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  • Chinatown
  • Chinatown review by A customer from Leicester, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars CHINA! 25 July 2004
    ... more disturbing villains of that period in movies. Add to it some good cameos (Burt Young as a driver, Polanski playing the little guy in the infamous 'knife' scene), an...   Read customer review
  • Back To School
  • Back To School review by el_pieablo from Paisley, Scotland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Classic 80's comedy 31 March 2006
    ...ght of himself more of a comedian than an actor. Support comes from Rocky actor Burt Young as Dangerfield's chauffer/bodyguard and Robert Downey Jnr as a student friend o...   Read customer review

Burt Young - filmography


  • Land of Plenty on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Shaun Toub,  John Diehl,  Richard Edson
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Wim Wenders directs this thought-provoking emotional drama, which explores the anxiety and disillusionment of post 9/11 America. Michelle Williams stars as Lana, who returns to the United States to begin her studies after years of living abroad with her missionary father. But instead of focusing on ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 912 members
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  • Hack! on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Gabrielle Richens,  Jay Kenneth Johnson,  Burt Young
    Director: Matthew Flynn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Comedy horror in which seven college students, Emily (Danica McKellar), Johnny (Jay Kenneth Johnson), Maddy (Adrienne Frantz), Ricky (Justin Chon), 'Q' (Won-G), Sylvia (Gabrielle Richens) and Tim (Travis Schuldt), travel to a private island to study wildlife. The island is owned by the reclusive ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 306 members
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  • Rocky Balboa on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Burt Young,  Milo Ventimiglia
    Director: Sylvester Stallone
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The greatest underdog story is back for one final round! "Rocky Balboa" examines one of America's greatest icons at a vulnerable period in his life - midddle age. A former heavyweight boxing champion, known and renowned throughout the world for going the distance, Rocky finds a new venture: giving ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 36,961 members
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  • Transamerica on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Kevin Zeggers,  Felicity Huffman,  Fionnula Flanagan
    Director: Duncan Tucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bree is a perfectly adjusted conservative transsexual woman. Born Stanley, a genetic male, she's about to take the final step to becoming the woman Stanley always wanted to be -- until she finds out that she is the parent of a long-lost 17-year-old son. Afraid to tell the rebellious teenager the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 26,198 members
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  • Gang Wars on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Frank Adonis,  Burt Young
    Director: Frank Adonis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Tony and Vinnie Donitello are two brothers growing up in Brooklyn, where everyone either wants to be an actor or a gangster. Tony wants to be an actor, but with crime everywhere around him, he soon becomes involved with mafia boss 'Crazy Sal' Cortino. The brothers then find themselves heading down ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 25 members
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  • Mickey Blue Eyes on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Joe Viterelli,  James Caan,  Gerry Becker
    Director: Kelly Makin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Hugh Grant stars as Michael Felgate, an Englishman working at an upmarket auction house in New York. He falls in love with Gina Vitale (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a schoolteacher from Queens, and proposes to her. However, Gina refuses to get married as she fears that Michael will be corrupted by her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 8,877 members
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  • Before Women Had Wings (1997)
    Starring: Julia Stiles,  John Savage,  Tina Majorino
    Director: Lloyd Kramer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Young 'Bird' Jackson's home life is a frightening one. She seeks refuge from her nightmare life with her parents with their neighbour Miss Zora (Oprah Winfrey), confiding her hopes and dreams and forging a strong friendship. Miss Zora decides to help Bird escape from her family.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 262 members
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  • She's So Lovely on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Tito Larriva,  John Travolta,  Nina Barry
    Director: Nick Cassavetes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written by the late John Cassavettes in 1987 and filmed by his son Nick a decade later, the comic drama She's So Lovely (originally and more appropriately titled She's De Lovely in honor of the Cole Porter composition central to the movie) stars real-life couple Sean Penn and Robin Wright-Penn as ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 472 members
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  • The Deli on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Jerry Stiller,  Iman,  Mike Starr
    Director: John Gallagher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Comedy set during a weekend in New York and based around a deli run by the Italian-American gambling-addict Johnny Amico. Working for Johnny is Andy, the womanising and hard-working manager; Pinky, the comedian who always keeps the staff amused; and finally Mrs Amico, Johnny's mother. For the last ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 60 members
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  • Excessive Force (1993)
    Starring: Thomas Ian Griffith,  Lance Henriksen,  James Earl Jones
    Director: Jon Hess
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A Chicago policeman is in a fight against time to clear his name after being accused of stealing millions of dollars in drug money which went missing following a raid, as well as allegedly killing a Mob boss.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 6 members
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  • Going Overboard on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Billy Zane,  Tom Hodges,  Burt Young
    Director: Valerie Breiman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Comedy starring Adam Sandler as Shecky Moscowitz, a waiter on a cruise liner who dreams of becoming the ship's comedian. When the liner's current comedian, Dickie Diamond (Scott LaRose), finds himself locked in the bathroom and the ship requires a new comedy act, Shecky is finally given his big ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 32% from 1,421 member
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  • Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
    Starring: Jennifer Jason-Leigh,  Burt Young,  Stephen Lang
    Director: Ulrich Edel
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Set in 1952 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' tells the stories of several down-and-out characters, including the prostitute Tralala (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Harry Black (Stephen Lang), a union activist worried by his emerging homosexuality, and Big Joe (Burt Young), a striking worker ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,548 member
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  • Once Upon A Time In America on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Tuesday Weld,  Treat Williams,  James Woods
