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  • Aykroyd: 'Murray won't be a part of Ghostbusters sequel' - 29 February 2012
    -Actor Dan Aykroyd has given up all hope of trying to persuade Bill Murray to reprise his Ghostbusters character for a third movie, insisting the film will have to be made without the funnyman.-Aykroyd, co-star Harold Ramis and director Ivan Reitman have been waiting


  • Aykroyd: 'My movie days are over' - 28 February 2012
    -Dan Aykroyd has hinted he'll never shoot another Hollywood movie - unless the long-awaited third Ghostbusters film gets off the ground.-The Blues Brothers actor has been keen to get cameras rolling on another sequel to his 1984 comedy classic, but the project has re


  • Ghostbuster Aykroyd digging for dinosaurs - 28 October 2011
    -Actor Dan Aykroyd has turned explorer by teaming up with palaeontologists to search for dinosaur bones in his native Canada.-The Ghostbusters star will feature in upcoming U.S. TV show Born to Explore to scour for fossils in Alberta and help excavate a new species o

Dan Aykroyd - what members say


  • Grosse Pointe Blank
  • Grosse Pointe Blank review by from Huddersfield
    Rated - 5.0 stars You've not seen it...What's wrong with you! 20 May 2008
    ...John Cusack and Minnie Driver in the lead roles and an outstanding showing from Dan Aykroyd, rolling back the years to his former 'Ghost Buster's' glory, in support, the v...   Read customer review
  • Ghostbusters
  • Ghostbusters review by from CHELTENHAM
    Rated - 5.0 stars 21 March 2004
    ... all time classic, has great jokes and appeals to any age. Great cast including Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis who play great off each other. The...   Read customer review
  • The Blues Brothers
  • The Blues Brothers review by from Paisley, Scotland
    Rated - 5.0 stars Mind blowing, foot tapping, face aching humour 16 November 2004
    ...ion of timeless humour and awesome blues music, make it a must, must, must see! Dan Aykroyd and, the late great, John Belushi serve up lashings, upon lashings of side spli...   Read customer review

