The Art of Love 1965   N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson, Ethel Merman, Carl Reiner, Jay Novello, Fifi D'Orsay, Pierre Olaf, Miiko Taka, Roger C. Carmel, Irving Jacobson, Naomi Stevens, Renzo Cesana, Leon Belasco
American ex-patriots–aspiring artist Paul Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) and struggling writer Casey Barnett (James Garner)–live together in Paris. Paul's girlfriend Nikki (Angie Dickinson) lives in America but pays their rent so that Paul can work on his paintings in Paris. When Paul is told by his art dealer that his paintings will be more valuable if he is dead, his solution is to fake his suicide, and he and Casey can live off the higher price tags. But, the plan backfires when Casey is suspected of murdering Paul. 1 User Review
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| | Classic 60s Comedy | Anonymous 03/17/2007 | | This is a great film - truly a 60s comedy classic... the bad part is that it is not available as DvD (or even a VHS)... WHY? |
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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story 2009  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Gregory V. Sherman, Jeff Sherman
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Lesley Ann Warren, Julie Andrews, Debbie Reynolds, Ben Stiller, Jon Turteltaub, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, John Williams, Hayley Mills, Leonard Maltin, John Landis, Karen Dotrice, Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
The Academy-Award team of brothers Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman wrote the songs "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "It's a Small World," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"–which were among their collaborations. While their songs were loved, the brothers did not get along, and their rift led to their sons not even knowing that they had family members living nearby. Their sons, Gregory and Jeff, made this documentary that tells the story of Robert and Richard's unique relationship that, despite their estrangement, produced cherished, classic music.
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 Bye Bye Birdie 1963  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Ann - Margret, Janet Leigh, Jesse Pearson, Paul Lynde, Maureen Stapleton, Bobby Rydell, Frank Albertson, Frank Sully, Ed Sullivan
This entertaining film version of the popular Broadway musical features Jesse Pearson as rock star Conrad Birdie who is drafted into the army and coerced into making songwriter Albert Peterson's (Dick Van Dyke) new song a hit that will be sung on the "Ed Sullivan Show."
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 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 G, 144 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Frobe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Davy Kaye, Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall, Barbara Windsor
In this children's fantasy, based on a story by Ian Fleming, Professor Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) invents a flying car and then discovers that foreign powers are out to get their hands on his invention. The title song was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar.
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The Comic 1969 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, Cornel Wilde, Nina Wayne, Carl Reiner, Steve Allen, Jay Novello, Fritz Feld, Jerome Cowan
Dick Van Dyke is Billy Bright, a silent movie star, who is not such a great man in real life. Now he has fallen on hard times, and his acting is limited to performing in commercials. Good job by Dick Van Dyke.
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The Country Girl 1982 TV, 137 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Halvorson, Michael Montel
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Dick Van Dyke, Ken Howard, George Coe, Don Amendolia, Dann Florek, Harry Groener, Shannon John
Frank (Dick Van Dyke) is a self-pitying, alcoholic actor whose career is failing because of his addiction. When he is offered a role in a play, Frank's wife Georgie (Faye Dunaway) goes to great lengths to keep Frank's alcoholism a secret and ends up taking the blame for many of Frank's failures.
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 Curious George 2006 G, 86 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Matthew O'Callaghan
Cast: Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, Dick Van Dyke, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Frank Welker, Shane Baumel, Ed O'Ross, Alexander Gould, Hailey Noelle Johnson, Clint Howard, Billy West, Kath Soucie
In this animated film, the real star is the monkey, Curious George (voice of Frank Welker), whose antics appear to be causing more and more trouble for the man who looks after him, The Man in the Yellow Hat (voice of Will Ferrell). But, never fear, by story's end, George saves the day.
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Dick Tracy 1990 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Warren Beatty
Cast: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headly, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Kathy Bates, Charlie Korsmo, William Forsythe, Robert Costanzo, Dick Van Dyke, Paul Sorvino, Seymour Cassel, Jack Kehoe
Warren Beatty plays Dick Tracy and Madonna takes on the role of Breathless Mahoney in this fantasy adventure. Shot in only seven colors (one of them is yellow), this stylistic movie brings to life the comic strip without losing its grip on unreality. The real substance of this movie is provided by the scene-stealing villains, most notably Al Pacino as Big Boy Caprice and Dustin Hoffman as Mumbles. "Sooner or Later" won an Oscar for Best Song.
