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Steven Spielberg's Jaws (it opened June 20, 1975), based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley and starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw, was and still is the ultimate summer movie. Everyone saw it. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Rogers' beat blog Jun 20, 2008
Kinda of reminds me of that movie The American President where Bob Rumson (Richard Dreyfuss) kept campaigning for the Presidency and ended every talk with Im Bob Rumson and Im running for President. He just kept telling more and more outlandish lies and crap with every move of his lips. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Industry Buzz Jun 15, 2008
Stone's inspired casting choices outside the family circle include Thandie Newton as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Richard Dreyfuss as Vice President Dick Cheney. Tom Ortenberg, president of Lionsgate, which will be distributing "W.," took a sneak peek at early footage and says the performers appear to be having a ball. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Who's in your five? Hollywood's top horse racing flicks Jun 3, 2008
Richard Dreyfuss is spot on as the railbird searching for the one magical day. The film is full of scene stealers from Robbie Coltrane (Ticket Taker) to Jennifer Tilly (Vicki) to David Johansen (Looney). (USA Today -- Sports)
Graffiti season begins with rods and reminiscing Jun 1, 2008
The movie featured a young and talented cast, including Harrison Ford, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Richard Dreyfuss and Candy Clark, and a world-class cinematographer, Haskell Wexler. But it well may have been the music -- the rock-n-roll and doo-wop of the 1950s and early '60s -- that was behind its initial popularity and the reason for its staying power. (Modesto Bee, CA)
"Sex and the City" May 30, 2008
At first my date thought Carrie's dream wedding get-up (a Vivienne Westwood concoction that resembles Richard Dreyfuss' mashed-potato mountain in "Close Encounters," topped off with -- no lie -- a dead bird for a headdress) was an intentional joke, a nod to Elsa Lanchester in "Bride of Frankenstein." (It wasn't. Later, Carrie ventures out alone on New Year's Eve in a silver sequined beanie that makes her look like a reject from the No actress, not even one with as trim a figure as Parker's, can... (Salon)
Richard Dreyfuss to play Dick Cheney in 'W'? Perfect. May 23, 2008
Richard Dreyfuss to play Dick Cheney in 'W ... Richard Dreyfuss would make a great Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's upcoming political movie, "W." ... Posted by ESNEAD on May 22, 2008 in Richard Dreyfuss. (Los Angeles Times)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull May 23, 2008
No amount of ducktail-combing or Harley-revving is going to make the doe-eyed Shia LaBeouf into Marlon Brando in The Wild One, and the close encounter that Indy and Co. experience when they finally reach that interdimensional portal is nowhere near as thrilling as Richard Dreyfuss' apotheosis in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. But expecting Brando-esque menace or Dreyfus-ian uplift from the Indiana Jones tetralogy is like going to the candy counter at the mall multiplex and asking for some... (Slate)
'Indiana Jones' review: I want to believe, but ... May 22, 2008
Its more than a little reminiscent of Richard Dreyfuss mashed potato sculpture in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. . (Seacoast New Hampshire)
When our readers become editors May 13, 2008
Let's see if I can make a long story short: An April 17 column item said actor Richard Dreyfuss had purchased a house in Encinitas, but the headline said it was in Carlsbad. I corrected the headline. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Opinion)
This week's TV highlights May 10, 2008
Zooey Deschanel leaves Kansas behind to head down a new yellow brick road in this mini series reworking of The Wizard Of Oz. With Richard Dreyfuss and Alan Cumming. Sunday, 8pm, Sci Fi. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Visit Mount Rushmore May 3, 2008
It had its own time in the limelight with Steven Spielberg's 1977 release of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," starring Richard Dreyfuss. Far earlier, Devils Tower was designated America's first national monument by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Fire And Fainting Apr 20, 2008
Moments later, a middle-aged woman fainted and "sat around soaking up the attention for two hours." To top it all off, Richard Dreyfuss' cellphone went off just before he did his reading. . (New York Post -- Gossip)
