Movies by Dan Aykroyd
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Dorothy of Oz (2012)
Cast: Lea Michele, Hugh Dancy, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Dan St. Pierre
A bevy of stars -- including Lea Michele -- provide the voices for this animated film that returns Dorothy to Oz to help find her trio of pals. With the Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow nowhere in…
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The Campaign (2012)
Cast: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis …
Directed by: Jay Roach
Plenty of mud gets slung when an inexperienced contender backed by two plotting benefactors goes up against a longtime North Carolina congressman in a ruthless battle to win a House of…
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Yogi Bear (2010)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake, Anna Faris …
Directed by: Eric Brevig
When the greedy mayor (Andrew Daly) decides to close Jellystone Park to cash in by selling the land, Yogi Bear (voiced by Dan Aykroyd) and his sidekick Boo-Boo (voiced by Justin Timberlake)…
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Unbeaten (2010)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Chris Kohler, Edwin Figeroa …
Directed by: Steven C. Barber
Dan Aykroyd hosts this inspiring documentary about some of the world's most courageous, determined and skilled athletes to excel at their chosen sports -- long-distance and speed racing…
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Sam & Dave: The Original Soul Men: 1967 - 1980 (2008)
Cast: Sam & Dave, Dan Aykroyd, Dan Akroyd …
One of the most successful and influential soul duos of the 1960s and '70s, Sam & Dave were among the first artists to introduce the energy and spirit of the black gospel sound to…
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War, Inc. (2008)
Cast: John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei …
Directed by: Joshua Seftel
In this outrageous satire, a hit man is paid by a private corporation to masquerade as a trade-show director and take out a Middle East oil minister. But not all goes according to plan when a…
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Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2008 (2008)
Cast: Fred Armisen, Dan Aykroyd, Dana Carvey …
In anticipation of the 2008 presidential election, "SNL" aired this roundup of skits spoofing politicos old and new, featuring nuanced impressions from Dan Aykroyd's Pres. Richard Nixon…
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel …
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Chuck and Larry are guy's guys, loyal to the core -- which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy…
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Comedy Gold: The Hilarious Story of Canadian Comedy (2006)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Andrea Martin, Martin Short …
Packing classic clips, interviews and a survey of contemporary pop culture, this engrossing documentary spotlights the careers of Canada's comic royalty. Is it a coincidence that so many…
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The Second City: The First Family of Comedy (2006)
Cast: James Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Tina Fey …
An uproarious behind-the-scenes look at Chicago's famed Second City comedy club and troupe, this retrospective spans from the group's early days to the hit "SCTV" series and beyond…
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Steve Martin …
This best-of collection celebrates Aykroyd's classic performances as Beldar Conehead, Male Prostitute Fred Garvin, the Ronco Bass-O-Matic '76 salesman and many others. Extras…
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Saturday Night Live: Live from New York: The First 5 Years (2005)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, John Belushi …
Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! On October 11, 1975, these words began a phenomenon -- a live sketch show that rocked America, set the bar for late-night comedy and launched the…
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Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs (2005)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, David Sereda, Gordon Cooper …
Directed by: David Sereda
Skeptics beware! Director David Sereda explores the divisive discussion of UFOs and extraterrestrial sightings spanning the globe with the help of famed improvisational comedian and actor Dan…
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Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin' (2005)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Ronnie Hawkins, Robbie Robertson …
Directed by: Dennis Beauchamp, Anne Pick
Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, this documentary tribute celebrates rock 'n' roll pioneer Ronnie Hawkins. Packed with performance footage and celebrity interviews, the program focuses on a…
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50 First Dates (2004)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Sean Astin …
Directed by: Peter Segal
In this offbeat romantic comedy, marine veterinarian Henry Roth changes his womanizing ways after he falls for pretty art teacher Lucy Whitmore. Trouble is, she has no short-term memory, so…
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Don't Start Me Talkin': The Junior Wells Story (2004)
Cast: Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King …
The life and times of late Chicago blues musician Junior Wells are narrated through interviews with Wells and Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Carlos Santana, Charlie Musselwhite, Steve…
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Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Cast: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Joe Roth
A break from the frenetic activity of Christmas is what Luther Krank and his wife have in mind when they decide to skip the holiday, nixing the tree and the rooftop Frosty. But can they…
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White Coats (2004)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Dave Foley, Peter Oldring …
Directed by: Dave Thomas
St. Albert's Hospital is one of the worst health care centers in the country, and six young interns are the only ones left on the sinking ship. As a result, there's a rash of…