    Director: Sergio Leone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Though some viewers might be put off by its length, graphic violence, and absence of likable characters, Sergio Leone's final film is also a cinematic masterpiece. Spanning four decades, the film tells the story of David Noodles Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his Jewish pals, chronicling their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 23,865 members
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  • Once Upon A Time In America - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Tuesday Weld,  Treat Williams,  James Woods
    Director: Sergio Leone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In 1968, gangster Noodles (Robert De Niro) returns to New York after 35 years in exile. His return prompts memories of his and three others' rise to power from the streets of New York's Lower East Side during Prohibition. Also starring James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern and Treat Williams.
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 697 members
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  • Amityville 2 - The Possession on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Rutanya Alda,  James Olson,  Burt Young
    Director: Damiano Damiani
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Prequel to 'The Amityville Horror', describing what happened in the infamous house prior to the arrival of George and Kathy Lutz, the unfortunate souls whose fate is depicted in the first film. The Montelli family, as led by patriarch Anthony (Burt Young), move into the lakeside residence and begin ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,224 members
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  • Convoy on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Ali MacGraw,  Kris Kristofferson,  Brian Davies
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Sam Peckinpah's classic road-movie based around the hit song by C.W. McCall. Long-distance trucker Rubber Duck (Kris Kristofferson) is on the run from corrupt sheriff Lyle Wallace (Ernest Borgnine). He makes a call on his CB radio asking for assistance from other truckers, many of whom have also ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 3,422 members
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  • Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
    Starring: Burt Lancaster,  Richard Widmark,  Charles Durning
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11 members
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  • Rocky - Blu-ray (1976)
    Starring: Talia Shire,  Burgess Meredith,  Sylvester Stallone
    Director: John G. Avildsen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sylvester Stallone's rags-to-riches boxing drama won the Oscar for Best Film of 1976. Club fighter Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) has hit rock bottom. Having turned thirty, his boxing career is virtually over and he now makes a living collecting payments for a loan shark. Things start to look up ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 2,424 members
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  • Rocky on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Talia Shire,  Burgess Meredith,  Sylvester Stallone
    Director: John G. Avildsen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sylvester Stallone's rags-to-riches boxing drama won the Oscar for Best Film of 1976. Club fighter Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) has hit rock bottom. Having turned thirty, his boxing career is virtually over and he now makes a living collecting payments for a loan shark. Things start to look up ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 20,960 members
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  • The Rockford Files - Season 3 (6 discs) on DVD (1976)
    Starring: James Garner,  Jon Cedar,  Stuart Margolin
    Director: Reza Badiyi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All 22 episodes from the third season of the US television detective drama series, starring James Garner as Jim Rockford, the laid-back ex-con turned private investigator. Episodes are: 'The Fourth Man', 'The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit', 'The Family Hour', 'Feeding Frenzy', 'Drought at Indianhead ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 72 members
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  • The Killer Elite on DVD (1975)
    Starring: James Caan,  Gig Young,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mike Locken (James Caan) is a field operative for an organisation that takes the jobs the CIA do not want to handle. After being shot and crippled by his former partner George (Robert Duvall), he trains back up to peak fitness through a punishing martial arts regime. When his former employer brings ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 490 members
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  • Hustling on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Lee Remick,  Jill Clayburgh,  Monte Markham
    Director: Joseph Sargent
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A New York investigative reporter Fran Morrison (Lee Remick) is put on an assignment to infiltrate the secret world of prostitution and expose the people behind it. Her investigation leads to a friendship with a hard nosed hooker (Jill Clayburgh) who spills her guts and tells Fran everything she ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 28% from 10 members
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  • Chinatown on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Beulah Quo,  Darrell Zwerling,  Denny Arnold
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One of the seminal American films of the 1970s, Roman Polanski's detective yarn sees murder and scandal emerge from the drought of 1930s Southern California. Private eye Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired to follow water commissioner Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling), only to see him turn up ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 28,773 members
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  • Chinatown - Blu-ray (1974)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Faye Dunaway,  John Huston
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One of the seminal American films of the 1970s, Roman Polanski's detective yarn sees murder and scandal emerge from the drought of 1930s Southern California. Private eye Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired to follow water commissioner Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling), only to see him turn up ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 329 members
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Burt Young facts

5 most recent films

Win Win - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Win Win - 3.5 stars
Land of Plenty - 2.5 stars
Hack! - 2.0 stars
Rocky Balboa - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Chinatown - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Rocky - Rocky II - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Once Upon A Time In America - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Rocky - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Rocky - The Complete Saga - Rocky III - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hustling - 1.5 stars
Table One - 1.5 stars
Summer To Rember - 2.0 stars
Gang Wars - 2.0 stars
Blood Beach - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sylvester Stallone - 19 times - show films
Carl Weathers - 17 times - show films
Talia Shire - 17 times - show films
Burgess Meredith - 14 times - show films
Tony Burton - 11 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Sylvester Stallone - 15 times - show films
John G. Avildsen - 9 times - show films
Reza Badiyi - 7 times - show films
Ulrich Edel - 4 times - show films
Roman Polanski - 3 times - show films