Movies by Barry Levinson
As part of the cast:
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Bee Movie (2007)
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick …
Directed by: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Jerry Seinfeld stars in this animated comedy as recent college grad Barry B. Benson, a worker bee stuck in a dead-end job making honey who files a lawsuit against humans when he learns…
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The Outsider (2006)
Cast: Woody Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Neve Campbell …
Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki
Following maverick writer-director James Toback through the process of making his 2004 drama When Will I Be Loved, this documentary provides a fascinating look inside the world of filmmaking.…
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Directors: Barry Levinson (2000)
Cast: Barry Levinson
The American Film Institute's "The Directors" series takes one-hour looks at the careers of today's most influential directors. From his days as a gag writer for Mel Brooks to his…
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High Anxiety (1977)
Cast: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman …
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Newly arrived psychiatric administrator Dr. Richard Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) finds some bizarre shenanigans occurring at the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous. But when…
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You Don't Know Jack (2009)
Cast: Al Pacino, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Al Pacino stars in this Emmy-winning biopic that focuses on the life of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the controversial physician who boldly advocated the legalization of euthanasia and personally…
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PoliWood (2009)
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Susan Sarandon, Will i Am …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson trains his camera on the historic 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions as he examines the conflation of celebrity and contemporary…
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30 for 30: The Band That Wouldn't Die (2009)
Cast: Baltimore Colts Marching Band, Robert Irsay
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Orphaned in 1984 when their football team stole out of town without them, the Baltimore Colts Marching Band refused to acknowledge the obvious, and remained together for the next 12 years…
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What Just Happened? (2008)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
A harried film producer (Robert De Niro) juggles a lunatic director, a temperamental actor (Bruce Willis) and an out-of-control production while courting a studio head (Catherine Keener) and…
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Man of the Year (2006)
Cast: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Robin Williams stars in this Barry Levinson comedy as the irreverent host of a political satire talk show who decides to run for president. But his stunt to expose Washington corruption goes…
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Envy (2004)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
When Nick Vandermark (Jack Black), one of a pair of major doofuses, becomes stinking rich by selling an invention, he finds his lifelong bond with his best friend and neighbor, Tim Dingman…
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Bandits (2001)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Two bank robbers, charming Joseph (Bruce Willis) and neurotic Terry (Billy Bob Thornton), battle over the affections of Kate (Cate Blanchett), a housewife they kidnapped before one of their…
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An Everlasting Piece (2000)
Cast: Barry McEvoy, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Entrepreneurs Colm (Barry McEvoy) and George (Brian F. O'Byrne) are tired of cutting hair in the town prison, so when the man who supplies all the townsfolk with hairpieces is…
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Liberty Heights (1999)
Cast: Adrien Brody, Ben Foster, Orlando Jones …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
"No Jews, dogs or coloreds," reads the sign outside a public swimming pool in 1954 Baltimore. High school freshman Ben Kurtzman (Ben Foster) and friends find themselves confronted with…
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Sphere (1998)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharon Stone …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
When a team of scientists (Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson) begins to investigate a giant spacecraft that's come to rest 1,000 feet under the sea, they discover that…
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Wag the Dog (1997)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
When the president is caught in a sex scandal less than two weeks before the election, White House spinmaster Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro) creates a phony war with the help of Hollywood…
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Sleepers (1996)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
In this drama based on characters in Lorenzo Carcaterra's controversial book, four boys from Hell's Kitchen enter a reformatory where a cruel guard (Kevin Bacon) abuses them. Years…
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Disclosure (1994)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
After Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct, you'd think Michael Douglas wouldn't mess with seductresses. This time, Douglas plays a software whiz who rejects new boss Demi…
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Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
Cast: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Director Barry Levinson's comedy skewers Hollywood conventions with biting wit. Transplanted Hollywood resident Jimmy Alto (Joe Pesci) knows he's made for the bright lights of…
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Toys (1992)
Cast: Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Robin Williams stars as Leslie Zevo, a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland (Michael Gambon), a war-mongering general who rules the…
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Bugsy (1991)
Cast: Andy Romano, Lewis van Bergen, Wendy Phillips …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson directs Hollywood legend Warren Beatty in this true story of gangster Bugsy Siegel's dream of building a gambling mecca in the middle of the Nevada desert. The New York…
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Avalon (1990)
Cast: Leo Fuchs, Eve Gordon, Lou Jacobi …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Based on director Barry Levinson's memories of life with his immigrant grandparents, this nostalgic story (which represents the final installment in Levinson's "Baltimore Trilogy")…
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Rain Man (1988)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Fast-talking yuppie Charlie Babbitt is forced to slow down when he meets a brother he never knew he had, an autistic savant named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman, in an Oscar-winning role) who's…
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Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Cast: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
When his manic radio show proves a colossal morale-booster, Armed Forces Radio deejay Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) gets sent to Vietnam, where his monkeyshines tickle the troops but land…
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Tin Men (1987)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
A nostalgic evocation of a simpler era, and perhaps the best of director Barry Levinson's quartet of Baltimore-based film reminiscences, Tin Men immortalizes a fast-talking, early-1960s…
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Cast: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
With the ever-present Watson (Alan Cox) by his side, future detective genius Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) embarks on an exciting adventure as he attempts to unravel a series of mysterious…
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The Natural (1984)
Cast: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
A bat made from a tree struck by lightning and a passion for baseball define Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford). But when he's shot and severely wounded, his career gets cut short. Years later,…
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Diner (1982)
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
In 1959 Baltimore, former school chums facing adulthood find solace at the local diner, where the banter between groom-to-be Eddie (Steve Guttenberg), best man Billy (Tim Daly), womanizer…