Richard Dreyfuss
LA, Italia Film Fest: Richard Dreyfuss, Diane Warren and Matteo Garrone Set for Honors on Sunday Night
The Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, the songwriter and perennial Oscar bridesmaid Diane Warren and Matteo Garrone, the director of this year’s best international feature Oscar-nominated Italian film Io Capitano, will all be honored on Sunday night during the opening ceremony of the 19th Los Angeles, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Festival at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese […]
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J.J. Abrams Praises “Bold, Graphic Storytelling” of ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ for TCM Movie Picks (Exclusive)
J.J. Abrams touts Warren Beatty’s Bonnie and Clyde and Shampoo for must-see viewing as part of the January 2024 Turner Classic Movies lineup in his own TCM Picks video that dropped on Tuesday. “They could not be more different,” Abrams says of Arthur Penn’s 1967 crime spree drama Bonnie and Clyde, which also starred Faye Dunaway, and Hal Ashby’s […]
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Judith James, Producer on ‘Mr. Holland’s Opus’ and ‘Quiz Show,’ Dies at 86
Judith James, the longtime producing partner of Richard Dreyfuss who worked with the Oscar winner on films including Mr. Holland’s Opus, Quiz Show and Mad Dog Time, has died. She was 86. James died Friday at her home in Santa Barbara after a bout with cancer, according to her son, Jackson James. James and Dreyfuss […]
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Richard Dreyfuss Says Oscars Inclusion Requirements “Make Me Vomit”
Richard Dreyfuss is criticizing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new diversity and inclusion requirements. The Jaws actor told Margaret Hoover on Friday’s episode of PBS’ Firing Line that the minimum requirements films will have to meet related to representation and inclusion to be eligible for the best picture Oscar “make me vomit.” […]
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Melinda Dillon, Actress in ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘A Christmas Story,’ Dies at 83
Melinda Dillon, who received supporting Oscar nominations for her turns in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Absence of Malice and portrayed the doting mom in the holiday perennial A Christmas Story, died Jan. 9, her family announced. She was 83. Right out of the gate, Dillon earned a Tony nomination and Theatre World […]
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Peter Rawley, Producer and Longtime ICM Agent, Dies at 85
Peter Rawley, a longtime ICM agent in Los Angeles and London who served as head of European production for MGM and produced independent films, has died. He was 85. Rawley died Tuesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, his wife of 33 years, filmmaker Betty Kaplan, announced. Most recently, Rawley produced and Kaplan directed and co-wrote […]
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‘Jaws’ and the Internal Debate Over Who Wrote the Iconic USS Indianapolis Speech
The “USS Indianapolis” speech, impeccably delivered by the legendary Robert Shaw in Jaws, is regarded as one of the finest monologues in motion picture history. However, the debate over just who wrote the monologue is mired in murky waters. In the blockbuster film helmed by then-budding director Steven Spielberg, which swam into theaters 47 years […]
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Brad Johnson, Actor in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Always,’ Dies at 62
Brad Johnson, the onetime rodeo cowboy and “Marlboro Man” who starred opposite Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfuss in the Steven Spielberg romantic drama Always, has died. He was 62. Johnson died Feb. 18 of complications from COVID-19 in Fort Worth, Texas, his rep, Linda McAlister, told The Hollywood Reporter. THR was recently alerted about his […]
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Bo Hopkins, ‘Wild Bunch’ and ‘American Graffiti’ Actor, Dies at 84
Bo Hopkins, the wily actor with the wild-eyed gaze who came to fame portraying thieves and scoundrels in such films as 'The Wild Bunch,' 'American Graffiti,' 'Midnight Express' and 'White Lightning,' has died. He was xx.
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‘Astronaut’: Film Review | Edinburgh 2019
Richard Dreyfuss plays a grouchy grandfather with interstellar ambitions in writer-director Shelagh McLeod's debut feature 'Astronaut.'
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Richard Dreyfuss: “Maybe It’s Us Who Are the Aliens”
As the 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' star Richard Dreyfuss communes with space once more in the upcoming 'Astronaut,' the actor addresses earthbound issues like growing intolerance, the 2020 election and his family's own entanglement with Kevin Spacey and #MeToo.
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Liam Hemsworth, Richard Dreyfuss Films Join Fantasia Fest Lineup
The Fantasia International Film Festival, North America’s largest genre film event, on Wednesday released the first wave of titles for its upcoming 23rd edition.
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