Star Exits Scientology Apr 15, 2008
Besides the Allens, legendary Elaine Kaufman was treated to visits from many regulars and well-wishers, including Richard Dreyfuss, Lainie Kazan, Virginia Madsen, Lewis Lapham, Kathryn Altman, PR mavens Peggy Siegal and Norah Lawlor, Lesley Stahl, literary agent Esther Newberg, TV producer Fred Rappaport, film producers Marty Bregman and Beverly Camhe, Broadway producer Judy Gordon, casting director Amanda Mackey, costumer Dona Granata, famed New York DJs Carol Miller and Jim Kerr, not to... (Fox News)
Luck and perseverance for Dennis Quaid Apr 7, 2008
Director Noam Murrow agrees -- Richard Dreyfuss, actually, is his own suggestion for take-no-chances casting. But, he says, that's the point. (NJ.com)
Hollywood's loss Apr 7, 2008
Invoking the compulsion of Richard Dreyfuss' character to cast Wyoming's Devil's Tower in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," Valdez joked that he has been sculpting Santa Fe with mashed potatoes. This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
A Benchley says the time to hunt sharks is over Apr 1, 2008
"Richard Dreyfuss was a role model for those who went into ocean sciences. They said they never knew it could be exciting.". Before he died in 2006, Peter Benchley had worked to change the way sharks were perceived, his widow said. (NJ.com -- Times)
Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List April 7-13 Mar 28, 2008
Saturday, 4/12 -- 12 p.m. with Bruce Dern and Harry Dean Stanton -- 12:53 p.m. with Paul Fix -- 1:45 p.m. with Johnny Crawford -- 2:40 p.m. with Charles Grodin -- 3:35 p.m. with Jill St. John and George Kennedy -- 4:30 p.m. with Buddy Hackett and Bruce Dern -- 5:23 p.m. with Martin Landau -- 6:15 p.m. with Dennis Hopper and Cloris Leachman -- 7:10 p.m. with William Shatner -- 8:05 p.m. with Bruce Dern and Fritz Weaver -- 9 p.m. with Claude Akins -- 10 p.m. with Robert Goulet, Gavin MacLeod,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Company Profile for Inecom Entertainment Company Mar 15, 2008
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inecom Entertainment Company finances and distributes independent films by partnering with innovative producers and attracting celebrated talent such as Gene Wilder, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Richard Dreyfuss, Ronald F. Maxwell and Hal Holbrook. Company. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Enquirer Slams Swayze Mar 7, 2008 Wheels stole show Mar 1, 2008 When Oscar comes knocking Feb 22, 2008 Top Audrey Hepburn Films Feb 21, 2008 Carrie Fisher tames her demons in solo show Feb 21, 2008 Holocaust survivors share love story in Boca Feb 18, 2008 Cancer battle didn't slow Scheider's enthusiasm for life Feb 14, 2008 Jaws Star Roy Scheider Dies Feb 12, 2008 Roy Scheider, of 'Jaws' fame, dies at 75 Feb 12, 2008 ROY SCHEIDER: 1932-2008 Feb 12, 2008 Roy Scheider, police chief in Jaws, dies aged 75 Feb 12, 2008 'Jaws' actor Scheider dies Feb 11, 2008 ICM's Shapiro moves to management Feb 8, 2008 The Bible – in surround sound Jan 23, 2008 Could young adults make a difference in the election? Just roll David Burstein's film. Jan 21, 2008 Inspirational Popular Movies Jan 21, 2008 Rock of ages -- Dusti and her Groovin' Grannies are oldest band invited to compete in reality show Jan 20, 2008 Film Registry welcomes sci-fi pics, Westerns Dec 28, 2007 ABC Family Captures Viewers with 'Holiday in Handcuffs' Dec 14, 2007 Internet Message Boards and Musicals Dec 8, 2007 Stalking the stars: 'This is my high' Dec 8, 2007 ‘Tin Man’ Sets Sci Fi Miniseries Mark Dec 7, 2007 MARTY RUSSELL: Try something different (and twisted) this holiday Dec 5, 2007 Sci Fi Mines Gold With Tin Man Dec 4, 2007 'Tin Man' miniseries puts Oz in a strange new world Dec 2, 2007 'Tin Man's' Yellow Brick road Nov 30, 2007 We're off to see the 'Tin Man' miniseries Nov 29, 2007 New DVDs: Shrek the Third, La Vie En Rose Nov 27, 2007 'Tin Man' miniseries offers 'postmodern,' nonmusical take on classic Nov 27, 2007 All about sharks Nov 26, 2007 SCI FI Channel's 'Tin Man': If It Only Had A Heart Nov 26, 2007 Still the champ in UFO sightingsSince 1975, North Bergen had most reports in USA Nov 25, 2007 SCI FI Channel's Original Miniseries 'Tin Man' Helps Habitat for Humanity Family Discover There's No Place Like Home Nov 17, 2007 The Serious Side of Horror: A Look at Horror Oscar Winners Nov 3, 2007 Blackwell End SoapNet Storyline Oct 30, 2007 Today In History - October 29, 2007 Oct 29, 2007 An post-race confrontation between teammates has become the talk of racing. Oct 26, 