Jack Crabb is 121 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. Read More »
Tag Archives: Dustin Hoffman
Straight Time (1978) Ulu Grosbard, Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. Read More »
American Buffalo (1996) Michael Corrente, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson
Donny Dubrow (Franz) runs a junk shop. When he realizes that he sold a buffalo head nickel Read More »
Midnight Cowboy (1969) John Schlesinger, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
Cowboy Joe Buck moves to New York City from Texas to make his fortune Read More »
Madigan’s Millions / Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi (1968) Giorgio Gentili, Elsa Martinelli, Cesar Romero, Dustin Hoffman
When a deported gangster dies in Italy, the U.S. Treasury Department Read More »
John and Mary (1969) Peter Yates, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow, Michael Tolan
It’s the morning after John and Mary’s first sexual encounter with each other Read More »
Ishtar (1987) Elaine May, Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns Read More »
Hook (1991) Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy’s granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts). With the help of her and the Lost Boys, he must remember how to be Peter Pan again in order to save his children by battling with Captain Hook once again.
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Death of a Salesman / Mort d’un Commis Voyageur (1985) Volker Schlöndorff, Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Drama
Willy Loman, a salesman based in New York City, returns home from a trip to Yonkers where his sons, Biff and Happy, and his wife, Linda, greet him. Biff, who had been working on a farm in Texas, talks to Happy about working outside, and how this house brings back bad memories, and boxes him in. Willy goes outside and flashes back to Biff’s childhood: Biff is the star quarterback of his high school football team, and the Lomans’ neighbor, Bernard, advises him to study math, but Biff and Happy ignore him and carry on playing football. Later on in the flashback, Willy goes inside, where Linda talks to him about their budget. Willy is reminded of an encounter he had with The Woman, during which he gave her some red silk stockings, with lettering along the sides that said “scarlet’s dream”, and when he returns from the flashback, he sees Linda mending some stockings and snatches them away in guilt. Later, he and Charley engage in a card game (casino), during which Willy is reminded of his brother Ben. Ben begins a dialogue with him, and Willy contemplates why he
can’t become successful.
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All the President’s Men (1976) Alan J. Pakula, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Biography, Drama, History
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself.
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