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Shortcut to Happiness (2004)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt …
Directed by: Alec Baldwin
Based on Stephen Vincent Benét's short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster," this big-screen adaptation stars Alec Baldwin as a desperate author who sells his soul to the devil…
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Bright Young Things (2003)
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, James McAvoy …
Directed by: Stephen Fry
In this period comedy directed by Stephen Fry, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) must acquire enough cash to marry beautiful Nina (Emily Mortimer). Against this predicament, he must also deal…
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Unconditional Love (2002)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Meredith Eaton …
Directed by: P.J. Hogan
Kathy Bates plays Grace Beasley, a loving wife whose life takes a tragic turn when her husband (Dan Aykroyd) leaves her and her favorite pop star/life-long inspiration Victor Fox (Jonathan…
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Crossroads (2002)
Cast: Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana, Anson Mount …
Directed by: Tamra Davis
When former childhood friends Lucy, Mimi and Kit decide to head to Los Angeles on a road trip, they get the chance to bond again, fall in love and find out just who they really are in this…
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Evidence: The Case for NASA UFOs (2002)
Cast: David Sereda, Dan Aykroyd, Dan Akroyd …
Researcher David Sereda spent six tireless years conducting scientific experiments with NASA, looking into the phenomenon of UFO sightings (including evidence of alien "first contact" that…
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Pearl Harbor (2001)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale …
Directed by: Michael Bay
The friendship between two fighter pilots is put to the test when they become entangled in a love triangle with a beautiful nurse. But the rivalry is put on hold when they find themselves at…
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Evolution (2001)
Cast: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones …
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Community college geology professors Dr. Ira Kane (David Duchovny) and Harry Block (Orlando Jones) make an unfathomable discovery: microscopic alien life-forms on a meteorite. The military, a…
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt …
Directed by: Woody Allen
A top insurance investigator spars with a consultant his company hires -- until a dinner-theater hypnosis gag turns them into momentary lovebirds. But the magician's spell also makes…
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Earth vs. The Spider (2001)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Devon Gummersall, John Cho …
Directed by: Scott Ziehl
A nerdy security guard with an insatiable interest in comic books wishes he were endowed with superpowers that would impress the object of his affections -- his next-door neighbor. After the…
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Best of the Blues Brothers (2001)
Cast: Tom Davis, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi …
Comedy writer Tom Davis talks with Dan Aykroyd and his alter ego, Elwood Blues, about the creation of the black-clad Blues Brothers, an act Aykroyd developed with late actor and fellow…
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On the Nose (2001)
Cast: Robbie Coltrane, Brenda Blethyn, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: David Caffrey
Brendan Delaney (Robbie Coltrane) is a university janitor with a problem: His daughter's been accepted to medical school, but he's gambled away her college savings. Fortunately,…
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (2000)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers …
Live! From New York! It's a star-studded celebration of 25 years of "Saturday Night Live!." A comedy institution, "SNL" has launched the careers of comic greats like Bill Murray, Eddie…
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (2000)
Cast: Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi …
This collection features the wild and crazy guy in some of his funniest skits from 1976 through the mid-1990s, including "King Tut," "Jeopardy 1999," "The Banjo & Arrow Monologue," "The…
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Loser (2000)
Cast: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Zak Orth …
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Unable to blend in with his college peers -- who've labeled him a loser -- sad sack Paul Tannek finds consolation in the form of quirky classmate Dora Diamond. But can he win her away…
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Stardom (2000)
Cast: Jessica Paré, Jessica Mackenzie, Macha Grenon …
Directed by: Denys Arcand
After getting discovered at a hockey rink, Quebecois beauty Tina Menzhal (Jessica Pare) starts a modeling career with the help of a Montreal photographer (Charles Berling). But when she makes…
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The House of Mirth (2000)
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Terence Davies
Lily Bart (Gillian Anderson) is a ravishing socialite at the top of her game, working her way to the top of turn-of-the-century Manhattan's social scene with skill and cunning. But the…
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Diamonds (1999)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, Corbin Allred …
Directed by: John Asher
Widower and one-time prizefighter Harry Agensky (Kirk Douglas) is desperate to retire. Short on cash, Harry persuades his son, Lance (Dan Aykroyd), and teenage grandson (Corbin Allred) to…
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Saturday Night Live: Christmas (1999)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray …
Join the epic "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast of Saturday Night Live regulars in a hilarious compilation of the best holiday moments from the show's Christmas specials. Some of…
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Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton …
Directed by: John Landis