Dan Aykroyd - filmography


  • Ghostbusters 3 (2010)
    Starring: Harold Ramis,  Bill Murray,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When the University downsized the para-psychology department, Doctors Venkman (Bill Murray), Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Spengler (Harold Ramis) make the leap from scientist to Ghostbusters, investigators and exterminators of paranormal pests! The bewitching Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) discovers ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 106 members
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  • Yogi Bear - 3D Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Justin Timberlake,  Anna Faris
    Director: Eric Brevig
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Hanna-Barbera's beloved picnic-basket-stealing bear makes his big-screen debut in this live-action/animation mix children's flick from JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH director Eric Brevig. The tourists just aren't flocking to Jellystone Park like they used to, and when the budget starts to get ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 53 members
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  • Yogi Bear - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Justin Timberlake,  Anna Faris
    Director: Eric Brevig
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Hanna-Barbera's beloved picnic-basket-stealing bear makes his big-screen debut in this live-action/animation mix children's flick from JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH director Eric Brevig. The tourists just aren't flocking to Jellystone Park like they used to, and when the budget starts to get ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,575 members
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  • Yogi Bear on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Justin Timberlake,  Anna Faris
    Director: Eric Brevig
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Hanna-Barbera's beloved picnic-basket-stealing bear makes his big-screen debut in this live-action/animation mix children's flick from JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH director Eric Brevig. The tourists just aren't flocking to Jellystone Park like they used to, and when the budget starts to get ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 7,319 members
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  • War Inc. on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  John Cusack,  Hilary Duff
    Director: Joshua Seftel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Joshua Seftel's fierce political satire features an all-star cast headed by John Cusack. Set in a fictionalized Middle East, the film takes United States foreign affairs to comic extremes in a world where corporations rule and wars are completely outsourced. At the start of the film, Turaqistan is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 3,362 members
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  • White Coats on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Peter Oldring,  Pat Kelly,  Viv Leacock
    Director: Dave Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    St. Albert's Hospital is in trouble and their best doctors are abandoning their posts. That leaves six young interns on medicine's front line to learn by experience. Surgical slip-ups, lost patients, hot tub parties in physiotherapy, mayhem in the morgue and sex in the halls help keep morale high ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 693 members
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  • Saturday Night Live - Dan Aykroyd on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This compilation offers a helping of sketches featuring the man who, alongside creative partner John Belushi, would skyrocket to fame in the early years of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. The release contains memorable skits like The Bass-o-Matic, and such popular characters as Irwin Mainway and E. Buzz Miller.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 31 members
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  • Christmas With The Kranks on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tim Allen,  Jamie Lee Curtis,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Joe Roth
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After faithfully and happily celebrating Christmas their entire lives, and with their daughter Blair in Peru to serve a stint in the Peace Corps, Luther and Nora Krank are facing the prospect of a very lonely holiday. One blustery Chicago night, Luther glances longingly at an alluring poster in a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 10,405 members
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  • 50 First Dates on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Drew Barrymore,  Rob Schneider
    Director: Peter Segal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) works at a Hawaiian Sea World park as a marine biologist. He enjoys the company of women and spends his time picking up tourists. One of the tourists he befriends is Lucy (Drew Barrymore) and unlike the rest of his flings, who only survive the afternoon, Henry is keen to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 64,457 members
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  • Bright Young Things on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore,  Peter O'Toole,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Stephen,  Fry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" - BRIGHT YOUNG THING is the directorial debut for Stephen Fry and follows the lives of a novelist, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his would-be lover, Nina (Emily Mortimer) as they mix with the 'bright young things' who inhabit the upper echelons of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 7,067 members
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  • Crossroads (2002)
    Starring: Britney Spears,  Anson Mount,  Taryn Manning
    Director: Tamra Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Pop sensation Britney Spears makes her film debut in this sparkling teen road-trip adventure. Spears stars as Lucy, the beautiful valedictorian of her small Georgia hometown who has lost touch with her childhood best friends Mimi (Taryn Manning), a boyish trailer park sweetheart who happens to be ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 3,581 members
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  • The Curse of the Jade Scorpion on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Dan Aykroyd,  Helen Hunt
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 3,545 members
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  • Evolution on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Orlando Jones,  Julianne Moore
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director Ivan Reitman (GHOSTBUSTERS, STRIPES, DAVE) turns from ghosts to aliens in this comedy starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, and Julianne Moore. When a meteor crashes into the Arizona desert, local community college professors Ira Kane (Duchovny) and Harry Block (Jones) are shocked to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 7,771 members
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  • On The Nose on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Robbie Coltrane,  Dan Aykroyd,  Brenda Blethyn
