Dan Aykroyd

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Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (SNL) (1975-1976): Feat. Richard Pryor, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore…; The legendary, long–running NBC variety show, responsible for incubating the careers of every major American comedian since 1975. Original cast…
1941 (1979): Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Toshiro Mifune; The dir.’s only real commercial failure, this loose slapstick comedy, set in a Californian seaside town visited by a Japanese submarine in 1941,…
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979): Dir. Michael O'Donoghue
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher…; Notorious spoof of the Italian schockumentaries is the brain child of Saturday Night Live's oddball genius Michael O'Donoghue. Originally…
Blues Brothers, The (1980): Dir. John Landis
Feat. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher; Smash comedy with great soul music and epic sight–gags.
Neighbors (Neighbours) (1981): Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Cathy Moriarty; Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi bicker over the back–fence in this suburban comedy.
Trading Places (1983): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche…; A sturdy comic conceit – for a bet, two interfering millionaires swap the lives of a rich man (Dan Aykroyd) and a poor man (Eddie Murphy) – makes…
Twilight Zone - The Movie (1983): Dir. John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante
Feat. John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks…; Big–screen homage to the classic 60s TV–series, features four segments of varying (though often effective) creepiness, helmed by…
Doctor Detroit (1983): Dir. Michael Pressman
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon; Under–the–radar 80's comedy sees Aykroyd play a mild–mannered professor of literature who accidentally gets involved with four high…
Ghostbusters (1984): Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver…; Blockbuster supernatural comedy follows the lives of three flaky paranormal investigators who find themselves in countless gooey situations. The…
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984): Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Roshan Seth…; The second in the Indiana Jones trilogy follows further outlandish exploits of the intrepid archeologist.
Spies Like Us (1985): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd; Sending up the spy–caper genre, this piece of Chevy Chase–Dan Aykroyd fluff is amusing enough. Filled with numerous cameos by film…
Into the Night (1985): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, Dan Aykroyd…; Good–natured chase flick with Pfeiffer as a mysterious woman pursued by hired assassins and secret police. Film buffs will delight in a…
Dragnet (1987): Dir. Tom Mankiewicz
Feat. Tom Hanks, Dan Aykroyd, Christopher Plummer…; Amiably silly buddy–cop comedy that both parodies and pays homage to television crime drama of the 1950s and 60s. Dan Aykroyd plays the "old…
Couch Trip, The (1988): Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon…; Aykroyd plays a mental patient on the loose in Los Angeles masquerading as a renowned psychiatrist. Agreeably sends up Hollywood's therapy obsessions…
Great Outdoors, The (1988): Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Annette Bening…; Dan Akroyd and John Candy are brothers–in–law who ruin each other's family vacation in this John Hughes production which exemplifies…
Driving Miss Daisy (1989): Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd; Oscar–winning adaptation of Albert Uhry's stage play charting the 25–year relationship between a crotchety Southern woman and her black…
Ghostbusters 2 (1989): Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver…; A cash–in for sure, but as much fun as the original, with the paranormal pests here thriving on all the "bad vibes" of grumpy Manhattanites.…
Loose Cannons (1990): Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Gene Hackman, Dom DeLuise…; Clunky buddy cop comedy has Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd teaming up to fight crime, only one of them suffers from split personality disorder.