2007 Big Fat Greek Wedding star granted rare access to Acropolis Oct 14, 2007 Film could ease ratings stigma Sep 28, 2007 Top 10 Outlaws Sep 25, 2007 'Fog City Mavericks' shines spotlight on directors Sep 24, 2007 More of this story Sep 15, 2007 Spotlight on... Bart Ainsworth Sep 13, 2007 Television movies for the week of Sept. 9 Sep 9, 2007 Kanzaman boards 'My Life in Ruins' Sep 2, 2007 On the Scene Aug 22, 2007 Could Superbad lead to superstardom? Aug 16, 2007 Shark Week marks 20 years of terrifying TV Aug 1, 2007 Discovery's Sharks Eat Up 3.9 Mil. Viewers Aug 1, 2007 Men recall fighting off sharks in documentary Jul 29, 2007 Shark survivors recall horror at sea Jul 27, 2007 Dive in to Discovery's Shark Week Jul 26, 2007 "Encounters" a complex look at science fiction Jul 26, 2007 What the Heck? Jul 23, 2007 The great impression Jul 21, 2007 Cinema La Placita Jul 15, 2007 TheStar.com - entertainment - Best Bets Jul 10, 2007 'Spielberg' lets director speak for himself Jul 9, 2007 D.I.Y. Summer Film Festival Jul 9, 2007 Film biography an entertaining, revealing look at Spielberg Jul 8, 2007 Aliens rarely just aliens in invasion movies Jul 3, 2007 Taking baby steps: Merriman builds up pitching staff slowly Jun 28, 2007 The American Film Institute's best 100 movies Jun 22, 2007 Father's Day flicks Jun 15, 2007 Newswatch, Police/Fire Jun 11, 2007
Joseph Lieberman, Marlee Matlin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ronald Perelman, Howie Mandel, Gene Shalit, Harvey Fierstein, Judy Gold, Larry King, Donny Deutsch, Michael Kors and Charles Grodin. Then, a couple you must loathe because they re so successful are Charla Krupp and Richard Zoglin. (Fox News)
Filmed in our backyard Mar 2, 2008
There were several scenes from Moorcroft and other areas of Crook County, including one part in which stars Richard Dreyfuss and Melinda Dillon were driving toward the Tower, convinced that the chemical outbreak that required evacuating citizens was just a ploy. Then they topped a hill and were surrounded by livestock lying dead. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams. Director: George Lucas. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Emilio Estevez and Richard Dreyfuss spent time in a Kitsilano Craftsman for the 1987 film Stakeout. Mansions in the city's exclusive Shaughnessy neighbourhood, with their Georgian columns and sweeping driveways, have proven particularly suitable for upper middle class Americana. (Globe and Mail)
Always (1989)Audrey Hepburn's last role was in Always starring Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter. She played an angel who consoled Dreyfuss' character in the afterlife. (Suite101.com)
" Penny Marshall is a longtime buddy. Ditto Richard Dreyfuss, Salman Rushdie, Marianne Faithfull, Irish chat host Graham Norton. Also producer Bruce Cohen, who's in San Francisco making the Harvey Milk bio, "Milk," with Sean Penn. Family, biological or otherwise, is vital to her. Fisher lives next door to her mother ("She's a very dear, dear, dear woman - I admire her") and she's close to Lourd, her second husband and Billie's dad. "We share custody. We take trips together. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Flower of the Fence, starring Richard Dreyfuss as Herman and Maia Morgenstern as Roma, is due out next year. What makes it different from other Holocaust films, such as Schindler's List and The Pianist, is that its central theme is not concentration camps or gas chambers. (The Palm Beach Post)
Actor Richard Dreyfuss had said Sunday after Scheider's death that the actor was "tan-addicted" after a childhood sickness kept him temporarily bedridden. The family plans a memorial this spring in Sag Harbor. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
By Natalie Finn Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:25:36 PM PST RECOMMENDED (0) 0. Thanks to Roy Scheider, it was okay for the good people of Amity Island to go back in the water again. (E! Online)
"He was a wonderful guy. He was what I call 'a knockaround actor,'" Richard Dreyfuss, who co-starred with Scheider and Robert Shaw in "Jaws," told The Associated Press on Sunday. "A 'knockaround actor' to me is a compliment that means a professional that lives the life of a professional actor and doesn't' yell and scream at the fates and does his job and does it as well as he can," Dreyfuss said. (FOX 11, AZ)
