Director:
Brad Silberling.
Actors:
Christina Ricci,
Bill Pullman,
Cathy Moriarty,
Eric Idle,
Malachi Pearson,
Joe Nipote,
Joe Alaskey,
J.J. Anderson,
Dan Aykroyd,
Amy Brenneman,
Rodney Dangerfield,
Clint Eastwood,
Brad Garrett,
Mel Gibson,
Garette Ratliff Henson,
John Kassir,
Chauncey Leopardi,
Ernestine Mercer,
Don Novello,
Mister Rogers,
Devon Sawa,
Mike Simmrin,
Ben Stein,
Wesley Thompson,
Spencer Vrooman,
Jessica Wesson.
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Storyline:
Based on the popular cartoon character, this family-oriented "ghost story" is about a not-so-scary spirit who bonds with a little girl (Christina Ricci). The eternally irritable Ms. Carrigan (Cathy Moriarty) discovers that the only thing she's been left in her recently departed father's will is a rickety old house in New England. Naturally, the woman is furious about this, until her &quo ...
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Christmas With the Kranks (2004)
Genre:
Comedy,
Holiday Film,
Slapstick.
Director:
Joe Roth.
Actors:
Tim Allen,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Dan Aykroyd,
Erik Per Sullivan,
Cheech Marin,
Jake Busey,
M. Emmet Walsh,
Elizabeth Franz,
Kevin Chamberlain,
René Lavan,
Tom Poston,
Austin Pendleton,
Caroline Rhea,
Patrick Breen,
Felicity Huffman,
Arden Myrin,
John Short,
Bonita Friedericy,
Julie Gonzalo,
David Hornsby,
Taylor Block,
Chelsea Broussard,
Doug Cox,
Andrew Daly,
Dawn Didawick,
Eryn Nicole Gonsalves,
Joe Guzaldo,
Jan Hoag,
David L. Lander,
Mark Christopher Lawrence,
Patrick O'Connor,
Ryan Pfening,
Kim Rhodes,
J.P. Romano,
Julia Roth,
Lyndon Smith,
Rachel L. Smith,
Eric Per Sullivan,
Paul Taylor,
Cary Thompson,
Matt Walsh,
Vernee Watson-Johnson.
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Storyline:
Based on John Grisham's novel Skipping Christmas, Christmas With the Kranks revolves around Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Luther Krank's (Tim Allen) decision to put their normally fanatical enthusiasm for the holidays aside for a tropical cruise. With their daughter in Peru with the Peace Corps, the Kranks believe it just isn't worth it; thus, no presents, Christmas trees, or decorations of any kind ...
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Coneheads (1993)
Genre:
Comedy,
Sci-Fi Comedy.
Director:
Steven Barron.
Actors:
Dan Aykroyd,
Jane Curtin,
Michelle Burke,
Michael McKean,
Jason Alexander,
Lisa Jane Persky,
Chris Farley,
David Spade,
Phil Hartman,
Dave Thomas,
Sinbad,
Jan Hooks,
Joey Lauren Adams,
Tom Arnold,
Peter Aykroyd,
Laurence Bilzerian,
Art Bonilla,
Richard Comar,
Tom Davis,
Ellen DeGeneres,
Sam Freed,
Eddie Griffin,
Whip Hubley,
James Keane,
Lora Kennedy,
Barry Kivel,
Robert Knott,
Shishir Kurup,
Jon Lovitz,
Tim Meadows,
Garrett Morris,
Kevin Nealon,
Laraine Newman,
Jonathan Penner,
Parker Posey,
Michael Richards,
Walt Robles,
Chris Rock,
Adam Sandler,
Nils Allen Stewart,
Todd Susman,
Julia Sweeney,
Terry Turner.
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Storyline:
"The Coneheads" were a sketch on the Saturday Night Live television show of the late '70s which were expanded to feature-length proportions with this film. The story concerns Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) and Prymaat (Jane Curtin), who leave the planet Remulak to prepare for an invasion of Planet Earth. But due to a malfunction, they find themselves plunged into the Hudson River and forced to tak ...
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Dragnet (1987)
Genre:
Comedy,
Parody/Spoof,
Odd Couple Film,
Police Comedy.
Director:
Tom Mankiewicz.
