Dan Aykroyd
Birthday: 1952-07-01
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Biography: Daniel Edward Aykroyd, born in Ottawa, initially pursued studies in psychology, criminal sociology, and political science at Carleton University, where his comedy journey took off. He co-wrote sketches for a private cable company, igniting his passion for acting. At 20, he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago and Toronto, marking the start of his career. In 1975, Aykroyd joined "Saturday Night Live" as a founding member of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players," crafting iconic sketches like "The Blues Brothers" with Belushi and "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" with Steve Martin. The success of "The Blues Brothers" sketch led to a full-length feature in 1980, with Aykroyd writing and producing the movie soundtrack, defying the disco and punk era. His versatile talent shines in roles like Dr. Ray Stantz in "Ghostbusters," Jessica Tandy’s son in "Driving Miss Daisy," a single father in "My Girl," and an assassin in "Grosse Pointe Blank," showcasing both comedic and dramatic prowess.
Movies
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He ...
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Toronto Rocks
Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto was a benefit rock concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Cana...
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Driving Miss Daisy
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, ...
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The Blues Brothers
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home whe...
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Ghostbusters
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into...
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Pearl Harbor
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the ...
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Trading Places
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by t...
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Dragnet
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same ...
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Canadian Bacon
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Sneakers
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50 First Dates
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a qu...
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when wido...
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The Great Outdoors
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new em...
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My Girl
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. Sh...
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Chaplin
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealt...
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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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It Came from Hollywood
Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad f...
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Into the Night
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met...
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1941
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads...
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Earth vs. the Spider
A shy comic book fan is injected with an experimental serum and starts turning into a spider. When w...
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Tommy Boy
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously fun...
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My Girl 2
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires a...
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Blues Brothers 2000
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her lat...
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Doctor Detroit
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financi...
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Celtic Pride
Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the ...
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North
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't...
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Nothing But Trouble
While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to d...
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The Couch Trip
The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, sa...
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Loose Cannons
Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to...
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My Stepmother Is an Alien
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives...
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Casper
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey ...
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Antz
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches ...
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The House of Mirth
In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband ...
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Grosse Pointe Blank
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form ...
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Getting Away with Murder
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an...
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Spies Like Us
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually...
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Sgt. Bilko
The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nat...
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War, Inc.
In the future, the desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after private corporation Tamerlan...
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Feeling Minnesota
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by ...
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Coneheads
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shap...
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Citizen Steve
On the occasion of the 40th birthday of the almighty filmmaker Steven Allan Spielberg, inquisitive r...
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Evolution
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms t...
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She's Having a Baby
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full re...
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Shortcut to Happiness
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels...
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Christmas with the Kranks
When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an islan...
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Diamonds
Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds...
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Yogi Bear
A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yo...
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This Is My Life
Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. ...
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Who Saw the Men in Black
Who are the Men in Black? Many have reported their own Men in Black experiences and eye witness acco...
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Bright Young Things
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravaga...
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Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft...
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Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Karen is on first visit to new boyfriend's parents when she discovers something odd about his eating...
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Stardom
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous wor...
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Crossroads
After eight years apart, three childhood friends - Lucy, Kit, and Mimi - rediscover their friendship...
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity ...
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Caddyshack II
When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he r...
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My Fellow Americans
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents ...
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Masters of Menace
When one of their own dies, members of a motorcycle gang travel the country to take home the body of...
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Exit to Eden
Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief...
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Neighbors
One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into th...
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Nothing Lasts Forever
An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds...
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Susan's Plan
Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to...
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Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
A UFO enthusiast interviews Dan Aykroyd on the subject of extraterrestrials visiting Earth....
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On the Nose
Brendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse ra...
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must joi...
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Dorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends, ...
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The Campaign
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congression...
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Love at First Sight
Roy, an accident-prone blind man, falls in love with a young woman named Shirley. When Shirley’s ove...
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Behind the Candelabra
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (m...
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That's Amore!
Nick Venere has never been married and his best dating years are well behind him. He’s never heard t...
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Tammy
For Tammy, a burger-joint employee, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job...
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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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Get on Up
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicia...
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Actors, crew and executives who worked at Warner Bros. Pictures recall their days at the studio....
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Life of Python
This BBC documentary tells the history of the Python group, allowing a few glimpses at the works of ...
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The Random Factor
A doctor in Ottawa invents a miraculous machine that uses a record of a person's DNA to reverse inju...
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E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
Documentary hosted by Robin Williams about the history of aliens in the movies, made to coincide wit...