    Director: David Caffrey
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    College janitor, Brendan, has a serious weakness for betting on the horses. Mainly unsuccessful he manages to gamble away all of the money in his daughter's college fund until he makes a remarkable discovery. He finds the preserved head of an Aboriginal tribesman in a jar who is able too correctly ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 423 members
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  • Earth vs The Spider on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Theresa Russell,  Devon Gummersall
    Director: Scott Ziehl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nerdy security guard Quentin Kimmer (Devon Gummersall) dreams of becoming his favorite superhero, the Arachnid Avenger. He believes that he may have the chance to do just that when the lab that he guards is broken into, and he finds and injects himself with the spider serum being studied by ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 286 members
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  • Loser (2000)
    Starring: Mena Suvari,  Zac Orth,  Jason Biggs
    Director: Amy Heckerling
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Amy Heckerling (CLUELESS, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH) directs this romantic comedy starring Jason Biggs as Paul Tannek, a nerdy college freshman with a heart of gold, and Mena Suvari as Dora Diamond, the girl of his dreams. Small-town boy Paul goes to the big city to attend college with high ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,545 members
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  • The House Of Mirth on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Gillian Anderson,  Dan Aykroyd,  Eric Stoltz
    Director: Terence Davies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Terence Davies (DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES) triumphs with his sumptuous, painterly adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel, which is set amid the vicious moneyed classes of 1905 New York and features a heartrending, perfectly nuanced performance by Gillian Anderson as doomed heroine Lily Bart. Lily, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,361 members
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  • Susan's Plan (1999)
    Starring: Nastassja Kinski,  Billy Zane,  Michael Biehn
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A woman has her eye on her former husband's life insurance should the worst happen. But to speed things along a little she plans his murder. The bumbling killers she employs to do the job stumble from one mess to another...
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 244 members
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  • PSI Factor - Season 3 - Vol. 3.6 (1999)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Matt Frewer
    Director: Ken Girotti,  Bruce Pittman,  Clay Borris
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dan Aykroyd hosts this Canadian sci-fi series which is largely based on documented cases from the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (OSIR). These tales of the strange and supernatural star Matt Frewer as the leader of the investigative team. This release features episodes 3.17 to 3.19.
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 14 members
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  • The Blues Brothers 2000 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  John Goodman,  Joe Morton
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    BLUES BROTHERS 2000 (1998) Upon his release from prison, now-brotherless Blues Brother Jake Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) puts the band back together with the help of a golden-voiced strip joint bartender (John Goodman) and a precocious 10-year-old orphan (J. Evan Bonifant) on loan from the comically ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,825 members
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  • Antz on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Danny Glover,  Gene Hackman,  Sharon Stone
    Director: Eric Darnell,  Tim Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Central Park ant drone Z longs to be an individual of accomplishment, but Z's colony is a society that puts the value of the colony over personal achievement. Young Z sets his sites on the colony's Queen daughter Bala- who is uninterested until Z successfully mounts a revolution within the colony ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 12,295 members
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  • The Blues Brothers 2000 - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  John Goodman,  Joe Morton
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Upon his release from prison, now-brotherless Blues Brother Jake Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) puts the band back together with the help of a golden-voiced strip joint bartender (John Goodman) and a precocious 10-year-old orphan (J. Evan Bonifant) on loan from the comically abusive Sister Mary Stigmata (..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 15 members
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  • Grosse Pointe Blank on DVD (1997)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Minnie Driver,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: George Armitage
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A nihilistically philosophical hit man (John Cusack) reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit, coinciding with his 10-year high school reunion in the ritzy suburb of Grosse Point, Michigan. While in town, he tries to patch things up with the girlfriend (Minnie Driver) he abandoned on prom night,..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 19,266 members
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  • My Fellow Americans (1996)
    Starring: Jack Lemmon,  James Garner,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Peter Segal
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Kramer and Douglas, two former presidents from opposite ends of the political spectrum, having individually discovered a cover-up by the current president (Aykroyd), flee together when they are almost assassinated by the Secret Service.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 60 members
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  • Sergeant Bilko on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Dan Aykroyd,  Phil Hartman
    Director: Jonathan Lynn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Steve Martin steps into Phil Silvers' shoes as the smooth-talking Sgt. Bilko who has mastered the Army's catch-22's to his own benefit, turning bureaucratic obstacles into golden opportunities. That is, until his nemesis Major Thorn arrives to scrutinize Bilko's base, threatening to upset the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,151 member
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  • Celtic Pride on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Damon Wayans,  Daniel Stern,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Tom De Cerchio
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Two keen supporters of the Boston Celtics basketball team are so determined their heroes will win the championship game that they kidnap the opposition's star player on the night before the match. From then on the chaos escalates into an ironic twist of fate...