Actors:
Dan Aykroyd,
Tom Hanks,
Christopher Plummer,
Harry Morgan,
Alexandra Paul,
Elizabeth Ashley,
Jack O'Halloran,
Dabney Coleman,
Lisa Aliff,
Fred Asparagus,
Peter Aykroyd,
Jim Boeke,
Donald Craig,
Josh Cruze,
Gray Daniels,
Gary Lee Davis,
Julie Donald,
Sandra Eng,
Ava Fabian,
Kimberly Foster,
Kathleen Freeman,
Ruben Garfias,
Bruce Gray,
Chester Grimes,
Bert Hinchman,
D.D. Howard,
Julia Jennings,
Peter Leeds,
Margaret Lenzey,
Lisa London,
Christopher Mankiewicz,
Maurice Marsac,
Lenka Peterson,
Stuart Quan,
Casey Sander,
Ray Sharkey,
Jimmie F. Skaggs,
Dona Speir,
Sydney Urshan,
Bill Wittman,
Meg Wyllie.
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Storyline:
Dan Aykroyd must have practiced for months to perfect his Jack Webb inflections for Dragnet. Screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz's directorial debut (also written by Mankiewicz, along with Aykroyd, and Alan Zweibel) is a gentle spoof of the legendary '50s television police drama — pitting '50s conservatism smack up against the attitudes of the '80s. Basically, the film is another 48 Hours or Bev ...
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Genre:
Drama,
Period Film,
Message Movie.
Director:
Bruce Beresford.
Actors:
Morgan Freeman,
Jessica Tandy,
Dan Aykroyd,
Patti LuPone,
Esther Rolle,
Fred Faser,
Crystal R. Fox,
Clarice F. Geigerman,
Carolyn Gold,
William Hall, Jr.,
Bob Hannah,
Joann Havrilla,
Ashley Josey,
Sylvia Kaler,
Ray McKinnon,
Muriel Moore,
Jack Rousso,
Alvin M. Sugarman,
Indra A. Thomas.
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Storyline:
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the twenty-five year relationship between a wealthy, strong-willed Southern matron (Jessica Tandy) and her equally indomitable Black chauffeur Hoke (Morgan Freeman). Both employer and employee are outsiders, Hoke because of the color of his skin, Miss Daisy because she is Jewish in a WASP-dominated so ...
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Exit to Eden (1994)
Genre:
Thriller,
Comedy,
Detective Film,
Comedy Thriller,
Sex Comedy.
Director:
Garry Marshall.
Actors:
Dana Delany,
Paul Mercurio,
Rosie O'Donnell,
Dan Aykroyd,
Hector Elizondo,
Stuart Wilson,
Sean O'Bryan,
Stephanie Niznik,
Real Andrews,
Judith Baldwin,
Marvin Braveman,
Rod Britt,
Joyce Brothers,
Frank Campanella,
Pat Collins,
Ed Cree,
Lucinda Crosby,
Brian Davila,
Donna Dixon,
Lou Evans,
Rosemary Forsyth,
Diane Frazen,
Ira Glick,
Lynda Goodfriend,
Ronny Hallin,
Laura Elena Harring,
Don Hood,
Joey House,
Julie Hughes,
Gloria Hylton,
Mandy Ingber,
Diana Kent,
Allan Kent,
Lisa Boyle,
Arnold Margolin,
Bud Markowitz,
Barbara Marshall,
Kathleen Marshall,
Scott Marshall,
Lori Marshall,
Valorie Massalas,
Alison Moir,
Jane Morris,
Mel Novak,
Julie Paris,
Stephen Perkins,
Deborah Pratt,
Phil Redrow,
Steve Restivo,
Leslie A. Sank,
John Schneider,
Joe Torry,
Shannon Wilcox,
Tim Wrightman.
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Storyline:
This sexy farce stars Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell as Fred Lavery and Sheila Kingston, a pair of cynical detectives investigating the disappearance of a key witness in a diamond-smuggling case. The case leads them to a Club Med-styled S&M resort where dog collars and cat o' nine tails abound; further complicating matters, the smugglers end up on the island as well. The missing witness, phot ...
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Ghostbusters (1984)
Genre:
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Fantasy Comedy,
Sci-Fi Comedy.
Director:
Ivan Reitman.