He was what I call 'a knockaround actor,' " Dreyfuss said. "A 'knockaround actor' to me is a compliment that means a professional that lives the life of a professional actor and doesn't yell and scream at the fates and does his job and does it as well as he can," he said. In 2005, one of Scheider's most famous lines in the movie - "You're gonna need a bigger boat" - was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies. He also says to the shark, in the parting... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Richard Dreyfuss, who starred opposite Scheider in the film, paid tribute to him. "He was a wonderful guy. He was what I call a knockaround actor," he told the Associated Press. (Guardian Unlimited)
Robert Shaw, Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss in a scene from the 1975 film, Jaws ... Scheider starred with Richard Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Shapiro, who also repped Kevin Zegers, Amber Valletta, Natasha McElhone, Richard Dreyfuss and Andie McDowell, will share some clients with ICM, though she is still working out which clients will join her and Greene in the new company, which will be renamed shortly. Links posted in this story. (Variety)
According to "Word of Promise" producer Carl Amari, actors Stacy Keach and Richard Dreyfuss, who played Paul and Moses, respectively, were thrilled because they had long studied and admired their characters. And Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ," returned to the role in "Word of Promise.". (Christian Science Monitor)
Over the course of three years, Burstein met with everyone from former civil rights leader Representative John Lewis of Georgia and Florida Governor Jeb Bush to actor Richard Dreyfuss and MTV's Gideon Yago. Burstein took a year off after high school graduation to do the filming. (Boston Globe)
When you first encounter Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss), he is an aspiring musician who takes up teaching to pay the bills. Frequently frustrated by his inability to work on his own creations, Mr. Holland turns his talents towards inspiring his students to love music the way he does. (Suite101.com)
Her films include "Skirts Ahoy" with Esther Williams, "Lady Without Passport" with Hedy Lamarr, "The Competition" with Richard Dreyfuss and Lee Remick, and the two-hour "Columbo" series pilot starring Peter Falk. Donley also played with Carmen Miranda and the Ina Rae Hutton All Girl Orchestra, a TV show that aired four years from Los Angeles. (North County Times)
While Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly in "Back to the Future" tried to get back to the present day and Richard Dreyfuss' Ray Neary demanded to "speak to the man in charge" in "Close Encounters," the characters most remembered from "Bullitt" might have been a Dodge Charger and a Ford Mustang. The film's 11-minute chase scene cemented Steve McQueen's iconic status, vindicated British director Peter Yates' decision to shoot the film in San Francisco instead of New York or Los Angeles and turned the... (Reuters)
Richard Dreyfuss puts in a decent albeit limited appearance. Alan Cumming as Glitch. (Multichannel News)
My guilty pleasure in life is musical soundtrack albums, in particular "The Producers" (pictured from left, Richard Dreyfuss, Mel Brooks and Lee Evans) and Monty Python's "Spamalot." I'm also one of the only guys I know that liked the movie version of "Chicago" a few years ago. I know these soundtracks backwards and forwards. (Boston Globe)
He scored a photo with Richard Dreyfuss at a private charity function, fell to his knees and begged before Paul McCartney, and caught Billy Bob Thornton - "probably one of the nicest celebs out there" - landing at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport last spring. (Globe and Mail)
Sci Fi will encore the miniseries, produced by RHI and starring Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Raoul Trujillo and Richard Dreyfuss, in its entirety on Sunday, Dec. 9 from 5 p.m. through 11 p.m. (ET/PT). There are no comments posted for this article. (Multichannel News)
The wizard, played by Richard Dreyfuss, is kept so drugged by the witch that he can barely remember his own name, let alone help DG and her friends. Toto the dog is actually a spy planted by the witch to keep an eye on the group and has the ability to become human, assuming the form of an elderly black man. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
A re-imagining of the 1939 movie classic The Wizard of Oz, Tin Man stars Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough and Richard Dreyfuss. Part two of the mini debuts Monday night, Dec. 3, at 9 p.m.. (MediaWeek.com)
