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Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman - born 8 Aug 1937, in Los Angeles, California - has amassed two Oscar wins and five other nominations in his 70 years. Not bad for a guy who was apparently voted 'least likely to succeed', along with Gene Hackman, by his first acting school.
Hack & Hoff ditched the aforementioned Pasadena Playhouse for odd-job poverty in New York, where Hoffman became a dedicated method actor studying under Lee Strasberg. After some TV and off-Broadway work, Hoffman landed the Benjamin Braddock role in 1967's The Graduate, when Warren Beatty and Robert Redford said no. He landed his first Academy Award nomination too.
The second Oscar nod arrived two years later with Midnight Cowboy, and Hoffman was off to the races. Big movies like All The President's Men and Marathon Man followed, before Hoffman's first Oscar win in 1979, with Kramer vs Kramer. His second victory would follow with 1988's Rain Man.
Most recently seen in Stranger Than Fiction and Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the ever-eclectic Hoffman will soon be heard as the voice of Shifu in Kung Fu Panda...
Wise words: "We all believe what we read. I read how Tom Cruise and I were two big egos holding up shooting. I know that isn't true - but if I wasn't making a movie with him and I just picked up the paper, I'd believe it. That's interesting, isn't it?"
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Hoffman eyes jazz career -
9 March 2009
-Dustin Hoffman is chasing an unfulfilled life ambition to become a jazz pianist.-
-The Rain Man actor has starred in dozens of hit films in his thirty-year big-screen career - but he insists he would give up Hollywood in an instant to be an accomplished piano player.-
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Dustin Hoffman visits UK for premiere -
27 November 2007
A new film starring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman received its European premiere this week in London's Leicester Square.-Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium tells the story of a magical toy shop which begins to turn against its new owner. It is due for release in cinemas
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Hoffman and Portman to star in toy film -
26 August 2005
Dustin Hoffman is to appear in a new fantasy film entitled Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium.-The actor, who has appeared recently in Meet The Fockers, I Heart Huckabees and Runaway Jury has agreed to appear in the project, written and directed by Zach Helm.-Helm is a relat
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Last Chance Harvey
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins
Director: Joel Hopkins
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New Yorker Harvey Shine is on the verge of losing his dead-end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss that he has just one more chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter's wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting--or else...read more »
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66%
from 528 members
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Kung Fu Panda
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan
Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
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The Valley Of Peace and it's inhabitants are under threat from a malevolent snow leopard, Tai Lung (Ian McShane). With everyone fearing for their very existences, the role of protector falls into the lap of the lazy, irreverent Po, (Jack Black) a panda more used to slacking off than facing great ..read more »
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75%
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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Bateman
Director: Zach Helm
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Molly Mahoney (Portman) is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store (Hoffman), bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change ..read more »
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from 18,149 members
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The Lost City
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Andy Garcia, Ines Sastre, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Andy Garcia
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The Lost City is set in Havana, where Garcia plays nightclub owner Fico Fellove, whose life revolves around the thriving scene that unfolds there on a nightly basis. But trouble looms when one of his brothers, Luis (Nestor Carbonell), is killed after a violent raid on the presidential palace. ..read more »
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49%
from 598 members
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Meet The Fockers
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Jay Roach
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Following the knee-slapping hit MEET THE PARENTS, director Jay Roach once again keeps audiences roaring with laughter as he presents MEET THE FOCKERS. This time, young engaged couple Pam (Teri Polo) and Greg (Ben Stiller) are getting their parents together a few months before the wedding. Greg ..read more »
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64%
from 87,741 members
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Finding Neverland
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie
Director: Marc Forster
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It all begins as successful Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie watches his latest play open to a ho-hum reaction among the polite society of Edwardian England. A literary genius of his times but bored by the same old themes, Barrie is clearly in need of some serious inspiration. Unexpectedly, he finds ..read more »
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from 82,323 members
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Runaway Jury
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Gary Fleder
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Director Gary Fleder (THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, KISS THE GIRLS) tackles best-selling novelist John Grisham's tale of jury manipulation in RUNAWAY JURY. Jury consultant Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman) can spin any jury in favour of his client. At least he always could before. But his ..read more »
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67%
from 38,762 members
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Confidence
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia
Director: James Foley
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Ed Burns gives arguably the best performance of his career in James Foley's fast-moving CONFIDENCE. Foley, who directed David Mamet's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, has learned much from his mentor, making a who's-conning-whom film worthy of the master of the genre. Burns plays Jake Vig, the leader of a ..read more »
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59%
from 14,318 members
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Moonlight Mile
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Jake Gyllenhaal
Director: Brad Silberling
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Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Susan Sarandon, MOONLIGHT MILE is a romantic drama set in 1966. Joe (Gyllenhaal) is grieving over the death of his fiancee, Diana, and is living with her parents, Ben (Hoffman) and JoJo (Sarandon). Though Joe just wants to do what's right, he openly ..read more »
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58%
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Goldwyn - The Man And His Movies
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman
Director: Mark A. Catalena, Peter Jones
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This documentary focuses on legendary movie producer Samuel Goldwyn, a man who followed his dream to become the movie industry's "great independent." With narration by Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman, clips from over 38 films, first-person interviews, and rare archival footage and photography, ..read more »
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55%
from 59 members
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Sphere
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Barry Levinson
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When psychologist Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman) wrote a report for the government on how to deal with extraterrestrial life forces, he didn't expect his recommendations to be used. Now that a secret government agency is investigating what may be an alien spaceship that has been discovered ..read more »
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from 7,262 members
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Wag The Dog
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Heche
Director: Barry Levinson
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The president of the United States is caught up in a scandal so his White House advisor decides a war is needed to divert attention. Unfortunately there is no war - so they decide to fake one...