Actors:
Bill Murray,
Dan Aykroyd,
Sigourney Weaver,
Harold Ramis,
Ernie Hudson,
Rick Moranis,
Annie Potts,
William Atherton,
David Margulies,
Steven Tash,
Slavitza Jovan,
Michael Ensign,
Alice Drummond,
Timothy Carhart,
Jordan Charney,
Joe Cirillo,
Bill Couch,
Larry Dilg,
Patty Dworkin,
Paddi Edwards,
Joe Franklin,
Rhoda Gemignani,
Roger Grimsby,
Stanley Grover,
James Hardie,
Carol Henry,
Kymberly Herrin,
Tommy Hollis,
Casey Kasem,
Jean Kasem,
Nancy Kelly,
Larry King,
Ric Mancini,
Norman Matlock,
Winston May,
Tom McDermott,
Sam Moses,
Frances E. Nealy,
Ruth Oliver,
Eda Reiss Merin,
Jason Reitman,
John Ring,
John Rothman,
Murray Rubin,
Jennifer Runyon,
Danny Stone,
Frantz Turner,
Reginald VelJohnson,
Christopher Wynkoop.
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Storyline:
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson star as a quartet of Manhattan-based "paranormal investigators". When their government grants run out, the former three go into business as The Ghostbusters, later hiring Hudson on. Armed with electronic paraphernalia, the team is spectacularly successful, ridding The Big Apple of dozens of ghoulies, ghosties and long-legged beastie ...
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Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Genre:
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Fantasy Comedy,
Action Comedy.
Director:
Ivan Reitman.
Actors:
Bill Murray,
Dan Aykroyd,
Sigourney Weaver,
Harold Ramis,
Rick Moranis,
Ernie Hudson,
Peter MacNicol,
David Margulies,
Wilhelm von Homburg,
Harris Yulin,
Kurt Fuller,
Janet Margolin,
Christopher Neame,
Cheech Marin,
Judy Ovitz,
Robert Alan Beuth,
Susan Boehm,
Bobby Brown,
Yvette Cruise,
Ron Cummins,
Henry J. Deutschendorf II,
William T. Deutschendorf,
Angelo di Mascio,
Robert Ditillio,
Brian Doyle-Murray,
Tom Dugan,
Kevin Dunn,
Walter Flanagan,
Dave Florek,
Richard Foronjy,
Ray Glanzmann,
Philip Baker Hall,
John Hammil,
Erik Holland,
Sharon Kramer,
Mordecai Lawner,
Page Leong,
Aaron Lustig,
Ralph Monaco,
Michael P. Moran,
Peter Papageorgiou,
Valery Pappas,
Annie Potts,
Jason Reitman,
Catherine Reitman,
Mark Schneider,
Douglas Seale,
Ben Stein,
Mary Ellen Trainor,
Louise Troy,
Christopher Villasenor,
Olivia Ward,
Chloe Webb,
George Wilbur,
Alex Zimmerman.
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Storyline:
Ivan Reitman's sequel to the phenomenally successful Ghostbusters is looser and more self-assured than the original. The film opens with a title reading "Five Years Later" and finds the ghostbusters living in hard times. A restraining order has forbidden the boys to partake in paranormal warfare, and as a result they have had to seek other lines of work. Ray (Dan Aykroyd) and Winston (Er ...
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Genre:
Comedy,
Crime,
Black Comedy,
Romantic Comedy,
Reunion Films,
Comedy Thriller.
Director:
George Armitage.
Actors:
John Cusack,
Minnie Driver,
Dan Aykroyd,
Alan Arkin,
Joan Cusack,
Hank Azaria,
Jeremy Piven,
Pete Antico,
Brent Armitage,
David Barrett,
Bobby Bass,
Laurence Bilzerian,
Michael Cuditz,
Ann Cusack,
Bill Cusack,
Doug Dearth,
D.V. DeVincentis,
Sara Devincentis,
K.K. Dodds,
Traci Dority,
Jenna Elfman,
K. Todd Freeman,
Colby French,
Lance A. Gilbert,
Barbara Harris,
Carlos Jacott,
Audrey Kissel,
Belita Moreno,
Pat O'Neill,
Steve Pink,
Brian Powell,
Eva Rodriguez,
Jackie Rubin,
Mitchell Ryan,
Duffy Taylor,
Wendy Thorlakson,
Benny Urquidez.
