Danny De Vito

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975): Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif…; Jack Nicholson gives a star–making performance in this courageous tragi–comedy about a misfit's influence on a group of oppressed asylum…
Taxi (TV Series) (1978-1983): Feat. Judd Hirsch, Danny De Vito, Tony Danza…; Another sitcom staple of the 1970s from the creators of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, set in the refreshingly blue–collar world of a New York cab…
Terms of Endearment (1983): Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger…; Classic family saga of loss and reconciliation with Shirley Maclaine and Jack Nicholson, who both won Oscars, as did the film.
Johnny Dangerously (1984): Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Michael Keating, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner…; Michael Keaton turns to a life of crime to support his ailing mother in this zany spoof of 1930's gangster films.
Jewel of the Nile, The (1985): Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny De Vito; Sequel to ROMANCING THE STONE again teams Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, this time for a rollicking adventure in the Middle East. Mostly…
Ruthless People (1986): Dir. David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Feat. Bette Midler, Danny De Vito; A genuine classic from the Zucker brothers and Touchstone pictures. The ingenious plot is laced with great gags, giving Bette Midler and Danny DeVito…
Wise Guys (1986): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Danny De Vito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel…; Mob comedy in which Danny De Vito and Joe Piscopo play errand boys who run off to Atlantic City after losing $250,000 and are set up to kill each…
Throw Momma from the Train (1987): Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Billy Crystal, Danny De Vito, Kim Greist…; Snappy comic spinoff of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.
Tin Men (1987): Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Danny De Vito, Richard Dreyfuss, Barbara Hershey; A bitter feud escalates between aluminum–cladding salesm en Danny De Vito and Richard Dreyfuss in the 1950s. Both chinwaggers are in their…
Twins (1988): Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny De Vito; A science experiment posits Big Arnie and pint–sized Danny DeVito as not–so–identical twins who meet as adults after being…
War of the Roses (1989): Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Sean Astin…; Hollywood black humour is taken to the limit here as marital bliss turns to domestic warfare for Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. Bold and…
Other People's Money (1991): Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Danny De Vito, Gregory Peck, Piper Laurie…; Who other than Danny De Vito would play a Wall street buccaneer with the scruples of a gestapo chief?
Hoffa (1992): Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Jack Nicholson; An earnest attempt to redress the life of the controversial union leader who vanished without a trace in 1975. Jack Nicholson is near unrecognizable…
Batman Returns (1992): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Danny De Vito, Michelle Pfeiffer…; The lone Bat returns to defend Gotham City from Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) and The Penguin (Danny De Vito). Everything you loved or loathed about…
Army Intelligence (Renaissance Man) (1994): Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Danny De Vito, Gregory Hines, James Remar…; De Vito plays a redundant ad man whose desperation for work lands him a job teaching under–achieving army officers. For undemanding fans of the…
Junior (1994): Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny De Vito, Emma Thompson; High–gloss whimsy in which Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito contrast screen personas once again, this time as science mavericks…
Get Shorty (1995): Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. John Travolta, Danny De Vito, Gene Hackman…; Riding the wave of PULP FICTION, this is the most successful stab at translating Elmore Leonard for the screen. John Travolta is an amiable mobster…
Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood (1995): Feat. Julie Walters, Ian Holm, Danny De Vito; Mr. Dahl’s twisted sensibility is all over this loose version of Grimm’s tale, that boasts an acting pedigree and imaginative costume and…
Mars Attacks! (1996): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening…; Tim Burton once again turns tacky into an art form, but this time with a monster budget to match the alien carnage. This gleefully (though…
L.A. Confidential (1997): Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey…; Slam–bang adaptation preserves the lacerating edge of James Ellroy's crime novel while polishing up the sheen of 50s Hollywood. Antipodean boys…
Matilda (1997): Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Mara Wilson, Danny De Vito, Rhea Perlman; An achingly funny and mischievous Roald Dahl story about a browbeaten nine–year–old girl who has the last laugh when bestowed with…
Rainmaker, The (1997): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Damon, Danny De Vito, Jon Voight…; John Grisham's novel is spared from the airport–novel–as–movie–fodder assembly line by a refined Coppola script that attends…
Living Out Loud (1998): Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Holly Hunter, Queen Latifah, Danny De Vito…; Facing up to life without her philandering husband, a nurse (Holly Hunter) forges unlikely friendships with a jazz club chanteuse (Queen Latifah) and…