Eighteen years after the events of the first Blues Brothers, Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) is released from prison. Despite the absence of his late brother, Jake (John Belushi), Elwood sets out…
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Antz (1998)
Cast: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman …
Directed by: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
In this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up…
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Cast: Aaron Ingram, John Cusack, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: George Armitage
Freelance assassin Martin Blank faces a crisis of conscience as he heads home for his high school reunion and tries to sort out his feelings for his former sweetheart -- all while trying to…
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Feeling Minnesota (1996)
Cast: Tuesday Weld, Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio …
Directed by: Steven Baigelman
Steven Baigelman makes his directing debut with this offbeat lovers-on-the-run yarn set in the rural Midwest. Drifter Jjaks Clayton (Keanu Reeves) returns home for the wedding of his brother…
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My Fellow Americans (1996)
Cast: James Garner, Jack Lemmon, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Segal. Peter
Jack Lemmon and James Garner star as ex-presidents and former political foes who unite in the face of adversity. They're forced to overcome their partisan bickering when the current…
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Sgt. Bilko (1996)
Cast: Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman …
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
This feature-length adaptation of the classic series stars Steve Martin as Sgt. Bilko, a lovable scam artist whose money-making operations are threatened when his nemesis shows up at the Army…
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Celtic Pride (1996)
Cast: Damon Wayans, Dan Aykroyd, Daniel Stern …
Directed by: Tom DeCerchio
Mike and Jimmy, a pair of die-hard Boston Celtics fans who have had way too much to drink on the night before Game 7 of the NBA's championship series, "accidentally" kidnap Lewis Scott…
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Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Cast: Harvey Miller, Dan Aykroyd, Lily Tomlin …
Jack Lambert (Dan Aykroyd) is convinced that his neighbor Max Mueller (Jack Lemmon) is a Nazi who inflicted pain on many people during the Holocaust. Sure of Mueller's identity, Jack…
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Tommy Boy (1995)
Cast: Chris Farley, David Spade, Brian Dennehy …
Directed by: Peter Segal
Party animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day in this…
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1995)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Lithgow, Kirk Douglas …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Dan Aykroyd, Kirk Douglas and John Lithgow star in this frightening collection from HBO's popular series, which features the episodes "And All Through the House," "Yellow" and "You, Murderer."
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Exit to Eden (1994)
Cast: Rosie O'Donnell, Dan Aykroyd, Dana Delany …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Elliot (Paul Mercurio) goes to a sex resort on the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but doesn't realize diamond smugglers and two detectives (Rosie O'Donnell and…
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My Girl 2 (1994)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky …
Directed by: Howard Zieff
Fulfilling a school assignment to write an essay about someone she admires but has never met, teenager Vada Sultenfuss makes surprising discoveries when she traverses Los Angeles to speak…
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The Best of the Blues Brothers (1993)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi
Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) tells the story behind the Blues Brothers, one of the best-loved acts from "Saturday Night Live," in this anthology of their most memorable performances. The…
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Coneheads (1993)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke …
Directed by: Steve Barron
With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some…
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Chaplin: The Movie (1992)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Through flashbacks and other nonlinear devices, director Richard Attenborough recounts comic icon Charlie Chaplin's (Robert Downey Jr.) poignant journey through triumph, failure, infamy…
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Sneakers (1992)
Cast: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley …
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his offbeat team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking "black box" from a Soviet-funded genius, they…
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My Girl (1991)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin …
Directed by: Howard Zieff
This coming-of-age tearjerker follows a momentous summer in the life of 11-year-old Vada Sultenfuss, who learns powerful lessons about love and loss as she grapples with profound changes --…
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Nothing But Trouble (1991)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Chevy Chase …
Directed by: Dan Aykroyd
Stock market millionaire Chris Thorne (Chevy Chase) and investment lawyer Diane Lightson (Demi Moore) are headed to Atlantic City when they take the wrong exit off the New Jersey Turnpike. A…
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Loose Cannons (1990)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Gene Hackman, Dom DeLuise …
Directed by: Bob Clark
A Washington D.C. cop (Gene Hackman) teams up with a man afflicted with a multiple personality disorder (Dan Aykroyd) who speaks in the voices of Tweety Bird, Captain Kirk, Pee-Wee Herman,…
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
At the insistence of her son, Boolie, a Jewish elderly woman named Daisy is driven around 1950s Atlanta by her good-natured African American chauffeur, Hoke -- and an unlikely friendship develops.