30-day news archives. "There were at least six movie versions before the classic, 1939 one; there have been dozens more since. Dorothy and the gang have been cartoons and Muppets and more.Now comes an ambitious makeover. "Tin Man" starts tonight on the Sci Fi Channel, and sprawls over three nights and six hours, often changing the story drastically."It's a total re-invention," said co-writer Craig Van Sickle. "These guys gave us the freedom to just go wild with it. (Florida Today)
The Mystic Man (sort of the Wizard) is played by Richard Dreyfuss. Toto is variously played by Blu Mankuma and by a dog; "Tin Man" is like that, sometimes. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The cast also includes Alan Cumming as Glitch, a version of the scarecrow, who has had half his brain removed; Richard Dreyfuss as the "blunderful" wizard; and Kathleen Robertson as Azkadellia, the witch seeking an "Emerald of the Eclipse" to plunge the O.Z. into darkness, which only D.G. can stop. The project joins a list of previous Sci Fi December miniseries a genre largely abandoned by the bigger broadcast networks that started with Dune in 2000. (USA Today)
Close Encounters of the Third KindSteven Spielbergs sci-fi epic celebrates its birthday with an elaborate 30th anniversary edition for the movie starring Richard Dreyfuss as an average guy who becomes one of a group of people fated to journey to the stars as aliens come to Earth to say hi to humanity. The new release packs the original 1977 theatrical cut, the re-edited special edition version released in 1980, and a final directors cut that came out in 1998. (MSNBC -- Movies)
There's a wizard of sorts in Richard Dreyfuss' vapor-sniffing Mystic Man. There's also a yellow brick road, although in keeping with the O.Z.'s shadowy, retro-futuristic look it barely glimmers. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Actor Richard Dreyfuss, who plays Matt Hooper in Jaws, narrates this gripping story of the USS Indianapolis, sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945. Eight hundred sailors, many maimed and burned, were plunged into the water. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Richard Dreyfuss puts in a decent albeit limited appearance. Alan Cumming as Glitch, a scientist missing half his brain, makes the best of his lines. (Multichannel News)
This incident was classified as a "close encounter of the second kind" because of physical evidence found at the scene, and also as one "of the third kind," just like in the famed 1978 movie starring Richard Dreyfuss, because witnesses describe observing UFO's. UFO researcher Jerome Clark cites the O'Barski-North Bergen incident as one of the best-documented of its kind, because the core story was corroborated by numerous independent witnesses. (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
Her perilous journey to find her way back home leads her to a wizard known as the Mystic Man (Richard Dreyfuss). Along the way, she is joined by a decidedly strange trio of companions - Glitch, (Alan Cumming) an odd man missing half his brain; Raw, (Raoul Trujillo) a quietly powerful wolverine-like creature longing for inner courage, and Cain, (Neal McDonough) a heroic former policeman (known in the O.Z. as Tin Men, for their tin badges). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Johnny Depp was in the first Freddy Krueger installment Nightmare on Elm Street; Richard Dreyfuss did Jaws; Nicole Kidman was in both Dead Calm and The Others; Tim Robbins starred in the twisted Jacob's Ladder, while his longtime partner, Susan Sarandon, appeared in the vampire drama The Hunger. And let's not forget Oscar winner Jack Nicholson, who has starred in movies such as The Terror, The Shining and The Raven. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
In that capacity, she led creative and business negotiations with all TV networks, studios and suppliers, and with top celebrity clients, including Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Glover, Alec Baldwin and Drew Barrymore. She became an agent after rising from director of development to senior vice president at Hearst Entertainment. (Multichannel News)
Actor Richard Dreyfuss is 60. Actress Kate Jackson is 59. (CBS2.com, CA)
Harvick's role in Jaws would be that of Ben Gardner, the fisherman who gets eaten at the beginning of the movie, but whom we don't see until Richard Dreyfuss finds his head floating in the water. Harvick was eaten by the Chase shark a long time ago, while nobody was watching. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
The scene will appear in My Life in Ruins, also starring Richard Dreyfuss, and follows a decision by Greek authorities to relax their ban on any commercial use of ancient sites. Authorities vetted the script for historical accuracy and convened a panel of senior archaeologists to give final approval. (Globe and Mail)