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64%
from 4,253 members
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Mad City
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda
Director: Costa Gavras
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In one of his strongest performances, John Travolta plays Sam Baily, a museum security guard who holds visitors hostage in an attempt to win back his job when he falls foul of museum cutbacks. Dustin Hoffman co-stars as Max Brackett, a local news reporter who seizes the hostage situation as a ..read more »
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from 792 members
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Sleepers
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Barry Levinson
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Tommy, John, Michael, and Shakes are four young teenage punks growing up in the streets of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen in the mid-1960s. When these four friends pull a prank that that goes awry, they find themselves serving time at the Wilkinson School for Boys, where they are repeatedly and ..read more »
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72%
from 15,327 members
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American Buffalo
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Dennis Franz, Dustin Hoffman, Sean Nelson
Director: Michael Corrente
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A plot to steal a potentially valuable buffalo-head nickel binds together two mistrusting, disaffected schlubs and their young, would-be accomplice. David Mamet adapted the screenplay from his hard-biting 1975 stage play.
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Outbreak
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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In director Wolfgang Petersen's fast-paced, intelligently written thriller, Dustin Hoffman plays Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who is called in to study the outbreak of a deadly illness in Zaire. He finds a virus that spreads so quickly it could wipe out an entire nation in ..read more »
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65%
from 7,052 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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64%
from 11,701 members
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Billy Bathgate
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis
Director: Robert Benton
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E.L. Doctorow's acclaimed novel forms the basis of BILLY BATHGATE, which stars Loren Dean as the title character. In the New York of 1935, the naive Bronx-born teenager wangles his way into the gang of his hero, crime boss Dutch Schultz (Dustin Hoffman), as a gofer. Although the boy doesn't know it,..read more »
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Dick Tracy
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Charlie Korsmo
Director: Warren Beatty
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Once again, director Beatty assembles an all-star cast. Dick Tracy, America's top crimestopper, goes up against a mob of colourful gangsters in this rich production. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Supporting Actor--Al Pacino. Academy Awards: 3, including Best Makeup, Best Art ..read more »
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50%
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Family Business
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Connery, Hoffman, and Broderick star as three generations of a family formerly linked to organized crime. Grandfather Jesse has been in and out of jail, and his son Vito has decided to leave a life of crime in order to become a respectable family man, but when grandson Adam comes up with a can't-..read more »
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51%
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Rain Man
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Valeria Golino
Director: Barry Levinson
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Callous hustler Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) is busy working on his next deal when he receives word that his estranged father has died. After travelling back to Ohio from Los Angeles for the funeral, Charlie is miffed to find that although he will receive a vintage Buick from his father's estate, ..read more »
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73%
from 35,630 members
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Ishtar
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Weston
Director: Elaine May
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Two totally untalented song-writers are advised by their agent to get away as far away as possible. Upon their arrival in Morocco, they are separately recruited as spies for opposing sides of a planned revolution, while simultaneously vying for the attentions of an attractive left-wing ..read more »
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41%
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Death Of A Salesman
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Charles Durning, Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
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Volker Schlondorff's tragic film is an outstanding stage production of Arthur Miller's 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Dustin Hoffman recreates his Broadway role of Willy Loman, a tired, emotionally bankrupt salesman. The award-winning cast also features John Malkovich as Willy's son, Biff.
