Tag Archives: dustin hoffman

Ishtar (1987)

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Elaine May Writer: Elaine May I did not think this was anywhere as bad as its reputation suggests. Pretty slack in the middle but overall has some decent laughs!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy | Tagged 1987, action, adventure, agent, camel, carol king, charles grodin, cia, comedy, dave grusin, desert, duo, dustin hoffman, dylan baker, elaine may, fred melamed, helicopter, ishtar, jack weston, middle east, morocco, music, musician, new york, new york city, nightclub, nyc, politics, rebel, richard p. cirincione, sand, satire, singer, singers, songwriter, spy, stephen a. rotter, tess harper, vittorio storaro, warren beatty, william reynolds | Leave a comment

The Graduate (1967)

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Calder Willingham and Buck Henry (Based on the novel by Charles Webb)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 1967, adaptation, affair, anne bancroft, buck henry, calder willingham, california, charles webb, college, comedy, drama, dustin hoffman, elaine may, elizabeth wilson, graduate, graduation, hotel, katharine ross, lawrence turman, mike nichols, murray hamilton, paul simon, pool, relationship, richard dreyfuss, robert surtees, romance, sam o'steen, simon and garfunkel, the graduate, wedding, william daniels, zoo | Leave a comment

All the President’s Men (1976)

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alan J. Pakula Writer: William Goldman (Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1976, adaptation, alan j. pakula, all the president's men, biography, bob woodward, carl bernstein, deep throat, dustin hoffman, f. murray abraham, gerald ford, hal holbrook, history, investigation, jack warden, jane alexander, jason robards, journalism, journalist, martin balsam, meredith baxter, ned beatty, nixon, politics, president, reporters, resignation, richard nixon, robert redford, scandal, true story, walter cronkite, washington post, watergate, william goldman | Leave a comment

Tootsie (1982)

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sydney Pollack Writers: Larry Gelbart & Murray Schisgal (Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbert)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged actor, andy warhol, barry levinson, bill murray, charles durning, comedy, dabney coleman, disguise, don mcguire, drama, dustin hoffman, elaine may, estelle getty, geena davis, gene shalit, jessica lange, larry gelbart, murray schisgal, new york, new york city, nyc, robert garland, romance, soap opera, sydney pollack, teri garr, tobin bell, tootsie | Leave a comment

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Noah Baumbach Writer: Noah Baumbach

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged adam driver, adam sandler, art, artist, ben stiller, comedy, drama, dustin hoffman, elizabeth marvel, emma thompson, estranged, family, father, grace van patten, judd hirsch, netflix, new york, new york city, noah baumbach, nyc, randy newman, rebecca miller, scott rudin, sculptor, sculture, sigourney weaver, son, the meyerowitz stories (new and selected) | Leave a comment

Spielberg (2017)

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Susan Lacy

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2017, ben kingsley, biography, bob balaban, brian de palma, cate blanchett, christian bale, daniel craig, daniel day-lewis, david geffen, david keopp, director, documentary, drew barrymore, dustin hoffman, eric bana, film, filmmaker, francis ford coppola, frank marshall, george lucas, harrison ford, holly hunter, j.j. abrams, james brolin, janusz kaminski, jeff goldblum, jeffrey katzenberg, john williams, kathleen kennedy, laura dern, lawrence kasdan, leonardo dicaprio, liam neeson, martin scorsese, movies, oprah winfrey, ralph finnes, richard dreyfuss, robert zemeckis, sally field, sid sheinberg, spielberg, steven spielberg, susan lacy, tom cruise, tom hanks, tom stoppard, tony kushner, villas zsigmond | Leave a comment

The Program (2016)

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stephen Frears Writer: John Hodge (Based on the book “Seven Deadly Sins” by David Walsh)

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 2016, athlete, Ben Foster, bicycle, biography, cancer, cheat, cheater, chris o'dowd, coach, cycle, cycling, david walsh, doctor, dope, drama, drugs, dustin hoffman, guillaume canet, jesse plemons, john hodge, journalism, journalist, lance armstrong, lee pace, lie, oprah winfrey, program, seven deadly sins, sport, sports, stephen frears, team, the program, tour de france, true story | Leave a comment

The Cobbler (2015)

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tom McCarthy Writers: Tom McCarthy & Paul Sado

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged adam sandler, cobbler, comedy, dan stevens, drama, dustin hoffman, ellen barkin, fantasy, heirloom, magic, melonie diaz, method man, new york, new york city, nyc, paul sado, shoe, shoes, steve buscemi, the cobbler, tom mccarthy | Leave a comment

I Heart Huckabees (2004)

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David O. Russell Writer: David O. Russell & Jeff Baena

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 2004, bob gunton, comedy, david o russell, detective, dustin hoffman, existential, firefighter, huckabees, i heart huckabees, isabelle huppert, isla fisher, Jason Schwartzman, jean smart, jeff baena, jon brion, jonah hill, jude law, kevin dunn, lily tomlin, mark wahlberg, naomi watts, richard jenkins, scott rudin, shania twain, talia shire, tippi hedren | Leave a comment

The Graduate (1967)

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Calder Willingham and Buck Henry (Based on the novel by Charles Webb)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 1967, adaptation, affair, alice ghostley, anne bancroft, brian avery, buck henry, calder willingham, charles webb, comedy, drama, dustin hoffman, elizabeth wilson, graduate, hotel, katharine ross, mike nichols, murray hamilton, normal fell, party, romance, the graduate, wedding, william daniels | Leave a comment

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