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Barry Levinson - what members say


  • Toys
  • Toys review by Motta80 from West Sussex
    Rated - 1 stars What is this mess? 6 September 2004
    ...This is a truly horrible film. Barry Levinson is a great filmmaker (Diner, Tin Men, Rain Man, Wag the Dog) so what happened here? This film is a mess. It is never funny. E...  
  • Envy
  • Envy review by jbpatzer from Leicestershire
    Rated - 1 stars What went wrong? 26 June 2005
    ...t actors (Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Christopher Walken) and a great director (Barry Levinson), with an interesting plot idea? Do you get a great film? Apparently not. This ...  
  • Homicide - Life on the Street - Season 1 - Complete
  • Rated - 5 stars The Best TV Series ever !!!! 17 April 2005
    ...The Killing Streets' by David Simon, and utilising the gritty cinematography of Barry Levinson, Homicide focuses on the elite detective of the Homicide unit, and their strugg...  

Barry Levinson - filmography


  • What Just Happened? (2008)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Sean Penn,  John Turturro
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: TBC
    "What Just Happened?" is about two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer--as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. This is the tale of a man besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of ...
    Rate this: 3
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  • Envy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ben Stiller,  Jack Black,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 12
    Sensible, hardworking Tim is climbing the managerial ladder, while daydreamer Nick can't seem to stay focused on the tasks at hand. But all of that changes when one of Nick's seemingly hairbrained ideas--a spray that makes dog poop disappear--takes off, making him filthy rich. Rather than leaving ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (52%)
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  • Bandits on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Billy Bob Thornton,  Cate Blanchett
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 12
    Following a spur-of-the-moment escape from an Oregon prison, macho ladies man Joe Blake (Bruce Willis) and sensitive, hypochondriac Terry Collins (Billy Bob Thornton) become the best-known thieves in the country. Deemed "The Sleepover Bandits," Joe and Terry add a twist to conventional bank ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (63%)
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  • Liberty Heights on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Adrien Brody,  Bebe Neuwirth,  Joe Mantegna
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 15
    Returning once again to the Baltimore of his youth, director Barry Levinson adds another installment to his Baltimore Trilogy (DINER, TIN MEN, AVALON), tackling the emotionally charged subjects of anti-Semitism and racism--in addition to his standard themes of family, friendship, and loyalty--in ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (51%)
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  • Sphere on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Dustin Hoffman,  Samuel L. Jackson
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 12
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (59%)
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  • Sleepers on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  Robert De Niro,  Dustin Hoffman
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 18
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (73%)
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  • Jimmy Hollywood on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Victoria Abril,  Joe Pesci,  Christian Slater
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 15
    Unlike most people, when Jimmy Alto (Oscar winner Joe Pesci) is robbed, he sees it as a great career-boosting opportunity. The struggling actor cannot get a break in the film industry for love or money. So, with the help of best friend William (Christian Slater), he takes to secretly videotaping ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (45%)
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  • Toys on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Joan Cusack,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: PG
    Robin Williams stars in this surreal anti-war fantasy directed by Barry Levinson (RAIN MAN, DINER). Williams plays Leslie Zevo, the son of a fun-loving toymaker. Leslie and his sister, Alsatia (Joan Cusack,) grew up surrounded by their father's whimsical creations in the fantastic factory that he ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (55%)
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  • Avalon (1990)
    Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl,  Elizabeth Perkins,  Joan Plowright
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: TBC
    The third installment in Barry Levinson’s Baltimore Trilogy, AVALON tells the story of a Jewish family immigrating to the United States in pursuit of the American dream. Starting in the early 1900s, the Krichinsky brothers begin to arrive in America one at a time, scrimping and saving to pay for ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (53%)
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  • Rain Man on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Dustin Hoffman,  Valeria Golino
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 15
    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, ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (75%)
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  • The Natural on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Robert Duvall,  Glenn Close
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: PG
    Farm boy Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is the best baseball player anyone has ever seen. His bat, handmade from the wood of a tree felled by lightning following the death of his father, is magic in his hands. But before his career can start, the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey) inexplicably ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (72%)
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Barry Levinson - downloads


  • Disclosure for Download (1994)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Demi Moore,  Donald Sutherland
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 18
    Buy from: £9.99
    Run time: 123 minutes
    A thriller based around power, sex, ambition and corporate intrigue. An executive working for Digicom finds himself fighting for his career and his marriage when his female boss, a former lover, charges him with sexual harrassment. Based on a book by Michael Crichton.
    Rate this: 3.0 (58%)
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Barry Levinson facts

5 most recent films


What Just Happened? - 3 stars
Man of the Year - 3.0 stars
Envy - 2.5 stars
Bandits - 3.0 stars
An Everlasting Piece - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Homicide - Life on the Street - Season 1 - Complete - 3.5 stars
Rain Man - 3.5 stars
Sleepers - 3.5 stars
Good Morning, Vietnam - 3.5 stars
The Natural - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


What Just Happened? - 3 stars
Jimmy Hollywood - 2.5 stars
Avalon - 2.5 stars
Envy - 2.5 stars
Liberty Heights - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Dustin Hoffman - 4 times - show films
Robert De Niro - 3 times - show films
Robin Williams - 3 times - show films
Christopher Walken - 2 times - show films
Michael Douglas - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Alan Taylor - 1 times - show films
Martin Campbell - 1 times - show films
n - 1 times - show films