The first thing you need to know about Sleepers is that it's based on a novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra that was allegedly based on a true story. The movie repeats this bogus claim, which was attacked and determined by a wide majority to be misleading. Knowing this, Sleepers becomes problematic because it's too neat, too clean, too manipulative in terms of legal justice and ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UKStarring: Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Billy CrudupDirected By: Barry Levinson
Rain Man is the kind of touching drama that Oscars are made for--and, sure enough, the film took Academy honours for best picture, director, screenplay, and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in 1988. Hoffman plays Raymond, an autistic savant whose late father has left him $3 million in a trust. This gets the attention of his materialistic younger brother, a hot-shot LA car dealer named Charlie (Tom ...
Manufacturer: MGM EntertainmentStarring: Tom Cruise, Ralph Seymour, Dustin Hoffman, Valeria Golino, Bonnie HuntDirected By: Barry Levinson
Good Morning Vietnam is a more than usually human take on America's most controversial war, an often poignant and always entertaining fictionalisation of the Vietnam years of DJ Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams). Cronauer is employed as the voice of the US Armed Forces radio in South East Asia, but it soon emerges that his idea of entertaining the troops and the Army's are poles apart. This ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentStarring: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno KirbyDirected By: Barry Levinson
Rain Man is the kind of touching drama that Oscars are made for--and, sure enough, the film took Academy honours for best picture, director, screenplay and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in 1988. Hoffman plays Raymond, an autistic savant whose late father has left him $3 million in a trust. This gets the attention of his materialistic younger brother, a hot-shot LA car dealer named Charlie (Tom ...
Manufacturer: MGM EntertainmentStarring: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack MurdockDirected By: Barry Levinson
Wag the Dog (1997) is a rarity: an intelligent, sophisticated and very funny film about American politics. Just before an election the President--in an uncanny anticipation of real life--gets sexually involved with a young woman, leaving spin-doctor Robert De Niro to think of something quick. He enlists Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman to help him concoct a war against Albania to take the ...
Manufacturer: Entertainment in VideoStarring: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie NelsonDirected By: Barry Levinson
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UKStarring: Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Kevin Bacon, Minnie DriverDirected By: Martin Scorsese, Barry Levinson
Manufacturer: Fremantle Home EntertainmentStarring: Yaphet Kotto, Richard Belzer, Andre BraugherDirected By: Barry Levinson
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan FleetwoodDirected By: Barry Levinson
Michael Crichton's bestselling novel was both a high-tech thriller and source of controversy with its hot-button plot about a man's charge of sexual harassment against a female colleague and former lover. The movie, directed by Barry Levinson, turned these issues into a prurient thriller dressed up in glossy production values, virtual reality computer graphics and steamy sex between Michael ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall, Roma MaffiaDirected By: Barry Levinson
Manufacturer: Touchstone Home VideoStarring: Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Jackie GayleDirected By: Barry Levinson
