Harold Ramis
Birthday: 1944-11-21
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography: Harold Allen Ramis (November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981), both of which he co-wrote. As a writer/director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999). He was the original head writer of the TV series SCTV (in which he also performed), and one of three screenwriters for the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978).
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Ghostbusters
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into...
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Stripes
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfri...
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Ghostbusters II
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff...
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Knocked Up
A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they t...
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Baby Boom
J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and work...
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I'm with Lucy
It's an hour before Lucy's wedding and her best friend wants to hear all about what led up to that m...
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey per...
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The Last Kiss
Michael has a great job, has his 4 best friends, and is in love with a beautiful girl at 30. He love...
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Heavy Metal
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark ...
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Stealing Home
Billy Wyatt, a former high school and minor-league baseball player, receives a telephone call from h...
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begi...
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The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
Rodney Dangerfield special, featuring stand-up and sketches....
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the ...
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The Best of SCTV
Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license....
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Year One
When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an...
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Orange County
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a w...
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As Good as It Gets
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyon...
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Love Affair
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a ...
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Airheads
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The s...
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Groundhog Day
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish camera...
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Ghostbusters 1999
Documentary Interviews of the director and cast of the original Ghostbusters film...
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Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
A live performance by "neurotic" stand-up comedian Richard Lewis. Includes tongue-in-cheek interview...
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Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
A documentary feature that reveals the creative process of Chicago moviemakers. Using the city's fa...
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Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Del Close was never a household name, but any comedy enthusiast is aware of his impact. From Bill Mu...
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, f...
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National Lampoon's Vacation
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but t...
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The Earth Day Special
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April ...
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Students of 'The Graduate'
This short documentary from 2007 features filmmakers, critics and historians discussing the cinemati...
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Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
Behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 'Caddyshack'. Among the people interviewed: producer...
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Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
A look at the making of the classic comedy film....
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Caddyshack: The Inside Story
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of 'Caddyshack', one of the most memorable box-office comedie...
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The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a coll...
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Belushi
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutle...
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Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
A look at the making of the classic Bill Murray comedy "Groundhog Day."...
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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty hunters race to rescue three Earth female capti...
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You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, wh...
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John Candy: I Like Me
Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-be...
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