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61%
from 862 members
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Tootsie
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr
Director: Sydney Pollack
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When theatrical mastermind Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) finds himself blacklisted by just about every producer in the acting business, he decides to thwart the entertainment industry by disguising himself as an older woman and auditioning for a daytime soap opera. Dorsey arrives for the audition ..read more »
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67%
from 7,782 members
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Kramer vs Kramer
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry
Director: Robert Benton
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Returning home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer is told by his wife, Joanna, that she is leaving him. After a lifetime of being somebody's wife, she's going off to find herself, leaving Ted to care for their six-year-old son. Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to ..read more »
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69%
from 8,144 members
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All The President's Men
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Alan J. Pakula (KLUTE, THE PARALLAX VIEW) found a story worthy of his gift for conspiracy-driven drama in this adaptation of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's best-selling account of their investigation of the Watergate burglary, of which ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon...read more »
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72%
from 10,048 members
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Marathon Man
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, Dustin Hoffman
Director: John Schlesinger
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Columbia University graduate student Babe Levy (Dustin Hoffman) spends his spare time running in marathons. He finds himself running for his life, however, when he unwittingly becomes entangled in an espionage plot involving fierce Nazi fugitive Szell (Sir Laurence Olivier). Watch for--or avoid--..read more »
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70%
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Lenny
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine
Director: Bob Fosse
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Based on the career of Lenny Bruce, a controversial nightclub performer, this dramatic biographical film provides a glimpse into the destruction of a man's character. Dustin Hoffman's performance is multi-faceted and convincing. Bruce's death in 1966 followed a turbulent life marked by numerous ..read more »
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64%
from 1,357 member
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Papillon
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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One man sentenced to life in the French prison system refuses to give up trying to escape even when transferred to the prison colony on Devil's Island. Despite years of degradation and horror, the undying spirit of "Papillon" never dies. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Dramatic Score.
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73%
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Straw Dogs - BLU-RAY Version
(1971)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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In Sam Peckinpah's brutal thriller, a quiet, peace-loving American (Dustin Hoffman) moves with his British-born wife (Susan George) to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed by the locals. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.
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64%
from 64 members
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Straw Dogs
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his English wife to an isolated village where he is harrassed by town bullies. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.
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62%
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Little Big Man
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam
Director: Arthur Penn
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Arthur Penn's film of Thomas Berger's bestselling novel demystifies the old west with it's funny, chaotic portrayal one man's experiences in its closing days. Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman), a 121-year-old Indian living in a rest home, relates his incredible life experiences. According to Crabb's ..read more »
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69%
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Midnight Cowboy
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles
Director: John Schlesinger
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John Schlesinger's Oscar-winning film, which features brilliant performances by Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman, brought an unusually gritty realism to the screen and offered a then-rare portrait of New York's street scene. Joe Buck (Jon Voight - DELIVERANCE, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE), a male prostitute ..read more »
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The Graduate
on DVD
(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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Graduate, The - HD DVD Version
(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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72%
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The Star Wagon
(1966)
Starring: Orson Bean, Dustin Hoffman, Hal Burdick
Director: Karl Genus
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Dustin Hoffman stars in this stage adaptation of the Maxwell Anderson play. In middle age, inventor Stephen Minch is happy enough with his life, despite the fact that he has never risen to prominence even though his innovations have made others rich. His wife Martha, however, resents his lack of ..read more »
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The Lost City
to Watch Now
(2009)
Starring: Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray
Director: Andy Garcia
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Run time: 144 minutes
In 1950's Havana, prominent nightclub owner Fico Fellove devotes his life to his family and his business. Life is idyllic until Cuba is torn apart by the violent uprising of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. With both of Fico's brothers caught in the middle, he must do everything in his power to keep ..read more »
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Death of a Salesman
to Watch Now
(1985)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Certificate: 
Watch now: Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
Run time: 78 minutes
Volker Schlondorff's tragic film is an outstanding stage production of Arthur Miller's 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Dustin Hoffman recreates his Broadway role of Willy Loman, a tired, emotionally bankrupt salesman. The award-winning cast also features John Malkovich as Willy's son, Biff.
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56%
from 6 members
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Marathon Man
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(1976)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider
Director: John Schlesinger
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Run time: 125 minutes
Doc Levy (Roy Scheider) is an American secret agent who has been running interference between the US government and escaped Nazi war criminal Szell (Laurence Olivier). Believing that Doc has stolen a valuable cache of gems, Szell emerges from his South American hiding place and heads for New York. ..read more »
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Dustin Hoffman facts
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TOP NOTCH!!!! 23 February 2005
...F!! ROBERT REDFORD IS AT HIS BEST, BUT I THINK THE FILM WAS LET DOWN SLIGHLY BY Dustin HoffmanS PERFORMANCE...THE RESON WHY I GAVE IT 4 INSTEAD OF 5 STARS.
DON'T GET ME WRO...
Midnight Cowboy 9 January 2004
