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Jaws cameraman turned Dreyfuss onto booze -
29 May 2010
-A camera operator on the set of shark thriller Jaws was partly responsible for Richard Dreyfuss' alcohol problems - because he introduced the actor to booze.-
-Dreyfuss, who has battled sobriety and is now clean and sober, insists his problems started on the set of Jaws.
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Dreyfuss was terrified by Jaws co-star Shaw -
11 May 2010
-Actor Richard Dreyfuss was more terrified by his human co-star than he was the giant white shark in Jaws - Robert Shaw was a larger-than-life bully.-
-Dreyfuss admits he faced his fears daily on the set - because Shaw was such an intimidating presence.-
- He tells WENN,
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Dreyfuss gave Piranha pay cheque to charity -
8 June 2009
-Richard Dreyfuss didn't earn a penny for his role in new movie Piranha-3D - he donated his pay cheque to the kids' charity he runs.-
-More than 30 years after he tacked maneating sharks in Jaws, the Oscar winner takes on another flesh eating sea creature in the forthcomi
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Richard Dreyfuss - filmography
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RED
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Robert Schwentke
Certificate: 
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Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) used to be the CIA's top agents - but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork ..read more »
 
72%
from 56,313 members
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Piranha - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Elisabeth Shue
Director: Alexandre Aja
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SWITCHBLADE ROMANCE and HILLS HAVE EYES director Alexandre Aja pays homage to the films that made him fall in love with the horror genre by helming this comedic remake of director Joe Dante's 1978 JAWSs parody. Lake Victoria may look peaceful, but beneath the placid waters of this painterly lake ..read more »
56%
from 2,517 members
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RED - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Robert Schwentke
Certificate:
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Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) used to be the CIA's top agents - but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork ..read more »
72%
from 18,925 members
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Leaves of Grass
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Edward Norton, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Certificate: 
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When Ivy League classics professor Bill Kincaid receives news of the murder of his estranged identical twin brother, Brady in a pot deal gone bad, he leaves the world of North-eastern academia to travel back to his home state of Oklahoma. Upon arrival, he finds that reports of his brother's death ..read more »
58%
from 1,341 member
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My Life in Ruins
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Alexis Georgoulis, Nia Vardalos, Sheila Bernette
Director: Donald Petrie, Jose Luis Alcaine
Certificate:
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Georgia (Nia Vardalos) came to Greece to follow a man. A few years later, she's been cast aside-alone and adrift in a foreign land. Eventually, her passion for history leads her to a job as a tour guide. But Georgia is bored, and has lost her 'kefi' (Greek for mojo) to boot. When taciturn sasquatch ..read more »
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from 2,887 members
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W. - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn
Director: Oliver Stone
Certificate:
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Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd president to the big screen as only he can. W takes viewers ..read more »
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from 3,247 members
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W.
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn
Director: Oliver Stone
Certificate:
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Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd president to the big screen as only he can. W takes viewers ..read more »
57%
from 17,306 members
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Tin Man
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Alan Cumming
Director: Nick Willing
Certificate:
Small-town waitress DG has always felt like an outsider and experienced strange, recurring visions of a magical storm. However, dreams soon become reality when the evil witch Azkadellia transports DG and her parents to the Outer Zone. This sci-fi miniseries offers an alternative take on the classic ..read more »
68%
from 3,481 members
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Tin Man - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Alan Cumming
Director: Nick Willing
Certificate:
Small-town waitress DG has always felt like an outsider and experienced strange, recurring visions of a magical storm. However, dreams soon become reality when the evil witch Azkadellia transports DG and her parents to the Outer Zone. This sci-fi miniseries offers an alternative take on the classic ..read more »
61%
from 1,404 member
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Poseidon - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell
Director: Wolfgang Petersen, Wolfgang
Certificate:
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German-born director Wolfgang Petersen (DAS BOOT, THE PERFECT STORM) returns to the sea for POSEIDON, a gripping remake of Ronald Neame and Irwin Allen's 1972 disaster classic, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. As passengers celebrate New Year's Eve aboard the massive ship Poseidon, a rogue wave devastates ..read more »
60%
from 662 members
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Poseidon - HD
(2006)
Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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German-born director Wolfgang Petersen (DAS BOOT, THE PERFECT STORM) returns to the sea for POSEIDON, a gripping remake of Ronald Neame and Irwin Allen's 1972 disaster classic, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. As passengers celebrate New Year's Eve aboard the massive ship Poseidon, a rogue wave devastates ..read more »
60%
from 593 members
Not currently released
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Poseidon
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett
Director: Wolfgang Petersen, Wolfgang
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In this remake of the 1972 disaster classic 'The Poseidon Adventure' (1972) , a luxury ocean liner capsizes from a colossal tidal wave, leaving its survivors to fend for themselves as they find a way out.