In the late 1960s and '70s, major directors such as John Schlesinger, Stanley Kubrick, Sidney Lumet and Bertolucci made X-rated movies with big-name actors including Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Dreyfuss and Lynn Redgrave. Instead of shying away from the films, the entertainment industry backed them. (Los Angeles Times)
The cast of the latter film includes a young Richard Dreyfuss as "Babyface" Nelson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, and Steve Kanaly as "Pretty Boy" Floyd. 1. (IGN FilmForce)
" ("American Graffiti")Lucas says he made it for only $700,000. He cast unknowns, showing an eye for talent -- Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Suzanne Somers, Mackenzie Phillips and more.Again, Lucas had low expectations for the box office. Then came an advance screening. "The audience went wild for it," he says. "I never expected it to be a hit movie. "He also didn't expect the next step: Fresh from hearing those cheers, a studio executive said the movie had to be... (Florida Today)
Stars of the future abound, with Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Suzanne Somers, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips and Harrison Ford heading a cast that was as terrific as the soundtrack spun by the late great Wolfman Jack. 15 - REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) Not only did this low-budget B movie catapult Natalie Wood and James Dean to stardom, it also presented adolescence as something much darker than the hey-let s-have-a-party mentality that prevailed in previous high school movies. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
Richard Dreyfuss, who plays the adult Gordie, writes on his computer at the end of the film, 'I don't have any friends today like those I had when I was 10. God, does anybody. (East Aurora Advertiser, NY)
TV Movies: Sept. 9-15. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cast also includes Richard Dreyfuss, Maria Adanez, Maria Botto and Alexis Georgoulis. Helmed by Donald Petrie ("Just My Luck"), "Ruins" is the first U.S. pic to shoot at Alicante's Ciudad de la Luz studios, rolling from next Wednesday. (Variety)
Although Segal's fellow guest star, Richard Dreyfuss, read from the script throughout the show, Segal, playing prosecutor Col. Moreland, made no more use of his note cards than any prosecutor would when trying a complicated, high-profile case. THAT'S MY BOY: "Prophecy " cast member Frank De Lima got a big hug from his mother, Pearl De Lima, before he went upstairs to show face at the reception. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Two years later, Richard Dreyfuss moved on to Jaws and Ron Howard was finally seen as an adult after 197 episodes as little Opie on The Andy Griffith Show. . (MSNBC -- Movies)
The story, centering on the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis into the shark-infested Pacific, is narrated by "Jaws" actor Richard Dreyfuss. Other less grisly premieres cover shark evolution, shark hypnosis and a New Guinea tribe's ancient "shark whispering" ritual. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Narrated by Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss, the two-hour Ocean of Fear tells the story of the crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, who were shipwrecked on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering key components of Little Boy, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima one week later. Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, the ship sank within minutes, stranding some 900 men in the shark-infested waters of the South Pacific for nearly five days. (MediaWeek.com)
Novelist Peter Benchley, who loved the sea, didn't realize how effective the film would be, says Richard Dreyfuss, who starred in the movie and narrates the cable documentary. "He didn't think the sharks deserved such a bad rap and he had contributed to this psychopathic kind of fear," Dreyfuss says. (Florida Today)
" Still, "Jaws" had hit people hard. Novelist Peter Benchley, who loved the sea, didn't realize how effective the film would be, says Richard Dreyfuss, who starred in the movie and narrates the cable documentary. "He didn't think the sharks deserved such a bad rap and he had contributed to this psychopathic kind of fear," Dreyfuss says. "And he. felt terrible about it until he died. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The week kicks off at 9 p.m. ET/PT Sunday with the two-hour special Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever, narrated by Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss. Using survivors and re-enactments, it recounts the story of how the crewmembers of the USS Indianapolis, sunk by two torpedoes in the Philippine Sea in 1945, floated helplessly for four days as hundreds of sharks attacked them. (USA Today -- Life)