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Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Cast: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Director Ivan Reitman's engaging sequel finds the fearless ghostbusting trio reuniting to bail out the Big Apple by saving the city from a massive slime attack and a flood of malevolent…
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner (1989)
Cast: Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi …
This best-of collection celebrates Gilda Radner's classic "SNL" performances as clueless news commentator Emily Litella, brazen broad Roseanne Roseannadanna and many other beloved characters.
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Caddyshack 2 (1988)
Cast: Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Dyan Cannon …
Directed by: Allan Arkush
With Bill Murray gone, Jackie Mason fills the position of chief funnyman in this sequel. Wealthy contractor Jack Hartounian (Mason) and his daughter Kate (Jessica Lundy) want to join a…
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The Great Outdoors (1988)
Cast: John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Stephanie Faracy …
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Chet Ripley takes his family to a lakeside resort for a quiet vacation away from it all. When his brother-in-law Roman shows up with his family, Mother Nature steps in to add her two cents.
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My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz …
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Celeste Martin (Kim Basinger), a beautiful extraterrestrial, comes to Earth to save her own dying planet. But she soon meets unassuming scientist Steven Mills (Dan Aykroyd) and falls in love,…
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The Couch Trip (1988)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
A radio shrink who may be more troubled than his callers asks the station to hire an inept temp while he's gone -- that way, when he returns, he'll be applauded. But an escaped…
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Dragnet (1987)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman …
Directed by: Tom Mankiewicz
Los Angeles detective Joe Friday (Dan Aykroyd) -- a straight-laced cop who can recite the penal code in his sleep -- and his new hipster partner, Pep Streebek (Tom Hanks), put their heads…
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Spies Like Us (1985)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Steve Forrest …
Directed by: John Landis
It's up to two CIA spies who have never left their offices in Washington, D.C., to save the world from nuclear disaster. Trouble begins when the duo enters the Soviet Union while trying…
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Into the Night (1985)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Farnsworth …
Directed by: John Landis
&NFb;&NFb_;For Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum), life is miserable day after day. He's headed nowhere with his job as an aerospace engineer, and his wife is cheating on him. But his prospects…
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We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song (1985)
Cast: Jane Fonda, Michael Jackson, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Tom Trbovich
Music history was made in January 1985 when some of the recording industry's biggest names gathered to create the single "We Are the World" to raise awareness of the hunger epidemic in…
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Ghostbusters (1984)
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis …
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious college, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests -- and…
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
The second film in the Indiana Jones series takes Indy, young sidekick Short Round and spoiled songbird Willie Scott to a remote fortress in India to find a missing magical stone. In the…
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Trading Places (1983)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy …
Directed by: John Landis
Eddie Murphy established himself as a comedy superstar playing streetwise hustler Billy Ray Valentine, who trades places with wealthy investment executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) to…
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Doctor Detroit (1983)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon …
Directed by: Michael Pressman
It's a hilarious case of double identity when meek Professor Clifford Skridlow (Dan Aykroyd) accidentally takes on the hipster persona of "Doctor Detroit." Soon, he's up to his neck…
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Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers …
Directed by: George Miller, Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg …
In this homage to Rod Serling's hit TV series, a bigot experiences prejudice; a man helps the elderly regain their youth; a woman discovers a town controlled by an odd child; and a…
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown …
Directed by: John Landis
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd lay waste to Chicago as the title characters, a pair of two-bit crooks on a quest to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised by reuniting their former…
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1941 (1979)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
In the days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, panic sets in among California's citizens, who imagine their shores as the next target. Military and civilian defenders of the West…
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
Cast: Michael O'Donoghue, Dan Aykroyd, Edie Baskin …
Directed by: Michael O'Donoghue
Some of the biggest "Saturday Night Live" stars from the show's glory days (including Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Bill Murray and Gilda Radner) appear in this feature-length spoof of the…
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The Rutles (1978)
Cast: Eric Idle, John Belushi, George Harrison …
Directed by: Eric Idle
Rock legends George Harrison, Mick Jagger and Paul Simon all make appearances in this satirical "mockumentary" about a rock group suspiciously similar to the Beatles from Monty Python veteran…
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Saturday Night Live: The 1970s (1975)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase …
The groundbreaking variety show's first five seasons introduce American audiences to original "SNL" cast members such as Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and John Belushi, who pull off…
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Nothing But Trouble (1991)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Chevy Chase …
Directed by: Dan Aykroyd
Stock market millionaire Chris Thorne (Chevy Chase) and investment lawyer Diane Lightson (Demi Moore) are headed to Atlantic City when they take the wrong exit off the New Jersey Turnpike. A…