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from 35,557 members
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Silver City
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Roth
Director: John Sayles
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During a gubernatorial race in small-town Colorado, a mystery is uncovered involving a dead body found in a local lake. A private detective, Danny (Danny Huston), is hired by the governor-to-be's campaign manager (Richard Dreyfuss), who is worried that the unexpected event may be used as a scandal-..read more »
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from 5,986 members
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Coast To Coast
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Judy Davis, Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis
Director: Paul Mazursky
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City by city, mile by mile, a married couple on the verge of a breakup travel across the country to revisit their tumultuous past and rediscover what it means to fall in and out of love - and maybe back again. With each new stop comes a new revelation for the couple - a chance to expose their ..read more »
47%
from 113 members
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Cybil Sheperd, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Kenneth Bowser
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A documentary that sets out the story of the rising stars of 70s Hollywood cinema. Containing a mixture of archive footage, film clips and newly conducted interviews, the documentary contains contributions from such luminaries as Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Dennis Hopper and George Lucas.
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from 1,693 member
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Fail Safe
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle
Director: Stephen Frears
Certificate: 
This groundbreaking live broadcast television drama, directed by Stephen Frears, features an all-star cast including George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Richard Dreyfuss, Don Cheadle, and Harvey Keitel. When a American bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a bomb on Moscow, the crisis must be averted ..read more »
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from 1,344 member
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Lansky
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Illeana Douglas
Director: John McNaughton
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LANSKY tells the true story of a young immigrant's ascent from poverty to almost unimaginable riches through hard-edged business sense and a ruthless ability to murder anyone who ever got in his way. Richard Dreyfuss stars as Meyer Lansky, a genius white-collar criminal on the run from the FBI. As ..read more »
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from 93 members
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In The Wild - The Galapagos Mystery With...
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Nigel Cole
Certificate: 
Marine iguana, giant tortoise, and other unique Galapagos Islands creatures made famous by Darwin's theories encounter actor Dreyfuss. This entry in the celebrity-meets-nature series offers more substance than other episodes, and Dreyfuss fits right into the company of scientists who serve as his ..read more »
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from 93 members
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Night Falls On Manhattan
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin
Director: Sidney Lumet
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A lawyer discovers just how fine the line between good and evil can be in this drama based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley. When a carefully-planned bust of drug dealer Jordan Washington (Shiek Mahmud-Bey) goes sour, a shootout between Washington and officers from three precincts ..read more »
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from 380 members
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James And The Giant Peach
(1996)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, Joanna Lumley
Director: Henry Selick
Certificate: 
James, a lonely orphan, is sent to live with his wicked and greedy Aunts Spiker and Sponge. Unwanted and forced to perform their menial chores, the boy dreams about going to New York City--a place, his father once told him, where dreams come true. Then James meets a mysterious old man who gives him ..read more »
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from 5,054 members
Not currently released
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Mr Holland's Opus
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas
Director: Stephen Herek
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The year is 1965, and Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss), a composer convinced he is destined to write an historic opus, takes a job as a music teacher to pay the bills. Unbeknownst to him, it is the next 30 years, spent as an instructor, that will define his life. His passionate teaching motivates ..read more »
69%
from 2,746 members
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Another Stakeout
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell
Director: John Badham
Certificate:
In this sequel to director John Badham's STAKEOUT, Seattle detectives Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) and Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez) are assigned another stakeout operation. When Lu Delano (Cathy Moriarty), an important witness against the mafia mysteriously disappears, the district attorney's ..read more »
58%
from 2,288 members
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Lost In Yonkers
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Mike Damus, Brad Stoll, Mercedes Ruehl
Director: Martha Coolidge
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Two brothers are sent to live with their domineering grandmother after their mother's death. Their sheltered existence is livened-up considerably by the arrival of a small-time crook.
