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Aykroyd confirms Ghostbusters 3 is all go -
20 May 2009
-Dan Aykroyd has confirmed the third Ghostbusters movie is all set to go before the cameras - with the original cast in place to reprise the characters from the 1984 film.-
-The movie star reveals Sigourney Weaver has signed on for the project, alongside himself, Bil
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Aykroyd vows to sign Weaver for Ghostbusters -
16 April 2009
-Dan Aykroyd has vowed to persuade Sigourney Weaver to sign on to the new Ghostbusters movie. -
-All of the other original castmembers from the cult 1980s films - including Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson - have all reportedly signed up for the sequel.-
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Dan Aykroyd - what members say
Dan Aykroyd - filmography
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War Inc.
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, Ben Kingsley
Director: Joshua Seftel
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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 »
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48%
from 2,346 members
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel
Director: Dennis Dugan
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Chuck Levine and Larry Valentine are two firefighters. They are good friends. However, Larry is a widower (with two small children) and Chuck is single.Larry dares Chuck one day to eat a dead rat, but he falls from the ladder that he was going to the drop the rat from. Chuck saves him but the two ..read more »
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White Coats
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Peter Oldring, Pat Kelly, Viv Leacock
Director: Dave Thomas
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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 »
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50 First Dates
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider
Director: Peter Segal
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3-Disc comedy box set featuring the films, HITCH, JERRY MAGUIRE and 50 FIRST DATES.HITCH - Desperately trying to win the affections of a society girl, Albert Brennaman calls in the services of Hitch, New York's premier dating doctor. Meanwhile, gossip columnist Sara Melas begins work to reveal more ..read more »
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67%
from 60,208 members
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Christmas With The Kranks
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Joe Roth
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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 »
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54%
from 9,939 members
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Bright Young Things
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore, Peter O'Toole, Jim Broadbent
Director: Stephen, Fry
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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 »
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Crossroads
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Taryn Manning
Director: Tamra Davis
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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 »
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54%
from 2,720 members
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The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Woody Allen, John Tormey, John Schuck
Director: Woody Allen
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Woody Allen's funny, frantic THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION is part screwball romantic comedy, part 1940s noir detective story, and part ingenious heist film. Allen stars as C.W. Briggs, a set-in-his-ways old-time insurance investigator who refuses to get along with the bright new efficiency expert,..read more »
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58%
from 2,998 members
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On The Nose
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Dan Aykroyd, Brenda Blethyn
Director: David Caffrey
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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 »
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54%
from 401 members
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Evolution
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore
Director: Ivan Reitman
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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 »
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from 6,663 members
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Earth vs The Spider
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Theresa Russell, Devon Gummersall
Director: Scott Ziehl
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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 »
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41%
from 270 members
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Loser
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Mena Suvari, Zac Orth, Jason Biggs
Director: Amy Heckerling
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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 »
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from 1,862 member
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The House Of Mirth
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eric Stoltz
Director: Terence Davies
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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 »
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from 1,883 member
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Susan's Plan
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Michael Biehn
Director: John Landis
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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...
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from 239 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
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.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 ..read more »
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35%
from 12 members
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The Blues Brothers 2000
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton
Director: John Landis
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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 »
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from 3,432 members
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Antz
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Woody Allen
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
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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 »
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from 10,529 members
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Grosse Pointe Blank
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd
Director: George Armitage
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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 »
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from 16,873 members
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Feeling Minnesota
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Steven Baigelman
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Chaos, violence, and a Cain-and-Abel-like struggle ensue when, on the day of her wedding, a young midwesterner makes the mistake of falling in love with another man--her fiance's brother. An independent romantic comedy.
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from 812 members
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Celtic Pride
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Tom De Cerchio
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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...
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from 318 members
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Sergeant Bilko
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman
Director: Jonathan Lynn
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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 »
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from 1,041 member
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My Fellow Americans
(1996)
Starring: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Peter Segal
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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.
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65%
from 50 members
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Tommy Boy
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Chris Farley, David Spade, Brian Dennehy
Director: Peter Segal
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After Tommy (Chris Farley) barely graduates from college, he returns home to the midwest where his father (Brian Dennehy), the owner of an auto parts factory, immediately employs his dumber than dumb son. While Tommy was away at school, his father had fallen in love with a beautiful woman (Bo Derek)..read more »
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from 1,362 member
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Exit To Eden
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Dana Delany, Rosie O'Donnell, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Garry Marshall
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A sexually repressed man (Paul Mercurio) travels to a resort island for S&M 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 ..read more »
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47%
from 367 members
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Coneheads
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke
Director: Steve Barron
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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 »
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51%
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Sneakers
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
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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.
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from 4,268 members
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Chaplin
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Richard Attenborough
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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 »
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71%
from 2,611 members
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Ghostbusters 2
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Ivan Reitman
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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 »
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from 15,149 members
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Driving Miss Daisy
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Bruce Beresford
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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 »
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My Stepmother Is An Alien
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz
Director: Richard Benjamin
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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.
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from 825 members
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The Couch Trip
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin
Director: Michael Ritchie
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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 »
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from 360 members
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Caddyshack 2
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Allan Arkush
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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 »
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from 310 members
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The Great Outdoors
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Stephanie Faracy, John Candy
Director: Howard Deutch
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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 »
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Dragnet
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan
Director: Tom Mankiewicz
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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'.
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from 4,684 members
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Spies Like Us
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon
Director: John Landis
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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 Sovet defenses.
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from 2,443 members
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Ghostbusters - BLU-RAY Version
(1984)
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Ivan Reitman
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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 »
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from 1,302 member
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Ghostbusters
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Ivan Reitman
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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 »
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Doctor Detroit
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon
Director: Michael Pressman
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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 »
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Trading Places - HD DVD Version
(1983)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Ameche
Director: John Landis
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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 »
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Trading Places
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis
Director: John Landis
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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 »
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The Blues Brothers
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
Director: John Landis
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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 »
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1941
(1979)
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty
Director: Steven Spielberg
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*This title is unavailable for rental.*
A crazy comedy tale set in Los Angeles immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Everyone suspects a Japanese soldier around every corner.
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from 382 members
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Rutles, The - All You Need Is Cash
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Eric Idle, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Gary Weis, Eric Idle
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THE RUTLES is a hilarious send-up of the myth and reality--mostly the myth--of the Beatles. Created by Monty Python's Eric Idle and produced by SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE creator Lorne Michaels, this mockumentary contains cameos from Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, Ron Wood, Bill Murray, and even one of the ..read more »
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Blues Brothers - Great Performers - The ...
on DVD
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Davis
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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 »
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Saturday Night Live - Series 1 - Complete
(8 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtain
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For more than thirty years, this catch phrase has made its way into the homes of millions of viewers, now all 24 episodes of the classic first season are available in their original 90-minute length in a 8-disc set for the first time!
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Tommy Boy
to Watch Now
(1995)
Starring: Chris Farley, David Spade, Brian Dennehy
Director: Peter Segal
Certificate: 
Watch now: FREE
Run time: 97 minutes
Party animal Tommy Callahan (Chris Farley) is definitely a few cans short of a six-pack. But after seven years, Tommy's finally earned his diploma and a cushy job at Callahan Auto Parts. Returning home, Tommy gets some more great news: his dad (Brian Dennehy) is marrying a real "10" (Bo Derek), and ..read more »
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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...