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Storyline:
Most people have trouble deciding what to say when they're asked what they've been doing with their lives at a High School reunion, but Martin Blank (as played by John Cusack) has a different problem than most — he has to make his career sound less interesting than it actually is. Martin is a former CIA operative who is now a freelance hit man, making good money for killing people he doe ...
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
Genre:
Comedy,
Comedy of Errors,
Buddy Film.
Director:
Dennis Dugan.
Actors:
Adam Sandler,
Kevin James,
Jessica Biel,
Dan Aykroyd,
Ving Rhames,
Steve Buscemi,
Nick Turturro,
Allen Covert,
Richard Chamberlain,
Jamie Chung,
Becky O'Donohue,
Jessica O'Donohue,
Nick Swardson,
Tila Tequila.
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When two testosterone-fueled firemen attempt to register as domestic partners in order to bypass the bureaucratic red tape preventing one of them from naming his own two children as his life-insurance beneficiaries, their low-key ruse turns into headline news in this quirky matrimonial comedy starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James. Chuck Levine (Sandler) and Larry Valentine (James) are two New York ...
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Genre:
Action,
Adventure,
Costume Adventure.
Director:
Steven Spielberg.
Actors:
Harrison Ford,
Kate Capshaw,
Amrish Puri,
Roshan Seth,
Philip Stone,
Roy Chiao,
David Yip,
Ric Young,
Chua Kah Joo,
Rex Ngui,
Philip Tann,
Dan Aykroyd,
Pat Roach,
Stany de Silva,
Lorraine Doyle,
Moti Makan,
Akio Mitamura,
Mellan Mitchell,
D.R. Nanayakkara,
Frank Olegario,
Bhasker Patel,
Jonathan Ke Quan,
Michael Yama.
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Storyline:
The second of the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg Indiana Jones epics is set a year or so before the events in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1984). After a brief brouhaha involving a precious vial and a wild ride down a raging Himalyan river, Indy (Harrison Ford) gets down to the problem at hand: retrieving a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village. His com ...
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Loser (2000)
Genre:
Comedy Drama,
Romantic Comedy,
Coming-of-Age,
Teen Movie.
Director:
Amy Heckerling.
Actors:
Jason Biggs,
Mena Suvari,
Zak Orth,
Tom Sadoski,
Jimmi Simpson,
Greg Kinnear,
Dan Aykroyd,
Twink Caplan,
Bobby Slayton,
Robert Miano,
Mollie Israel,
Colleen Camp,
Andy Dick,
Steven Wright,
Scott Thomson,
Andrea Martin,
David Spade.
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Storyline:
After making Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Clueless (1995), two of the definitive films about the joys and terrors of American high school, writer/director Amy Heckerling moves on to college with this bittersweet romantic comedy. Paul Tannek (Jason Biggs) is a bright but socially inept college freshman who has just arrived at NYU from the Midwest. Frumpy and studious, Paul has trouble me ...
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My Fellow Americans (1996)
Genre:
Comedy,
Political Satire,
Satire,
Buddy Film,
Odd Couple Film.
Director:
Peter Segal.
Actors:
Jack Lemmon,
James Garner,
Dan Aykroyd,
John Heard,
Everett McGill,
Sela Ward,
Wilford Brimley,
Bradley Whitford,
Marg Helgenberger,
Lauren Bacall,
Tom Everett,
Conchata Ferrell,
Jack Kehler,
Mark Lowenthal,
Connie Ray,
James Rebhorn,
Esther Rolle,
Jeff Yagher.
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Storyline:
In this comedy, Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon) and Matt Douglas (James Garner) are two former U.S. Presidents who sit on opposite sides of the political fence. Kramer is a stuffy Republican reluctant to part with a dollar, while Douglas is a left-leaning Democrat with an eye for the ladies. Douglas succeeded Kramer in office after a single term, while Douglas, after four years as chief executive, ...
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Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins, Kim Cattrall, Dan Aykroyd, and Jennifer Love Hewitt star in this re-imagining of Walter Huston's The Devil and Daniel Webster - this time concerning a struggling writer who sells his soul to Old Scratch (Hewitt) in a desperate bid to find fame and fortune on the literary circuit.
