“and i thought, i’ll devise a system to trap ghosts . . . and marry it to the old ghost [films] of the 1930s,” aykroyd says. “virtually every comedy team did a ghost movie—abbott and costello, bob hope. i was a big fan of [them.]” he began hammering out a screenplay....
26. Det. Pep Streebeck,Dragnet Tom Hanks was just beginning his ascent in Hollywood, which explains why he played second fiddle to Dan Aykroyd’s Joe Friday in the 1987 big-screen update of theDragnetTV series. While there were jokes made about Friday’s name in the movie, somehow people...
In his post-Stax years, the two-time GRAMMY winner and nine-time nominee produced and played on sessions withJeff Beck,Jose Feliciano,John Prine,John Cougar, and TowerOfPower. He later joinedLevon Helm’s RCO All-Stars group and was among the original members in Dan Aykroyd and John Belu...
In his post-Stax years, the two-time GRAMMY winner and nine-time nominee produced and played on sessions withJeff Beck,Jose Feliciano,John Prine,John Cougar, and TowerOfPower. He later joinedLevon Helm’s RCO All-Stars group and was among the original members in Dan Aykroyd ...
In the heartwarming drama My Girl, precocious 11-year-old Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) navigates the trials of adolescence in 1972 Pennsylvania. Living with her widowed mortician father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), Vada's world is colored by death and grief. Her best friend, the sweetly allergic...
In his post-Stax years, the two-time GRAMMY winner and nine-time nominee produced and played on sessions withJeff Beck,Jose Feliciano,John Prine,John Cougar, and TowerOfPower. He later joinedLevon Helm’s RCO All-Stars group and was among the original members in Dan Aykroyd and John Belush...
While the story seems heartwarming, "Grosse Pointe Blank" takes a darkly comic turn as Martin's employer, Gross (Dan Aykroyd), tries to hunt Blank down by revealing his identity to national security agents. Cusack is perfect as a surprisingly sensitive yet ruthless assassin, and seeing him co...
In his post-Stax years, the two-time GRAMMY winner and nine-time nominee produced and played on sessions withJeff Beck,Jose Feliciano,John Prine,John Cougar, and TowerOfPower. He later joinedLevon Helm’s RCO All-Stars group and was among the original members in Dan Aykroyd and Joh...
as if co-writer/directorJason Reitmanthought that the new generation of Ghostbusters had to prove they could do the job by taking out their predecessors' old enemy. As if that wasn't enough, the film makes a major deal out of bringing back Venkman, Aykroyd, and Zeddemore...and digitally ...
The '80s belonged to Bill Murray, as the formerSNLcast member starred in some of the biggest comedies of the era. None was bigger thanGhostbusters, which premiered on June 8, 1984. Alongside such fellow legends as Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis and Sigourney Weaver, Murray brought...