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Robin Williams
Born 21 July 1951, in Chicago, Illinois
<b>Wise words:</b> "See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time."
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”Ah yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.”
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Robin Williams - news / articles
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Williams' daughter horrified at dad's nude scene -
18 September 2009
-Robin Williams' actress daughter Zelda was left cringing with embarrassment at the recent premiere of her father's new movie World's Greatest Dad - because the comedian failed to warn her about his nude scene.-
-In the film, the funnyman plays teacher Lance Clayton, wh
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Director impressed with Williams' manhood -
28 August 2009
-Comedian and moviemaker Bobcat Goldthwaite has revealed best pal Robin Williams is a member of Hollywood's well-hung club after shooting the Oscar winner waxed and naked in new film World's Greatest Dad.-
-Williams, who is famously hirsute, insisted on stripping for a
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Williams thankful for fan support -
27 May 2009
-Robin Williams has assured fans he is recovering well after undergoing heart surgery in March (09).-
-Doctors warned the Good Will Hunting star he would have just weeks to live if he didn't undergo a life-saving heart operation to replace an aortic valve.-
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Robin Williams - what members say
Robin Williams - filmography
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Old Dogs
(2009)
Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston
Director: Walt Becker
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Two best friends -- one unlucky-in-love divorcee and the other a fun-loving bachelor -- have their lives turned upside down when they're unexpectedly charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors stumble ..read more »
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66%
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License To Wed
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski
Director: Ken Kwapis
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A reverend (Williams) puts an engaged couple (Moore and Krasinski) through a grueling marriage preparation course to see if they are meant to be married in his church.
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August Rush
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
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Freddie Highmore (CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY) stars as August Rush, a musically gifted boy who has spent his childhood in an orphanage. But August's parents are alive, and he travels to New York City to perform and search for his mother and father (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers).
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73%
from 15,092 members
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RV - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Joanna Levesque, Cheryl Hines, Will Arnett
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
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A family film for the Instant Messenger age, RV takes a humorous look at a mostly functional suburban family's attempt to get away from it all on a rare vacation. Robin Williams plays Bob Munro, a beaten-down middle manager who feels alienated from the family he works so hard to keep comfortable. ..read more »
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from 648 members
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RV
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
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A family film for the Instant Messenger age, RV takes a humorous look at a mostly functional suburban family's attempt to get away from it all on a rare vacation. The always hilarious Robin Williams plays Bob Munro, a beaten-down middle manager who feels alienated from the family he works so hard ..read more »
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61%
from 13,794 members
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The Night Listener
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Toni Collette, Robin Williams, Bobby Cannavale
Director: Patrick Stettner
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In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
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51%
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Happy Feet
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: robin williams (voice), Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood
Director: George Miller
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Emperor penguins are born to sing. All except young Mumble, who was born to dance... tap dance. Such un-penguin-like behaviour eventually gets Mumble kicked out of Emperor Land and into the big cold world. Joined by his Adelie Amigos and an all-knowing Rockhopper penguin names Lovelace, Mumble ..read more »
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67%
from 31,843 members
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Robots
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Halle Berry, halle berry (voice), Ewan McGregor
Director: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
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Set on a world populated entirely by robots, this is the story of a young genius, Rodney (Ewan McGregor), who wants to make robots capable of making the world a better place, but he finds his dream challenged by a corporate tyrant and a master inventor, Big Weld (Mel Brooks), while also being ..read more »
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65%
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The Final Cut
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, Jim Caviezel
Director: Omar Naim
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Set in a world with memory implants, Robin Williams plays a cutter, someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories. His latest assignment is one that puts him in danger.