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the ...
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The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
The full unedited performance recorded on December 31, 1978, when the Blues Brothers opened for the ...
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Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Join the epic "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast of Saturday Night Live regulars in a hilarious...
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
From 1986 to 1993 Dana Carvey dominated the stage at Saturday Night Live with dead-on impressions an...
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White Coats
Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with th...
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Zombie Town
Amy and Mike unearth a centuries-old curse when they decide to watch an exclusive film reel. The duo...
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Ghostbusters 1999
Documentary Interviews of the director and cast of the original Ghostbusters film...
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The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
A look at Dan and John's partnership and the music...
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
During his time at SNL, original cast member John Belushi created some of the most memorable charact...
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The Greatest Night in Pop
On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This docume...
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Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night ...
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
A collection of classic Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Dan Aykroyd....
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Being Canadian
What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a wh...
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The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of ‘Sneakers’ (1992)....
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022...
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I Am Chris Farley
I am Chris Farley tells his hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story - from his early days ...
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Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures....
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Pixels
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've att...
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Seriously... Phil Collins
4 TV Executives attempt to make a television special to promote ...But Seriously. Mostly made of ske...
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WWII: Saving the Reality
See Kenneth W. Rendell's collection of over 6,000 artifacts that range from the end of World War I a...
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We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song is a documentary which examines how the song was written...
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Two-Fisted Tales
The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comi...
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The Best of the Blues Brothers
Writer Tom Davis hosts a Blues Brothers retrospective that tells the whole truth about the legendary...
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Ghostheads
A documentary that explores the extreme side of the Ghostbusters fandom. Join us as we travel the wo...
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Loser
On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city lif...
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Ghostbusters
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear...
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The Coneheads
In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon fi...
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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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James Brown: Soul Survivor
James Brown's legacy has influenced rap, soul, funk and R&B. But along with his huge talent, there's...
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Rainbow
Four kids and a dog embark on the adventure of a lifetime -- the search for the end of the Rainbow. ...
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The Gift of Winter
Long, long ago the world didn't have any snow and winter was a time of wind, darkness and cold. One ...
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Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
On the road documentary with Prince and the New Power Generation during their 2004 Musicology tour f...
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, m...
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Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live....
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Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, this documentary tribute celebrates rock 'n' roll pioneer Ronnie Hawkins. P...
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Roswell Top Secret
Something happened near the town of Rosewell. This event came to be known as the Rosewell incident. ...
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B.B. King: Into the Night
A short documentary about B.B. King and his time working on the score for the 1985 movie "Into the N...
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Unconditional Love
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox,...
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Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
Entertainment Journalist Geoff Boucher sits down with Director Ivan Reitman and Co-Writer/Actor Dan ...
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The Women of SNL
A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history....
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Defend, Conserve, Protect
Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, Defend, Conserve, Protect, pits the marine conservation group, Sea Shepherd...
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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 Beach Boys: It's OK
A live performance from the Beach Boys, featuring their best known songs, including 'Help Me Rhonda'...
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Fantastic Mr. Murray
Bill Murray is considered by many of his fans to be "the coolest man in the world". But how is it th...
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The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
The Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers is an hour- long documentary featuring every par...
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The Arrow
The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the p...
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The Beach Boys: It's OK
Originally aired as an television special, this concert film includes interview segments, comedy ske...
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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Comic Chris Farley breaks through as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and later stars in sever...
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The Things We Did Last Summer
This episodic comedy features the original cast of Saturday Night Live as they present individual sk...
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Working with a Master: John Landis
Short documentary about John Landis and his horror works....
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Born In Chicago
"Born In Chicago" is a soulful documentary film that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the to...
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series...
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Belushi
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutle...
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Good Fortune
GOOD FORTUNE is the rags to riches tale of conscious capitalism pioneer John Paul DeJoria. Born with...
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, m...
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Presidential Reunion
In this Funny or Die short, Barack Obama has the opportunity to meet all the former U.S. presidents ...
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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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Keeper of the Cup
Three delayed Toronto Maple Leafs fans take matters into their own hands to ensure a win in what rem...
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Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
The Closing Of Winterland documents the Grateful Dead's landmark New Year's Eve 1978 concert that ma...
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos ...
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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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The Go-Go's
As the first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album, Th...
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Julie & Julia
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though sep...
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I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not
From his Saturday Night Live beginnings to a string of classic comedies, Chevy Chase has always had ...
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Jim Henson Idea Man
Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a f...
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Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
A retrospective of "Saturday Night Live" during the 1990's. Includes interviews with the cast and cr...
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