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 361 members
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  • Tommy Boy on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Chris Farley,  David Spade,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Peter Segal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,659 member
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  • Exit To Eden (1994)
    Starring: Dana Delany,  Rosie O'Donnell,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Garry Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A sexually repressed man (Paul Mercurio) travels to a resort island for S? devotees and falls for the club's head dominatrix (Dana Delaney). Meanwhile, two police detectives (Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell) on the trail of diamond smugglers go undercover on the island, resulting in a slapstick mix ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 427 members
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  • North (1994)
    Starring: Elijah Wood,  Jason Alexander,  Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    North (Elijah Wood) divorces his biological parents and sets out to scour the earth for the ideal set of replacements. To help him along the way, a confidante (Bruce Willis) advises and abets the search for North's elusive "perfect" adoptive parents.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 18 members
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  • Coneheads on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Jane Curtin,  Michelle Burke
    Director: Steve Barron
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Inspired by the early SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, this film features everyone's favourite conically craniumed aliens. Hounded by the immigration authorities, the Coneheads continue to pursue the American dream, raising their teenaged daughter Connie in their suburban home and on weekends barbecuing ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4,465 members
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  • Chaplin on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Robert Downey Jr.,  Dan Aykroyd,  Geraldine Chaplin
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sir Richard Attenborough's CHAPLIN is a dramatised depiction of the highs and lows in the life of Charlie Chaplin (Robert Downey, Jr. in a highly acclaimed performance), one of the true comic geniuses of the early silver screen. Presented as the memories of an elderly Chaplin, the narrative opens ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 4,054 members
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  • Sneakers on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Dan Aykroyd,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Phil Alden Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A computer expert (Robert Redford) heads a team of renegade hackers who test security systems. His past comes back to haunt him when government agents blackmail the "Sneakers" into carrying out a covert operation: track down an elusive black box filled with national security secrets.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,226 members
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  • Ghostbusters 2 on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Bill Murray,  Dan Aykroyd,  Sigourney Weaver
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The band of ghost busters are back to save the universe. Having been put out of commission due to a judicial court order, the fearless four pull out all psychic stops to put an end to a demonic river of slime and rescue Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and her child. In order to achieve this, they ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 17,286 members
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  • Driving Miss Daisy on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Jessica Tandy,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Bruce Beresford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Director Bruce Beresford's affinity for the subtleties of southern life is apparent in this adaptation of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Starring Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan and Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn, the film opens in late-1940s Atlanta. Since Miss Daisy is becoming a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 7,012 members
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  • The Great Outdoors on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Stephanie Faracy,  John Candy
    Director: Howard Deutch
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Chet is a father and husband who believes in spending quality time with his loved ones. When vacation roles around, he gathers his clan together and they head for the hills. But as soon as the crew gets comfortable in their cabin, Chet's annoyingly bad-mannered brother-in-law Roman shows up with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,146 members
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  • My Stepmother Is An Alien on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Kim Basinger,  Jon Lovitz
    Director: Richard Benjamin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Celeste, a sexy extra-terrestrial spy, is assigned to seduce astro-physicist Steve Mills and enlist his aid in saving her planet. When Mills' 13 year-old daughter catches her new stepmother making a snack of some batteries, Celeste's mission is suddenly in great danger.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 981 members
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  • Caddyshack 2 on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Jackie Mason,  Robert Stack,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Allan Arkush
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Although Jack Hartounian (Jackie Mason) has made a fortune as a contractor, he must put up a fight so he and his daughter, Kate, can join the exclusive Bushwood Country Club. More than anything, Kate longs to be accepted by the club's rich members, who include her college roommate, Miffy. However, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 417 members
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  • The Couch Trip on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Walter Matthau,  Charles Grodin
    Director: Michael Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the novel by Ken Kolb, Michael Ritchie's comedy THE COUCH TRIP poses the theory that psychiatrists are even more screwed up than their clients. The story concerns Dr. George Maitlin (Charles Grodin), a stuffy, pretentious radio shrink who decides to take a sabbatical after his own mental ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 411 members
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  • Dragnet on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Tom Hanks,  Harry Morgan
    Director: Tom Mankiewicz
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A seemingly squeaky-clean TV reverend and a porno magazine king are suspected of operating a crime-ridden cult. Joe Friday's nephew and his 'hip' partner are given the task of proving these allegations with 'just the facts'.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,137 members