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52%
from 14,807 members
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Death To Smoochy
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Tim MacMenamin
Director: Danny De Vito
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Robin Williams goes berserk as Rainbow Randolph, the disgraced host of a children's television show, in director Danny DeVito's fast-paced satire, DEATH TO SMOOCHY. Busted by the Feds for accepting a bribe to get a child on his show, Randolph gets booted from his network, Kidnet, and is replaced by ..read more »
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57%
from 3,007 members
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One Hour Photo
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Erin Daniels
Director: Mark Romanek
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Viewed through family photographs, it would seem most people live joyous, leisurely lives. Sy Parrish (Robin Williams), who makes this observation, adversely leads a lonely existence, operating a photo lab in a SavMart department store. To escape his dreary reality, he fixates on the photos of ..read more »
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61%
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Insomnia
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank
Director: Christopher Nolan
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In a remote Alaskan town called Nightmute, the murder of a teenage girl has shocked the tight-knit community. The Los Angeles Police Department sends two of its cops--both under investigation by Internal Affairs--to try to solve the crime in Christopher Nolan's film based on Erik Skjoldbjaerg's ..read more »
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from 17,125 members
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Robin Williams - Live On Broadway
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Robin Williams
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Recorded live on July 24th, 2002, Robin Williams' Broadway performances were the last stop on a 26-date U.S. tour. Riffing on just about every contemporary subject under the sun, Williams tackles politics, sex, religion, health, rocket science and a whole lot more! An Academy Award winner and huge ..read more »
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62%
from 3,362 members
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Bicentennial Man
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz
Director: Chris Columbus
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Andrew Martin (Williams) is a household android whose intended function is thrown for a loop when he begins to feel genuine human emotions. Over the next two centuries the resulting dealings with his adopted family and new acquaintances provide the film with ample opportunities to raise important ..read more »
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64%
from 4,384 members
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Patch Adams
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Tom Shadyac
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Tom Shadyac's (ACE VENTURA) film tells the true story of Hunter "Patch" Adams (Robin Williams), an aspiring doctor in the 1970s who attempted to treat his patients with a medicine that modern science had totally disregarded: humor. After a stint in a mental hospital where he discovers his need to ..read more »
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62%
from 4,983 members
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What Dreams May Come
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow
Director: Vincent Ward
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One man's visually compelling journey through heaven, hell, and other worlds. Chris Nielsen (Williams) dies but cannot rest until he finds and joins his deceased wife (Sciorra) in the afterlife with the help of a friendly spirit (Gooding Jr.). Academy Award winner, Best Visual Effects, nominated ..read more »
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64%
from 4,664 members
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Deconstructing Harry
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Woody Allen, Demi Moore, Robin Williams
Director: Woody Allen
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Upon returning in glory to the college from which he was expelled, sexually voracious and dyspeptic writer Harry Block can find no companions for his trip--except, that is, for a hooker he's hired. The trouble with Harry, as it were, is that he's alienated everyone in his life, from a string of ..read more »
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from 3,424 members
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Good Will Hunting
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Director: Gus Van Sant
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A South Boston whiz kid elects to clean the halls of learning rather than enter them, slumming his way through life as a janitor at MIT. But his natural ability to unravel complex equations attracts the attention of a professor who won't let him quit, a beautiful Harvard student who wants to save ..read more »
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73%
from 19,179 members
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Fathers' Day
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Director: Ivan Reitman
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Desperate to track down her wayward teenage son, a woman contacts a pair of old flames and tells each that he's the boy's father, setting in motion a forced-buddy, on-the-road romp. Billy Crystal and Robin Williams shared the screen for the first time in this remake of the 1984 French farce "Les ..read more »
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53%
from 1,002 member
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Flubber
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden
Director: Les Mayfield
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Forgetful Professor Phillip Brainard inadvertently creates "flying rubber" in his lab, misses his wedding date repeatedly, and is menaced by bungling goons hired by a jealous rival out to steal his lady and his invention. Producer and co-screenwriter John Hughes renders the Disney classic, "The ..read more »
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from 5,705 members
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The Birdcage