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Divorce American Style 1967 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Van Johnson, Joe Flynn, Shelley Berman, Martin Gabel, Lee Grant, Tom Bosley
This is a good satire on the status of marriage and divorce. When a couple contemplates divorce after 15 years of marriage, they meet a divorced couple and are confronted with the reality of alimony.
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Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. 1966  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Byron Paul
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff, Arthur Malet, Tyler McVey, Peter Duryea, John Dennis, Pete Renoudet
Navy pilot Lieutenant Robin Crusoe (Dick Van Dyke) is stranded on a tropical island and comes to the aid of a beautiful native woman, Wednesday (Nancy Kwan). Rare Disney disaster.
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 Mary Poppins 1964  G, 139 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ed Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Arthur Treacher, Hermione Baddeley, Reginald Owen, Reta Shaw, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Jane Darwell, Arthur Malet
English children Jane and Michael Banks (Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber) feel neglected by their parents. They receive a new "magical" nanny, Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) who takes them on exciting adventures and changes the lives of everyone in the family. Andrews won the Best Actress Oscar for her role, and "Chim Chim Cheree" won for Best Song. There were three other Academy awards as well as eight nominations, including Best Picture and Director. A delightful film that is filled with great songs.
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Never a Dull Moment 1968 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva, Joanna Moore, Tony Bill, Slim Pickens, Jack Elam, Ned Glass, Richard Bakalyan
While planning a heist, a gangster (Edward G. Robinson) hires an unsuspecting comedian (Dick Van Dyke) to help in his plot. Disney, but certainly not one of the best.
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 Night at the Museum 2006  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Jake Cherry, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Kim Raver, Patrick Gallagher, Rami Malek, Pierfrancesco Favino, Charles Q. Murphy, Steve Coogan, Brad Garrett
The Natural History Museum is firing aging guards Cecil (Dick Van Dyke), Gus (Mickey Rooney), and Reginald (Bill Cobbs) and has hired Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) to tend to its graveyard-shift security. On Larry's first night at the museum, he falls asleep and awakens to a museum filled with animated dinosaurs, dioramas, and wax figures that have come to life. Larry learns that this has been happening since the 1950s after the arrival of an Egyptian Tablet, and he now understands that his job is to make sure the museum is back in order by the time it opens each morning. Larry seeks help and is aided by one of the wax figures, President Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), who steps in and helps Larry maintain order and save the day. 1 User Review
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| | Exciting and enjoyable | Lil Pearl 02/23/2007 | | I was not expecting too much from what I assumed to be a children's movie but I enjoyed it as much as my young nieces. It's funny and clever without being insulting. |
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The Runner Stumbles 1979  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Ray Bolger, Tammy Grimes, Beau Bridges, Allen Nause, John Procaccino, Bill Dore, Jock Dove
Director Stanley Kramer adapted this film from a Broadway play about a priest, Father Rivard (Dick Van Dyke), accused of murdering a young nun, Sister Rita (Kathleen Quinlan).
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What a Way to Go! 1964 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Robert Mitchum, Gene Kelly, Paul Newman, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Cummings, Margaret Dumont, Dean Martin, Reginald Gardiner, Roy Gordon, Fifi D'Orsay, Lou Nova, Maurice Marsac, Wally Vernon, Jane Wald
Poor Louisa (Shirley MacLaine)–every time she marries, her new husband dies. Eventually, she has a whole lot of money that she is trying to give to the IRS, but officials suspect that she is insane and send her to a psychiatrist, Dr. Victor Stephanson (Robert Cummings), Louisa's story unfolds as she tells Stephanson about her marriages. The first one involves her choice of poor shopkeeper Edgar (Dick Van Dyke) over wealthy Leonard (Dean Martin), but Edgar works himself to death. Next, Louisa marries inventor Larry (Paul Newman) who becomes wealthy and dies. Then, she marries business tycoon Rod (Robert Mitchum) who retires, becomes a farmer, and is killed by a bull. Finally, Louisa marries entertainer Jerry (Gene Kelly), and he becomes a star and is crushed to death by a mob of his fans. All died trying to make Louisa happy, and now she believes that the money they made is cursed.
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| 1. The Art of Love (1965)
2. The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
3. Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
4. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
5. The Comic (1969)
6. The Country Girl (1982)
7. Curious George (2006)
8. Dick Tracy (1990)
9. Divorce American Style (1967)
10. The Gin Game (2003)
11. Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
12. Mary Poppins (1964)
13. Never a Dull Moment (1968)
14. Night at the Museum (2006)
15. The Runner Stumbles (1979)
16. What a Way to Go! (1964)
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