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Barry Levinson - what members say


  • Bandits
  • Bandits review by A customer from London
    Rated - 2 stars Neither comedy nor drama 10 November 2003
    ...This film is a mess - its not funny and its not exciting. A sad comedown for Barry Levinson....  
  • 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 ...  

Barry Levinson - filmography


  • What Just Happened? (2008)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Sean Penn,  John Turturro
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 15
    "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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 62% from 14 members
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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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 52% from 992 members
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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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 59% from 2,731 members
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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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 73% from 4,559 members
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  • Disclosure on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Demi Moore,  Donald Sutherland
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 18
    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 59% from 926 members
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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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 55% from 335 members
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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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 51% from 17 members
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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, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 75% from 8,885 members
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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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 329 members
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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 60% from 10 members
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Barry Levinson facts

5 most recent films


What Just Happened? - 3.0 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


Jimmy Hollywood - 2.5 stars
Avalon - 2.5 stars
What Just Happened? - 3.0 stars
Envy - 2.5 stars
Liberty Heights - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


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

Most frequent directors


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