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest
Director: Mike Nichols
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In Mike Nichols's hilarious remake of the 1978 French comedy LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Robin Williams stars as Armand Goldman, a gay cabaret owner who lives in Miami's South Beach with his partner, Albert (Nathan Lane), the club's star performer. Armand and Albert must try in vain to pass as a typical ..read more »
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from 7,706 members
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Jack
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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This bittersweet story of childhood innocence and friendship stars Robin Williams as Jack Powell, a boy who grows four times faster than normal--by the time Jack reaches his 10th birthday, he looks like a 40-year-old man. After years of being tutored at home by Mr. Woodruff (Bill Cosby), Jack ..read more »
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57%
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Jumanji
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt
Director: Joe Johnston
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A magical board game serves as a door to another dimension in this adventure fantasy based on Chris Van Allsburg's award-winning children's book. When a pair of orphans discover the game and start playing it, they unwittingly unleash a man (Robin Williams) who's been trapped inside--as well as an ..read more »
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Nine Months
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold
Director: Chris Columbus
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Samuel Faulkner's (Hugh Grant) fruitful, happy life completely falls apart when long-time girlfriend Rebecca (Julianne Moore) suddenly announces she's pregnant. The thought of fatherhood and responsibility terrifies Samuel--who just happens to be a child psychologist. Although he does try hard to ..read more »
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54%
from 6,249 members
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Mrs Doubtfire
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Sally Field, Robin Williams, Pierce Brosnan
Director: Chris Columbus
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When an irresponsible and child-like dad (Robin Williams) is barred from seeing his kids, he disguises himself as a woman and applies for the job of housekeeper for his ex-wife (Sally Field). The disguise of a sturdy matron works a beneficial change on him as well...but how long can he keep the act up
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from 13,679 members
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Aladdin And The King Of Thieves
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Robin Williams, Jim Cummings, Linda Larkin
Director: Tad Stones
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This direct-to-video third wish in Disney's Aladdin trilogy marks the return of Robin Williams as the voice of the Genie. Aladdin's battle with the King of Thieves and his at-long-last marriage to Princess Jasmine also features the vocal talents of Gilbert Gottfried, Jerry Orbach, Scott Weinger, ..read more »
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62%
from 3,267 members
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Toys
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Robin Williams, Joan Cusack, Michael Gambon
Director: Barry Levinson
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Robin Williams stars in this surreal anti-war fantasy directed by Barry Levinson (RAIN MAN, DINER). Williams plays Leslie Zevo, the son of a fun-loving toymaker. Leslie and his sister, Alsatia (Joan Cusack,) grew up surrounded by their father's whimsical creations in the fantastic factory that he ..read more »
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53%
from 1,305 member
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Aladdin
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Robin Williams, Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
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Disney brings a whole new world vividly to life once again in this musical story from the Arabian Nights. Aladdin, an eager genie (with the voice of Robin Williams) and a sultan's daughter take a magic carpet ride through a fireworks display of incredible animation. Direct-to-video sequel: "The ..read more »
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73%
from 15,957 members
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Dead Again
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Andy Garcia, Derek Jacobi
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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In Kenneth Branagh's stylish suspense film, Branagh stars as Mike Church, a Los Angeles detective who is drawn into the life of Grace (Emma Thompson), a woman with amnesia who is plagued by disturbing nightmares. Attempts to help her regain her memory bring them to Franklyn Madson (Derek Jacobi), a ..read more »
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from 1,059 member
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The Fisher King
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) a self-obsessed 'shock jock' who thinks he has it all, is about to hit rock bottom. The cult personality spends his time on the radio insulting and berating his listeners, but when one caller takes Jack's advice literally and opens fire on a New York City nightspot, Jack ..read more »
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from 6,785 members
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Hook
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Director Steven Spielberg brings J.M. Barrie's PETER PAN to the screen with a delightfully modernized twist. Forty-year-old Peter (Robin Williams) has grown up to be a workaholic lawyer with more affection for his cell phone than his wife and two children. When the family travels to England to ..read more »
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Cadillac Man
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed
Director: Roger Donaldson
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When one car salesman gets the opportunity to redeem himself from all his sleazy sales pitches, financial philandering, and relentless womanizing, he is forced to confront all his demons in one very long afternoon.