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  • Spies Like Us on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Chevy Chase,  Dan Aykroyd,  Donna Dixon
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Two totally incompetent applicants, Emmett Fitzhume and Austin Millbarge, are chosen from a CIA recruitment program. They are parachuted into Pakistan and eventually end up in Afghanistan, chased by the Russians, where they learn they are being used as decoys to draw out the Soviet defences.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,541 members
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  • Ghostbusters on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Bill Murray,  Dan Aykroyd,  Sigourney Weaver
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 38,951 members
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  • Ghostbusters - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Bill Murray,  Dan Aykroyd,  Sigourney Weaver
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murrary) and his Columbia University colleagues (Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson) are kicked out of their prestigious academic posts, they start a private practice as professional ghost-catchers. Although the three parascientists are idle for awhile, their ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 3,206 members
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  • Doctor Detroit on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Howard Hesseman,  Donna Dixon
    Director: Michael Pressman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dan Aykroyd stars in this comedy about a nerdy professor masquerading as a mobster. Professor Clifford Skridlow teaches a course called "Chivalry in Literature" at a Midwestern college. When he is asked to come to the rescue of four call girls who are being threatened by Chicago's most ruthless mob ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 27 members
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  • Trading Places on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Eddie Murphy,  Jamie Lee Curtis
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As the result of a bet between two wealthy commodities traders, the lifestyles of a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) and a blue-nosed employee (Dan Akroyd) of the brokerage are reversed. The innocent victims of the bet scramble to make it in their new foreign environments, with hysterical results. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 21,423 members
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  • Trading Places - HD (1983)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Jamie Lee Curtis,  Don Ameche
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As the result of a bet between two wealthy commodities traders, the lifestyles of a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) and a successful stockbroker (Dan Akroyd) are reversed. The innocent victims of the bet scramble to make it in their new foreign environments, with hysterical results. Once they ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 117 members
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  • It Came from Hollywood (1982)
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  John Candy,  Cheech Marin
    Director: Andrew Solt,  Malcolm Leo
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Dan Ackroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Special features on gorilla pictures, anti-marijuana films and a special tribute to the worst film maker of all-time, Ed Wood.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3 members
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  • The Blues Brothers - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Dan Aykroyd,  John Landis
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In roles made famous by their famed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake's release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 74 members
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  • The Blues Brothers on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Dan Aykroyd,  John Landis
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In roles made famous by their famed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake's release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 25,610 members
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  • 1941 (1979)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Dan Aykroyd,  Ned Beatty
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An utterly wild comedy epic directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for three Academy Awards®. Lavish effects sequences highlight this hilarious, all star extravaganza set in Los Angeles just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when fear of a Japanese Invasion threw the city into a state of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 426 members
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  • 50 First Dates - Blu-ray
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Drew Barrymore,  Rob Schneider
    Director: Peter Segal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Henry Roth - played by Adam Sandler - works at a Hawaiian Sea World park as a marine biologist. He enjoys the company of women and spends his time picking up tourists - but the flings rarely last past the morning. One day, whilst eating breakfast at a local eatery, he sees Lucy - played by Drew ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 3,066 members
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  • Blues Brothers - Great Performers - The ... on DVD
    Starring: Dan Aykroyd,  Tom Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Dan Aykroyd and Tom Davis host a Blues Brothers retrospective that tells the whole truth about the legendary band's early days and righteous ways. The Blues Brothers were an unforgettable part of Saturday Night Live's golden era, making their musical debut in bee costumes singing I'm A King Bee and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 58 members
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Dan Aykroyd facts

5 most recent films

Rivals - 3.0 stars
Ghostbusters 3 - 4.0 stars
Yogi Bear - 3D Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Yogi Bear - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Yogi Bear - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Blues Brothers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Ghostbusters - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Ghostbusters 3 - 4.0 stars
Trading Places - HD - 4.0 stars
The Blues Brothers - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

PSI Chronicles Of The Paranormal Ser 3 Vol 3.1 Ep1- 4 - 2.0 stars
PSI Factor - Chronicles Of The Paranormal - Season 3 - Vol. 3.5 - 2.0 stars
PSI Factor - Chronicles Of The Paranormal - Season 3 - Vol. 3.7 - 2.0 stars
PSI Factor - Chronicles Of The Paranormal - Season 3 - Vol. 3.4 - 2.0 stars
PSI Factor - Season 3 - Vol. 3.6 - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Belushi - 9 times - show films
Matt Frewer - 8 times - show films
Jamie Lee Curtis - 7 times - show films
Bill Murray - 6 times - show films
Chevy Chase - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Landis - 12 times - show films
Clay Borris - 7 times - show films
none - 6 times - show films
Bruce Pittman - 6 times - show films
Ken Girotti - 6 times - show films