Dan Aykroyd
Author of Ghostbusters [1984 film]
About the Author
Image credit: Dan Aykroyd at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival [source: tonyshek via Wikipedia]
Series
Works by Dan Aykroyd
Yogi Bear 2 copies
Ghostbusters 2 [Blu-ray] 1 copy
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal: Season 3, Volume 3.7, Episodes 3.20 to 3.22 [Region 2] 1 copy
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal. Season 3, Volume 3.6, Episodes 3.17 to 3.19 [Region 2] 1 copy
Sneakers [Blu-ray] 1 copy
City of Crime 1 copy
Dan Aykroyd films 1 copy
Associated Works
The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater (2000) — Fiveword — 324 copies, 2 reviews
The Emperor's New Clothes : An All-Star Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale (with Audio CD) (1998) — Contributor — 259 copies, 6 reviews
A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters (2009) — Foreword — 131 copies, 3 reviews
The Laugh Out Loud Double Feature: Adam Sandler’s 50 First Dates [and] Big Daddy (2015) — Actor — 18 copies
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs [2005 documentary film] — Actor — 4 copies
It Came from Hollywood [1982 film] — Actor — 3 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Aykroyd, Dan
- Legal name
- Aykroyd, Daniel Edward
- Birthdate
- 1952-07-01
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- actor
author
singer
screenwriter
comedian - Relationships
- Aykroyd, Peter H. (father)
Aykroyd, Peter (brother) - Nationality
- USA
Canada (birth) - Birthplace
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Associated Place (for map)
- Ontario, Canada
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Reviews
Ex-con musicians try to save an orphanage.
I love the way this movie builds. It opens in silence, with several minutes of dirty shots of Joliet prison, starting at night with the light of dawn gradually glowing through the smog. It ends with the complete opposite tone: one of the most absurd, over-the-top, cartoonish car chases ever filmed. And in between, it builds gradually enough that it feels as if big-budget silliness is just the natural outcome of that indie-film opening.
Concept: show more D
Story: C
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: A
Enjoyment: A plus
GPA: 3.3/4 show less
I love the way this movie builds. It opens in silence, with several minutes of dirty shots of Joliet prison, starting at night with the light of dawn gradually glowing through the smog. It ends with the complete opposite tone: one of the most absurd, over-the-top, cartoonish car chases ever filmed. And in between, it builds gradually enough that it feels as if big-budget silliness is just the natural outcome of that indie-film opening.
Concept: show more D
Story: C
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: A
Enjoyment: A plus
GPA: 3.3/4 show less
The premise is fabulous; the idea (and its implementation) of resolving that through a plot driven by Babylonian Apocalypse, much less so.
This is one of SNL's better films, with a pretty decent story about conehead aliens who are stuck on earth and have to adapt to earthling life. Sure it's a bit of a weird premise but it actually works out nicely.
This movie gets panned but what the hell, I liked it. Weird story but some pretty fun actors here.
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Statistics
- Works
- 38
- Also by
- 72
- Members
- 2,980
- Popularity
- #8,558
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 25
- ISBNs
- 80
- Languages
- 3