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  • Birth Place: Baltimore, MD
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/06/1942, Aries
  • Profession: Director; producer; screenwriter; actor
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  • What's That Movie, and More Questions Answered | Movie News | 1/30/2008
    Ask FlickChick Whats that sci-fi movie multigenerational family drama time-tripping love story and moreQuestion I saw several scenes from some film a several decades in the life of a family tale as a kid in the 80s and theyve been coming back to me for a decade but my attempts to find the movie have been futile I dont think I saw the ending which may explain why its stayed with me so many years Im afraid these snippets are all I can rememberThe family has moved to a large city and invested in a store selling television sets then a new technology but their area has no broadcasts No one is buying the sets which just show a test pattern but then the TVs spring to life showing I believe Howdy Doody Almost a generation later this success has been parlayed into a large department store Some family youngsters are playing there after-hours and leave a candle lit or set off a firecracker That night the store burns to the ground and the read more be the first to leave a comment
  • Robert Redford Takes a Walk, and More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 1/29/2008
    Robert Redford and director Barry Levinson are in talks to venture on A Walk in the Woods, in a big-screen adaptation of the best-selling travelogue by Bill Bryson.... Channing Tatum (She's the Man) will play a key member of the G.I. Joe crew in Stephen Sommers' live-action take on the Hasbro hero. Other cast members include Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Mr. Eko-Agbaje and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. read more
  • New TV: Mark Burnett's Dueling Dads, and More | Today's News: Our Take | 9/27/2007
    Mark Burnett has set up at NBC My Dad is Better than Your Dad, a game show in which fathers face off in stunt-driven challenges, Variety reports.... FX has given Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy a series commitment for Queen B, a workplace drama centered on a female CEO who grooms a young girl in her ruthless image.... Homicide's Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson are reteaming for the NBC pilot The Philanthropist, a series that sound a bit like The Equalizer.... After a fierce bidding war, ABC has ordered six episodes of Section 8, a drama penned by X-Men 3's Zak Penn and described as a blend of House, X-Men and The X-Files. OK.... ABC is teaming with hip-hop producer Pharrell Williams and filmmaker McG on Limelight, a drama set at a performing arts-school. read more
  • Man of the Year's Barry Levinson Shows Us the M.O.N.Y. | Today's News: Our Take | 2/20/2007
    Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson has turned his focus to the world of politics. No, he hasn't started making trips to Iowa and New Hampshire. First he directed the Robin Williams-as-president comedy Man of the Year (arriving in stores today on DVD), then just last month NBC greenlit his and producing partner Tom Fontana's new series M.O.N.Y., which follows the trials and tribulations of an interim New York City mayor (played by Will & Grace Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale). TVGuide.com welcomed the chance to speak with the Baltimore native about his bend toward the b read more
  • Rain Man Paul Rudd Hits the Road | Today's News: Our Take | 5/29/2006
    Not anxious to brave the roads this long holiday weekend? IFC has the perfect compromise: Wanderlust (premiering May 29 at 9 pm/ET), an original documentary detailing Hollywood's many and great road movies, with insightful commentary from such heavyweights as Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider), Alexander Payne ( read more

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The Philanthropist (Executive Producer) 2009 TV Show Series
What Just Happened (Director) 2008 Movie
Bee Movie (Actor - Martin Benson) 2007 Movie
Bedford Diaries (Executive Producer) 2006 TV Show Series
Man Of The Year (Writer) 2006 Movie

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