My Girl (1991): Dir. Howard Zieff
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin…; In the summer of '72, pint–sized Macauley Culkin meets the girl of his innocent dreams, who comes to learn the hard facts about love and death.…
Sneakers (1992): Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier…; This reworks the spy–caper genre to dazzling effect as an endearing team of security crackpots attempt to outwit bad egg Ben Kingsley whose…
Saturday Night Live - 15th Anniversary Special (1992): Feat. Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks…; Compilation of some of the best sketches from the first fifteen years of the US TV–show 'Saturday Night Live'. This programme was a training…
Coneheads (1993): Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin; Slightly strained attempt at stretching a five–minute sketch idea with its one–note 'alien' novelty. Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin reprise…
Exit to Eden (1994): Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell…; Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell are cops assigned to an undercover mission on a sex–fantasy island. Based on a lewd Anne Rice novel, its…
My Girl 2 (1994): Dir. Howard Zieff
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky; Reasonable sequel runs the gamut of problems that the onset of womanhood brings to Anna Chlumsky and her folks. Tailored to please those caught in…
Tommy Boy (1995): Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Chris Farley, David Spade, Brian Dennehy…; The apex of stout American comic Farley's short career, as a small town saviour struggling to keep to an auto–parts factory open. Padded out…
Feeling Minnesota (1996): Dir. Steve Baigelman
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio…; Another in a line of sorry tales of violence, aimlessness and broken dreams, this represents everything that was bad about independent (American)…
My Fellow Americans (1996): Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd; Fanciful political comedy supposes two foul–mouthed, grumpy old ex–Presidents (Jack Lemmon, James Garner) framed and on the run from…
Sgt. Bilko (1996): Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman; Comedy with Steve Martin as a Sergeant in charge of the motor pool of an army base, who exploits his position by carrying out various scams. Adapted…
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997): Dir. George Armitage
Feat. John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd…; Sporting a sideways sense of humour, this sardonic comedy has likeable, babbling hitman John Cusack shyly fronting up to his 10–year highschool…
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998): Dir. John Landis
Feat. John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, Evan Bonifant; Belated, extraneous sequel to the 1980 cult 'classic' with John Goodman filling in the XXL trousers of the very late John Belushi. (Alas, the…
Evolution (2001): Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore…; An attempt to replicate the jokey sci–fi formula of MEN IN BLACK by the same producers, has alien bacteria riding a meteor and crashing on…
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The (2001): Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd…; Woody comfortably ambles through this genial spoof of a 40s detective film, playing a renowned insurance investigator who falls prey to a…
On the Nose (2002): Dir. David Caffrey
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Brenda Blethyn, Robbie Coltrane; Middling Irish comedy (partly shot in Vancouver) from the dir. of DIVORCING JACK that offers a familiarly cute version of Dublin folk squabbling over…
Crossroads (2002): Dir. Tamra Davis
Feat. Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning…; Britney Spears hits the screen and the road as a teen searching for her long–lost mother. A couple of pals with their own ‘issues’…
Unconditional Love (2002): Dir. P.J. Hogan
Feat. Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Lynn Redgrave…; A neatly amusing comedy concerning the fan of a recently deceased pop crooner, who teams up with the singer's gay lover to investigate the death (or…
Bright Young Things (2003): Dir. Stephen Fry
Feat. Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dan Aykroyd…; Set among the aspirant youth of 1930s Britain, this fresh satirical comedy marks a promising debut for dir. Fry, even if the drama is sliced a little…
50 First Dates (2004): Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider…; A curious Hawaiian–set romcom with marine biologist Sandler wooing Barrymore – trouble is she has short–term amnesia (because of an…
Christmas with the Kranks (2004): Dir. Joe Roth
Feat. Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd…; A yuletide chucklefest, with Allen and Curtis playing a suburban couple, the Kranks, who decide to opt out of Christmas celebrations when their…
Shortcut to Happiness (Devil and Daniel Webster, The) (2004): Dir. Alec Baldwin
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Love Hewitt…; Alec Baldwin's sole directorial outing is something of a misfire, with Baldwin as a struggling author who's Faustian bargaining is his…
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007): Dir. Dennis Dugan
Feat. Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel…; Broad 'dude' comedy effort from Adam Sandler (and co.) in which a very het. New York City fireman marries his best buddy to benefit from benefit…
War, Inc. (War Inc.) (2008): Dir. Joshua Seftel
Feat. John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei…; Hit–and–miss satire with Cusack as a weary hitman sent to assassinate an oil minister in a Middle Eastern country occupied by an American…
Campaign, The (2012): Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis…; A naive political lackey is handpicked to run against a bumbling North Carolina congressman in this demented satire of the American electoral process.
Behind the Candelabra (2013): Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Scott Bakula…; Steven Soderbergh directs this classy HBO–produced biopic of flamboyant pianist Liberace (Michael Douglas) and his rocky relationship with…
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013): Dir. Will Finn
Feat. Lea Michele, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi…; A lightweight animated 'sequel' to the original Wizard of Oz film finds Dorothy returning to help her old friends Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man to…
Get On Up (2014): Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd…; Chadwick Boseman is mesmerizing in this formatted yet dynamic chronicle of pioneering music frontman James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to his…
Tammy (2014): Dir. Ben Falcone
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates…; After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard–drinking grandmother.
Pixels (2015): Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan…; Adam Sandler and pals must use their old–school gaming skills to save the world after aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games…
Ghostbusters Afterlife (2021): Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace…; The fourth Ghostbusters movie with much of the original cast reappearing alongside fresh young faces, directed and co–written by Jason Reitman…

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