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54%
from 511 members
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Awakenings
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, John Heard
Director: Penny Marshall
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Based on the true story of a research physician who uses an experimental drug to 'awaken' the catatonic victims of a rare sleeping sickness. The first patient to receive the drug (De Niro in an astounding performance) is filled with awe and enthusiasm that teaches the introverted doctor to value ..read more »
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from 8,752 members
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Dead Poets Society
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard
Director: Peter Weir
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John Keating (Robin Williams) is an eccentric teacher who returns to teach in his childhood school. The message he gives to his students is to experience life for themselves. Consequently, several pupils reintroduce 'Dead Poets Society' of which Keating had been a past member. Secret, late night ..read more »
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Good Morning, Vietnam
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Robert Wuhl
Director: Barry Levinson
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In 1965, there isn't much for military personnel serving in Vietnam to smile about--that is, until deejay Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) takes to the airwaves. In GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM, which is based on a true story, Cronauer is a nonconformist with a wicked sense of humor who is transferred ..read more »
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from 10,885 members
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The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: John Neville, Jonathan Pryce, Eric Idle
Director: Terry Gilliam
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In TIME BANDITS, director Terry Gilliam told a fantastical story filled with heroes and villains seen through the eyes of a small boy. In BRAZIL, Gilliam focused on a fantasy world created by a young man trapped in a totalitarian state. With THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, Gilliam tells the ..read more »
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Seize The Day
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Robin Williams, William Hickey, Glenne Headly
Director: Fielder Cook
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Watch now: £2.49
A salesman who has lost his girlfriend, his job and much of his sanity struggles to begin anew in New York. This is, to date, the only film based on a work by acclaimed author Saul Bellow.
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from 50 members
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Moscow On The Hudson
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Robin Williams, Cleavant Derricks, Maria Conchita Alonso
Director: Paul Mazursky
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Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams) is a Russian saxophone player for the Moscow circus. Life in Russia is difficult and unrewarding, but he silently accepts the corruption of the Communist party and the constant threat of KGB spies because he enjoys his job, has a steady girlfriend, and loves his ..read more »
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The Survivors
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed
Director: Michael Ritchie
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Michael Ritchie's comedy concerns an unlikely friendship that forms between two down-on-their-luck men who have just recently lost their jobs. Donald Quinelle (Robin Williams) was fired by his boss's parrot because his boss couldn't bear to confront Donald with the terrible news. Meanwhile, Sonny ..read more »
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from 289 members
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Jakob The Liar
on DVD
Starring: Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director: Peter Kassovitz
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Jakob is a poor Jewish cafe owner in Nazi occupied Poland in 1944. He accidentally hears good news about the war on a radio and spreads this to his depressed friends who have heard no news since 1939. Unfortunately the rumour also spreads that Jakob has a radio and this is an offence punishable by ..read more »
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Noel
on DVD
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Chazz Palminteri
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Watch now: £2.49
A first-rate cast comes together for this collection of intertwining tales of lonely New Yorkers reaching out to each other on Christmas Eve. Susan Sarandon plays Rose, a widowed editor who spends way too much time at the hospital bed of her Alzheimers-stricken mother. Robin Williams is the ..read more »
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from 3,630 members
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Mork And Mindy - Series 2
(4 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber
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What began as a spin-off of popular sitcom HAPPY DAYS evolved into superstardom for Robin Williams in the pleasantly bizarre 1970s television series MORK AND MINDY. Hatching from an egg-shaped spacecraft, alien visitor Mork (Williams) lands on Earth to investigate the planet's inhabitants and ..read more »
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World's Greatest Dad
Starring: Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, Alexie Gilmore
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
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"World's Greatest Dad" is a story about a man that learns the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone. Lance Clayton is a man who has learned to settle. He dreamed of being a rich and famous writer, but has only ..read more »
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from 7 members
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Mork And Mindy - Series 3
(4 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber
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What began as a spin-off of popular sitcom HAPPY DAYS evolved into superstardom for Robin Williams in the pleasantly bizarre 1970s television series MORK AND MINDY. Hatching from an egg-shaped spacecraft, alien visitor Mork (Williams) lands on Earth to investigate the planet's inhabitants and ..read more »
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Robin Williams - watch online
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Seize The Day
to Watch Now
(1986)
Starring: Robin Williams, William Hickey, Glenne Headly
Director: Fielder Cook
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Run time: 89 minutes
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face ..read more »
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Robin Williams facts
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Comedy ahead of its time 17 March 2004
...down Jimmy Young than Kenny Everett. So Cronauer - played with absolute zest by Robin Williams freed up to do pretty much whatever he wanted on set - had a tough time of Viet...
TOUCHING 7 July 2004