58%
from 134 members
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Once Around
(1991)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his excessively flamboyant style and irrepressible nature. ..read more »
71%
from 30 members
Currently unavailable
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Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead
(1991)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Tom Stoppard
Certificate:
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Julian Marsh is an out of work ladies man who lands a job directing a bizarre adaption of Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that explains the connection between Shakespeare, the Holy ..read more »
67%
from 1,432 member
Currently unavailable
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What About Bob?
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty
Director: Frank Oz
Certificate:
Bob, a troubled but loveable therapy patient who fears everything, calls upon a noted psychiatrist who helps him overcome his fears. When the doctor takes a quiet family holiday in New Hampshire Bob, terrified of being alone, keeps popping up un-expectedly at the family's retreat. That's when the ..read more »
64%
from 3,570 members
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Postcards from the Edge
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Dennis Quaid, Shirley MacLaine
Director: Mike Nichols
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An actress with a drug and alcohol problem, recovering from a near fatal overdose, accepts a minor role in a film on the condition that she lives with a responsible person during her rehabilitation. That 'person' is her mother, a big star from the 50's who sees herself in her daughter. Both must ..read more »
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from 1,564 member
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Let It Ride
(1989)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, David Johansen
Director: Joe Pytka
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Like most small-time compulsive gamblers, cabbie Jay Trotter (Dreyfus) tends to lose whenever he bets and has promised his wife Pam (Teri Garr) that he's given up betting at the track. But when he gets a tip on a sure thing the following weekend, he's sure he can't lose. He wins on a fifty dollar ..read more »
65%
from 292 members
Currently unavailable
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Always
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman
Director: Steven Spielberg
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For all its state-of-the-art special effects, Always is essentially a remake of the 1943 Spencer Tracy-Irene Dunne fantasy vehicle A Guy Named Joe--minus the wartime context. Richard Dreyfuss stars as a reckless fire-fighting pilot who is killed in what was to have been his final mission. Ascending ..read more »
62%
from 3,113 members
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Tin Men
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Barbara Hershey, Danny De Vito
Director: Barry Levinson
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In 1963 two less than honest 'tin men', aluminium cladding salesmen, meet in a traffic accident. Their quick tempers turn the minor crash into an hilarious game of one-up-manship in which their cars become the targets of their mutual hot blood.
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from 691 members
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Stakeout
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Richard Dreyfuss, Madeline Stowe
Director: John Badham
Certificate:
While on an FBI stakeout, detective Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) falls hard for Maria (Madeleine Stowe), the woman he's supposed to be watching. Soon he's inside her home enjoying a torrid love affair, while his young partner Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez), waits across the street, looking through ..read more »
64%
from 3,712 members
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Down And Out In Beverly Hills
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Paul Mazursky
Certificate:
Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss star as Barbara and Dave Whiteman, a nouveau riche Beverly Hills couple whose entire household is turned upside down with one act of uncharacteristic generosity. On a typically sunny afternoon, Dave spies Jerry (Nick Nolte), a homeless man, attempting to drown ..read more »
62%
from 1,244 member
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Stand By Me
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton
Director: Rob Reiner
Certificate:
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Based on Stephen King's novella THE BODY, director Rob Reiner's STAND BY ME is the disarmingly tender and subtly sublime story of four kids on the precipice of early adulthood who embark upon a quest. There's Gordie (Wil Wheaton), the intelligent, creative one with the obviously bright future. His ..read more »
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from 34,201 members
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Stand By Me - Blu-ray
(1986)
Starring: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton
Director: Rob Reiner
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Based on Stephen King's novella THE BODY, director Rob Reiner's STAND BY ME is the disarmingly tender and subtly sublime story of four kids on the precipice of early adulthood who embark upon a quest. There's Gordie (Wil Wheaton), the intelligent, creative one with the obviously bright future. His ..read more »
81%
from 996 members
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Whose Life Is It Anyway?