The first kind is the actual witnessing of a UFO. Roy Neary (played by one of Hollywood's best, Richard Dreyfuss) is a worker for the local cable company who sets out in the middle of the night to fix a power outage. While lost in the back roads of rural Indiana, his car is suddenly engulfed by a powerful light that, upon flying away, reveals itself to be an alien spacecraft. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
Moore's cast for the play's revival includes veteran Hollywood actor Don Stroud, Academy Award-nominee George Segal and Academy Award-winner Richard Dreyfuss. The latter made it to rehearsals only at the intervention of Keoni Wagner at Hawaiian Airlines, having bobbled plane reservations. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
At the exhibition, you lie face-up on an antique psychiatrist's couch and listen on headphones to cinema analysts and their patients sorting out hang-ups, such as Richard Dreyfuss and Bill Murray in the comedy What About Bob. Robbi Johnstone strolled through the mental museum, then offered up her professional opinion. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
July 5 (1975) Starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw. Directed by Steven Spielberg;July 12 (1936) Starring Walter Huston and Mary Astor. (FOX 11, AZ)
The crew includes Roy Scheider, the late Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss and this was the summer blockbuster that made Spielberg hot. But is it a great movie. (Toronto Star)
Spielberg wouldn't change much, it turns out -- save, tellingly, the ending to 1977's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." He says that today, as a father, he wouldn't let Richard Dreyfuss board the spaceship and leave his family behind. The documentary doesn't get to everything; it ignores "Amistad" and "Catch Me if You Can," and, in an act of kindness to its subject, skips completely over "Hook." Still, a few duds aside, it's hard not to look with awe at how many of Spielberg's films have... (Boston Globe)
You can argue for "Schindler's List" or "Saving Private Ryan" all you want, but this boldly shot, fearlessly made movie by a 27-year-old director working with a great cast (Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw) moves as relentlessly as its villain ... This is Bergman light, a romantic comedy so benign that it was turned into the musical "A Little Night Music.'' Set among the bourgeois in turn-of-the-20th-century Sweden, the story focuses on a self-important middle-aged lawyer whose... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
He says that, had he made Close Encounters of the Third Kind today rather than when he was in his 20s, he probably wouldn t have the Richard Dreyfuss character abandon his family to take off on the mysterious alien spacecraft for outer space. During production, he continues, George Lucas, then in the middle of filming Star Wars, visited Spielberg s CE3K set in a huge warehouse in Alabama. (Providence Journal (subscription))
They simply hover in their big, bright ships and grant our movie stars what they need: Richard Dreyfuss a purpose, Don Ameche youth, Jodie Foster faith and a father. Little or no fear accompanies their appearance, just awe. (MSNBC -- Movies)
That was the phrase made popular by Richard Dreyfuss, who played Bob Wiley's shrink Dr. Leo Marvin. It was used to help Marvin's unstable patient conquer his daily fears. (Missoulian, MT)
Although I recognize the greatness of that flick and the coolness of sharks in general, I don't like to give Richard Dreyfuss this kind of spotlight. The guy loves himself enough already; in fact, I don't think we really need to worry about global warming, because we'll eventually be able to just freeze Dreyfuss' giant ego and make a new ice cap out of it. (AfterEllen.com)
"Mr. Holland's Opus," starring Richard Dreyfuss as a music teacher and father of a deaf son, is touching. "A Christmas Story" reminds a lot of people of their childhoods. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss will appear in KHON-TV news anchor Joe Moore's latest theatrical offering, "Prophecy .". Moore's play about U.S. Air Force Gen. Billy Mitchell will be presented at the Hawaii Theatre from Aug. 16 to 19. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
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