Man On the Moon (1999): Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Jim Carrey, Courtney Love, Danny De Vito; Mesmerising biopic of the late 'comedian' Andy Kaufman culls its magnificence from an utterly unique, intriguing personality subject and a virtuoso…
Big Kahuna, The (1999): Dir. John Swanbeck
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Danny De Vito, Peter Facinelli; Straight stageplay adaptation about three salesmen who plot to sell 'industrial lubricant' to a fat cat client while holed up in a hotel suite.…
Virgin Suicides, The (2000): Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods…; An aptly seductive adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ acclaimed romantic tragedy set in a sleepy Michigan community in the mid–70s. Kirsten…
Heist (2001): Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay, Delroy Lindo…; The heisting of Swiss–Bank bullion by professional thieves Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay and Delroy Lindo is given enjoyably intricate spins by…
Death to Smoochy (2002): Dir. Danny DeVito
Feat. Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener…; An exuberantly mean–spirited send–up of kids’ television, where lewd, foulmouthed clown Robin Williams declares "death to Smoochy", a…
Anything Else (2003): Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci…; Woody Allen returns to his home turf tracking the urban mores of various Manhattan–ites, in a fairly slight comic venture which follows the…
Duplex (2004): Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Harvey Fierstein…; Typically wicked premise from dir. De Vito, with Stiller and Barrymore as a duplex–owning young couple who are lumbered with an eccentric,…
Be Cool (2005): Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn…; This sequel to the stylish GET SHORTY has a certain snap in its step, with the resourceful wiseguy Chili Palmer (Travolta) back after almost a…
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005): Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, John Goodman…; Old–fashioned melodrama, shading into elegaic whimsy, in which a widowed baker (Carlyle) helps and learns the story of a car crash victim…
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (TV Series) (2005): Feat. Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton…; Politically incorrect sitcom about four young proprietors of an Irish pub in Philadelphia and their self–obsessiveness that keeps them from…
Oh! in Ohio, The (2006): Dir. Billy Kent
Feat. Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Mischa Barton…; Humorous, if rather innocuous poke at the female orgasm, with the lovely Parker Posey as a disenchanted career woman who despite years of marriage,…
Deck the Halls (2006): Dir. John Whitesell
Feat. Danny De Vito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis; Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick odd–couple it as neighbours competing over their annual display of Christmas lights in this silly, seasonal…
Even Money (2006): Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Kim Basinger, Danny De Vito, Kelsey Grammer…; Admonitory gambling drama concerning the lives of nine individuals who become ensnared in a world of high–class addiction and each other.…
Good Night, The (2007): Dir. Jake Paltrow
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow…; Warped amorous comedy focused on a fed–up fella in the midst of a mid–life breakdown (played by Martin Freeman of THE OFFICE fame) who…
Nobel Son (2007): Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy…; Peppy crime caper about a recent Nobel Prize winner whose son is kidnapped and ransomed for the $2 million prize money. Directed with whiz, pop,…
Just Add Water (2008): Dir. Hart Bochner
Feat. Dylan Walsh, Danny De Vito, Brad Hunt…; Twisted rom–com centred on a parking attendant existing in a dead–end desert town whose life is flipped around by a shocking event and…
Solitary Man (2009): Dir. Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Feat. Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny De Vito…; Michael Douglas fronts this navel–gazing mid–life drama, about a successful New York businessman whose life begins to unravel after a…
When in Rome (2010): Dir. Mark Steven Johnson
Feat. Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston…; Puffy romantic fantasy has Kristen Bell fending off unwanted suitors after she steals some coins from Rome's 'Fountain of Love'.
Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011): Dir. Sebastian Guitierrez
Feat. Danny De Vito, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett…; The third of dir. Guitierrez's female–centric ensemble comedies, here springing an episodic structure from a noir–ish plot hatched by a…
Lorax, The (2012): Dir. Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
Feat. Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Danny De Vito…; Dr. Seuss's beloved environmental fable of a grumpy, otherworldly creature who fights to protect his world is revisited in this big screen 3D…
Hotel Noir (2012): Dir. Sebastian Guitierrez
Feat. Malin Akerman, Rosario Dawson, Danny De Vito…; Cult dir. Guitierrez tries his hand at film noir pastiche with this luscious ensemble piece about a detective whose encounters with various…
Wiener-Dog (2016): Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Ellen Burstyn, Kieran Culkin, Julie Delpy…; Typically black humoured and viciously insightful comedy from dir. Todd Solondz, a spin–off from his indie classic WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE,…
Dumbo (2019): Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny De Vito…; Tim Burton's colourful live–action reboot of the beloved Disney classic set in a travelling circus where a family discovers that a baby…

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