Jack Nicholson
Birthday: 1937-04-22
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, USA
Biography: John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a retired American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for Academy Awards 12 times, winning Best Actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets, and Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment. He is tied with Walter Brennan for most acting wins by a male actor (three), and second to Katharine Hepburn for most acting wins overall (four). He is also one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other one being Michael Caine). He has won seven Golden Globe Awards, and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. Notable films in which he has starred include, Easy Rider, Chinatown, The Shining, Reds, Batman, A Few Good Men, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give, and The Departed.
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Mars Attacks!
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if...
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Batman
Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fight...
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A Few Good Men
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assi...
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon f...
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Prizzi's Honor
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US....
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The Departed
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the under...
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Easy Rider
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide t...
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The Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and...
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The Movie Orgy
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloop...
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Chinatown
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern ...
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Wolf
An aging publisher becomes a demon wolf and, with this newfound youthful vigor, fights to keep his j...
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Hoffa
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The ...
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About Schmidt
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover mo...
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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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The Postman Always Rings Twice
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair ...
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Terms of Endearment
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together...
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The Evening Star
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora...
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The Border
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for...
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The Pledge
A police chief, about to retire, pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer....
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The Witches of Eastwick
Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted - at a cost - whe...
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Tommy
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a...
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The Bucket List
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a ...
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Something's Gotta Give
When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, ...
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Blood and Wine
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business...
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The Terror
Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, t...
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The Little Shop of Horrors
Seymour works in a skid row florist shop and is in love with his beautiful co-worker, Audrey. He cre...
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
A one-hour, commercial-free benefit concert television special that aired simulcast worldwide on Sep...
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Anger Management
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave B...
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The Two Jakes
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some ru...
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Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
Two tall tales based on Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories; featuring a Parsee man seeking for paybac...
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Broadcast News
A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting re...
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Hells Angels on Wheels
At first gas station attendant Poet is happy when the rockers gang “Hell’s Angels” finally accepts h...
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Five Easy Pieces
Robert Dupea spends his days doing various odd jobs, drinking and womanizing until an encounter with...
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The Crossing Guard
Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, sw...
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Goin' South
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape ...
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The Passenger
David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern A...
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Untold: Deal with the Devil
Christy Martin broke boundaries and noses as she rose in the boxing world, but her public persona be...
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Heartburn
She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper column...
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Ironweed
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for ...
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Carnal Knowledge
Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with ...
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The Raven
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help....
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The Missouri Breaks
When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, L...
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TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Made in 1976, TVTV's close-up look at Hollywood's annual awards ritual mixes irreverent documentary ...
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Rebel Rousers
In a small, US costal town with many Spanish speakers, a motorcycle gang arrives on holiday. Also in...
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
In 2002, a 60-year old McCartney refocused the attention on his musicianship, staging a massive live...
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The Shooting
Two miners agree to guide a mysterious woman, who has appeared in their camp from nowhere, to a near...
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Ensign Pulver
1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become com...
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Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
Documentary about the Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles....
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How Do You Know
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself eval...
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The Last Detail
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good t...
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Ride in the Whirlwind
Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse....
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Back Door to Hell
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors...
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The Last Tycoon
Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the whi...
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Psych-Out
Jenny, a deaf runaway who has just arrived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to find her lo...
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers,...
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Close Up
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferenc...
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Man Trouble
A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from...
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Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
On John's 31st birthday, Yoko held an art exhibit, "This Is Not Here", at the Everson Museum of Art ...
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Reds
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his...
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Making 'The Shining'
Directed and edited by Stanley Kubrick's daughter Vivian Kubrick, this film offers a look behind the...
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The Fortune
A couple of bumbling 1920s hustlers attempt to obtain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop t...
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The King of Marvin Gardens
Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer...
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A Safe Place
Noah, a young woman who lives alone in New York, is dating two very different men, Fred and Mitch, a...
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Creepy Classics
A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price....
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The Wild Ride
A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between ...
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Corman's World
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious ...
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The Rolling Stones: Stripped
TV Special. 13 Classic Acoustic and Live Tracks Recorded in Paris, Tokyo, Amsterdam and London duri...
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother,...
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sud...
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Cry Baby Killer
After committing what he thinks is murder, teenage Jimmy Wallace panics and holds a couple hostage....
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40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Sylvester Stallone and John G. Avildsen narrate behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Rocky"...
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Too Soon to Love
Unmarried teenage lovers turn to desperate measures after their clandestine tryst results in an unpl...
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The Broken Land
A cowboy rides into a small town that is ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt sheriff. He becomes in...
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The Elephant's Child
When a curious elephant child wants to know about the crocodile that lives in the river, he gets a b...
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The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped
Totally Stripped is a newly revised version of the documentary that was originally made to coincide ...
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Head
In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their ...
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Flight to Fury
After a plane crash in the Philippine jungle, two men, one an avaricious killer who has come to the ...
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Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career ...
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Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Originally broadcast as an exclusive special on HBO, Barbra Streisand launched her September 6, 1986...
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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
An overview of the making of, and a look at the continuing popularity of, Stanley Kubrick's The Shin...
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
A look at the visual design of the film The Shining (1980)....
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BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-di...
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Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director
We all know Jack Nicholson the actor. But few know the history of Jack Nicholson the screenwriter, a...
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Junket Whore
A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood....
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Targets
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psycho...
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I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remark...
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised cr...
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Stardust
Stardust is the second part of the trilogy where Provost films everyday life with a hidden high reso...
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Live Aid
Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the Joh...
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Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
He is considered by many the greatest film director the medium has ever known. Yet in a 45-year care...
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this docu...
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Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
A video piece featuring Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and others discussing the production history of "...
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America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Documentary on the BBS company who released some of the best films of the 1970s....
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Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, thro...
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America | A Tribute to Heroes
A benefit concert and telethon organized by George Clooney and broadcast uninterrupted and commercia...
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Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Featuring interviews with filmmakers and industry legends, discover the origins and evolution of The...
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Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'
A video piece featuring director Bob Rafelson and actor Jack Nicholson, discussing the production of...
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Drive, He Said
Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His g...
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Velocity
Low-budget action flic produced by Roger Corman and mostly edited from his black-and-white productio...
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Witness to 'Reds'
Cast and crew of "Reds" revisit their memories and stories while making the film....
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Rabbit Ears - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin: When the Rhinoceros rudely eats the Parsee Man's cake, the Parsee M...
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Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
An introduction to Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist. A world poet-a latter-day ...
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Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
A 6 part documentary of making of Batman franchise....
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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Live from Radio City Music Hall, witness the concert of a lifetime with a star-studded lineup bringi...
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The Hour of St. Francis
Jack Nicholson starred in the movie "The Challenge", which is the story of a high school student who...
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Little Amy
Nine-year-old Amy has decided that klutzy neighbor Arthur is the one she's going to marry. However, ...
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Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
The life and times of famous Jack Nicholson include his 30-years relationship with Anjelica Houston ...
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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
An interview with film director Roman Polanski conducted during his period of house arrest, discussi...
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The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 2015 North American tour at the Fonda Theatre where they perform...
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and grip...
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Breakdown: 1975
In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art....
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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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