(1981)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Kenneth McMillan
Director: John Badham
Certificate: 
Ken Harrison is an artist that makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he make friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
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from 7 members
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The Competition
(1980)
Starring: Ty Henderson, Joseph Cali, Vicki Kriegler
Director: Joel Oliansky
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Two piano players fall in love while competing for the same prize in an important San Francisco competition. Heidi Schoonover and Paul Dietrich met each other once before, at another contest, but now their mutual attraction is so strong that they get romantically involved despite being opponents. ..read more »
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Jaws
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Murray Hamilton, Susan Backlinie, Lee Fierro
Director: Steven Spielberg
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From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down ..read more »
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from 44,851 members
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Inserts
(1975)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins
Director: John Byrum
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A degenerate film with dignity, starring a young (pre-JAWS) Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper and Veronica Cartwright. Originally rated X but later re-rated as NC-17, the story focuses on pornographic film production, and the movie takes its name from a double entendre: “Insert” refers to both a ..read more »
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from 1 member
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Jaws - Blu-ray
(1975)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Steven Spielberg
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From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorised one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down ..read more »
84%
from 7 members
Not available for rental
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
(1974)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid
Director: Ted Kotcheff
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The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-..read more »
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American Graffiti
(1973)
Starring: Charles Martin Smith, Mackenzie Phillips, Candy Clark
Director: George Lucas
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It's the last night of summer 1962, and the teenagers of Modesto, California, want to have some fun before adult responsibilities close in. Among them are Steve (Ron Howard) and Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), college-bound with mixed feelings about leaving home; nerdy Terry The Toad (Charles Martin Smith)..read more »
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from 6,123 members
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Dillinger
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips
Director: John Milius
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The first feature film from man's man director Milius is a violent, hard-hitting account of Public Enemy #1, John Dillinger. The last half of his criminal career is dramatically retold until his notorious finale outside the Biograph Theatre.
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from 349 members
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American Graffiti - Blu-ray
(1973)
Starring: Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Le Mat
Director: George Lucas
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It's the last night of summer 1962, and the teenagers of Modesto, California, want to have some fun before adult responsibilities close in. Among them are Steve (Ron Howard) and Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), college-bound with mixed feelings about leaving home; nerdy Terry The Toad (Charles Martin Smith)..read more »
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from 17 members
Not available for rental
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The Graduate - Blu-ray
(1967)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Director: Mike Nichols
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Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation. In the late 1960s, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a confused college graduate, is pulled in myriad directions by family, friends, and associates just days ..read more »
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from 437 members
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The Graduate - HD
(1967)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Director: Mike Nichols
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Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation. In the late 1960s, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a confused college graduate, is pulled in myriad directions by family, friends, and associates just days ..read more »
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from 267 members
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The Graduate
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Director: Mike Nichols
Certificate:
Just one word: plastic. Are you here for an affair? These lines and others became cultural touchstones, as 1960s youth rebellion seeped into the California upper middle-class in Mike Nichols' landmark hit. Mentally adrift the summer after graduating from college, suburbanite Benjamin Braddock (..read more »
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from 30,442 members
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Oliver Twist
on DVD
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Elijah Wood, David O'Hara
Director: Tony Bill
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In this elaborate made-for-TV production of the classic Charles Dickens novel, young orphan Oliver Twist (Alex Trench) joins a gang of impoverished pickpocketing children, along with their leader, Fagin (Richard Dreyfuss), and the Artful Dodger (Elijah Wood). Poor Oliver struggles to break free of ..read more »
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from 214 members
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Suzanne
on DVD
Starring: Sondra Locke, Jared Martin, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: David McGiffert
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Follows a filmmaker who is obsessed with the idea of making a film about Christ being a woman. When he casts Suzanne as the lead role, it doesn't take long before art and reality begin to blur...
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from 11 members
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Krippendorf's Tribe
on DVD
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne
Director: Todd Holland
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A Professor James Krippendorf is blowing a two year research grant on rearing his own out-of-control kids. In order to fool his colleagues he assembles native-looking huts in his backyard and films his own family. They act as the most primitive group of people possible.
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Richard Dreyfuss facts
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...difficulty is that they have no idea what they are getting themselves into.
Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider performed outstandingly, but it is Robert Shaw and his represe...