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Spies Like Us (1985)
Genre:
Comedy,
Spy Film,
Action,
Farce,
Adventure Comedy,
Spy Comedy.
Director:
John Landis.
Actors:
Chevy Chase,
Dan Aykroyd,
Steve Forrest,
Donna Dixon,
Bruce Davison,
Bernie Casey,
William Prince,
Tom Hatten,
Vanessa Angel,
Sally Anlauf,
Michael Apted,
Laurence Bilzerian,
Gusti Bogok,
Martin Brest,
Joel Coen,
Larry Cohen,
Terrance Conder,
Costa-Gavras,
Tony Cyrus,
Sean Daniel,
James Daughton,
John Daveikis,
Garrick Dombrovski,
Marion Dougherty,
Erin Folsey,
Matt Frewer,
Terry Gilliam,
Jeff Harding,
Ray Harryhausen,
Heather Henson,
Bob Hope,
Stephen Hoye,
B.B. King,
Richard Kruk,
Douglas Lambert,
Christopher Malcolm,
Charles McKeown,
Debbie McWilliams,
Derek Meddings,
Stuart Milligan,
Edwin Newman,
Seva Novgorodtsev,
Frank Oz,
Robert Paynter,
Svetlana Plotnikova,
Sam Raimi,
Margo Random,
Ricco Ross,
Sergei Rousakov,
Richard Sharpe,
Gurdial Sira,
Heidi Sorenson,
Jim Staahl,
Mark Stewart,
Bob Swaim,
Bjarne Thomsen.
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Storyline:
Director John Landis helmed this Cold War farce starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase as Austin Millbarge and Emmett Fitz-Hume — two loser misfits who dwell in the lower ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency. Convinced despite much evidence to the contrary that they're prime secret agent material, both men keep taking service exams in an effort to win promotion. Caught cheating on thei ...
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Genre:
Comedy,
Adventure Comedy,
Action Comedy,
Rock Musical,
Buddy Film,
Absurd Comedy.
Director:
John Landis.
Actors:
John Belushi,
Dan Aykroyd,
James Brown,
John Candy,
Ray Charles,
Carrie Fisher,
Cab Calloway,
Aretha Franklin,
Henry Gibson,
John Lee Hooker,
Murphy Dunne,
Steve Cropper,
Donald "Duck" Dunn,
Willie "Too Big" Hall,
Tom Malone,
Frank Oz,
Kathleen Freeman,
Steven Williams,
Charles Napier,
Twiggy,
Stephen Bishop,
Shotgun Britton,
Blair Burrows,
Jack Callahan,
Joe Cirillo,
Cindy Fisher,
Toni Fleming,
Ralph Foody,
Andrew Goodman,
Sean Hayden,
Dean Hill,
Walter Horton,
Gary Houston,
Elizabeth Hoy,
Chaka Khan,
John Landis,
Steve Lawrence,
Lou Marini,
Norman Matlock,
Stan Mazin,
Gary McLarty,
Jeff Morris,
Matt Murphy,
Jack Orend,
Lou Perry,
Ben Piazza,
Paul Reubens,
John Ring,
Rosie Schuster,
Joe Walsh,
De'Voreaux White.
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Storyline:
Expanding on their Saturday Night Live characters, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood Blues, two white boys with black soul. Sporting cool shades and look-alike suits, Jake and Elwood are dispatched on a "mission from God" by their former teacher, Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman). Said mission is to raise $5000 to save an orphanage. In the course of their zany ad ...
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The Couch Trip (1988)
Genre:
Comedy,
Comedy of Errors,
Screwball Comedy,
Black Comedy.
Director:
Michael Ritchie.
Actors:
Dan Aykroyd,
Walter Matthau,
Charles Grodin,
David Clennon,
Donna Dixon,
Mary Gross,
Richard Romanus,
Arye Gross,
Victoria Jackson,
Chevy Chase,
Ralph Adano,
Beverly Archer,
Adrian Aron,
Jerry Belson,
Susann Benn,
June Claman,
Jan Cobler,
Kenneth Danziger,
Robert M. Dawson,
Michael de Lorenzo,
Gloria Dorson,
Jonathan Emerson,
Michael Ensign,
Linda Rae Favila,
J.E. Freeman,
Rick Garcia,
Michael Gregory,
David Grant Hayward,
Robert Hirschfeld,
Tino Insana,
Mickey Jones,
Neal Kaz,
John D. LeMay,
Charles Levin,
John Mahon,
Carol Mansell,
Donna Mitchell,
Corey Rand,
Benbow Ritchie,
Jack Ritchie,
Kimmy Robertson,
Tony Rolon,
Kevin Rooney,
Johnny Sinclair,
Don Stark,
Jean Sterling,
Charles Sweigart,
Scott Thomson,
Duane Tucker,
Scott Weintraub,
Myrna White,
David Wohl.
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Storyline:
Michael Ritchie's The Couch Trip follows a long line of Hollywood films (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Disorderly Orderly) in which the psychos are seen as saner than the psychiatrists. Charles Grodin plays Dr. George Maitlin, a pompous radio self-help guru, who is having his own personal mental breakdown. Maitlin's lawyer puts in a call to a Cicero, IL, mental facility and the telephone is ...
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Tommy Boy (1995)
Genre:
Comedy,
Buddy Film,
Slapstick.
Director:
Peter Segal.
Actors:
Chris Farley,
David Spade,
Bo Derek,
Brian Dennehy,
Dan Aykroyd,
Rob Lowe,
Julie Warner,
James Blendick,
Marilyn Boyle,
David Calderisi,
Reg Dreger,
William Dunlop,
Michael Ewing,
Gil Filar,
Colin Fox,
Henry Gomez,
Zach Grenier,
David Hemblen,
David Huband,
Helen Hughes,
Ron James,
Jack Jessop,
Brian Kaulback,
Gino Marrocco,
Dean Marshall,
Sean McCann,
Robbie Rox,
Camilla Scott,
Sandi Stahlbrand,
Marc Strange,
Bunty Webb,
Robert Weiss,
Lloyd White,
Philip Williams,
Jonathan Wilson,
J.R. Zimmerman.
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Storyline:
Saturday Night Live star Chris Farley had his first starring role in this frankly lowbrow comedy, which teamed him with fellow SNL cast member David Spade). Big Tom Callahan (Brian Dennehy) is the street-smart owner of a company that makes auto parts, and one day he'd like his son Tommy Callahan III (Chris Farley) to take over the business. Trouble is, Tommy Boy is a fat, dim-witted slob who took ...
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Trading Places (1983)
Genre:
Comedy,
Satire,
Comedy of Manners.
Director:
John Landis.
Actors:
Eddie Murphy,
Dan Aykroyd,
Ralph Bellamy,
Don Ameche,
Denholm Elliott,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Kristin Holby,
Robert Curtis-Brown,
Florence Anglin,
Paul Austin,
B. Constance Barry,
John Bedford Lloyd,
James Belushi,
Bill Boggs,
Philip Bosco,
Charles Brown,
W.B. Brydon,
Lucianne Buchanan,
Ralph Clanton,
Bryan Clark,
Bill Cobbs,
Maurice Copeland,
Kelly Leigh Curtis,
Joshua Daniel,
Jack Davidson,
Tom Davis,
Tom Degidon,
Alan Dellay,
Barry Dennen,
Bo Diddley,
Alfred Drake,
Sue Dugan,
James Eckhouse,
Giancarlo Esposito,
Gwyllum Evans,
Al Franken,
Paul Garcia,
Paul Gleason,
Walter Gorney,
Nicholas Guest,
Peter Hock,
Richard Hunt,
Robert Earl Jones,
Eddie Jones,
John Randolph Jones,
Barra Khan,
Gary Klar,
Robert Lee,
Avon Long,
William Magerman,
Michelle Mais,
Tom Mardirosian,
John McCurry,
Bernie McInerney,
Don McLeod,
Jim Newell,
Afemo Omilami,
Frank Oz,
Herb Peterson,
Jacques Sandulescu,
P. Jay Sidney,
Clint Smith,
Stephen Stucker,
Ron Taylor,
Maurice Woods.
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Storyline:
The "nature-nurture" theory that motivated so many Three Stooges comedies is the basis of John Landis's hit comedy. The fabulously wealthy but morally bankrupt Duke brothers (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) make a one-dollar bet over heredity vs. environment. Curious as to what might happen if different lifestyles were reversed, they arrange for impoverished street hustler Billy Ray Valent ...
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